Christopher Marlowe Flashcards
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When was Marlowe born?
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1564
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When was Doctor Faustus written?
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1592-1593
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When did Marlowe die?
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1593
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Why did Cambridge University want to withhold Marlowe’s degree?
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Suspected him of converting to Catholicism, which was forbidden during Elizabeth I reign
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Why is it suspected that Marlowe was a spy?
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Queen Elizabeth’s Privy Council intervened after Cambridge’s suspicions, saying he had “done Her Majesty good service”, implying he was infiltrating Catholic communities in France.
