Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?

A. English travelers were not obliged to learn french, italian, or spanish during their explorations of the continent.
B. English was fast supplanting latin as the second language of most european intellectuals.
C. English travelers often returned from the continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.
D. Intending his utopia for an international intellectual community, thomas more wrote in latin, since english had no prestige outside of england.

Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary ?

A. Prometheus
B. Satan
C. Cain
D. George iii

Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”

A. William shakespeare
B. John donne
C. Abraham cowley
D. John dryden

Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?

A. William morris
B. John ruskin
C. Edward fitzgerald
D. All but c

From where Matthew Arnold took the story for his Sohras and Rustam ?

A. Arabian nights
B. Canterbury tales
C. Shah namah
D. Pilgrims progress

“Milton, thou should’st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee.” Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?

A. Horatio herbert kitchener
B. William blake
C. William wordsworth
D. John keats

Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?

A. Julian of norwich
B. Margery kempe
C. William langland
D. Sir thomas malory

Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________?

A. Courtiers entering the service of richard ii
B. Translators of french romances
C. Women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
D. Knights preparing for their first tournament

Which poet was a member of the powerful and culturally influential Sidney family ?

A. Ben jonson
B. Aemilia lanyer
C. Samuel daniel
D. Mary wroth

Who began the tradition of revenge play ?

A. Goorge peele
B. Samuel daniel
C. Phineas fletcher
D. Thomas kyd