Edmund Spenser. Flashcards
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1
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- To whom did Spenser write a complimentary letter explaining the plan and purpose of his “Faerie Queene” ?
A
To Sir Walter Raleigh
2
Q
- To whom did Spenser dedicate his “Faerie Queen” ?
A
To Queen Elizabeth
3
Q
- Spenser Faerie Queene was planned to on 12 books
But was able to only complete
A
Six books
4
Q
- Spender’s primary purpose or motto in writing the Faerie Queene was
A
To fashion a gentleman or Noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline
5
Q
- Who is the hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene ?
A
King Arthur
6
Q
- On whose death did Spenser write an Elegy titled ‘Astrophel’
A
Upon Sidney’s death.
7
Q
- On whose death did Spenser write an Elegy titled ‘Astrophel’
A
Upon Sidney’s death.
8
Q
- Name the Spensers wedding hymn
A
Epithalamion - wedding hymn
9
Q
- Spenser _________ is a collection of love sonnets ?
A
Amoretti
10
Q
- Spenser wrote a series of sonnets in honour of his lady love, Elizabeth Boyle, whom he married later. What title did he give to this series?
A
Amoretti
11
Q
- The Faerie Queene is __________. In this Queen Elizabeth was allegorized through the character of __________
A
Faerie Queene- Allegory
Gloriana
12
Q
- Who calls Spenser “the Poets’ poet ?”
A
Charles Lamb
13
Q
- In which work did Spenser use
Spenserian Stanza ?
A
Faerie Queene
14
Q
- How many cantos are three in Book 1 of Faerie Queene ?
A
Twelve Cantos.
15
Q
- In the dedicatory letter, Spenser says that the real beginning of the Allegory in the Faerie Queene is to be found in ____book
A
Book 12.
16
Q
- Faerie Queene is a moral allegory. From whom did Spenser derive this concept of moral Allegory?
A
Aristotle
17
Q
- A critic says that Faerie Queene is “downright flattery— gross, shameless , lying flattery” of Queen Elizabeth. Who is this critic ?
A
Dean Church
18
Q
- Why did Spenser give the title Astrophel to his Elegy written on death of Sidney?
A
Because Sidney wrote a sonnet series under the title Astrophel and Stella
19
Q
- Prince Arthur in Faerie Queene symbolises
A
Magnificence
20
Q
- How many Ethical values have been highlighted by Spenser in Faerie Queene ?
A
12
21
Q
- Name the pastoral poem written by Spenser ?
A
The Shepearde’s Calendar
22
Q
- To whom did Spenser dedicate his Shepherd’s Calendar to ?
A
Sir Philip Sidney
23
Q
- Spenser divide his Shepherd’s Calendar Into twelve Eclogues. Why did he do so ?
A
Because there are 12 months in a year.
24
Q
- “…..her angel face,
As the great eye of heaven shyned bright
And made a sunshine in shadie place.
Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace”.
Whose beauty is described in these lines ?
A
Una’s
In the poem una and the lion.
