Important MCQs on Elizabethan drama and University Wits
Here are 50 Important MCQs on Elizabethan drama and University Wits (PART 2)
1. In Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," what is the name of Faustus's servant?
a) Robin
b) Wagner
c) Mephistopheles
d) Lucifer
- Answer: a) Robin
2. Which character in Thomas Kyd's "The Spanish Tragedy" seeks revenge for the murder of his son?
a) Hieronimo
b) Bel-Imperia
c) Lorenzo
d) Horatio
- Answer: a) Hieronimo
3. In Robert Greene's "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay," what is the name of the magical brass head created by Friar Bacon?
a) Bungay
b) Lucifer
c) Trice
d) Vortiger
- Answer: c) Trice
4. Which character in George Peele's "The Old Wives' Tale" is transformed into an ape?
a) Gerrold
b) Tormiella
c) Sir John
d) Fairy Queen
- Answer: b) Tormiella
5. What is the profession of the protagonist in Thomas Dekker's "The Shoemaker's Holiday"?
a) Shoemaker
b) Tailor
c) Carpenter
d) Blacksmith
- Answer: a) Shoemaker
6. In John Lyly's "Endymion," who falls in love with the moon goddess Cynthia?
a) Endymion
b) Eumenides
c) Semele
d) Tellus
- Answer: a) Endymion
7. What is the name of the protagonist in Thomas Middleton's "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside"?
a) Sir Walter
b) Sir Oliver
c) Sir Jasper
d) Sir Harry
- Answer: c) Sir Jasper
8. Which character in Thomas Heywood's "The Fair Maid of the West" disguises herself as a soldier?
a) Bess Bridges
b) Sebastian Wengrave
c) Mary Fitzwater
d) Jane Shore
- Answer: a) Bess Bridges
9. What is the name of the Duke's sister in John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi"?
a) Isabella
b) Julia
c) Cariola
d) Hippolita
- Answer: c) Cariola
10. Who is the antagonist in Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's "The Changeling"?
a) De Flores
b) Vermandero
c) Alsemero
d) Tomazo
- Answer: a) De Flores
11. In Thomas Middleton's "Women Beware Women," which character is seduced by the Duke?
a) Bianca
b) Isabella
c) Livia
d) Hippolito
- Answer: a) Bianca
12. Which University Wit wrote "The Wise Woman of Hogsdon"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
13. What is the name of the protagonist in Thomas Heywood's "The English Traveller"?
a) Ned Spigot
b) Thomas Rand
c) George Barnwell
d) Jack Juggler
- Answer: b) Thomas Rand
14. In "The Roaring Girl" by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, what is the nickname of the cross-dressing protagonist?
a) Moll Cutpurse
b) Doll Tearsheet
c) Nell Gwyn
d) Meg Page
- Answer: a) Moll Cutpurse
15. Which University Wit is associated with the play "The Second Maiden's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
16. Who wrote "The Old Wives' Tale"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: a) George Peele
17. What is the name of the protagonist in John Lyly's "Gallathea"?
a) Phillida
b) Livia
c) Gallathea
d) Eurymine
- Answer: c) Gallathea
18. In Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II," who becomes the king's favorite and lover?
a) Piers Gaveston
b) Mortimer
c) Isabella
d) Lancaster
- Answer: a) Piers Gaveston
19. Who wrote "The Queen of Corinth"?
a) John Marston
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Thomas Middleton
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
20. In "The Devil's Law Case" by John Webster, what is the name of the character who disguises herself as a man?
a) Clarindore
b) Almachildes
c) Romelio
d) Francisco
- Answer: a) Clarindore
21. What is the name of the protagonist in Thomas Dekker's "The Honest Whore"?
a) Bellafront
b) Matheo
c) Hippolito
d) Fabritio
- Answer: a) Bellafront
22. In Robert Greene's "Orlando Furioso," who is the primary antagonist?
a) Rodomonte
b) Orlando
c) Rinaldo
d) Mandricardo
- Answer: a) Rodomonte
23. Who is the author of "The Battle of Alcazar"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) George Chapman
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
24. In "The Witch of Edmonton" by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford, what is the name of the character who makes a pact with the Devil?
a) Mother Sawyer
b) Elizabeth Sawyer
c) Old Thorney
d) Sir Arthur Clarington
- Answer: b) Elizabeth Sawyer
25. Which University Wit is associated with the play "The Two Merry Milkmaids"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
26. Who wrote "Sir Thomas More"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Middleton
c) Thomas Heywood
d) William Shakespeare
- Answer: d) William Shakespeare
27. In Thomas Heywood's "The Fair Maid of the West," what is the name of the protagonist's love interest?
a) Bess Bridges
b) Mary Fitzwater
c) Jane Shore
d) Isabella
- Answer: a) Bess Bridges
28. Who is the author of "The Witch of Edmonton"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Ford
d) William Rowley
- Answer: d) William Rowley
29. In Thomas Dekker's "The Shoemaker's Holiday," what does the protagonist, Simon Eyre, become?
a) Mayor of London
b) Sheriff of London
c) Master Shoemaker
d) Duke of Norfolk
- Answer: a) Mayor of London
30. Who wrote "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Kyd
c) Robert Greene
d) George Peele
- Answer: d) George Peele
31. In John Webster's "The White Devil," what is the name of the scheming Cardinal?
a) Monticelso
b) Francisco
c) Brachiano
d) Flamineo
- Answer: a) Monticelso
32. Who is the author of "The Blind Beggar of Alexandria"?
a) George Chapman
b) John Marston
c) George Peele
d) Thomas Dekker
- Answer: d) Thomas Dekker
33. In Thomas Middleton's "The Changeling," who is Alsemero's intended bride?
a) Beatrice-Joanna
b) Isabella
c) Diaphanta
d) Alibius
- Answer: a) Beatrice-Joanna
34. Who wrote "If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Marston
d) Ben Jonson
- Answer: b) Thomas Heywood
35. In John Marston's "Antonio and Mellida," what is the name of the Duke's son?
a) Antonio
b) Mellida
c) Piero
d) Aretino
- Answer: a) Antonio
36. Who is the author of "The Knight of the Burning Pestle"?
a) Thomas Dekker
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Lyly
d) Francis Beaumont
- Answer: a) Thomas Dekker
37. In "A Looking Glass for London and England" by Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene, what is the primary theme?
a) Political corruption
b) Economic inequality
c) Social satire
d) Religious hypocrisy
- Answer: c) Social satire
38. Who wrote "The Mad Lover"?
a) John Fletcher
b) Thomas Middleton
c) Thomas Heywood
d) Ben Jonson
- Answer: b) Thomas Middleton
39. In Thomas Middleton's "A Trick to Catch the Old One," who is the protagonist trying to deceive?
a) Lord Nonsuch
b) Sir David Dapper
c) Lord Lacy
d) Sir Giles Overreach
- Answer: b) Sir David Dapper
40. Who is the author of "The Malcontent"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: c) John Marston
41. In John Fletcher's "The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed," who is the protagonist trying to tame?
a) Petruchio
b) Kate
c) Maria
d) Moroso
- Answer: b) Kate
42. Who wrote "The Revenger's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) John Marston
c) Cyril Tourneur
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
43. In Thomas Dekker's "The Honest Whore," what is the name of the prostitute who reforms?
a) Bellafront
b) Hippolito
c) Candido
d) Matheo
- Answer: a) Bellafront
44. Who is the author of "Wily Beguiled"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
45. In "The Roaring Girl" by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, what is Moll Cutpurse's actual name?
a) Mary Frith
b) Elizabeth Sawyer
c) Jane Shore
d) Bess Bridges
- Answer: a) Mary Frith
46. Who wrote "Blurt, Master Constable"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
47. In Thomas Middleton's "The Witch," who is the central character accused of witchcraft?
a) Elizabeth Sawyer
b) Mother Sawyer
c) Anne Ratcliffe
d) Bess Bridges
- Answer: b) Mother Sawyer
48. Who is the author of "The Queen's Arcadia"?
a) John Marston
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Samuel Daniel
d) Thomas Middleton
- Answer: c) Samuel Daniel
49. In Thomas Heywood's "A Woman Killed with Kindness," what is the name of the woman who is killed?
a) Anne Frankford
b) Jane Shore
c) Isabella
d) Alice Arden
- Answer: a) Anne Frankford
50. Who wrote "A Fair Quarrel"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
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