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WorksheetsHistory of English Lit (Elizabethan age Poetry and Prose)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Queen Elizabeth ruled England from which year to which year?
1455-1558
1558-1603
1558-1606
Who introduced Sonnets to English Literature?
Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey
Shakespeare
Thomas Surrey and Wyatt
Who introduced blank verse in English Literature?
Wyatt
Marlowe
Surrey
Name the book contain the poems of Wyatt and Surrey
(a)
How many sonnets Shakespeare has written?
158
154
138
Pastoral poem written by Spencer
Shepherd to his love
The Shepherdess Calendar
The Shepherd's Calendar
Mention the rhyme scheme of Spenserian Stanza
ababbcbcc
ababbcbcc
abababacc
Name the poem written by Spencer to celebrate is wedding with his lady love
Epithalamion and Prothalamion
Farie Queen
Astrophel and Stella
What is the longest poem written by Shakespeare?
Amoretti
Venus and Adonis
Astrophel and Stella
Name Sidney's book of Sonnets
Lucrece
Amoretti
Astrophel and Stella
Who is called as the father of Metaphysical poetry?
John Donne
John Milton
Ben Jonson
a) Ben Jonson - 1) Petrarchian sonnet
b) Marlowe - 2) To celia
c)Wyatt - 3) The Passionate
a-3,b-1,c-2
a-2,b-3,c-1
a-2,b-1,c-3
a) The Principals of Navigation – 1)Bacon
b) The History of Man- 2)Richard Hakluyt
c) A History of Henry VII- 3)Samuel Purchas
a-2, b-3,c-1
a-3,b-1,c-2
a-2,b-1,c-3
Who has introduced the word Euphuism?
Samuel Peppy
John Donne
John Lyly
a) Authorized version of the Bible- 1) Tyndale
b) New Testament- 2) Coverdale
c) Complete Bible 3) Wycliffe
a-2,b-1,c-3
a-3,b-1,c-2
a-2, b-3,c-1
