History of English Literature

History of English Literature

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15 Qs

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History of English Literature

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Assessment

Quiz

English

University

Medium

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RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.9

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who called Spenser ,"the poets' poet"?

John Milton

Charles Lamb

Byron

Christopher Marlowe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who is the "Fairy Queene" in Spenser's work of the same title?

Queen Mary

Queen Elizabeth

Abessa

Lady Una

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who praised Spenser in the words,"no man was ever born with a greater genius or more knowledge to support it"?

Francis Bacon

Ben Jonson

John Dryden

Matthew Arnold

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Name the person who imported the sonnet from Italy and the one who invented the English form of it.

Spenser and Sydney

Marlowe and Kid

Wyatt and Surrey

Chaucer and Spenser

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Tottel's Miscellany(1557) contained the songs and sonnets of

Wyatt and Surrey

Surrey and Sidney

Sidney and Spenser

Wyatt and Raleigh

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Spenser's Shepheardes Calendar (1579) is a

tragedy

pastoral poem

Melodrama

novel

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which work of Spenser celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle?

Prothalamion

Shepheardes Calendar

Epithalamium

Fairie Queen

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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