This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Jacobean Era > Jacobean Era – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Jacobean Era Quiz 1 (9 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ..... in London in 1625. A) Cholera. B) Tuberculosis. C) Bubonic plague. D) Plague (disease). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bubonic plague. 2. Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the ....., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era. A) William Shakespeare. B) Ben Jonson. C) Masque. D) A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Masque. 3. "The Jacobean Era" refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries? A) Jordan. B) England. C) Malaysia. D) Tunisia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 4. The first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem. A) Iliad. B) Odyssey. C) Beowulf. D) Canterbury Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 5. What proceeded Jacobean era? A) Elizabethan Era. B) Caroline era. C) Victorian era. D) Jacobean Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caroline era. 6. Famous satiric drama, Volpone, is written by? A) Sir Walter Scot. B) Christopher Marlow. C) Ben Johnson. D) George Herbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ben Johnson. 7. The Jacobean era succeeds the ..... and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period. A) Elizabethan era. B) English Reformation. C) England. D) Tudor period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elizabethan era. 8. What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I? A) 1592-1608. B) 1603-1625. C) 1607-1627. D) 1608-1639. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1603-1625. 9. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was? A) John Milton. B) Charles Bacon. C) John Donne. D) Herbert Spencer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Donne. Related QuizzesPeriods Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books