Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?

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