Here are 50 Important MCQs on Elizabethan drama and University Wits
1. Who is considered the leader of the University Wits?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Nashe
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: d) Robert Greene
2. Which University Wit is famous for his work "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: Robert Greene
3. Who wrote the play "The Spanish Tragedy"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Nashe
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: c) Thomas Kyd
4. Which University Wit is known for his work "Tamburlaine the Great"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) George Peele
- Answer: a) Christopher Marlowe
5. Who authored "The Jew of Malta"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Nashe
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: a) Christopher Marlowe
6. Which University Wit wrote "A Looking Glass for London and England"?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: d) Robert Greene
7. Who penned the play "Endymion"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: c) John Lyly
8. Who is known for his work "The Roaring Girl"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Thomas Middleton
d) Thomas Nashe
- Answer: c) Thomas Middleton
9. Which University Wit wrote the comedy "The Shoemaker's Holiday"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Thomas Middleton
- Answer: Thomas Dekker
10. Who authored "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: Robert Greene
11. Which University Wit is associated with the play "The Old Wives' Tale"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: George Peele
12. Who wrote "The First Part of Hieronimo"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: c) Thomas Kyd
13. Which University Wit authored "The Knight of the Burning Pestle"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Francis Beaumont
d) John Lyly
- Answer: c) Francis Beaumont
14. Who is known for the play "The Maiden's Tragedy"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Francis Beaumont
d) John Fletcher
- Answer: c) Francis Beaumont
15. Which University Wit wrote "The Taming of a Shrew"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) Christopher Marlowe
d) none of the above(NOTA)
- Answer: d)
16. Who is credited with the play "The Merry Devil of Edmonton"?
a) George Peele
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) NOTA
- Answer: d)
17. Who wrote "The Fair Maid of the West"?
a) Thomas Heywood
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: a) Thomas Heywood
18. Who authored the play "The Wonder of Women"?
a) Thomas Heywood
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: a) Thomas Heywood
19. Which University Wit wrote "The Honest Whore"?
a) Thomas Heywood
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: b) Thomas Dekker
20. Who is known for the play "The Malcontent"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: c) John Marston
21. Which is associated with "The Maid's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Heywood
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Francis Beaumont
- Answer: d) Francis Beaumont
22. Who wrote the play "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: a) Thomas Middleton
23. Which University Wit authored "The Malcontent"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: Thomas Middleton
24. Who is known for the play "The White Devil"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: a) John Webster
25. Which University Wit wrote "The Duchess of Malfi"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: a) John Webster
26. Who authored the play "Women Beware Women"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: b) Thomas Middleton
27. Which University Wit is associated with "The Revenger's Tragedy"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
28. Who wrote "The Witch of Edmonton"?
a) John Webster
b) Thomas Middleton
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
29. Which University Wit authored "The Family of Love"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: d) Robert Greene
30. Who is known for the play "The Witch of Edmonton"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
31. Which University Wit wrote "The Revenger's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
32. Who authored "The Family of Love"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Robert Greene
- Answer: d) Robert Greene
33. Which University Wit is associated with the play "No Wit, No Help like a Woman's"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: b) Thomas Dekker
34. Who wrote the play "Sir Thomas More"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) William Shakespeare
d) Anonymous
- Answer: c) William Shakespeare
35. Which University Wit is known for "The True Tragedy of Richard III"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
36. Who authored "The London Prodigal"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
37. Which University Wit is associated with the play "The Second Maiden's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
38. Who wrote "Wily Beguiled"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
39. Which University Wit is known for "The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
40. Who authored "The London Merchant"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: b) Thomas Heywood
41. Which University Wit is associated with "The Renegado"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
42. Who wrote "The Malcontent"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: c) John Marston
43. Which University Wit is known for "The Atheist's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: c) John Marston
44. Who authored "The Shoemaker's Holiday"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: b) Thomas Heywood
45. Which University Wit is associated with "The Revenger's Tragedy"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
46. Who wrote "A Fair Quarrel"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
47. Which University Wit is known for "The Beggars' Bush"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
48. Who authored "The Mad Lover"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
49. Which University Wit is associated with "The Witch of Edmonton"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Dekker
c) John Marston
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
50. Who wrote "Blurt, Master Constable"?
a) Thomas Middleton
b) Thomas Heywood
c) John Lyly
d) Anonymous
- Answer: d) Anonymous
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