Quiz 60 by Asit

Which of the following Canterbury Tales is in Prose?

• The Pardoner’s Tale

• The Parson’s Tale

• The Monk’s Talc

• The Knight’s Tale

Lullaby of a Lover is written by

• George Gascoigne

• Thomas More

• William Shakespeare

• Laurenee Minot

The word “coy” in the poem, “To His Coy mistress” means

• Timid

• Voluptuousness

• Sensuous

• Shy

The concept of Bacon’s essay is said to be borrowed from

• Montaigne

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Moilere

Which of the following statements about Christopher Marlowe are true (1) Edward II was written in the last year of Marlowe’s life (2) Many critics consider Doctor Faustus to be Marlowe’s best play (3) His Spanish Tragedy comes a close second (4) Marlowe was less educated than Shakespeare

• 1 & 2

• 2 & 3

• 2 & 4

• 3 & 4

Who said following lines about metaphysical poets? “The metaphysical poets were men of learning and to show their learning was their whole endeavor ………… they neither copy nature nor life

• T S Eliot

• ohnson

• John Carey

• John Fiske

Who speaks the following “Friendship without freedom is as dull as love without enjoyment” The Way of the Word

• Witwoud

• Millamont

• Mirabel

• Lady Wishfort

Bhaktirasa was given by

• Madhusudan Saraswathi

• Rupa Goswami

• Adi Shankaracharya

• Abhinav Gupta

The Dunciad’, a long and elaborate satire, does not deal with one of the following

• The bad poets

• Pedants

• Pretentious Critics

• Contemporary artists

John Donne “affects the metaphysics- This remark was made by

• Samuel Johnson

• Allen Tete

• TS Eliot

• John Dryden