Dr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe Quiz 1 (59 MCQs)

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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."
2. Greville was biographer of:
3. The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
4. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?
5. Who translated Utopia in English language:
6. Utopia was first printed in:
7. Faustus' servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
8. Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?
9. What is Faerie Queene:
10. "On his blindness" , a collection of sonnets is written by:
11. "Paradise lost" was lost by:
12. Who wrote "Mirror for Magistrates" ?
13. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
14. After ..... years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
15. "The Prince Of Poets in his time" , on whom grave the inscription is given?
16. "Renaissance" is a:
17. Who succeeded Lyly?
18. John Donne's "The Anniversaries" is a:
19. At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
20. Who wrote "Holy Sonnets" ?
21. Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in.....?
22. Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
23. The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to?
24. In "Paradise regained" who regained the paradise?
25. During Spencer's visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as..... much of his work:
26. Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
27. He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of..... in.....
28. "Astrophel and Stella" is a:
29. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
30. Which of the following statement is correct:
31. Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus' character at the beginning of the play?
32. Renaissance first came to the:
33. Ann Hathaway was ..... years older than Shakespeare:
34. After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem "Hero and Leander" ?
35. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:
36. Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to .....?
37. William Shakespeare born in:
38. In whose reign Morality plays began?
39. When, is it estimated, was 'Dr Faustus' first performed?
40. William Shakespeare was..... child of John and Mary:
41. By..... Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
42. Who born in 1422:
43. Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598?
44. Marlowe born in.....
45. The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:
46. In "the tragic history of Doctor Faustus" . Faustus was a :
47. Which of the Marlowe's plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?
48. In what country is 'Dr Faustus' based?
49. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
50. What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?
51. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
52. What is the meaning of "Renaissance":
53. Which of the following are University wits:
54. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
55. Shakespeare is buried inside the:
56. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?
57. Who wrote "The Massacre at Paris" ?
58. University Wits were those who:
59. Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?