Literature in History XIV-XVII century

XIV Century :

Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?

• a) William Caxton

• b) Geoffrey Chaucer

• • c) Thomas Malory

What is The Canterbury Tales about?

• a) A collection of fables teaching moral lessons

• b) A series of tragic plays about medieval kings

• 1. c) A collection of stories told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury

XV Century

3. Who wrote Le Morte d’Arthur, a comprehensive collection of Arthurian legends?
   
   
   

• 3. a) Thomas Malory

• 3. b) William Caxton

• 3. c) John Milton

William Caxton was significant in English literary history because:

• a) He was the first to translate The Canterbury Tales into Latin

• b) He was the first English printer and helped disseminate important literary works

• • c) He wrote the first English epic poem

• The Golden Legend, a collection of hagiographies, was published by:
  
  

• • a) Geoffrey Chaucer

• • b) Thomas Malory

• • c) William Caxton

3. Robert Henryson is best known for which work?

• 3. a) Doctor Faustus

• 3. b) The Fables of Aesop

• 3. c) Paradise Lost

• XVI Century

• Who wrote Macbeth, a tragedy about ambition and guilt?

• • a) Christopher Marlowe

• • b) William Shakespeare

• • c) Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene, an epic poem celebrating Elizabethan ideals and allegory, was written by:

• a) Christopher Marlowe

• b) Edmund Spenser

• c) Thomas Malory

What is Doctor Faustus about?

• a) A tragic story of a scholar who makes a pact with the devil

• b) A play about a knight’s adventures in Camelot

• c) A collection of allegorical fables

Which of these playwrights was active during the 16th century and influenced Renaissance drama?

• a) Thomas Hobbes

• b) Christopher Marlowe

• c) John Milton