This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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) Elizabeth II. B) Henry IX. C) James I. D) Charles I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James I. 3. Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier? A) George Puttenham. B) Philip Sidney. C) Walter Ralegh. 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) Manifest destiny. B) Extreme unction. C) Royal absolutism. D) Constitutional monarchism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal absolutism. 5. Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London: A) Remained constant. B) Fell from 375, 00 to barely 100, 000. C) Doubled from 60, 000 to 120, 000. D) Doubled from 600, 000 to 1, 200, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubled from 60, 000 to 120, 000. 6. Who introduced the art of printing into England? A) Elizabeth Eisenstein. B) Johannes Gutenberg. C) Henry VIII. D) William Caxton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Anne Boleyn. B) Martin Luther. C) Pope Leo X. D) Ulrich Zwingli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Catherine of Aragon. C) Elizabeth I. D) Mary Tudor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Ignominy. B) Unwarranted abuse. C) Odium. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Ulster. B) The Protectorate. C) The Pale. D) West Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Villain tragedy. B) Poetic tragedy. C) Heroic tragedy. D) Revenge tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revenge tragedy. 14. What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century? A) Atheism. B) Protestantism. C) Catholicism. D) Ancestor-worship. 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) Charity. B) Patronage. C) Censorship. D) Subscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patronage. 16. The churchyard of St. Paul's Cathedral was well-known for its: A) Ruinous condition. B) Performing bears. C) Graffiti. D) Bookshops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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 bishop of London. C) The printer. D) The acting company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The acting company. Related QuizzesPeriods Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books