What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to ’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’! ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday
Related Questions on Ages, era, period - English Literature Mcqs
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
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