Tests
Edmund Spencer (1552-1599):
Literature Test
1.
In which of his works does Spencer celebrate his love for Elizabeth Boyle
whom he later married? Choose the correct answer.
A)
Amoretti;
B)
Prothalamion;
C)
Epithalamion;
D)
Astrophel;
E)
None of the above.
2.
Who said “my master Spencer”? Choose the correct answer.
A)
Dryden;
B)
Cowley;
C)
Thompson;
D)
Gray;
E)
None of the above.
3.
“Faerie Queen” is modeled after … Fill in the gaps and choose the correct
answer.
A)
Homer’s Odyssey;
B)
Ariosto’s Orlando Furiose;
C)
Virgil’s Aeneid;
D)
Aristotle’s Poetics;
E)
None of the above.
4.
What was the ambition of Edmund Spencer? Choose the correct answer.
A)
To be arrival of Chaucer;
B)
To write something on the life of Ariosto;
C)
Earn favor in court;
D)
Express the dreams of English chivalry;
E)
None of the above.
5.
Which is the only prose work of Spencer? Choose the correct answer.
A)
Essays of Elia;
B)
Vicar of Wakefield;
C)
View of the State of Ireland;
D)
Shepherd’s calendar;
E)
None of the above.
6. Who is being referred to in the expression of Spencer’s
“Gloriana”, Raleigh’s “Cynthia” and Shakespear’s “Fair Vestal”?
A)
England
B)
Elizabeth I
C)
Queen Mary
D)
Queen Anne
E)
None of the above.
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7.In the “Faerie Queen” Spencer had employed __________verse form.
A)
Terza Rima
B)
Ottave Rhyme
C)
Heroic-couplet
D)
Spenserian Stanza
E)
None of the above.
8. Spencer’s “The Sheoherd’s Calendar” consists of twelve:
A)
Months
B)
Pictures
C)
Stories
D)
Ecologues
E)
None of the above
9. When Sidney died Spencer published an elegy in 1595. What is its name?
A)
Epithalamion
B)
Amoretti
C)
Astrophel
D)
Orlando furioso
E)
None of the above
10. What is Spencer’s “Mother Hubbard’s Tale”?
A)
An Elegy
B)
A Satire on Society
C)
A poem mourning the loss of youth
D)
Ballad
E)
None of the above
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