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Renaissance Literary Gems: A Quiz on the Classics

Renaissance Literary Gems: A Quiz on the Classics

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by William Shakespeare?

  1. Romeo and Juliet
  2. Hamlet
  3. The Divine Comedy
  4. Macbeth
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the main character in John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost"?

  1. Adam
  2. Eve
  3. Satan
  4. God
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by Geoffrey Chaucer?

  1. The Canterbury Tales
  2. Troilus and Criseyde
  3. The Decameron
  4. The Book of the Duchess
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of the play "Doctor Faustus"?

  1. Christopher Marlowe
  2. William Shakespeare
  3. Ben Jonson
  4. John Milton
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by Thomas More?

  1. Utopia
  2. A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
  3. The History of King Richard III
  4. The Book of the Duchess
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the main character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem "The Faerie Queene"?

  1. Redcrosse Knight
  2. Una
  3. Archimago
  4. Duessa
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by Ben Jonson?

  1. Volpone
  2. The Alchemist
  3. Every Man in His Humour
  4. The Decameron
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of the play "The Duchess of Malfi"?

  1. John Webster
  2. William Shakespeare
  3. Ben Jonson
  4. Christopher Marlowe
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by Francis Bacon?

  1. The Advancement of Learning
  2. Novum Organum
  3. The History of Henry VII
  4. Essays
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

  1. William Shakespeare
  2. Christopher Marlowe
  3. Ben Jonson
  4. John Milton
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by Thomas Dekker?

  1. The Shoemaker's Holiday
  2. Old Fortunatus
  3. The Decameron
  4. The Honest Whore
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of the play "The Changeling"?

  1. Thomas Middleton
  2. William Rowley
  3. John Fletcher
  4. Francis Beaumont
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by John Donne?

  1. The Sun Rising
  2. The Flea
  3. The Good-Morrow
  4. The Decameron
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the author of the play "The White Devil"?

  1. John Webster
  2. William Shakespeare
  3. Ben Jonson
  4. Christopher Marlowe
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is NOT a famous work by George Herbert?

  1. The Temple
  2. The Country Parson
  3. The Decameron
  4. Jacula Prudentum
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