English Literature Mcqs
When did Edmund Spenser die ?

A. 1599
B. 1632
C. 1589
D. 1621

To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender ?

A. Philip sidney
B. Boyle
C. Queen elizabeth
D. Chaucer

When was Edmund Spenser born ?

A. 1542
B. 1552
C. 1569
D. 1558

What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?

A. Pastoral work
B. Religious work
C. Allegorical work
D. Natural work

Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ?

A. Ab cb bc cd e
B. Abba bccb d
C. Ab bc cd de f
D. Ab ab bc bc c

In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ?

A. The teares of the muses
B. Prosopopoia, or mother hubberds tale
C. Muiopotmos, or the fate of the butterflie
D. Ruines of rome: by bellay

In which work Edmund Spenser celebrates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle ?

A. Prothalamion
B. Faerie queen
C. Epithalamion
D. Amoretti

With which text(s) is the word “riverrun” associated ?

A. The dubliners
B. A portrait of the artist as a young MAN
C. Ulysses
D. Finnegans wake