Deck 2: Famous Writers and Works of the Renaissance ERA

Question 1

Who wrote Astrophel and Stella?

A)william shakespeare
B)edmund spenser
C)christopher marlowe
D)philip sidney

Answer 1

philip sidney

Question 2

Who wrote The Defence of Poesy?

A)edmund spenser
B)philip sidney
C)geoffrey chaucer
D)william shakespeare

Answer 2

philip sidney

Question 3

Who wrote The Faerie Queene?

A)philip sidney
B)ben jonson
C)thomas kyd
D)edmund spenser

Answer 3

edmund spenser

Question 4

Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?

A)william shakespeare
B)christopher marlowe
C)thomas kyd
D)ben jonson

Question 5

Who wrote Hero and Leander?

A)christopher marlowe
B)ben jonson
C)john webster
D)thomas kyd

Question 6

Who wrote The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus?

A)thomas kyd
B)ben jonson
C)christopher marlowe
D)william shakespeare

Question 7

Who wrote Dido, Queen of Carthage?

A)william langland
B)john bunyan
C)geoffrey chaucer
D)christopher marlowe

Question 8

Who popularized the Comedy of Humours?

A)oscar wilde
B)ben jonson
C)geoffrey chaucer
D)william shakespeare

Question 9

Who wrote the book Utopia?

A)william shakespeare
B)edmund spenser
C)philip sidney
D)thomas more

Question 10

Who wrote the essay Of Studies?

A)philip sidney
B)thomas more
C)francis bacon
D)edmund spenser

Question 11

The King James Version of the Bible was published in _____.

A)1611
B)1610
C)1609
D)1604

Question 12

Find the odd one out.

A)william shakespeare
B)christopher marlowe
C)robert greene
D)thomas nashe

Question 13

Who wrote the play Every Man in His Humour?

A)thomas nashe
B)robert greene
C)william shakespeare
D)ben jonson