Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”

Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?

A. Zhu Yuanzhang

B. Genghis Khan

C. Timur

D. Kublai Khan

In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?

A. Lazarus

B. Solomon

C. Barabas

D. Shylock

Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?

A. William Shakespeare

B. Thomas Kyd

C. John Dryden

D. John Donne

Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?

A. Henry V

B. Richard III

C. Edward II

D. John

One of Marlowe’s most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?

A. Anthony and Cleopatra

B. Hero and Leander

C. Troilus and Cressida

D. Apollo and Hyacinth