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Renaissance Literary Treasures: A Quiz on the Greats

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Which of these plays is not written by William Shakespeare?

  1. Romeo and Juliet

  2. Hamlet

  3. Macbeth

  4. The Tempest

  5. Doctor Faustus


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Doctor Faustus is a play written by Christopher Marlowe, not William Shakespeare.

Who is the protagonist of Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene?

  1. Sir Guyon

  2. Sir Calidore

  3. Sir Artegall

  4. Sir Lancelot

  5. Sir Galahad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sir Guyon is the protagonist of The Faerie Queene, representing the virtue of temperance.

In The Divine Comedy, what is the name of the poet's guide through Hell?

  1. Virgil

  2. Beatrice

  3. Saint Peter

  4. Saint Paul

  5. Saint John


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Virgil, the Roman poet, guides Dante through Hell in The Divine Comedy.

Which of these works is a collection of essays by Michel de Montaigne?

  1. Essays

  2. Utopia

  3. The Prince

  4. Discourses on Livy

  5. The Courtier


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Essays is a collection of personal and philosophical essays written by Michel de Montaigne.

Who is the author of the play The Merchant of Venice?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. Ben Jonson

  4. John Milton

  5. Thomas More


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Merchant of Venice is a play written by William Shakespeare.

What is the name of the protagonist in Thomas More's Utopia?

  1. Raphael Hythlodaeus

  2. Thomas More

  3. Henry VIII

  4. Cardinal Wolsey

  5. Sir Thomas Cromwell


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Raphael Hythlodaeus is the protagonist of Utopia, a traveler who describes the ideal society he has encountered.

Which of these works is a collection of sonnets by William Shakespeare?

  1. Sonnets

  2. The Tempest

  3. Macbeth

  4. Hamlet

  5. King Lear


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sonnets is a collection of 154 sonnets written by William Shakespeare.

Who is the author of the play Doctor Faustus?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. Ben Jonson

  4. John Milton

  5. Thomas More


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Doctor Faustus is a play written by Christopher Marlowe.

What is the name of the protagonist in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost?

  1. Adam

  2. Eve

  3. Satan

  4. God

  5. Jesus Christ


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Satan is the protagonist of Paradise Lost, representing the forces of evil and rebellion.

Which of these works is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli?

  1. The Prince

  2. Discourses on Livy

  3. The Art of War

  4. Utopia

  5. The Courtier


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Prince is a political treatise written by Niccolò Machiavelli.

Who is the author of the play Volpone?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. Ben Jonson

  4. John Milton

  5. Thomas More


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Volpone is a play written by Ben Jonson.

What is the name of the protagonist in Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier?

  1. Baldassare Castiglione

  2. Federico da Montefeltro

  3. Ludovico Ariosto

  4. Pietro Bembo

  5. Bernardo Accolti


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Baldassare Castiglione is the protagonist of The Book of the Courtier, representing the ideal courtier.

Which of these works is a collection of short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio?

  1. The Decameron

  2. The Canterbury Tales

  3. One Thousand and One Nights

  4. The Arabian Nights

  5. The Heptameron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Decameron is a collection of short stories written by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Who is the author of the play The Tempest?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. Ben Jonson

  4. John Milton

  5. Thomas More


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Tempest is a play written by William Shakespeare.

What is the name of the protagonist in François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel?

  1. Gargantua

  2. Pantagruel

  3. Frère Jean des Entommeures

  4. Panurge

  5. Epistemon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gargantua is the protagonist of Gargantua and Pantagruel, representing the forces of excess and indulgence.

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