Major Themes and Writers of Elizabethan Literature - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

 

Major Themes and Writers of Elizabethan Literature 

Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice):

1. Who is regarded as the greatest writer of the Elizabethan period?

a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Ben Jonson
c) William Shakespeare ✅
d) Edmund Spenser

2. The Faerie Queene is an allegory written by—

a) Edmund Spenser ✅
b) William Shakespeare
c) John Lyly
d) Thomas Kyd

3. Who is known as the Bard of Avon?

a) William Shakespeare ✅
b) Philip Sidney
c) Ben Jonson
d) Christopher Marlowe

4. Which writer introduced blank verse into English drama?

a) William Shakespeare
b) Ben Jonson
c) Christopher Marlowe ✅
d) Thomas Dekker

5. Astrophel and Stella was written by—

a) Sir Philip Sidney ✅
b) Edmund Spenser
c) Ben Jonson
d) Shakespeare

6. Which theme is predominant in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

a) Love
b) Ambition ✅
c) Friendship
d) Humor

7. Which Elizabethan play deals with Fate vs. Free Will?

a) Doctor Faustus ✅
b) As You Like It
c) Twelfth Night
d) Volpone

8. Volpone, a satirical comedy, was written by—

a) Ben Jonson ✅
b) Shakespeare
c) Marlowe
d) Spenser

9. The Spenserian stanza was introduced by—

a) Philip Sidney
b) Edmund Spenser ✅
c) Shakespeare
d) Marlowe

10. Doctor Faustus is a tragedy that deals with—

a) Love and Romance
b) Ambition and Fall of Man ✅
c) Nationalism
d) Courtly Love

11. Which Elizabethan writer is famous for his literary criticism The Defence of Poesy?

a) Edmund Spenser
b) Sir Philip Sidney ✅
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Lyly

12. Henry V is an example of which genre?

a) Comedy
b) Tragedy
c) Chronicle Play ✅
d) Masque

13. Shakespeare’s sonnets mostly deal with themes of—

a) War and Politics
b) Love, Beauty, and Time ✅
c) Religion and Morality
d) Comedy and Satire

14. The Spanish Tragedy was written by—

a) Thomas Kyd ✅
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben Jonson
d) Shakespeare

15. The theme of Patriotism is prominent in—

a) Romeo and Juliet
b) Henry V ✅
c) Macbeth
d) Doctor Faustus

16. Who among the following was NOT an Elizabethan writer?

a) William Shakespeare
b) Edmund Spenser
c) Geoffrey Chaucer ✅
d) Christopher Marlowe

17. Tamburlaine the Great was written by—

a) Ben Jonson
b) Christopher Marlowe ✅
c) Shakespeare
d) John Lyly

18. Which writer is associated with Masques?

a) Ben Jonson ✅
b) Marlowe
c) Sidney
d) Kyd

19. The Faerie Queene was dedicated to—

a) Queen Elizabeth I ✅
b) King Henry VIII
c) Mary, Queen of Scots
d) King James I

20. Which of the following plays is NOT a Shakespearean tragedy?

a) Hamlet
b) King Lear
c) Doctor Faustus ✅
d) Othello

21. Shakespeare’s historical plays are also known as—

a) Chronicle Plays ✅
b) Tragi-Comedies
c) Masques
d) Farces

22. The Defence of Poesy argues for the value of—

a) Music
b) Dance
c) Poetry ✅
d) Masques

23. Which of these plays features the theme of Supernatural Elements?

a) Twelfth Night
b) The Tempest ✅
c) Volpone
d) Astrophel and Stella

24. Who is famous for writing witty and satirical comedies in the Elizabethan era?

a) Ben Jonson ✅
b) Philip Sidney
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Edmund Spenser

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Dr. Noojilla Srinivas

Lecturer in English, Government College (Autonomous),

Rajahmundry

Phone: 7981862200