His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement.

A. Sir John Denham
B. Ben Jonson
C. Thomas Carew
D. John Dryden

Answer

B. Ben Jonson

John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry?

A. William Wordsworth
B. Alexander Pope
C. Ben Jonson
D. George Herbert

Answer

C. Ben Jonson

Famous satiric drama, Volpone, is written by?

A. Philip Sydney
B. Ben Johnson
C. Marlow
D. Shakespeare

Answer

B. Ben Johnson

The greatest dramatist of the Jacobean period was:

A. John Dryden
B. John Milton
C. Ben Jonson
D. J.P. Jacobsen

Answer

C. Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson imitated ______ by writing like him satires, elegies, epistles and complimentary verses.

A. Horace
B. W.H. Auden
C. Homer
D. Aesop

Answer

A. Horace

Whereas the metaphysical poets followed the lead of Donne, the cavalier poets followed:

A. Dryden
B. Ben Jonson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. Richards

Answer

B. Ben Jonson

The Alchemist (1610) was a famous drama by:

A. Ben Jonson
B. Robert Frost
C. John Lyly
D. Oscar Wilde

Answer

A. Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson was born and died in:

A. 1590-1637
B. 1572-1637
C. 1616-1710
D. 1710-1790

Answer

B. 1572-1637

Who regarded Shakespeare as “not of an age, but for all time.”?

A. Ben Johnson
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Alexander Pope
D. George Chapman

Answer

A. Ben Johnson