Christopher Marlowe 1564-1593

Question 1

1. Christopher Marlowe was the poet who inspired _______________

Answer 1

William Shakespeare

Question 2

2. Marlowe was born in ________ to shoemaker John Marlowe.
   a) 1563. b)1564
   c) 1565. d)1567

Answer 2

1564

Question 3

3. Marlowe was sent to Kings school in ___________.

Answer 3

Canterbury

Question 4

4. Where and when did marlowe got his bachelor of arts ?
   a) 1582. b)1583
   c) 1584. d)1586

Answer 4

Corpus Christi College, at the University of Cambridge in 1584

Question 5

5. Why did the university hesitate avail Marlowe his Master’s degree ?

Answer 5

Because of his long period of absence in college. University was more concerned about where he spent his excursions.

Question 6

6. What is the name of the council that sent letter to university to convince them to provide Marlowe his degree ?

Answer 6

Queen Elizabeth privy council.

Question 7

7. What was the reason stated in the letter provided the privy council ?

Answer 7

The letter declared that Marlowe was away “on matters touching the benefits of his country” that he was doing a spy work on behalf of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

Question 8

8. Marlowe was still a student when he translated Ovid’s _______ and Lucan’s __________ poems.

Answer 8

Ovid’s - Amores

Lucan’s - Pharsalia

Question 9

9. Amores was ____ Elegies about an intense love affair between narrator and married women Corrina.
   a) 44. b)47
   c) 48. d)49

Answer 9

49

Question 10

10. In what year was Marlowes work Amores burned and banned in England ?
    a) 1588. b)1589
    c) 1598. d)1599

Answer 10

1599

Question 11

11. Ovid Amore’s was written in Elegiac couplets with
    1st line of dactylic ______________
    2nd line of dactylic ______________

Answer 11

Dactylic hexameter (LssLssLssLssLss LL)
Dactylic pentameter.
(Ls s/Lss/L // Lss/Lss/L)

Question 12

12. Marlowes translation if Amore’s was written in _____________ couplets.

Answer 12

Rhymed pentameter couplets

Question 13

13. Pharsalia was about the Roman civil war between __________and the forces of the Roman senate lead by Pompey _________

Answer 13

Julius Caesar and Pompey the great.

Question 14

14. Marlowe was the first english poet to use _______ both in his plays and poetry.

Answer 14

Blank Verse

Question 15

15. Blank Verse is unrhymed ________ pentameter lend themselves well to speech,made it popular for playwriting.

Answer 15

Iambic pentameter

Question 16

16. Blank Verse was introduced by Italian poets while translating Greek and Romans ______ poems.

Answer 16

Heroic poems - written in iambic pentameter

Question 17

17. Christopher Marlowe “ The Passionate Shepherd to his love” was a pastoral of ______ lines.
    Written in ______________ meter.

Answer 17

24 lines - quatrains (4 lines each stanza)

Written in iambic tetrameter

Question 18

18. His poem “Hero and Leander” was based on the which Greek poet work ?

Answer 18

Musaeus 4 or 5 th Greek poet.

Question 19

19. The type of a poem is “Hero and Leander” ?
    a) Elegy b)Epic
    c) Lyric. d) Narrative

Answer 19

Narrative poem.

Question 20

20. Which poet completed the unfinished “Hero and Leander” poem of his and published it in which year ?

Answer 20

George Chapman , 1598

Question 21

21. Hero and Leander poem tells the story of Greek myth about doomed lovers : _______ Aphrodite and Leander, young man

Answer 21

Priestess Aphrodite and Leander, young man who swims each night to see her.

Question 22

22. Marlowe was born in ________ to a shoemaker John Marlowe.
    a) 1563. b)1564
    c) 1554. d)1566

Answer 22

1564

Question 23

23. Who was the rival playwright of Marlowe ?

Answer 23

Shakespeare

Question 24

24. Marlowe was considered second only to Shakespeare in what ?

Answer 24

Marlowe was considered second only to Shakespeare in his skills as a dramatist

Question 25

25. What were the 4 major plays of Marlowe written between 1587 and 1593:

Answer 25

1. Tamburlaine the Great,
2. The Jew of Malta,
3. The Tragic History of the life and Death of Doctor Faustus.
4. Edward II

Question 26

26. For what reason Doctor Faustus was considered as masterpiece ?

Answer 26

Both For the Skilled use of iambic pentameter and for it’s intense, tragic drama.

Question 27

27. Other plays attributed to Marlowe were ?

Answer 27

Dido
Queen of Carthage
The Massacre at Paris

Question 28

28. Marlowe was charged with homicide and sent to prison in 1589 along with another poet ?
    a) Thomas Watson b)Thomas kyd
    c) Thomas Wyatt d)Thomas Gray

Answer 28

Thomas Watson

Question 29

29. When did Thomas Kyd Playwright accused Marlowe of Hersey (religious dogma ) and blasphemy (to talk about God in a way that does not show respect) ?
    a) 1589. b)1591
    c) 1593. d)1594

Answer 29

1593

Question 30

30. When and how did Marlowe was murdered ?
    a) 1594. b)1592
    c) 1593. d)1591

Answer 30

In 1593, Marlowe was dinning with a friend’s at an inn in southeast London. He became involved involved in a knife fight, possibly over the bill, one men fatally stabbed him above the eye.
(Rumor has it, his death was may not be over a drunken brawl, but was connected to his spy work. )