This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Elizabethan Era > Elizabethan Era – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elizabethan Era Quiz 1 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the title of Marlowe's play, of where was Dido the Queen? A) Sparta. B) Troy. C) Carthage. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carthage. 2. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe? A) Edward II. B) Henry V. C) Richard III. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward II. 3. Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with the line "Come live with me and be my love" ; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line? A) John Dryden. B) John Donne. C) William Shakespeare. D) Thomas Kyd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Donne. 4. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572? A) The Massacre at Paris. B) The Massacre at Berlin. C) The Massacre at Copenhagen. D) The Massacre at Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Massacre at Paris. 5. Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great' was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler? A) Genghis Khan. B) Timur. C) Zhu Yuanzhang. D) Kublai Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timur. 6. One of Marlowe's most famous poems was an account of which lovers? A) Anthony and Cleopatra. B) Hero and Leander. C) Troilus and Cressida. D) Apollo and Hyacinth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hero and Leander. 7. In Marlowe's play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta? A) Lazarus. B) Shylock. C) Barabas. D) Solomon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barabas. 8. One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet? A) Horace. B) Virgil. C) Lucan. D) Ovid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucan. Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books