“The Prince Of Poets in his time”, on whom tombstone the inscription is given?

A. Sir Philip Sidney
B. John Milton
C. Edmund Spencer
D. John Donne

Answer

C. Edmund Spencer

Spenser was:

A. Novelist
B. Dramatist
C. Prose writer
D. None of these

Answer

D. None of these

Elizabeth granted Spenser a pension for life amounting to ______ pounds a year:

A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70

Answer

B. 50

What does Arthur read in Alma’s castle?

A. A Chronicle of British Kings
B. A Chronicle of Lions
C. A Chronicle of British Knights
D. A Chronicle of British Queens

Answer

A. A Chronicle of British Kings

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1648) was a disciple of:

A. Edmund Spenser
B. Ben Johnson
C. Burke
D. Philip Sydney

Answer

A. Edmund Spenser

The school of Spencer included Spenserians who followed the style of:

A. John Spenser
B. Edward Spenser
C. Edmund Spenser
D. Earl Spencer

Answer

C. Edmund Spenser

Spenser used a distractive verse form, called:

A. The Spenserian stanza
B. the Spenserian Tragedy
C. The Spenserian Verse
D. The Spenserian sonnet

Answer

A. The Spenserian stanza

The Faerie Queen is an epic as well as an:

A. Sonnet
B. Simile
C. Allegory
D. Metaphor

Answer

C. Allegory

The Shepherd’s Calendar was written by:

A. Edmund Spencer
B. Church
C. William Davis
D. W.H. Auden

Answer

A. Edmund Spencer