English Literature MCQs-The Life and Works of Christopher Marlowe- Elizabethan era

1)One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet?

a)Ovid
b)Lucan
c)Virgil
d)Horace

2) Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with the line "Come live with me and be my love"; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line?

a)William Shakespeare
b)Thomas Kyd
c)John Dryden
d)John Donne


3)In Marlowe's play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?

a)Lazarus
b)Solomon
c)Barabas
d)Shylock

4)How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?

a)16
b)20
c)24
d)28

5) Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?

a)Henry V
b)Richard III
c)Edward II
d)John

6)One of Marlowe's most famous poems was an account of which lovers?

a)Anthony and Cleopatra
b)Hero and Leander
c)Troilus and Cressida
d)Apollo and Hyacinth

7) Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great' was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?

a)Zhu Yuanzhang
b)Genghis Khan
c)Timur
d)Kublai Khan

8)What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572?

a)The Massacre at Berlin
b)The Massacre at Rome
c)The Massacre at Copenhagen
d)The Massacre at Paris

9)In the title of Marlowe's play, of where was Dido the Queen?

a)Troy
b)Carthage
c)Sparta
d)Persia

10)Christopher Marlowe was England's first official Poet Laureate.

a)True
b)False

Answers:


1)b
2)d
3)c
4)c
5)c
6)b
7)c
8)d
9)b
10)b(It was John Dryden-appointed in 1670)