Britannia rules the waves

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This set of Evolution of Literary Movements The Shapers of Destiny Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Britannia rules the waves

Q1 | Which Act insisted that English ships should be manned only by English soldiers?
  • The Navigation Act of 1400
  • The Navigation Act of 1425
  • The Navigation Act of 1485
  • The Navigation Act of 1490
Answer: The Navigation Act of 1485
Q2 | Which movement sparked the spirit of knowledge in 16th century Europe?
  • Humanism
  • Renaissance
  • Reformation
  • Lutherism
Answer: Renaissance
Q3 | Which country was considered as the Cradle of the Renaissance?
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • England
  • Spain
Answer: Italy
Q4 | The La Pieta is a sculpture by
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Michelangelo
  • Raphael
  • Bernini
Answer: Michelangelo
Q5 | During Henry VII’s reign, there was a free market for English cloth at
  • Dublin
  • Flanders
  • Kent
  • Paris
Answer: Flanders
Q6 | Erasmus dedicated Encomium Moriae to
  • Dean John Colet
  • Petrarch
  • Thomas More
  • Francis Bacon
Answer: Thomas More
Q7 | Erasmus, Dean Colet and Thomas More were known as
  • Oxford Reformers
  • Cambridge Reformers
  • Oxford Elders
  • Utopians
Answer: Oxford Reformers
Q8 | Utopia was written by
  • Dean Colet
  • Erasmus
  • Thomas More
  • Francis Bacon
Answer: Thomas More
Q9 | Which invention was the biggest reason for the Reformation to flourish?
  • Book Keeping
  • Printing
  • Translations
  • Writing
Answer: Printing
Q10 | When did Vasco da Gama reach Calicut?
  • 1468
  • 1478
  • 1488
  • 1498
Answer: 1498
Q11 | Who was called the Hammer of the Monks?
  • Thomas Wolsey
  • Thomas Cromwell
  • Henry VIII
  • John Foxe
Answer: Thomas Cromwell
Q12 | Who wrote ‘Book of Martyrs’?
  • John Foxe
  • John Knox
  • John Fielding
  • Philip Sidney
Answer: John Foxe
Q13 | Who was the unmarried Queen of England?
  • Mary Tudor
  • Elizabeth I
  • Catherine
  • Anne
Answer: Elizabeth I
Q14 | Who was the famous pirate who was loyal to Queen Elizabeth?
  • Francis Walsingham
  • Francis Drake
  • William Cecil
  • John Knox
Answer: Francis Drake
Q15 | About what did the English sailors say that ‘Twelve of Her Majesty’s ships were a match forall the galleys in the King’s service’.
  • Golden Hind
  • Spanish Armada
  • The Battle of Gravelines
  • Mayflower
Answer: Spanish Armada
Q16 | Which period of English history is known as a ‘nest of singing birds’?
  • The Stuart Period
  • The Elizabethan Age
  • The Victorian Age
  • The Modern Age
Answer: The Elizabethan Age
Q17 | Astrophel and Stella has ..... number of sonnets.
  • 100
  • 108
  • 118
  • 128
Answer: 108
Q18 | The Shepherd’s Calendar is dedicated to
  • Spenser
  • Sidney
  • Shakespeare
  • Marlowe
Answer: Sidney
Q19 | Who wrote Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation?
  • Spenser
  • Sidney
  • Haklyut
  • Bacon
Answer: Haklyut
Q20 | Who wrote Edward II?
  • Shakespeare
  • Marlowe
  • Nashe
  • Kyd
Answer: Marlowe
Q21 | Who wrote The Spanish Tragedy?
  • Shakespeare
  • Marlowe
  • Nashe
  • Kyd
Answer: Kyd
Q22 | Who was the famous conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot?
  • Marlowe
  • Guy Fawkes
  • Bacon
  • Jonson
Answer: Guy Fawkes
Q23 | When did the Civil War between Charles I and the Parliament begin?
  • 1600
  • 1620
  • 1640
  • 1642
Answer: 1642
Q24 | How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Answer: 4
Q25 | Who is the patron saint of England?
  • St Patrick
  • St George
  • St David
  • St Peter
Answer: St George
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