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UGC NET English Literature – Renaissance / Tudor Age (1485–1558)

Renaissance / Tudor Age (1485–1558) Quiz

Quiz: Geoffrey Chaucer

1. Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"?





2. The Tudor Age began with the accession of which monarch?





3. Who wrote Utopia?





4. Utopia was originally written in which language?





5. Who introduced the sonnet into English literature?





6. Sir Thomas Wyatt adapted the sonnet form from which Italian poet?





7. Henry Howard is better known as:





8. Who first used Blank Verse in English literature?





9. Blank Verse consists of:





10. The Renaissance first began in:





11. Humanism is most closely associated with which movement?





12. Who is regarded as the greatest Christian Humanist of England?





13. Which scholar greatly influenced English Humanism?





14. Who wrote The Scholemaster?





15. Roger Ascham served as tutor to:





16. Who wrote The Book of the Governor?





17. Which work is regarded as the first English tragedy?





18. Gorboduc was written by:





19. Gorboduc was first performed before:





20. Which is considered the first English comedy?





21. Who wrote Ralph Roister Doister?





22. Gammer Gurton's Needle is a:





23. The Renaissance emphasized:





24. Who is called the "Morning Star of the English Reformation"?





25. Who introduced the printing press into England?





26. William Caxton established his printing press at:





27. Who translated the New Testament into English?





28. The English Renaissance was stimulated by:





29. Which literary form became highly popular during the Tudor Age?





30. Which poet was a court poet of Henry VIII?





31. Petrarch was a:





32. The word "Renaissance" means:





33. Which languages were widely studied during the Renaissance?





34. Who wrote The Defence of Good Women?





35. John Skelton served as tutor to:





36. Which age immediately follows the Tudor Age?





37. The Tudor Age is also known as:





38. Which poet is associated with the courtly love tradition in Tudor poetry?





39. The sonnet form originated in:





40. The Tudor Age laid the foundation for:





41. Which Tudor monarch broke with the Roman Catholic Church?





42. The Renaissance encouraged:





43. Which of the following was NOT primarily known as a sonneteer?





44. Who modified the Petrarchan sonnet for English literature?





45. Who was the principal author of Mirror for Magistrates?





46. Which work best reflects Renaissance idealism?





47. The English Renaissance reached its full flowering during the:





48. Who is credited with adapting Petrarchan sonnets into English?





49. What is the major literary contribution of Surrey?





50. Which pair is correctly matched?





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