This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > 16Th Century > 16Th Century – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books 16Th Century Quiz 1 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which royal dynasty was established in the resolution of the so-called War of the Roses and continued through the reign of Elizabeth I? A) Tudor. B) Windsor. C) York. D) Lancaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tudor. 2. Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England? A) James I. B) Henry IX. C) Charles I. D) Elizabeth II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James I. 3. Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier? A) George Puttenham. B) Walter Ralegh. C) Philip Sidney. D) Thomas Wyatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Puttenham. 4. Which designates the theory that the reigning monarch possesses absolute authority as God's deputy? A) Royal absolutism. B) Extreme unction. C) Manifest destiny. D) Constitutional monarchism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Royal absolutism. 5. Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London: A) Doubled from 600, 000 to 1, 200, 000. B) Fell from 375, 00 to barely 100, 000. C) Remained constant. D) Doubled from 60, 000 to 120, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doubled from 60, 000 to 120, 000. 6. Who introduced the art of printing into England? A) William Caxton. B) Henry VIII. C) Johannes Gutenberg. D) Elizabeth Eisenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Caxton. 7. Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period? A) They caused excessive noise and traffic. B) They charged too much. C) They excited illicit sexual desires. D) They drew young people away from work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They charged too much. 8. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation? A) Martin Luther. B) Pope Leo X. C) Anne Boleyn. D) Ulrich Zwingli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin Luther. 9. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s? A) Archbishop Cranmer. B) Mary Tudor. C) Elizabeth I. D) Catherine of Aragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary Tudor. 10. Expressed in Elizabethan poetry as well as court rituals and events, a cult of ..... formed around Elizabeth and dictated the nature of relations between herself and her court. A) Love. B) Unwarranted abuse. C) Odium. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 11. Which of the following refers to the small area of Ireland, extending north from Dublin, over which the English government could claim effective control? A) West Britain. B) Ulster. C) The Protectorate. D) The Pale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Pale. 12. Which of the following is true about public theaters in Elizabethan England? A) They relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period. B) The early versions were oval in shape. C) They were located outside the city limits of London. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex? A) Heroic tragedy. B) Revenge tragedy. C) Poetic tragedy. D) Villain tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revenge tragedy. 14. What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century? A) Ancestor-worship. B) Atheism. C) Catholicism. D) Protestantism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catholicism. 15. Which of the following describes the chief system by which writers received financial rewards for their literary production? A) Patronage. B) Censorship. C) Subscription. D) Charity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patronage. 16. The churchyard of St. Paul's Cathedral was well-known for its: A) Graffiti. B) Performing bears. C) Bookshops. D) Ruinous condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bookshops. 17. Who authored Il Cortigiano (The Courtier), a book that was highly influential in the English court, providing subtle guidance on self-display? A) Cavalcanti. B) Castiglione. C) Pirandello. D) Boccaccio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Castiglione. 18. Who owned the rights to a theatrical script? A) The patron of the acting company, eg, the Lord Chamberlain. B) The printer. C) The acting company. D) The bishop of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The acting company. Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books