Interactive Literature MCQs

Q1. According to the text, a history of English literature is fundamentally an account of what?

Q2. What does every book immediately take us back to, according to the text?

Q3. In a history of English literature, what must we fix attention upon?

Q4. What is a key limitation mentioned regarding a short sketch of literature history?

Q5. According to the text, what does 'genius' fundamentally mean?

Q6. Why is it important to understand the distinctive quality of an author's genius?

Q7. How does the text describe the initial, obvious answer to 'What is a history of English literature?'

Q8. What does every book embody, aside from being a product of genius?

Q9. In examining authors, what must be left for a more extended study?

Q10. What is the consequence of strength of personality in a writer?

Q1. What is the one absolutely new thing every great writer brings into the world?

Q2. Why does an author's work bear its own special hallmark?

Q3. What does a mere list of authors and their books fail to constitute?

Q4. How does literature as a whole behave from generation to generation?

Q5. What happens when a writer's exceptionally powerful personality influences others?

Q6. How are literary 'schools' and 'movements' typically formed?

Q7. What does the 'school' of Pope refer to?

Q8. Which writer is credited with providing the principal impulse for the 'romantic' movement in prose fiction?

Q9. What must be remembered about even the most original men?

Q10. What was the 'classic' movement in verse?

Q1. Whose movement in verse was Alexander Pope carrying to perfection?

Q2. Before Scott became a supreme master in his literary school, what school was he educated in?

Q3. How is Shakespeare's entry into drama described?

Q4. What is the central purpose of a history of literature, according to the text?

Q5. How do the prevailing tastes of one age usually compare to those of another age?

Q6. How does the text describe the literature of the great Victorian era in relation to today?

Q7. In Spenser's day, there was boundless enthusiasm for which work?

Q8. In Pope's day, which work garnered boundless enthusiasm?

Q9. What must we be careful NOT to do when considering the influence of individual men?

Q10. By what is even the greatest genius necessarily moulded?

Q1. According to the text, a writer's work is largely determined by what?

Q2. How is every writer regarded in relation to his time?

Q3. What kind of influences belong to the sphere of books and scholarship?

Q4. Which era's English literature was heavily influenced by enthusiasm for Greek and Latin classics?

Q5. Which movement revived interest in the art and literature of the middle ages?

Q6. Under the spell of which literature were English writers during the end of the seventeenth century?

Q7. What factor, besides literary ones, can deeply affect the making of literature?

Q8. Which of the following is mentioned as an example of a non-literary movement that impacted general history and literature?

Q9. What must we never think of a book as being?

Q10. How should we think of a book, according to the text?

Q1. What is the principal object of a history of English literature?

Q2. A history of English literature acts as a record of individual men AND what else?

Q3. Why does a history of English literature have a national character?

Q4. How is ordinary English history described in comparison to its literature?

Q5. What does the story of ordinary English history primarily contain?

Q6. What does English literature tell the story of?

Q7. By following the history of our literature, what do we come into direct contact with?

Q8. What can we learn at first hand about a past generation by studying its literature?

Q9. How should we think of English literature in chronological study?

Q10. What does the spirit of an author's race and age find through him?

Q1. Why is the history of English literature always divided into periods?

Q2. What defines a 'period' in the context of literature?

Q3. What happens when there is a decisive change of taste?

Q4. What must we be on guard against when treating these literary periods?

Q5. How does history recognize endings and beginnings?

Q6. Why is the division of periods sometimes considered arbitrary?

Q7. Why are literary periods practically of utmost value?

Q8. What is a common method of labeling literary periods, which the author decides against?

Q9. How does the author purpose to designate each period?

Q10. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the large divisions of study in the text?

Q1. Because the book is described as 'a little book on a big subject,' how will the various questions of English literature be treated?

Q2. Due to space limitations, to what will the book's attention be almost entirely confined?

Q3. Which of the following is NOT listed as a 'special subject' whose literature will generally be omitted?

Q4. Under what condition will the literature of special subjects be mentioned?

Q5. What will the appended table in the book show?

Q6. Why are subjects like theology and philosophy generally omitted from this survey?

Q7. How does the author characterize the subject of the history of English literature?

Q8. How does the author describe the physical size of his book in relation to its subject?

Q9. What type of literature represents the primary focus of this specific historical survey?

Q10. What relationship will the book's tabular outline highlight?

Q1. What are the dates given for the period 'English Literature Before Chaucer'?

Q2. What was the former practice among historians of the English language?

Q3. What two languages united to form the new speech distinguished as 'English' after the Conquest?

Q4. How do modern writers view the foundation of the English language?

Q5. What term is now commonly used instead of 'Anglo-Saxon' by modern writers?

Q6. According to the modern conception, when did English literature begin?

Q7. What concept regarding the development of the English language do modern writers emphasize?

Q8. How does the modern interpretation view what was once called Anglo-Saxon literature?

Q9. In the past, who was often said to be the starting point of English literature?

Q10. Who brought over the Norman French language?

Q1. Who is mentioned as using an early form of English some seven centuries before Chaucer?

Q2. What is the fundamental difference in how we approach reading Caedmon's English vs. Chaucer's English?

Q3. How is Caedmon's literary style described in comparison to ours?

Q4. Despite the continuous history of English literature, when does the author argue that 'modern English literature definitely begins'?

Q5. Which famous epic is preserved from the Anglo-Saxon poetry period?

Q6. What is known about the authorship of Beowulf?

Q7. Where is it probable that Beowulf originally grew up in the form of ballads?

Q8. Around what century was Beowulf likely fashioned into an epic in England?

Q9. What is the religious nature of Beowulf as it stands today?

Q10. Who was the first monster that Beowulf fought and killed?

Q1. Apart from Beowulf, who are the most important surviving examples of the oldest English poetry?

Q2. When did the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity begin?

Q3. What was Caedmon's occupation before receiving the gift of poetry?

Q4. According to Bede's tale, how did Caedmon receive the power of verse?

Q5. What did the heavenly visitor in Caedmon's vision tell him to sing about?

Q6. Which famous poet is thought to have possibly taken hints from the Genesis attributed to Caedmon?

Q7. What was Cynewulf's lifestyle in his earlier life before his conversion?

Q8. What caused Cynewulf to dedicate himself to religious themes?

Q9. Which of the following is NOT a work included among Cynewulf's poems?

Q10. What is the subject of Cynewulf's poem 'Elene'?

Q1. Despite being sacred in subject, what is Anglo-Saxon poetry full of?

Q2. Which poem is mentioned as regular war poetry with a spirited translation by Tennyson?

Q3. What other fondness is ingrained in the English character and is a striking feature of Anglo-Saxon poetry?

Q4. Instead of modern end-rhyme, what did Anglo-Saxon verse primarily employ?

Q5. In the normal type of Anglo-Saxon verse, how many accented syllables were typically in the first division of the line?

Q6. In which region did Anglo-Saxon poetry flourish most?

Q7. In which region did Anglo-Saxon prose develop later?

Q8. Who holds an honorable place as the first to put the vernacular to systematic use in prose?

Q9. The Venerable Bede wrote his Latin Ecclesiastical History at Jarrow in which kingdom?

Q10. What is considered the greatest monument of Old English prose?

Q1. What happened to English literature for about a hundred and fifty years after the Norman Conquest?

Q2. In whose reign did the revival of English literature begin?

Q3. What historical event/document showed that the native population and invaders had been welded into a single people?

Q4. What event tended to further confirm the growing unity of the English nation?

Q5. Who completed the enormous poem 'Brut' around 1205?

Q6. What does Layamon's poem 'Brut' primarily contain?

Q7. In Layamon's 'Brut,' which three streams of influence run together?

Q8. What is 'Ormulum,' written around 1215?

Q9. What was the purpose of the 'Ancren Riwle'?

Q10. Why is 'The Owl and the Nightingale' historically interesting in its versification?

Q1. Which of the following works is a versified account of scripture history and saint legends?

Q2. What makes the period between the Conquest and Chaucer highly important?

Q3. What was the final linguistic product of the three hundred years following the Norman Conquest?

Q4. Which language long continued to be the recognized official language and language of fashion after the Conquest?

Q5. What event in 1362 signalized the complete triumph of the English language?

Q6. Before 1362, what had already shown the growth of a literary public among those who 'had no French'?

Q7. As French was disappearing, what issue existed with the new English tongue?

Q8. Which of the following was NOT one of the fundamental English dialects mentioned?

Q9. Which English dialect tended to gain ascendancy due to the capital and the two centers of learning?

Q10. Who is considered the first of our really national English poets?

Q1. When were the Jutes, Saxons, and Angles settling in Britain?

Q2. According to the table, when was Christianity introduced into Kent by St. Augustine?

Q3. When did the Norman Conquest take place?

Q4. In what century were Alfred's translations produced?

Q5. Which work from the English Revival is dated around 1205?

Q6. Who was King of England during the start of the English Revival (1199-1216)?

Q7. What was the approximate birth year of Chaucer according to the table?

Q8. During whose reign (1337-1377) did works like Ayenbite of Inwyt appear?

Q9. In what decade was Cursor Mundi written?

Q10. When was Beowulf fashioned into an epic, according to the table?

Q1. During the reigns of which English kings did Chaucer live?

Q2. What does Edward's reign mark the highest development of in England?

Q3. The spirit of Edward's court was characterized by romantic idealism, seen in which Chaucer tale?

Q4. Which famous chronicler wrote about the victories of Crecy and Poictiers?

Q5. Despite the gay life of the king and nobility, what was the condition of the masses?

Q6. What awful epidemic swept away more than a third of the population in 1348-9?

Q7. In what years did the Black Death reappear after 1348-9?

Q8. How did new tyrannous laws passed to regulate labor affect the situation?

Q9. What effect did the successive wars with France have on the English mood initially?

Q10. How did the Chronicles of Froissart read?

Q1. What was the immediate cause of the general rising of the common folk under Wat Tyler?

Q2. What was the temper of England in Chaucer's closing years compared to his birth?

Q3. What greatly contributed to the increasing evils of Chaucer's age regarding religion?

Q4. How does Chaucer's writing show he was alive to the shocking state of the religious world?

Q5. Who is referred to as 'the morning star of the Reformation'?

Q6. What great task did John Wyclif dedicate his life to?

Q7. What did Wyclif produce with the help of his disciples?

Q8. Wyclif's translation was the first translation of the scriptures into what?

Q9. What two forces were chief active forces in the England of the later fourteenth century?

Q10. What were Wyclif's itinerant preachers known as?

Q1. What third influence did much to change the current of intellectual interests in Chaucer's age?

Q2. Up to this point, scholarship had largely been the concern of whom?

Q3. Where had the spirit of the new learning arisen?

Q4. What was the new learning chiefly derived from?

Q5. Who were the two celebrated Italian writers that led this great revival?

Q6. What was the new culture of classical revival called?

Q7. In England, when were the promises of the fourteenth century's intellectual activity finally fulfilled?

Q8. When and where was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

Q9. What was Chaucer's father's profession?

Q10. What happened to Chaucer in 1359 while with the English army in France?

Q1. Chaucer was brought into direct touch with Italian culture during the days of what?

Q2. Which two Italian writers might Chaucer have met?

Q3. Who was Chaucer's special patron whose banishment led to Chaucer falling on evil days?

Q4. Which king's accession placed Chaucer beyond want by granting him a royal pension?

Q5. Where was Chaucer buried?

Q6. Chaucer's education as a poet is described as being two-fold. What were the two parts?

Q7. How does Chaucer describe his study habits in 'The House of Fame'?

Q8. Like Shakespeare and Milton, Chaucer was not just a bookman, he was what?

Q9. What three periods is Chaucer's literary career conveniently divided into?

Q10. What formed the favorite reading of cultivated society during Chaucer's youth?

Q1. Which of the following is an early work of Chaucer done on French models?

Q2. During his second period (1370-84), Chaucer's work was influenced by masters from which country?

Q3. Chaucer's 'The House of Fame' clearly owes much to which Italian master?

Q4. What is the title of Chaucer's longest single poem?

Q5. In his third period, what does it mean that Chaucer becomes 'English'?

Q6. Which work is considered Chaucer's most famous and characteristic work from his final period?

Q7. What is the structure of The Canterbury Tales?

Q8. Where do the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales meet?

Q9. Where are the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales bound?

Q10. Who was the host of the Tabard Inn?

Q1. What is the proposal made by Harry Bailly to the pilgrims?

Q2. What is the prize for the pilgrim who tells the best tale?

Q3. In which section of the work is this plan explained?

Q4. Which of the following professions represents the military class in the prologue?

Q5. Which character is described as a well-to-do west-country cloth-maker named Alison?

Q6. Broadly speaking, what social class is the company of pilgrims limited to?

Q7. How are the characters in the Prologue described regarding their quality?

Q8. How many tales was each pilgrim supposed to tell in total according to the original plan?

Q9. How many tales did Chaucer actually complete?

Q10. Why do the completed tales differ so widely in character from one another?

Q1. Which characters tell coarse farcical stories?

Q2. In The Canterbury Tales, how many of the tales are original in their theme?

Q3. From what sources does Chaucer take his raw material for the tales?

Q4. What is considered Chaucer's finest work as a narrative poet?

Q5. Upon whose work is the Knight's Tale based?

Q6. Who are the two young cousins of royal blood in the Knight's Tale?

Q7. Who do the two cousins see walking in the garden that causes them to become rivals in love?

Q8. How does Duke Theseus decide to settle the dispute between the two cousins over Emily?

Q9. Who wins the hand of Emily at the end of the story?

Q10. Nominally, the Knight's Tale is a story of the heroic age of Greece, but what is its actual atmosphere?

Q1. Was Chaucer considered a poet of the people?

Q2. What did Chaucer's audience want to be amused or touched by?

Q3. What kind of topics did Chaucer's audience NOT wish to be disturbed by?

Q4. What is significant about Chaucer's mention of the Peasants' Revolt?

Q5. How do we know Chaucer was aware of the religious corruptions of his time?

Q6. With whose ideas does Chaucer's sympathetic portrayal of the poor parson align?

Q7. How is Chaucer's general nature described in relation to social reform?

Q8. What is the characteristic tone of Chaucer's poetry?

Q9. Which intellectual influence did Chaucer respond readily to?

Q10. Through Chaucer, what kind of spirit first expresses itself in English poetry?

Q1. If Wyclif was 'the morning star of the Reformation', what may Chaucer be called?

Q2. What is described as a specially charming feature of Chaucer's poetry?

Q3. What kind of metre did Chaucer adopt, abandoning the Old English irregular lines and alliteration?

Q4. Who was Chaucer's chief rival in poetry?

Q5. How does Chaucer refer to John Gower in his dedication of Troylus and Cryseyde?

Q6. How is Gower's writing style characterized in comparison to Chaucer's?

Q7. What was Gower's attitude regarding the best medium (language) for his poetry?

Q8. Which of Gower's poems was written in English, challenging comparison with Chaucer?

Q9. What is the main subject matter of Gower's 'Confessio Amantis'?

Q10. What was Gower's view of the social conditions of the time?

Q1. Where did Gower stand politically, despite his criticisms?

Q2. Who is the third writer of this age, described as essentially a poet of the people?

Q3. What kind of life did William Langland seemingly live?

Q4. What is the title of William Langland's enormous allegorical poem?

Q5. How is Langland's 'Vision' described in terms of literary art?

Q6. What does Langland boldly attack in his poem under the device of a dream?

Q7. How is Langland's spirit described?

Q8. How does the language and style of Langland's work compare to Chaucer's?

Q9. What poetic principle does Langland's poem adhere to, making it the last important poem written this way?

Q10. Who is considered the real father of Scottish poetry and wrote 'The Brus'?

Q1. How are Chaucer's own few prose writings described in importance?

Q2. What did Wyclif's controversial pamphlets help to show regarding the vernacular?

Q3. What is considered the great prose work of this period?

Q4. What does 'The Travels of Sir John Maundeville' purport to give an account of?

Q5. What is now established regarding the alleged author, Sir John Maundeville?

Q6. From what language is 'The Travels of Sir John Maundeville' actually a translation?

Q7. Instead of a genuine record of travel, what is 'The Travels of Sir John Maundeville' really?

Q8. Which of the following is an example of the marvelous things described in Maundeville's book?

Q9. Despite being a translation and a fabrication, what place does 'The Travels of Sir John Maundeville' keep?

Q10. According to the table, in what year did the Hundred Years' War with France begin?

Q1. According to the table, when was the Battle of Crecy fought?

Q2. During what years did the Black Death occur according to the table?

Q3. When was the Battle of Poictiers fought?

Q4. When was the Boke of the Duchesse written?

Q5. Over what span of years did Langland write his 'Vision'?

Q6. When did Wat Tyler's Rebellion take place?

Q7. In what year did the official condemnation of Wyclif's opinions occur?

Q8. From what year onward did Chaucer begin working on the Canterbury Tales?

Q9. In what year did Henry IV ascend the throne?

Q10. In what year did both Chaucer and Langland die?

Q1. What period follows the brilliant beginning made by Chaucer in English literature?

Q2. The lack of great books for a hundred years after Chaucer might simply be due to what?

Q3. Was the fifteenth century in England considered an age of great men in any field of activity?

Q4. Even when talent exists, what does it depend upon for its expression?

Q5. What happened to efforts toward religious reform after Wyclif?

Q6. How did religious persecution affect intellectual life?

Q7. The country was distracted by political conflicts culminating in what struggle?

Q8. What is another name for the struggle between the Houses of York and Lancaster?

Q9. What happened to the old order of feudalism during the Wars of the Roses?

Q10. What other factor is mentioned as contributing to the unproductiveness of the 15th century?

Q1. How was mental activity in the universities largely wasted during the fifteenth century?

Q2. Outside the universities, what kind of spirit prevailed among the fast-rising middle classes?

Q3. How is the greater part of fifteenth century English verse described?

Q4. 'The Flower and the Leaf' is a beautiful poem from this era. Who was it long ascribed to before being attributed to an anonymous writer?

Q5. Who were two of the best known 'Chaucerians' (imitators of Chaucer)?

Q6. What long poem did Hoccleve write in Chaucer's seven-line stanza?

Q7. What does Hoccleve describe in the prologue of 'The Governail of Princes'?

Q8. John Lydgate was a learned monk of which order and location?

Q9. Which of the following is one of John Lydgate's longer productions?

Q10. Where was the best poetry of the fifteenth century written?

Q1. What is the title of the long poem written by James I of Scotland?

Q2. Chaucer's seven-line stanza used by James I is often called what?

Q3. Who is considered the greatest British poet between Chaucer and Spenser?

Q4. What event did William Dunbar's poem 'The Thistle and the Rose' commemorate?

Q5. Which Scottish poet produced 'Testament of Cresseid' following the Chaucerian model?

Q6. Gawain Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, wrote original prologues for his translation of what classic work?

Q7. How did the Scottish poets differ from the English disciples in their treatment of nature?

Q8. Three of Douglas's prologues deal with the country in which three seasons?

Q9. What kind of minor verse became increasingly popular in the century after Chaucer's death?

Q10. How did ballads like 'The Battle of Otterburn' impact the English people?

Q1. During the 15th century, what type of literature was showing more promising work than verse?

Q2. What bold break with tradition did Reginald Pecock make in his writing?

Q3. Which of the following is a prose landmark written by Reginald Pecock?

Q4. Sir John Fortescue is known for writing a political treatise about the difference between what?

Q5. What is considered the one really great book (and prose production) of the 15th century?

Q6. Who authored the Morte d'Arthur?

Q7. According to Caxton's statement, in what year did the author complete Morte d'Arthur?

Q8. From what sources did Malory compile his work, Morte d'Arthur?

Q9. What was Malory's main object in compiling Morte d'Arthur?

Q10. How did Malory treat his source materials?

Q1. Why did Malory look back with sentimental regret while writing his book?

Q2. According to Caxton, what ideals of the ancient system of knighthood is Malory's book full of?

Q3. Why does Morte d'Arthur hold a high place in literary history aside from its intrinsic interest?

Q4. Which of Tennyson's works is largely based upon Morte d'Arthur?

Q5. How is Malory's style described in terms of grammar and sentence structure?

Q6. Where did the Italian revival of learning originate?

Q7. Who were two of the munificent patrons of scholarship and the arts during the great age of Italian humanism?

Q8. What happened to monastic libraries during the 15th century revival of learning?

Q9. What boundless enthusiasm swept through the educated community during this time?

Q10. What purpose does the 15th century serve in English literature?

Q1. How did the revival of learning emancipate thought from medieval theology?

Q2. The Renaissance is rightly regarded as a chief force in the making of what?

Q3. How did young Englishmen of rank bring Italian humanism back to English soil?

Q4. What agency did more than any other to break down old intellectual boundaries by multiplying books?

Q5. Who became the first English printer?

Q6. In what year did William Caxton set up his press at Westminster?

Q7. The literature of the early Tudor period is historically significant as the prelude to what?

Q8. Who published an English New Testament in 1525?

Q9. Who published the complete English Bible in 1535?

Q10. What is one of the most thoroughly typical works of the early Renaissance time, written by Sir Thomas More?

Q1. Which classical work heavily influenced the description of an ideal state in More's Utopia?

Q2. In what year did Ralph Robinson translate More's Utopia into English?

Q3. Who is considered one of the earliest masters of original English prose, writing Toxophilus?

Q4. What is the subject of Ascham's Toxophilus?

Q5. Which poet evolved a coarse, vigorous style for satiric attacks on Cardinal Wolsey?

Q6. At whose thoroughly Italianised court did the new movement in poetry really begin?

Q7. Which two poets are conspicuously associated with the new movement in poetry?

Q8. What specific poetic form did Wyatt and Surrey bring from Italy?

Q9. Surrey was the first English poet to use which verse form (in his translation of the Aeneid)?

Q10. In what famous collection (published in 1557) are Wyatt and Surrey the chief poets represented?

Q1. What topic does the author state has been omitted so far and will be covered in the next chapter?

Q2. According to the table, when did Henry IV die?

Q3. In what year was Lydgate's 'Falles of Princes' written?

Q4. When did the Wars of the Roses occur according to the table?

Q5. When was Caxton's printing press set up?

Q6. When was the Battle of Bosworth fought?

Q7. What are the dates of Henry VIII's reign?

Q8. When did Tyndale publish his New Testament?

Q9. Who reigned from 1547-1553?

Q10. What is the final entry on the timeline for this period (1557)?

Q1. During what years did Queen Mary reign?

Q2. The word Utopia is formed from two Greek words meaning what?

Q3. How has the adjective 'Utopian' been integrated into modern use?

Q4. Which of the following is true based on the footnote regarding Utopia?

Q5. Which monarch immediately preceded Queen Mary?

Q6. Which famous literary collection was published during Mary's reign?

Q7. Based on the previous timeline context, Queen Mary's reign occurred right before which major English era?

Q8. According to the footnote, what language are the roots of the word 'Utopia' derived from?

Q9. What literary trend is highlighted by the creation of words like 'Utopia' passing into common speech?

Q10. What year marked the end of Queen Mary's reign?

Q1. The earliest mention of dramatic representation in England refers to a play in honor of whom?

Q2. Around what year did this earliest recorded performance at Dunstable take place?

Q3. From what had the early religious drama evolved?

Q4. What was the direct purpose of these early religious dramas?

Q5. In the beginning, who were the actors in these religious plays?

Q6. What language was initially employed in these church performances?

Q7. What was this early form of religious drama called?

Q8. As the plays became more popular, where were they moved to from the interior of the church?

Q9. When laymen began to take part, what language eventually substituted the original Latin?

Q10. What does the transition from church interior to village street indicate about the plays?

Q1. In what century did the religious drama in England reach its height?

Q2. During which festival in early summer were these plays typically represented?

Q3. How were the Corpus Christi plays arranged?

Q4. Who took charge of the performance of these collective mysteries in the towns?

Q5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four complete cycles that have come down to us?

Q6. How does each of the complete cycles begin and end?

Q7. Which scene is mentioned as touching the note of pathos in these plays?

Q8. The Shepherd plays of the Wakefield series are noted for introducing what element?

Q9. Which famous playwright likely witnessed the miracle plays given annually at Coventry during his boyhood?

Q10. How did morality plays differ from miracle plays?

Q1. Who was a prominent humorous character introduced later into morality plays, often serving as the fun-maker?

Q2. The character of 'The Vice' is specially interesting as the direct forerunner of what later stage character?

Q3. Why did the morality play have greater freedom in the handling of plot and characters than the miracle play?

Q4. During the Reformation period, what was the morality play often used for?

Q5. As personified abstractions in morality plays began to resemble individual persons, what did the morality play insensibly pass into?

Q6. What was the 'interlude'?

Q7. In its specific sense, what does the 'interlude' refer to?

Q8. Which name is closely associated with the growth of the interlude form in the early sixteenth century?

Q9. What is the title of John Heywood's most amusing interlude, featuring a Palmer, Pardoner, Pothecary, and Pedlar?

Q10. What is the climax of the competition in 'The Four Ps'?

Q1. Why are early experiments in play-writing (miracle/morality plays) historically important?

Q2. Under what direct influence did English comedy and tragedy pass into forms of art?

Q3. From which classical playwrights did the Renaissance men initially take their models for comedy and tragedy?

Q4. What is considered the first real English comedy?

Q5. Who wrote Roister Doister around 1550?

Q6. How is Roister Doister structured?

Q7. What is considered the first real English tragedy?

Q8. Gorboduc is an almost pedantic effort to reproduce the forms and spirit of whose tragedy?

Q9. Who wrote the first English tragedy, Gorboduc?

Q10. What is an interesting poetic first regarding Gorboduc?

Q1. According to the table, what was the first recorded dramatic performance in England?

Q2. In what year was the Festival of Corpus Christi instituted, giving impulse to miracle plays?

Q3. During whose reign was the Festival of Corpus Christi instituted?

Q4. When did the York cycle of miracle plays originate?

Q5. When did the Wakefield cycle of miracle plays originate?

Q6. What is the earliest extant morality play listed in the table?

Q7. When did interludes begin to appear according to the table?

Q8. In what year was Gorboduc written?

Q9. What was the second English comedy, written in 1566 by John Still?

Q10. Based on the footnote, what is the accepted English term for religious drama, despite continental distinctions between 'mysteries' and 'miracle plays'?

Q1. What period of time does the 'Shakespearean Age' broadly cover?

Q2. The Shakespearean Age is described as falling naturally into how many divisions?

Q3. How is the first division (the first 21 years of the Queen's reign) characterized?

Q4. How is the second division (between Spenser's Shepheardes Calender and Elizabeth's death) characterized?

Q5. How is the third division (the 22 years of the reign of James I) characterized?

Q6. Strictly speaking, what is the proper designation for the third division of this period?

Q7. Why is the entire period referred to collectively as the Age of Shakespeare?

Q8. How does this period rank in the annals of the world's literature?

Q9. What happened to the 'average mood' of the nation during this period?

Q10. Which authors are mentioned as growing from boyhood into youth during the early years of Elizabeth's reign?

Q1. How did the revival of learning affect the general public during this era?

Q2. What quote is used to describe the pervasive influence of classical literature in England?

Q3. While the Renaissance aroused the intellect and aesthetic faculties, what did the Reformation awaken?

Q4. What significant religious text did the printing press put into the hands of the people?

Q5. What effect did the discovery of new worlds and explorers' tales have on the English mind?

Q6. Which of the following is NOT listed as a daring explorer of the time?

Q7. What was the state of the country's internal affairs for the first time in many years?

Q8. How did the fierce feuds of Catholic and Protestant change during this period?

Q9. What crisis imperiled England's existence but ultimately caused Englishmen to sink minor differences and stand shoulder to shoulder?

Q10. What became one of the outstanding features of the age as a result of defending against a common foe?