Core I: MODERN LITERATURE I[Chaucer to the Jacobeans]
Christopher Marlowe: Edward II
151.
Marlowe was born in the year _________
a.
1564 b. 1456 c. 1546 d. 1465
152.
At the age of sixteen and a half, Marlowe was awarded a scholarship to
____College, Cambridge.
a.
Trinity b. Corpus Christi c. Oxford d.
Bishop’s
153.
Marlowe wrote _______ plays in his life time.
a.
5 b. 6 c. 7 d.
8
154.
Christopher Marlowe is the father of English ________
a.
Literature b. Language c. Sonnet d. Tragedy
155.
“Hamartia” means ___________
a.
Tragic Flaw b. Climax c.
pity and relief d. Revenge
156.
When did Edward II become king of England?
a. 14
January 1296 b. 15 May 1299 c. 7
July 1307 d. 4 December 1298
157.
Where was Edward II born?
a. Caernarvon
b. Swansea c.
Liverpool d. Chelsea
158. What does
Edward call Isabella just before he says farewell to Gaveston?
a. French strumpet
b. his dearest beloved
c. French traitor
d. she-wolf of France
159.
From whom has Gaveston received a letter that he reads aloud at the beginning
of the play?
a.
Earl of Lancaster b. Edward II c.
Earl of Warwick d. Queen Isabella
160.
What relation are the Younger Mortimer and the Elder Mortimer to each other?
a.
brothers b.
son and father c. cousins d. nephew and
uncle
161.
Which sorts of men does Gaveston plan to use to make the “pliant” king do
anything that he (Gaveston) wants?
a.
monks and other churchmen
b. soldiers and builders of castles
c.
poets
and musicians d sailors and explorers
162.
What pet-name for the King does Gaveston use in his aside to the audience?
a. Darling
b. Ted c. Ned d. Teddy
163.
Who is the only noble to speak out on the King’s side
in this first confrontation at the beginning of the play?
a. Edmund
of Kent, Edward's half-brother b.
Edward, Prince of Wales, Edward's son
c.
Earl of Warwick d. Thomas
of Lancaster, Edward’s cousin
164. Which clergyman do Gaveston and the King throw
into the gutter?
a. Bishop of Carlisle b. Bishop of Ely c. Bishop
of Coventry d. Archbishop of
Canterbury
165. Who
uses “A lofty cedar tree” in Act 2, Scene 2?
a. Pembroke b.
Mortimer Junior c.
Warwick d. Lancaster
166. To
what bird does Edward compare the nobles in Act 2, Scene 2?
a. Sea Gull b. eagles c. Parrot d. Peacock
167. Who is the assassin that Mortimer Junior hires at
the end of the play Edward II?
a. Lancaster b. Warwick
c. Lightborne
d. Baldock
168. Who murders Gaveston
before he could see the king?
a. Lancaster
b. Warwick
c. Lightborne
d. Baldock
169. Which important earldom does he also give to
Gaveston?
a. Gloucester
b.
Cornwall
c.
Cardiff d. Lancaster
170. Whose
property does Gaveston receive from Edward?
a. Bishop of Carlisle b. Bishop of Ely
c.
Bishop of Coventry d.
Archbishop of Canterbury
171.Who
calls Spencer a “base upstart” Act 3, Scene 3?
a. Pembroke
b. Mortimer Junior c. Warwick d.
Lancaster
172.
Act 5, Scene 1, to whom does Edward hand over the
crown?
a.
Trussel b. Bishop
of Winchester
c.
Bishop of Coventry d. Archbishop of Canterbury
173.
Who compares himself to a tree - “stands as Jove's
huge tree”?
a. Pembroke b.
Mortimer Junior c. Warwick d.
Lancaster
174.
Who is called “a paltry boy” by Mortimer?
a. Edward
II b. Edward III
c.
Gaveston d. Lancaster
175.
Where did Edward II die?
a. Gloucester b.
Cornwall c. London d. Berkeley
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