Faerie Queene Reading Quiz

How many books did Spenser intend for his great epic The Faerie Queene?

The Faerie Queene is both a spiritual and a national allegory.

• True

• False

The Faerie Queene imaginatively portrays the life of whom before he becomes king.

• Arthur

• Edward VI

• Henry VIII

• James I

Spenser's assigns which virtue to Book I to show his belief that regeneration is the starting point of moral education?

• chastity

• holiness

• justice

• sobriety

What symbol does the knight have on his breastplate and shield?

• bloody cross

• lion's head

• dragon's head

• silver sword

What color is most closely associated with the "lovely lady" who rides with the knight?

• blue

• gold

• silver

• white

What danger befalls the travelers?

• attacked by a lion

• betrayed by the dwarf

• captured by a wizard

• lost in the woods

The monster Error is part serpent and part what?

• lamb

• lion

• woman

• wizard

How does the knight finally defeat the monster?

• casts it off a cliff

• cuts off its head

• stabs it thru the heart

• traps it in a cave

What religion does Spenser seek to combat in his great romantic epic?

• Anglicanism

• Catholicism

• Lutheranism

• Protestantism