This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Dr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe Quiz 1 (59 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote following lines: "..... I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." A) Earnest Hemingway. B) Lawrence. C) John Milton. D) John Donne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Donne. 2. Greville was biographer of: A) John Donne. B) Sir Philip Sidney. C) John Milton. D) Edmund Spencer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Philip Sidney. 3. The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by: A) John Lyly. B) Wyclif. C) Robert Greene. D) Thomas more. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wyclif. 4. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers? A) Colin clouts come home again. B) Faerie queen, second three books. C) The Shepherd's calendar. D) Faerie queen, first three books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Shepherd's calendar. 5. Who translated Utopia in English language: A) Ralph Robinson. B) Thomas More. C) Thomas lodge. D) William Tyndale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph Robinson. 6. Utopia was first printed in: A) 1516. B) 1518. C) 1615. D) 1517. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1516. 7. Faustus' servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who? A) Bach. B) Wagner. C) Schumann. D) Beethoven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wagner. 8. Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work? A) The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune. B) The Spanish Tragedy. C) Jeronimo. D) Cornelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Spanish Tragedy. 9. What is Faerie Queene: A) An allegory. B) An epic. C) A ballad. D) A sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An allegory. 10. "On his blindness" , a collection of sonnets is written by: A) Shakespeare. B) Sir Philip Sidney. C) John Milton. D) Edmund Spenser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Milton. 11. "Paradise lost" was lost by: A) Eve. B) Adam. C) Both a and b. D) Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 12. Who wrote "Mirror for Magistrates" ? A) Thomas lodge. B) Thomas Kyde. C) Thomas Wyatt. D) Thomas Sacville. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Sacville. 13. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance: A) 14 th. B) 15 th. C) 16 th. D) 14 th and 16 th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15 th. 14. After ..... years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London. A) Five. B) Three. C) Two. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. 15. "The Prince Of Poets in his time" , on whom grave the inscription is given? A) Sir Philip Sidney. B) John Donne. C) John Milton. D) Edmund Spencer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edmund Spencer. 16. "Renaissance" is a: A) Italian word. B) Greek word. C) French word. D) Spanish word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French word. 17. Who succeeded Lyly? A) John Milton. B) Robert Greene. C) Christopher Marlowe. D) Philip Sidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Greene. 18. John Donne's "The Anniversaries" is a: A) An elegy in two parts. B) An epic in three parts. C) A ballad in four parts. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An elegy in two parts. 19. At what famous university is Faustus a scholar? A) Sorbonne. B) Heidelberg. C) Wittenburg. D) Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wittenburg. 20. Who wrote "Holy Sonnets" ? A) Edmund Spenser. B) John Milton. C) John Donne. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Donne. 21. Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in.....? A) 1597. B) 1598. C) 1596. D) 1595. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1596. 22. Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers? A) The Pope. B) The Holy Roman Emperor. C) The King of England. D) The King of France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pope. 23. The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to? A) Nicholas Udall. B) Thomas Colwell. C) Lord Burghley. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nicholas Udall. 24. In "Paradise regained" who regained the paradise? A) Satan. B) Jesus. C) Adam and Eve. D) Only Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adam and Eve. 25. During Spencer's visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as..... much of his work: A) Rosalind. B) Belinda. C) Both a and b. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosalind. 26. Philip Sidney was born on 30th November: A) 1554. B) 1555. C) 1553. D) 1550. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1554. 27. He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of..... in..... A) 15, 1579. B) 16, 1580. C) 17, 1581. D) 18, 1582. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18, 1582. 28. "Astrophel and Stella" is a: A) Allegory. B) Epic. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 29. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance? A) Milton. B) Spencer. C) Marlowe. D) Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spencer. 30. Which of the following statement is correct: A) Shakespeare's first child Susanna was born in 1583. B) In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith. C) Both a and b. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 31. Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus' character at the beginning of the play? A) Arrogant. B) Stupid. C) Kind. D) Sensitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrogant. 32. Renaissance first came to the: A) France. B) Italy. C) England. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 33. Ann Hathaway was ..... years older than Shakespeare: A) 8. B) 7. C) 10. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 34. After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem "Hero and Leander" ? A) Thomas Nash. B) Shakespeare. C) Thomas More. D) George Chapman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Chapman. 35. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries: A) John Donne. B) John Milton. C) Sir Philip Sidney. D) Edmund Spenser. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Donne. 36. Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to .....? A) Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle. B) Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle. C) Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton. D) Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle. 37. William Shakespeare born in: A) 26 April 1566. B) 26 April 1567. C) 26 April 1565. D) 26 April 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 April 1564. 38. In whose reign Morality plays began? A) Henry eight. B) Henry six. C) Elizabeth one. D) Henry five. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry six. 39. When, is it estimated, was 'Dr Faustus' first performed? A) 1593. B) 1590. C) 1604. D) 1594. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1594. 40. William Shakespeare was..... child of John and Mary: A) Second. B) Fifth. C) Fourth. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fourth. 41. By..... Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist: A) 1590. B) 1592. C) 1593. D) 1591. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1592. 42. Who born in 1422: A) Robert Henry. B) Thomas more. C) John Lyly. D) William Caxton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Caxton. 43. Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598? A) Francis Meres, a lawyer. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) King James. D) Burbage, an actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Francis Meres, a lawyer. 44. Marlowe born in..... A) 1565. B) 1564. C) 1562. D) 1563. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1564. 45. The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as: A) Letters to the Margret Paston. B) To John Paston. C) The Paston letters. D) Margret Paston to John Paston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Paston letters. 46. In "the tragic history of Doctor Faustus" . Faustus was a : A) Greek scholar. B) French scholar. C) Spanish scholar. D) German scholar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) German scholar. 47. Which of the Marlowe's plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash? A) Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd. B) The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage. C) The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido. D) Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage. 48. In what country is 'Dr Faustus' based? A) England. B) Italy. C) France. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany. 49. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney: A) The shepheaedes Calendar. B) Complaints. C) The Faerie Queene. D) Colin Clouts come home again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shepheaedes Calendar. 50. What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years? A) His house. B) His soul. C) His body. D) His horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His soul. 51. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in: A) About 1610. B) About 1611. C) About 1609. D) About 1608. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 1610. 52. What is the meaning of "Renaissance": A) Rebirth, revival and re-awaking. B) Reveal, revel and reverie. C) Raillery, renunciation and recoup. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebirth, revival and re-awaking. 53. Which of the following are University wits: A) John Gower and Robert Peele. B) John Skelton and Thomas lodge. C) John Lyly and Robert Greene. D) John Donne and Thomas Nashe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Lyly and Robert Greene. 54. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518? A) Thomas More. B) Thomas lodge. C) Thomas Nash. D) Thomas Wyatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Wyatt. 55. Shakespeare is buried inside the: A) Westminster Abbey. B) Trinity Church. C) Protestant Cemetery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trinity Church. 56. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names? A) Valdes and Cornelius. B) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. C) Troilus and Cressida. D) Pyramus and Thisbe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valdes and Cornelius. 57. Who wrote "The Massacre at Paris" ? A) Christopher Marlowe. B) John Milton. C) Shakespeare. D) Edmund Spenser. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Marlowe. 58. University Wits were those who: A) Had training at two universities. B) Gave curriculum of two universities. C) Erected two universities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had training at two universities. 59. Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557? A) Thomas Nah. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Thomas Kyd. D) Thomas lodge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas lodge. Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Drama QuizDrama QuizHamlet QuizMacbeth QuizPlay By Sakespear QuizShakespearean Drama QuizShakespearean Tragedy Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books