Question 1

Who is known as the Bard of Avon?

Accepted Answer

A)  christopher marlowe
B)  john milton
C)  william shakespeare
D)  ben jonson C

Question 2

Venus and Adonis were published in ____

Accepted Answer

A)  1598
B)  1592
C)  1593
D)  1594 C

Question 3

In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the parson's brother is the

Accepted Answer

A)  doctor
B)  knight
C)  oxford cleric
D)  plowman D

Question 4

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day is sonnet number _____

Accepted Answer

A)  15
B)  20
C)  18
D)  26

Question 5

In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's characters are

Accepted Answer

A)  on a religious pilgrimage
B)  part of a wedding party
C)  in a riding club
D)  on their way to the holy land

Question 6

Who introduced sonnets in England?

Accepted Answer

A)  wyatt and surrey
B)  sidney and spenser
C)  marlowe and shakespeare
D)  shakespeare and jonson

Question 7

The Sun Rising was written by ____

Accepted Answer

A)  john donne
B)  william shakespeare
C)  andrew marvell
D)  richard crawshaw

Question 8

How many narrative poems did Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  4
C)  5
D)  1

Question 9

Chaucer's wife of Bath is

Accepted Answer

A)  shy
B)  patient
C)  independent
D)  humourless

Question 10

The Canonization was published in ____

Accepted Answer

A)  1632
B)  1634
C)  1631
D)  1633

Question 11

John Donne is a representative of the _____

Accepted Answer

A)  metaphysical poets
B)  romantic poets
C)  neo-classical poets
D)  war poets

Question 12

In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the

Accepted Answer

A)  parson
B)  monk
C)  pardoner
D)  summoner

Question 13

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

A)  123
B)  148
C)  188
D)  154

Question 14

The Rape of Lucrece was written by ____

Accepted Answer

A)  alexander pope
B)  john dryden
C)  geoffrey chaucer
D)  william shakespeare

Question 15

The sonnet is addressed to a ____

Accepted Answer

A)  young man
B)  young woman
C)  old man
D)  beautiful girl

Question 16

In the opening lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the narrator

Accepted Answer

A)  criticises chivalry
B)  attacks the corruption in the church
C)  rejoices in the renewing cycle of life
D)  establishes the ideal of the renaissance man

Question 17

Who wrote the poem, The Canonization?

Accepted Answer

A)  john milton
B)  john webster
C)  john donne
D)  john lyly

Question 18

In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim whose profession gives him a special love of gold is the

Accepted Answer

A)  parson
B)  doctor
C)  summoner
D)  franklin

Question 19

Immediately prior to joining the others in the pilgrimage to Canterbury, the knight had

Accepted Answer

A)  been at court
B)  gone to visit his rural estate
C)  been engaged in battles overseas
D)  bought new clothes for the pilgrimage

Question 20

In describing the friar as "a noble pillar to his Order", Chaucer uses

Accepted Answer

A)  epigram
B)  irony
C)  inversion
D)  apostrophe

Exam 1: Chaucer and Shakespeare