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❖ 1. Where did the Renaissance begin before spreading to England?
Ⓐ France Ⓑ Italy Ⓒ Spain Ⓓ Germany
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Italy।
📘 Explanation: The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century and reached England in the 16th century.
❖ 2. What does the word “Renaissance” literally mean?
Ⓐ Rebirth Ⓑ Reform Ⓒ Revolution Ⓓ Renewal
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Rebirth।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance means rinascita in Italian, which translates to “rebirth” of learning and classical culture.
❖ 3. Who established political stability in England that encouraged Renaissance literature?
Ⓐ Tudors Ⓑ Stuarts Ⓒ Plantagenets Ⓓ Normans
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Tudors।
📘 Explanation: The Tudor monarchs (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I) gave stability for literary growth.
❖ 4. Which invention in 1476 helped spread Renaissance ideas in England?
Ⓐ Telescope Ⓑ Compass Ⓒ Printing Press Ⓓ Microscope
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Printing Press।
📘 Explanation: William Caxton introduced the printing press in England in 1476.
❖ 5. Who among the following was an Elizabethan explorer?
Ⓐ Chaucer Ⓑ Raleigh Ⓒ Milton Ⓓ Dryden
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Raleigh।
📘 Explanation: Sir Walter Raleigh, along with Drake, expanded England’s horizons through exploration.
❖ 6. What year did Martin Luther start the Reformation in Europe?
Ⓐ 1492 Ⓑ 1517 Ⓒ 1534 Ⓓ 1588
✔ Answer: Ⓑ 1517।
📘 Explanation: Martin Luther initiated the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
❖ 7. In which year did Henry VIII break from Rome and establish the Anglican Church?
Ⓐ 1517 Ⓑ 1526 Ⓒ 1534 Ⓓ 1588
✔ Answer: Ⓒ 1534।
📘 Explanation: In 1534, Henry VIII broke away from the Pope and founded the Church of England.
❖ 8. Which major event in 1588 boosted national pride in England?
Ⓐ Reformation Ⓑ Printing Press invention Ⓒ Defeat of Spanish Armada Ⓓ Death of Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Defeat of Spanish Armada।
📘 Explanation: England’s victory over Spain in 1588 gave rise to patriotism and confidence reflected in literature.
❖ 9. Renaissance literature shifted focus from divine authority to what?
Ⓐ Nationalism Ⓑ Human potential Ⓒ Trade Ⓓ Technology
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Human potential।
📘 Explanation: Humanism celebrated man, reason, and worldly life instead of purely divine focus.
❖ 10. Which literary form was revived and flourished during the Renaissance?
Ⓐ Sonnet Ⓑ Epic Ⓒ Pastoral poetry Ⓓ All of these
✔ Answer: Ⓓ All of these।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance poetry saw growth in sonnets, epics, and pastorals.
❖ 11. Who wrote Utopia (1516)?
Ⓐ Roger Ascham Ⓑ Thomas More Ⓒ John Lyly Ⓓ Thomas North
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Thomas More।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas More’s Utopia outlined an ideal commonwealth and criticized society.
❖ 12. Who was the tutor of Queen Elizabeth I?
Ⓐ Roger Ascham Ⓑ John Lyly Ⓒ Richard Hakluyt Ⓓ Henry Howard
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Roger Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham, author of The Schoolmaster, tutored Elizabeth I.
❖ 13. Which writer introduced Euphuism in English prose?
Ⓐ Roger Ascham Ⓑ John Lyly Ⓒ Richard Hakluyt Ⓓ Thomas More
✔ Answer: Ⓑ John Lyly।
📘 Explanation: Lyly’s Euphues novels created a highly ornate style called Euphuism.
❖ 14. Who translated Plutarch’s Lives, later influencing Shakespeare?
Ⓐ Thomas North Ⓑ Richard Hakluyt Ⓒ Thomas Wyatt Ⓓ William Tyndale
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Thomas North।
📘 Explanation: North’s translation of Plutarch provided source material for Shakespeare’s plays.
❖ 15. Who wrote Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation?
Ⓐ John Lyly Ⓑ Richard Hakluyt Ⓒ Sir Philip Sidney Ⓓ Thomas More
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Richard Hakluyt।
📘 Explanation: Hakluyt documented exploration and travel prose of the Renaissance.
❖ 16. Who translated the Bible into English in early Renaissance times?
Ⓐ Sidney & Spenser Ⓑ Tyndale & Coverdale Ⓒ Wyatt & Surrey Ⓓ North & Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Tyndale & Coverdale।
📘 Explanation: William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale translated the Bible into English.
❖ 17. Who introduced the Petrarchan sonnet form into English poetry?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas Wyatt brought the Petrarchan sonnet into English poetry.
❖ 18. Who introduced blank verse into English literature?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ More
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, first used blank verse in English poetry.
❖ 19. Which poet is credited with developing the English sonnet form (Shakespearean form)?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Surrey’s rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg shaped the Shakespearean sonnet.
❖ 20. Who wrote Astrophel and Stella?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Marlowe
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sir Philip Sidney authored Astrophel and Stella, the first major English sonnet sequence.
❖ 21. Which is considered the first critical essay in English literature?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Defence of Poesie Ⓒ Utopia Ⓓ Faerie Queene
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Defence of Poesie।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Defence of Poesie was the first major English literary criticism.
❖ 22. Who is called the “Poet’s Poet”?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Edmund Spenser is often called the “Poet’s Poet” for his influence on later poets.
❖ 23. Which work by Spenser is an allegorical epic celebrating Elizabeth I?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ The Shepheardes Calendar Ⓒ The Faerie Queene Ⓓ Defence of Poesie
✔ Answer: Ⓒ The Faerie Queene।
📘 Explanation: The Faerie Queene is an allegorical poem glorifying Queen Elizabeth.
❖ 24. What is the stanza form invented by Spenser?
Ⓐ Heroic couplet Ⓑ Ottava rima Ⓒ Spenserian stanza Ⓓ Blank verse
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenserian stanza।
📘 Explanation: Spenser invented a 9-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc.
❖ 25. Which writer among the University Wits wrote Doctor Faustus?
Ⓐ Greene Ⓑ Peele Ⓒ Kyd Ⓓ Marlowe
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Marlowe।
📘 Explanation: Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is a Renaissance tragedy in blank verse.
❖ 26. Which chronicle influenced Shakespeare’s history plays?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Plutarch’s Lives Ⓒ Holinshed’s Chronicles Ⓓ Principal Navigations
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Holinshed’s Chronicles।
📘 Explanation: Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles was a source for Shakespeare’s histories.
❖ 27. Which literary form fused with music during the Renaissance?
Ⓐ Ballad Ⓑ Madrigal Ⓒ Drama Ⓓ Chronicle
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Madrigal।
📘 Explanation: Madrigals combined poetry and music, flourishing in Elizabethan courts.
❖ 28. Which prose work by Sidney is a pastoral romance?
Ⓐ Utopia Ⓑ Arcadia Ⓒ Euphues Ⓓ Principal Navigations
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Arcadia।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Arcadia is a pastoral prose romance.
❖ 29. Whose translation of Plutarch strongly influenced Elizabethan drama?
Ⓐ Tyndale Ⓑ North Ⓒ Coverdale Ⓓ Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ North।
📘 Explanation: Thomas North’s translation inspired many of Shakespeare’s plots.
❖ 30. The death of which poet marks the symbolic end of the first Renaissance phase in 1599?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Marlowe
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Edmund Spenser’s death in 1599 symbolically closed the first stage of Renaissance literature.
❖ 31. Which monarch’s reign is known as the “Golden Age of English Literature”?
Ⓐ Henry VII Ⓑ Edward VI Ⓒ Elizabeth I Ⓓ James I
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Elizabeth I।
📘 Explanation: The Elizabethan period (1558–1603) saw a flourishing of poetry, prose, and drama.
❖ 32. Which philosophy emphasized man’s potential and worldly life during the Renaissance?
Ⓐ Scholasticism Ⓑ Humanism Ⓒ Realism Ⓓ Mysticism
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Humanism।
📘 Explanation: Humanism shifted focus from divine authority to human reason and potential.
❖ 33. Who was known as the leading prose stylist of Euphuism?
Ⓐ Roger Ascham Ⓑ John Lyly Ⓒ Thomas More Ⓓ Richard Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ John Lyly।
📘 Explanation: Lyly’s Euphues novels introduced Euphuism, an ornate prose style.
❖ 34. Which Renaissance author is associated with educational reform?
Ⓐ Thomas More Ⓑ Roger Ascham Ⓒ Richard Hakluyt Ⓓ Edmund Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Roger Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham’s The Schoolmaster was an educational treatise advocating humanist learning.
❖ 35. What was the original language of Thomas More’s Utopia?
Ⓐ French Ⓑ Greek Ⓒ English Ⓓ Latin
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Latin।
📘 Explanation: More wrote Utopia in Latin in 1516 to reach a European audience.
❖ 36. Which literary device did Wyatt mainly adopt from Petrarch?
Ⓐ Blank verse Ⓑ Sonnet Ⓒ Allegory Ⓓ Epic
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sonnet।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt introduced the Petrarchan sonnet form into English poetry.
❖ 37. Who is regarded as the first poet to use blank verse in English poetry?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Chaucer
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Earl of Surrey introduced blank verse, which later became the standard in drama.
❖ 38. Who wrote The Defence of Poesie, a landmark in literary criticism?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ More Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sir Philip Sidney’s Defence of Poesie defended poetry against Puritan attacks.
❖ 39. Who is known as the “Poet’s Poet”?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s rich imagery and influence on future poets earned him this title.
❖ 40. Which Spenserian work is a collection of 12 pastoral eclogues?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Utopia Ⓒ The Shepheardes Calendar Ⓓ The Faerie Queene
✔ Answer: Ⓒ The Shepheardes Calendar।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calendar (1579) contains pastoral poems.
❖ 41. The Spenserian stanza has how many lines?
Ⓐ 8 Ⓑ 9 Ⓒ 10 Ⓓ 14
✔ Answer: Ⓑ 9।
📘 Explanation: The stanza has 8 iambic pentameter lines + 1 Alexandrine, rhyme ababbcbcc.
❖ 42. Which Renaissance poet created the first great English sonnet sequence?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella (108 sonnets) is the first great sonnet cycle.
❖ 43. Which Renaissance poet invented a new stanza form?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: The Spenserian stanza was Spenser’s innovation.
❖ 44. Which author was influenced by Petrarch and Boccaccio but added English originality?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Marlowe Ⓒ Chaucer Ⓓ Milton
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance poets imitated Italian masters but developed distinct English styles.
❖ 45. Who is the author of Arcadia?
Ⓐ John Lyly Ⓑ Philip Sidney Ⓒ Thomas More Ⓓ Richard Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Philip Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Arcadia is a pastoral romance blending prose and poetry.
❖ 46. Which of the following themes is common in Renaissance poetry?
Ⓐ Courtly love Ⓑ Humanism Ⓒ Patriotism Ⓓ All of these
✔ Answer: Ⓓ All of these।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance literature embraced love, human values, and national pride.
❖ 47. Which explorer’s accounts were compiled by Richard Hakluyt?
Ⓐ Columbus Ⓑ Drake Ⓒ Raleigh Ⓓ All of these
✔ Answer: Ⓓ All of these।
📘 Explanation: Hakluyt collected voyages of Columbus, Drake, Raleigh and others.
❖ 48. Which prose style is marked by balanced phrases, antithesis, and ornamentation?
Ⓐ Euphuism Ⓑ Puritan prose Ⓒ Realist prose Ⓓ Blank verse
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Euphuism।
📘 Explanation: Euphuism, developed by Lyly, was ornate and artificial in style.
❖ 49. Which work of Spenser celebrates Elizabeth I in allegorical form?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Utopia Ⓒ The Faerie Queene Ⓓ The Schoolmaster
✔ Answer: Ⓒ The Faerie Queene।
📘 Explanation: The Faerie Queene presents Elizabeth as Gloriana.
❖ 50. Which form of verse became standard for Elizabethan drama?
Ⓐ Rhymed couplets Ⓑ Blank verse Ⓒ Free verse Ⓓ Spenserian stanza
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Blank verse।
📘 Explanation: Introduced by Surrey, perfected by Marlowe and Shakespeare.
❖ 51. Who among the following is NOT a prose writer of Renaissance?
Ⓐ Thomas More Ⓑ Roger Ascham Ⓒ John Lyly Ⓓ Edmund Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Edmund Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser was a poet; others were prose writers.
❖ 52. Which year is associated with the publication of The Shepheardes Calendar?
Ⓐ 1516 Ⓑ 1534 Ⓒ 1579 Ⓓ 1599
✔ Answer: Ⓒ 1579।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s pastoral collection appeared in 1579.
❖ 53. Which Renaissance poet first used the English sonnet rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Surrey established the Shakespearean sonnet form.
❖ 54. Which Renaissance writer produced educational humanist prose?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Ascham Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Marlowe
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham’s The Schoolmaster advocated humanist learning.
❖ 55. Who among the following belongs to University Wits?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Marlowe Ⓒ More Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Marlowe।
📘 Explanation: Marlowe was a leading University Wit, writing blank verse plays.
❖ 56. Which literary type combines song and poetry during the Renaissance?
Ⓐ Elegy Ⓑ Madrigal Ⓒ Ballad Ⓓ Pastoral
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Madrigal।
📘 Explanation: Madrigals were lyrical poems set to music.
❖ 57. Which Bible translators influenced Renaissance English prose?
Ⓐ Wyatt & Surrey Ⓑ Tyndale & Coverdale Ⓒ Sidney & Spenser Ⓓ North & Hakluyt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Tyndale & Coverdale।
📘 Explanation: Their Bible translations shaped English literary language.
❖ 58. Which chronicle is a source for Shakespeare’s history plays?
Ⓐ Euphues Ⓑ Arcadia Ⓒ Holinshed’s Chronicles Ⓓ Utopia
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Holinshed’s Chronicles।
📘 Explanation: Shakespeare borrowed plots from Holinshed’s Chronicles.
❖ 59. Which poet is closely linked with pastoral poetry of Renaissance?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Drayton Ⓓ All of these
✔ Answer: Ⓓ All of these।
📘 Explanation: Sidney, Spenser, and Drayton excelled in pastoral themes.
❖ 60. Whose death in 1599 symbolically ended the first phase of Renaissance literature?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Marlowe Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s death marked the close of the non-dramatic Renaissance age.
❖ 61. The Renaissance in England broadly began during the reign of
Ⓐ Henry VII Ⓑ Henry VIII Ⓒ Elizabeth I Ⓓ James I
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Henry VII।
📘 Explanation: The English Renaissance is generally traced to the reign of Henry VII (1485), though it flourished most under Elizabeth I.
❖ 62. The term ‘Renaissance’ literally means
Ⓐ Rebirth Ⓑ Revolution Ⓒ Reform Ⓓ Realism
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Rebirth।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, referring to the revival of classical learning and art.
❖ 63. Which invention played a vital role in the spread of Renaissance learning?
Ⓐ Telescope Ⓑ Microscope Ⓒ Printing press Ⓓ Steam engine
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Printing press।
📘 Explanation: Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press (1450s) made books widely available, fostering Renaissance thought.
❖ 64. Humanism during the Renaissance emphasized
Ⓐ Religious dogma Ⓑ Divine authority Ⓒ Human values Ⓓ Feudal loyalty
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Human values।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance humanism focused on man’s potential, reason, and dignity rather than solely divine authority.
❖ 65. The Renaissance spirit in England is closely linked to the defeat of
Ⓐ The Spanish Armada Ⓑ The Normans Ⓒ The Vikings Ⓓ The Saxons
✔ Answer: Ⓐ The Spanish Armada।
📘 Explanation: The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) under Elizabeth I gave England national pride and boosted literary creativity.
❖ 66. The father of English prose during Renaissance is
Ⓐ Thomas More Ⓑ John Lyly Ⓒ William Tyndale Ⓓ Roger Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Roger Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham, tutor to Elizabeth I, is considered the father of English prose for his clear, simple style.
❖ 67. The author of Utopia is
Ⓐ Francis Bacon Ⓑ Thomas More Ⓒ Philip Sidney Ⓓ John Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Thomas More।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) describes an ideal society, symbolizing Renaissance humanism.
❖ 68. The first English translation of the Bible (New Testament) was done by
Ⓐ William Tyndale Ⓑ John Wycliffe Ⓒ Miles Coverdale Ⓓ Cranmer
✔ Answer: Ⓐ William Tyndale।
📘 Explanation: William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English (1525), making scripture accessible.
❖ 69. The Euphues style of prose was introduced by
Ⓐ John Lyly Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Bacon Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓐ John Lyly।
📘 Explanation: John Lyly’s Euphues (1578) introduced an ornate, balanced style called “Euphuism”.
❖ 70. Who wrote Arcadia?
Ⓐ Edmund Spenser Ⓑ Philip Sidney Ⓒ Ben Jonson Ⓓ Thomas Nash
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Philip Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia is a pastoral romance blending prose and poetry.
❖ 71. Apology for Poetry was written by
Ⓐ Bacon Ⓑ Philip Sidney Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Philip Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Apology for Poetry (1595) is a critical defense of poetry, upholding its moral and imaginative value.
❖ 72. Who is regarded as the first great English critic?
Ⓐ Chaucer Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Dryden Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney is considered the first great English critic because of Apology for Poetry.
❖ 73. Which poet is called ‘the poet’s poet’?
Ⓐ Chaucer Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Milton
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Edmund Spenser is called the “poet’s poet” for his influence on future English poets.
❖ 74. Spenser’s masterpiece is
Ⓐ The Shepheardes Calender Ⓑ Astrophel and Stella Ⓒ The Faerie Queene Ⓓ Paradise Lost
✔ Answer: Ⓒ The Faerie Queene।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s The Faerie Queene is an allegorical epic celebrating Elizabeth I and moral virtues.
❖ 75. The Shepheardes Calender was published in
Ⓐ 1559 Ⓑ 1579 Ⓒ 1588 Ⓓ 1609
✔ Answer: Ⓑ 1579।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calender (1579) marks the beginning of Elizabethan poetry.
❖ 76. The poetic meter Spenser used in The Faerie Queene is known as
Ⓐ Blank verse Ⓑ Spenserian stanza Ⓒ Heroic couplet Ⓓ Free verse
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenserian stanza।
📘 Explanation: The Spenserian stanza consists of 9 lines (8 iambic pentameter + 1 Alexandrine).
❖ 77. Which Renaissance prose writer emphasized plain English style?
Ⓐ Lyly Ⓑ Bacon Ⓒ Ascham Ⓓ More
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham emphasized clarity and simplicity in English prose.
❖ 78. The collection Astrophel and Stella is a sequence of
Ⓐ Sonnets Ⓑ Epics Ⓒ Elegies Ⓓ Pastorals
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Sonnets।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is the first great English sonnet sequence.
❖ 79. The sonnet form introduced into England by Wyatt and Surrey originated in
Ⓐ France Ⓑ Italy Ⓒ Spain Ⓓ Greece
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Italy।
📘 Explanation: The Petrarchan sonnet of Italy was introduced to England by Wyatt and Surrey.
❖ 80. Who introduced the blank verse into English poetry?
Ⓐ Chaucer Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, first used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter).
❖ 81. Who is regarded as the father of English sonnet?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas Wyatt is considered the father of the English sonnet for adapting Petrarchan forms.
❖ 82. Who wrote The Defense of Poesy?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Bacon Ⓓ Milton
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Defense of Poesy is another name for Sidney’s Apology for Poetry.
❖ 83. Which Renaissance writer is called the ‘Morning Star of the Reformation’?
Ⓐ Tyndale Ⓑ Wycliffe Ⓒ More Ⓓ Cranmer
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Wycliffe।
📘 Explanation: John Wycliffe is called the Morning Star of the Reformation for translating the Bible into English.
❖ 84. The literary form most flourishing in Renaissance England was
Ⓐ Lyric and sonnet Ⓑ Novel Ⓒ Tragedy Ⓓ Epic
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Lyric and sonnet।
📘 Explanation: Lyric poetry and the sonnet sequence dominated Renaissance non-dramatic literature.
❖ 85. Spenser’s Amoretti is a collection of
Ⓐ Odes Ⓑ Sonnets Ⓒ Pastorals Ⓓ Elegies
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sonnets।
📘 Explanation: Amoretti (1595) is a sonnet sequence by Spenser celebrating his courtship.
❖ 86. Which Renaissance poet introduced the ottava rima into English poetry?
Ⓐ Chaucer Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser introduced ottava rima, an Italian stanza form, into English.
❖ 87. Edmund Spenser was buried near
Ⓐ Shakespeare Ⓑ Chaucer Ⓒ Milton Ⓓ Ben Jonson
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Chaucer।
📘 Explanation: Spenser was buried in Westminster Abbey near Chaucer, in the “Poets’ Corner”.
❖ 88. Which Renaissance prose writer was also known for his educational treatise The Schoolmaster?
Ⓐ Ascham Ⓑ More Ⓒ Bacon Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham’s The Schoolmaster emphasized education through kindness, not fear.
❖ 89. Who among the following is not a Renaissance writer?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Langland Ⓓ More
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Langland।
📘 Explanation: William Langland (Piers Plowman) belonged to the Middle English period, not Renaissance.
❖ 90. The Renaissance poet often called the ‘English Petrarch’ is
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas Wyatt is called the English Petrarch for introducing Petrarchan sonnets to England.
❖ 91. The Renaissance in England is often dated between
Ⓐ 1300–1400 Ⓑ 1400–1500 Ⓒ 1485–1603 Ⓓ 1603–1660
✔ Answer: Ⓒ 1485–1603।
📘 Explanation: The Renaissance broadly began with Henry VII’s accession (1485) and lasted until the death of Elizabeth I (1603).
❖ 92. The chief feature of Renaissance poetry is
Ⓐ Religious allegory Ⓑ Classical imitation Ⓒ Feudal loyalty Ⓓ Political satire
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Classical imitation।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance poets often imitated classical forms like sonnets, odes, epics.
❖ 93. Which work is considered the first pastoral elegy in English?
Ⓐ Lycidas Ⓑ Astrophel Ⓒ Arcadia Ⓓ The Faerie Queene
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Astrophel।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s Astrophel (1595) was a pastoral elegy written on the death of Sidney.
❖ 94. Which prose work of Thomas More presents an ideal commonwealth?
Ⓐ Utopia Ⓑ Arcadia Ⓒ Euphues Ⓓ Schoolmaster
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Utopia।
📘 Explanation: Utopia (1516) depicts an idealized society, reflecting Renaissance humanism.
❖ 95. Which Renaissance author was a strong advocate of education for women?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Ascham Ⓒ More Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓒ More।
📘 Explanation: In Utopia, More emphasized equal educational opportunities, including for women.
❖ 96. Which writer used the euphuistic style extensively?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Bacon Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Lyly।
📘 Explanation: John Lyly’s Euphues made the Euphuistic ornate prose style famous.
❖ 97. The Renaissance movement was inspired mainly by
Ⓐ German mysticism Ⓑ Greek and Roman classics Ⓒ Oriental wisdom Ⓓ Celtic legends
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Greek and Roman classics।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance revived the study of classical Greek and Roman art, literature, philosophy.
❖ 98. Which work by Roger Ascham criticizes harsh discipline in schools?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ The Schoolmaster Ⓒ Euphues Ⓓ Utopia
✔ Answer: Ⓑ The Schoolmaster।
📘 Explanation: Ascham emphasized teaching through kindness rather than corporal punishment.
❖ 99. Which poet is known as the “Child of Renaissance and Reformation”?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser combined Renaissance classicism with Protestant Reformation ideals.
❖ 100. Which stanza form consists of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by one Alexandrine?
Ⓐ Heroic couplet Ⓑ Rhyme royal Ⓒ Spenserian stanza Ⓓ Blank verse
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenserian stanza।
📘 Explanation: This stanza form was invented by Spenser for The Faerie Queene.
❖ 101. The Shepheardes Calender contains how many eclogues?
Ⓐ 12 Ⓑ 14 Ⓒ 18 Ⓓ 24
✔ Answer: Ⓐ 12।
📘 Explanation: The Shepheardes Calender (1579) consists of 12 eclogues, one for each month.
❖ 102. Spenser’s Amoretti celebrates
Ⓐ His wife Elizabeth Boyle Ⓑ Queen Elizabeth Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ His patron
✔ Answer: Ⓐ His wife Elizabeth Boyle।
📘 Explanation: Amoretti sonnets describe Spenser’s courtship and marriage with Elizabeth Boyle.
❖ 103. Who wrote The Defense of Poesy as a reply to Stephen Gosson’s attack on poetry?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Bacon Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Defense of Poesy was written against Gosson’s School of Abuse.
❖ 104. The phrase ‘poet’s poet’ for Spenser was used by
Ⓐ Milton Ⓑ Dryden Ⓒ Charles Lamb Ⓓ Pope
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Dryden।
📘 Explanation: John Dryden called Spenser the “poet’s poet” for his influence on poets.
❖ 105. Who introduced the English sonnet sequence?
Ⓐ Wyatt and Surrey Ⓑ Chaucer Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Wyatt and Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt and Surrey first brought the sonnet sequence to English poetry.
❖ 106. Who wrote The Defense of Good Women?
Ⓐ More Ⓑ Chaucer Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Chaucer।
📘 Explanation: Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women predates Renaissance but influenced its ideals.
❖ 107. The sonnet form used by Shakespeare was derived from
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: The English or Shakespearean sonnet form (abab cdcd efef gg) came from Surrey.
❖ 108. Who translated Erasmus’s Education of a Christian Prince into English?
Ⓐ More Ⓑ Ascham Ⓒ Tyndale Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓐ More।
📘 Explanation: Thomas More was closely associated with Erasmus and translated his works.
❖ 109. What was the chief literary innovation of Thomas Wyatt?
Ⓐ Blank verse Ⓑ Pastoral elegy Ⓒ English sonnet Ⓓ Satire
✔ Answer: Ⓒ English sonnet।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt introduced the Italian sonnet into England.
❖ 110. Surrey’s chief contribution to English poetry is
Ⓐ Blank verse and English sonnet Ⓑ Satire Ⓒ Ode Ⓓ Pastoral
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Blank verse and English sonnet।
📘 Explanation: Surrey pioneered both blank verse and the English sonnet.
❖ 111. Who is the first great English critic of Renaissance literature?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Bacon Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Defense of Poesy makes him the first English critic.
❖ 112. Which Renaissance prose style is highly ornate and full of similes?
Ⓐ Euphuism Ⓑ Ciceronian Ⓒ Plain style Ⓓ Rhetorical
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Euphuism।
📘 Explanation: Euphuism, popularized by John Lyly, was a highly artificial prose style.
❖ 113. Which Renaissance writer was closely associated with humanist scholar Erasmus?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ More Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓒ More।
📘 Explanation: Thomas More was Erasmus’s friend and shared humanist ideals.
❖ 114. Which Renaissance poet wrote Epithalamion?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Epithalamion is Spenser’s nuptial song celebrating his own marriage.
❖ 115. The sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella was inspired by Sidney’s love for
Ⓐ Penelope Devereux Ⓑ Elizabeth Boyle Ⓒ Queen Elizabeth Ⓓ Anne Boleyn
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Penelope Devereux।
📘 Explanation: Sidney wrote the sonnet sequence based on his unrequited love for Penelope.
❖ 116. Which Renaissance poet was strongly influenced by Petrarch?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Chaucer Ⓓ Langland
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt adapted Petrarch’s sonnets and themes of courtly love.
❖ 117. Which Renaissance author is associated with the term “New Learning”?
Ⓐ More Ⓑ Bacon Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓐ More।
📘 Explanation: Thomas More and Erasmus represented “New Learning” or Renaissance humanism.
❖ 118. Who is the author of Mother Hubberd’s Tale?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Mother Hubberd’s Tale is a satirical poem by Spenser.
❖ 119. The Renaissance writer who argued that poetry “delights and teaches” was
Ⓐ Bacon Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney in Defense of Poesy stressed the dual function of poetry: to delight and instruct.
❖ 120. The term “Spenserian stanza” was first used in connection with
Ⓐ Amoretti Ⓑ Faerie Queene Ⓒ Astrophel Ⓓ Arcadia
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Faerie Queene।
📘 Explanation: Spenser invented the Spenserian stanza for The Faerie Queene.
❖ 121. Who is often regarded as the first English humanist?
Ⓐ Bacon Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ More Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓒ More।
📘 Explanation: Sir Thomas More is considered the first true English humanist for Utopia.
❖ 122. Who was tutor to Queen Elizabeth I?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Ascham Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Roger Ascham, humanist and writer, tutored Queen Elizabeth.
❖ 123. Which writer introduced prose romance in Renaissance England?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Lyly Ⓒ Ascham Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Lyly।
📘 Explanation: John Lyly’s Euphues is considered the first English prose romance.
❖ 124. Who wrote Arcadia, a prose romance mixing pastoral and heroic themes?
Ⓐ More Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Philip Sidney’s Arcadia blends romance, pastoral, and courtly themes.
❖ 125. Who was called the “Poet Laureate of Elizabethan England” before Shakespeare?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser was celebrated as the leading Elizabethan poet.
❖ 126. The sonnet form abab cdcd efef gg was perfected by
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, developed this English sonnet form.
❖ 127. What is the subject of Spenser’s The Faerie Queene?
Ⓐ Elizabethan politics Ⓑ Allegory of virtues Ⓒ Courtly love Ⓓ Exploration
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Allegory of virtues।
📘 Explanation: The Faerie Queene allegorically represents virtues through knights’ adventures.
❖ 128. Which poet wrote court lyrics and madrigals besides sonnets?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney wrote lyrics, madrigals, and sonnets, all reflecting Renaissance court culture.
❖ 129. What does the term “Utopia” literally mean?
Ⓐ Nowhere Ⓑ Paradise Ⓒ Heaven Ⓓ Harmony
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Nowhere।
📘 Explanation: “Utopia” is derived from Greek meaning “no place” or “nowhere.”
❖ 130. Who translated the Bible into English in the early 16th century?
Ⓐ Tyndale and Coverdale Ⓑ More Ⓒ Ascham Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Tyndale and Coverdale।
📘 Explanation: William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale prepared early English Bible translations.
❖ 131. Who is often called the “Father of English Prose”?
Ⓐ Lyly Ⓑ More Ⓒ Tyndale Ⓓ Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Tyndale।
📘 Explanation: Tyndale’s Bible translation gave English prose rhythm and clarity.
❖ 132. Which Renaissance author emphasized plain style in prose?
Ⓐ Lyly Ⓑ Ascham Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Ascham rejected ornate Euphuism and advocated plain, clear prose.
❖ 133. Who was called the “English Petrarch”?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt was heavily influenced by Petrarch’s sonnets.
❖ 134. Which Renaissance writer popularized travel literature?
Ⓐ Raleigh Ⓑ Hakluyt Ⓒ More Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Hakluyt।
📘 Explanation: Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations collected travel accounts.
❖ 135. Which Renaissance work influenced Shakespeare’s Roman plays?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Utopia Ⓒ Plutarch’s Lives Ⓓ Schoolmaster
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Plutarch’s Lives।
📘 Explanation: North’s translation of Plutarch greatly influenced Shakespeare.
❖ 136. The Renaissance literary spirit is best described as
Ⓐ Medieval mysticism Ⓑ Humanism Ⓒ Feudalism Ⓓ Scholasticism
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Humanism।
📘 Explanation: Renaissance celebrated man’s dignity, intellect, and creativity.
❖ 137. Which poet’s sonnets were directly modeled on Petrarch’s Italian form?
Ⓐ Surrey Ⓑ Wyatt Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Wyatt।
📘 Explanation: Wyatt first introduced Petrarchan sonnets into English.
❖ 138. Who introduced blank verse into English poetry?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Surrey Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Wyatt
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Surrey।
📘 Explanation: Earl of Surrey first used unrhymed iambic pentameter.
❖ 139. Which Renaissance poet first composed a sonnet sequence in English?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Wyatt Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella was the first major English sonnet sequence.
❖ 140. Spenser’s Faerie Queene is dedicated to
Ⓐ Elizabeth Boyle Ⓑ Queen Elizabeth I Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ Raleigh
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Queen Elizabeth I।
📘 Explanation: It allegorically glorifies Queen Elizabeth as Gloriana.
❖ 141. Which Renaissance prose work was written against corporal punishment in schools?
Ⓐ Arcadia Ⓑ Euphues Ⓒ Utopia Ⓓ Schoolmaster
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Schoolmaster।
📘 Explanation: Ascham advocated gentle methods of education.
❖ 142. Who is known as the “Father of English Criticism”?
Ⓐ Spenser Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Bacon Ⓓ Ascham
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: His Defense of Poesy established him as the first great English critic.
❖ 143. Spenser’s Amoretti is a sequence of how many sonnets?
Ⓐ 89 Ⓑ 100 Ⓒ 108 Ⓓ 154
✔ Answer: Ⓐ 89।
📘 Explanation: Amoretti consists of 89 sonnets celebrating Spenser’s courtship.
❖ 144. Which poet’s death in 1599 symbolically marked the end of the first phase of Renaissance literature?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ Marlowe Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Spenser’s death marked the close of non-dramatic Renaissance before Shakespearean drama flourished.
❖ 145. Which Renaissance writer translated the Bible into English from Greek?
Ⓐ Coverdale Ⓑ Tyndale Ⓒ More Ⓓ Lyly
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Tyndale।
📘 Explanation: Tyndale translated New Testament directly from Greek.
❖ 146. Who wrote The Faerie Queene to celebrate Protestant virtues?
Ⓐ More Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Surrey Ⓓ Spenser
✔ Answer: Ⓓ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: The epic glorifies Protestant ideals and Elizabeth I.
❖ 147. Which Renaissance writer used allegory to satirize social corruption?
Ⓐ Hakluyt Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Sidney
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Spenser।
📘 Explanation: Works like Mother Hubberd’s Tale satirized social evils.
❖ 148. Who wrote Euphues and His England?
Ⓐ Sidney Ⓑ More Ⓒ Lyly Ⓓ Bacon
✔ Answer: Ⓒ Lyly।
📘 Explanation: John Lyly’s sequel to Euphues further popularized Euphuism.
❖ 149. Who among these Renaissance authors is best remembered for his educational writings?
Ⓐ Ascham Ⓑ Spenser Ⓒ Sidney Ⓓ More
✔ Answer: Ⓐ Ascham।
📘 Explanation: Ascham’s Schoolmaster shaped Renaissance educational ideals.
❖ 150. Which Renaissance poet is remembered for his critical essay on poetry?
Ⓐ Wyatt Ⓑ Sidney Ⓒ Spenser Ⓓ Surrey
✔ Answer: Ⓑ Sidney।
📘 Explanation: Defense of Poesy is the first systematic work of literary criticism in English.
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