McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Which system ended with the end of the War of the Roses? |
| A. | The military system |
| B. | The feudal system |
| C. | The religious system |
| D. | The social system |
| Answer» A. The military system | |
| 2. |
Which dynasty laid the foundation of England as a commercial power? |
| A. | The Stuart Dynasty |
| B. | The Tudor Dynasty |
| C. | The Plantagenets |
| D. | The Celts |
| Answer» B. The Tudor Dynasty | |
| 3. |
Which Act insisted that English ships should be manned only by English soldiers? |
| A. | The Navigation Act of 1400 |
| B. | The Navigation Act of 1425 |
| C. | The Navigation Act of 1485 |
| D. | The Navigation Act of 1490 |
| Answer» C. The Navigation Act of 1485 | |
| 4. |
Which movement sparked the spirit of knowledge in 16th century Europe? |
| A. | Humanism |
| B. | Renaissance |
| C. | Reformation |
| D. | Lutherism |
| Answer» B. Renaissance | |
| 5. |
Which country was considered as the Cradle of the Renaissance? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Italy |
| C. | England |
| D. | Spain |
| Answer» B. Italy | |
| 6. |
The La Pieta is a sculpture by |
| A. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| B. | Michelangelo |
| C. | Raphael |
| D. | Bernini |
| Answer» B. Michelangelo | |
| 7. |
During Henry VII’s reign, there was a free market for English cloth at |
| A. | Dublin |
| B. | Flanders |
| C. | Kent |
| D. | Paris |
| Answer» B. Flanders | |
| 8. |
Erasmus dedicated Encomium Moriae to |
| A. | Dean John Colet |
| B. | Petrarch |
| C. | Thomas More |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» C. Thomas More | |
| 9. |
Erasmus, Dean Colet and Thomas More were known as |
| A. | Oxford Reformers |
| B. | Cambridge Reformers |
| C. | Oxford Elders |
| D. | Utopians |
| Answer» A. Oxford Reformers | |
| 10. |
Utopia was written by |
| A. | Dean Colet |
| B. | Erasmus |
| C. | Thomas More |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» C. Thomas More | |
| 11. |
Which invention was the biggest reason for the Reformation to flourish? |
| A. | Book Keeping |
| B. | Printing |
| C. | Translations |
| D. | Writing |
| Answer» B. Printing | |
| 12. |
When did Vasco da Gama reach Calicut? |
| A. | 1468 |
| B. | 1478 |
| C. | 1488 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» D. 1498 | |
| 13. |
Who was called the Hammer of the Monks? |
| A. | Thomas Wolsey |
| B. | Thomas Cromwell |
| C. | Henry VIII |
| D. | John Foxe |
| Answer» B. Thomas Cromwell | |
| 14. |
Who wrote ‘Book of Martyrs’? |
| A. | John Foxe |
| B. | John Knox |
| C. | John Fielding |
| D. | Philip Sidney |
| Answer» A. John Foxe | |
| 15. |
Who was the unmarried Queen of England? |
| A. | Mary Tudor |
| B. | Elizabeth I |
| C. | Catherine |
| D. | Anne |
| Answer» B. Elizabeth I | |
| 16. |
Who was the famous pirate who was loyal to Queen Elizabeth? |
| A. | Francis Walsingham |
| B. | Francis Drake |
| C. | William Cecil |
| D. | John Knox |
| Answer» B. Francis Drake | |
| 17. |
About what did the English sailors say that ‘Twelve of Her Majesty’s ships were a match for all the galleys in the King’s service’. |
| A. | Golden Hind |
| B. | Spanish Armada |
| C. | The Battle of Gravelines |
| D. | Mayflower |
| Answer» B. Spanish Armada | |
| 18. |
Which period of English history is known as a ‘nest of singing birds’? |
| A. | The Stuart Period |
| B. | The Elizabethan Age |
| C. | The Victorian Age |
| D. | The Modern Age |
| Answer» B. The Elizabethan Age | |
| 19. |
Astrophel and Stella has ..... number of sonnets. |
| A. | 100 |
| B. | 108 |
| C. | 118 |
| D. | 128 |
| Answer» B. 108 | |
| 20. |
The Shepherd’s Calendar is dedicated to |
| A. | Spenser |
| B. | Sidney |
| C. | Shakespeare |
| D. | Marlowe |
| Answer» B. Sidney | |
| 21. |
Who wrote Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation? |
| A. | Spenser |
| B. | Sidney |
| C. | Haklyut |
| D. | Bacon |
| Answer» C. Haklyut | |
| 22. |
Who wrote Edward II? |
| A. | Shakespeare |
| B. | Marlowe |
| C. | Nashe |
| D. | Kyd |
| Answer» B. Marlowe | |
| 23. |
Who wrote The Spanish Tragedy? |
| A. | Shakespeare |
| B. | Marlowe |
| C. | Nashe |
| D. | Kyd |
| Answer» D. Kyd | |
| 24. |
Who was the famous conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot? |
| A. | Marlowe |
| B. | Guy Fawkes |
| C. | Bacon |
| D. | Jonson |
| Answer» B. Guy Fawkes | |
| 25. |
When did the Civil War between Charles I and the Parliament begin? |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1620 |
| C. | 1640 |
| D. | 1642 |
| Answer» D. 1642 | |
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