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1
Who wrote Who So List To Hunt?
Sir Thomas Wyatt
William Shakespeare
Henry Bollingbroke
Christopher Marlowe
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What development led to a democratization of knowledge?
Fall of Constantinople
Establishment of the Anglican Church
Humanism
Book printing
3
"I'll burn my books!" Which literary work was this quote taken from?
Whoso List to Hunt
Beowulf
Romeo & Juliet
Dr. Faustus
4
Who was Henry VIII's first wife?
Anne Hathaway
Anne Boleyn
Catharine of Aragon
Catherine Parr
5
What was the motto of the clergy in the Middle Ages?
Carpe diem
Ad fontes
Radix malorum
Memento Mori
6
In the final scene, who explains the story of Romeo & Juliet to the surviving cast?
Lord Montague
Friar Laurence
Paris
Friar John
7
Who wrote the following quote: Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am?
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
Christopher Marlowe
Sir Thomas Wyatt
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What story is this?
Dr. Faustus
Beowulf
The Knight's Tale
Romeo & Juliet
9
Which book deals with the Battle of Hastings?
Exeter Book
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Historia Ecclesiastica
Oxford Book
10
Who was Shakespeare's rival when it came to quality literature?
Francis Drake
Sir Patrick Spens
Edmund Spenser
Christopher Marlowe
11
True or False: Tybalt's death was an accident.
True
False
12
Who did Henry VII marry to bring an end to the Wars of the roses?
Elizabeth I
Catharine of Aragon
Queen Mary
Elizabeth of York
13
To what does Shakespeare often compare beauty?
A beautiful poem
A flower
The sun
A bird
14
What Tale is this an adaptation of?
The knight's Tales
The Pardoner's Tale
The wife of Bath's Tale
The miller's Tale
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Who is this?
Romeo Montague
Christopher marlowe
Henry VIII
William Shakespeare
16
What is the main theme of Sir Patrick Spens?
Sound governance
Loyalty
Superstition
Treason
17
Who is this?
Christopher Marlowe
Henry VIII
Edward VI
William Shakespeare
18
True or False: The story of Romeo & Juliet takes less than a week.
True
False
19
What element do we find after line 8 in a sonnet?
Soliloquy
Conceit
Oxymoron
Volta
20
What is so striking about the poem Beowulf? It is written in:
End rhyme
Assonance
Alliteration
21
When did the Renaissance start?
450
1066
1566
1453
22
What story from the Canterbury Tales does Gawain and the Green Knight have most in common with?
The Miller's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
The Knight's Tale
23
How did the Fox end up in the well in The Fox and the Wolf?
He climbed into the bucket, which then descended
He jumped in, driven by thirst.
He fell because wasn't paying attention
24
What genre is The Miller's Tale?
Fabliau
Romance
Exemplum
Allegory
25
Queen Elizabeth I is famous for defeating which country?
France
Spain
Germany
The Low Ounctries
26
Who won the Wars of the Roses?
House of Lancaster
House of Stuart
House of York
House Tudor
27
To which period would you assign Faustus?
Both
Middle Ages
Renaissance
28
Which of these elements does not belong in the Renaissance?
Anthropocentrism
Humanism
Warrior culture
Henry VII
29
Who is not a Montague?
Paris
Benvolio
Tybalt
Romeo
30
Which quote belongs to this picture?
O Brawling Love
I will be brief
Oh, happy dagger!
Wherefore art thou Romeo?
31
Which of the following is not a recurrent theme of a sonnet?
Beauty
Youth
Love
Betrayal
32
Who was Romeo's initial love interest?
Rosaline
Paris
Juliet
Charlotte
33
Who does Faustus require in return for his soul?
Dian
His wife
Helen
His daughter
34
Which of these is not a fear of Juliet's when she is about to take the fake poison?
Tybalt's ghost will drive her crazy
Romeo will be too early and believe her dead.
The poison is real
She will suffocate
35
What battle is depicted here?
Battle of Danelaw
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Maldon
Battle of Binker Hill
