Edmund Spenser Mcqs for Preparation
What is Spenser's Epithalamion :
(A) an elegy
(B) a narrative poem
(C) A sonnet
(D) a wedding hymn
(D)
What do you know about Spenser's Amoretti is :
(A) A collection of his love lyrics
(B) A collection of his miscellaneous songs
(C) An elegy on the death of Sidney
(D) A collection of his love sonnets
B
Spenser wrote a series of sonnets in honor of his wife, Elizabeth Boyle, what title did he give to this series?
(A) Epithalamion
(B) Amoretti
(C) Venus and Adonis
(D) Astrophel and Stella
(B)
Faerie Queene is allegorized on the name of Queen Elizabeth through the character of
(A) Duessa
(B) Gloriana
(C) Una
(D) Charissa
(B)
Which writer calls Spenser the Poets' Poet?
(A) Charles Lamb
(B) Hazlitt
(C) Matthew Arnold
(D) Sidney
Which work of Spenser uses the Spenserian stanza?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Faerie Queene
(C) The Shepheard's Calendar
(D) Epithalamion
(B)
The Book of Faerie Queene has how many Cantos?
(A) Twelve
(B) Six
(C) Ten
(D) Four
(A)
Spenser says that, In the Dedicatory Letter, the real starting of the allegory in the Faerie Queene is to be found in
(A) Book XII
(B) Book I
(C) Book X
(D) Book VI
(A)
Who says about Faerie Queene "shameless, downright flattery-gross, lying
flattery" of Queen Elizabeth? Name the Critic
(A) I. A. Richards
(B) Dean Church
(C) F. R. Leavis
(D) Walter Pater
(B)
A moral allegory is written by Spencer in the form of Faerie Queene. From which writer did Spenser adopted this concept of moral allegory?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Homer
(D) Virgil
(B)
Who said this "Spenser writ no language."?
(A) Dryden
(B) Dr. Johnson
(C) Ben Jonson
(D) Matthew Arnold
(C)
Why Spenser divided his Shephearde's Calendar into twelve Eclogues?
(A) It was designed to divide Faerie Queene into 12 Books
(B) Because 12 books were standard number for a long allegory
(C) Because there are 12 months in a year
(D) Its design so required
(C)
Spenser dedicated his Shephearde's Calendar to whom?
(A) Sir Walter Raleigh
(B) Sir Philip Sidney
(C) Queen Elizabeth
(D) Prince Arthur
(C)
Spenser wrote which of the following poem which is a pastoral?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Epithalamion
(C) Astrophel
(D) The Shephearde's Calendar
(D)
On the death of Sidney, spencer wrote an elegy named Astrophel, why did Spenser give that kind of title
(A) Because Astrophel is a poetical name
(B) Because Sidney wrote a sonnet series under the title Astrophel and Stella
(C) Because Astrophel was the Christian name of Sidney
(D) Because Sidney loved Astrophel
(B)
What did Prince Arthur symbolize in the Faerie Queene?
(A) Truth
(B) Magnificence
(C) Knighthood
(D) Mercy
(B)
Spenser in The Faerie Queene has been highlighted how many ethical Virtues?
(A) Eight
(B) Ten
(C) Twelve
(D) Four
(C)
Faerie Queene, to whom did Spenser dedicate this great epic?
(A) To Queen Elizabeth
(B) To Sir Walter Raleigh
(C) To King James I
(D) To Lord Leicester
(A)
Spenser write a letter to a friend whom he explained the plan and purpose of his Faerie Queene?
(A) To Queen Elizabeth
(B) To Lord Leicester
(C) To Sir Walter Raleigh A
(D) To Lord Ormond
(C)
It was planned to be completed in twelve Books of Faerie Queene. But spencer was able
to complete only:
(A) One Book
(B) Four Books
(C) Six Books
(D) Ten Books
(C)
Spenser's basic purpose in writing the Faerie Queene was :
(A) To please and honour Queene Elizabeth
(B) To justify Holiness as the greatest virtue
(C) To save the honour of womanhood
(D) To fashion a gentleman who is virtuous and gentle has discipline
(D)
Name the protagonist or hero of Spenser's Faerie Queene?
(A) Morpheus
(B) Phoebus
(C) King Arthur
(D) Archimago
(C)
Spenser wrote an elegy on the death of Sidney. Which of the following?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Epithalamion
(C) Astrophel
(D) Shepheard's Calendar
(C)
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