Collection of important MCQs on Edmund Spenser
Who is the main character hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene?
(A) King Arthur
(B) Phoebus
(C) Morpheus
(D) Archimago
Question’s Answer: King Arthur
When Sidney pass away, Spenser wrote an elegy on his death. Which?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Epithalamion
(C) Astrophel
(D) Shepheard’s Calendar
Question’s Answer: Astrophel
The Faerie Queene is an allegory. In this Queen Elizabeth is allegorized through the character of which of the following?
(A) Duessa
(B) Charissa
(C) Una
(D) Gloriana
Question’s Answer: Gloriana
Who says Spenser the Poets’ Poet?
(A) Charles Lamb
(B) Sidney
(C) Hazlitt
(D) Matthew Arnold
Question’s Answer: Charles Lamb
To ____ , Spenser dedicate his Faerie Queene?
(A) To Sir Walter Raleigh
(B) To King James I
(C) To Queen Elizabeth
(D) To Lord Leicester
Question’s Answer: To Queen Elizabeth
In which work did Spenser use the Spenserian stanza?
Queen Elizabeth is allegorically represented through:
(A) Una
(B) Gloriana
(C) To Lord Leicester
(D) Fidessa
Question’s Answer: Gloriana
Prince Arthur in the Faerie Queene symbolizes which of the following;
(A) Truth
(B) Knighthood
(C) Magnificence
(D) Mercy
Question’s Answer: Magnificence
Spenser’s Faerie Queene was planned to be completed in twelve Books. But he was able
to complete only:
(A) One Book
(B) Four Books
(C) Ten Books
(D) Six Books
Question’s Answer: Six Books
Spenser’s primary purpose or motto in writing the Faerie Queene was:
(A) To please and honour Queene Elizabeth
(B) To justify Holiness as the greatest virtue
(C) save the honour of womanhood
(D) To fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline
Question’s Answer: To fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline
A critic says that the Faerie Queene is “downright flattery-gross, shameless, lying
flattery” of Queen Elizabeth?
(A) Faerie Queene
(B) Amoretti
(C) The Shepheard’s Calendar
(D) Epithalamion
Question’s Answer: Faerie Queene
How many Cantos are there in Book 1 of the Faerie Queene?
(A) Six
(B) Twelve
(C) Four
(D) Ten
Question’s Answer: Twelve
In the Dedicatory Letter, Spenser says that the real beginning of the allegory in the Faerie Queene is to be found in:
(A) Book XII
(B) Book I
(C) Book X
(D) Book VI
Question’s Answer: Book XII
Who is this critic?
(A) Dean Church
(B) I. A. Richards
(C) FR Leavis
(D)
Question’s Answer: Dean Church
The Faerie Queene is basically a moral allegory. From whom did Spenser derive this
concept of moral allegory?
(A) Plato
(B) Walter Pater
(C) Homer
(D) Aristotle
Question’s Answer: Aristotle
“Spenser writ no language.” Who said this?
(A) Ben Jonson
(B) Dr. Johnson
(C) Dryden
(D) Matthew Arnold
Question’s Answer: Ben Jonson
To ____ , Spenser write a complimentary letter explaining the plan and purpose of
his Faerie Queene?
(A) To Sir Walter Raleigh
(B) To Queen Elizabeth
(C) To Lord Leicester
(D) To Lord Ormond
Question’s Answer: To Sir Walter Raleigh
Spenser’s Epithalamion is _______ .
(A) an elegy
(B) a narrative poem
(C) a wedding hymn
(D) A sonnet
Question’s Answer: a wedding hymn
Spenser’s Amoretti is _______ .
(A) A collection of his love lyrics
(B) A collection of his miscellaneous songs
(C) A collection of his love sonnets
(D) An elegy on the death of Sidney
Question’s Answer: A collection of his love sonnets
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
(B) Venus and Adonis
(C) Epithalamion
(D) Astrophel and Stella
Question’s Answer: Amoretti
Why did Spenser give the title Astrophel to his elegy written on the death of Sidney?
(A) Because Astrophel is a poetical name
(B) Because Sidney wrote a sonnet series under the title Astrophel and Stella
(C) Because Astrophel was the Christian name of Sidney
(D) Because Sidney loved Stella under the name of Astrophel
Question’s Answer: Because Sidney wrote a sonnet series under the title Astrophel and Stella
How many ethical Virtues have been highlighted by Spenser in the Faerie Queene?
(A) Twelve
(B) Ten
(C) Eight
(D) Four
Question’s Answer: Twelve
Spenser divided his Shephearde’s Calendar into twelve Eclogues because ______ .
(A) he designed to divide his Faerie Queene also into twelve Books
(B) twelve was supposed to be a standard number for a long allegory
(C) there are twelve months in a year
(D) Its design so required
Question’s Answer: there are twelve months in a year
To whom does Spenser dedicate his Shephearde’s Calendar?
(A) Sir Philip Sidney
(B) Queen Elizabeth
(C) Sir Walter Raleigh
(D) Prince Arthur
Question’s Answer: Sir Philip Sidney
Which poems of Spenser is a pastoral ?
(A) Amoretti
(C) The Shephearde’s Calendar
(B) Epithalamion
(D) Astrophel
Question’s Answer: The Shephearde’s Calendar
Edmund Spenser basic info
| Full Name | Edmund Spenser |
| Born | 1552 |
| Died | January 13, 1599 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Poet, Writer |
| Literary Period | Elizabethan |
| Famous Works | “The Faerie Queene”, “Amoretti”, “Epithalamion”, “The Shepherd’s Calendar” |
| Notable Themes | Allegory, chivalry, love, morality, religious and political commentary |
| Literary Style | Elaborate allegory, Spenserian stanza (nine lines with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbcc), pastoral elements |
| Influences | Classical literature, Italian Renaissance poetry, Arthurian legends |
Edmund Spenser books name
| The Shepheardes Calender | 1579 |
| The Faerie Queene | 1590, 1596 |
| Complaints | 1591 |
| Colin Clouts Come Home Againe | 1595 |
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