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Important MCQs on Elizabethan drama and University Wits

Anony on Elizabethan drama and University Wits| Part 1 

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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