Edmund Spenser MCQs [English Literature & Famous Authors]

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: April 14, 2025

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1. Who is the main character hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene?



2. When Sidney passed away, Spenser wrote an elegy on his death. Which one?



3. The Faerie Queene is an allegory. In this, Queen Elizabeth is allegorized through the character of which of the following?



4. Who called Spenser the ‘Poet’s Poet’?



5. To whom did Spenser dedicate his Faerie Queene?



6. In which work did Spenser use the Spenserian stanza?



7. Prince Arthur in The Faerie Queene symbolizes which of the following?



8. Spenser’s Faerie Queene was planned to be completed in twelve books. But he was able to complete only:



9. Spenser’s primary purpose or motto in writing The Faerie Queene was:



10. A critic says that The Faerie Queene is “downright flattery-gross, shameless, lying flattery” of Queen Elizabeth. Which work is being referred to here?



11. How many Cantos are there in Book 1 of The Faerie Queene?



12. In the Dedicatory Letter, Spenser says that the real beginning of the allegory in The Faerie Queene is to be found in:



13. Who is the critic that called Spenser the “Poet’s Poet”?



14. The Faerie Queene is basically a moral allegory. From whom did Spenser derive this concept of moral allegory?



15. “Spenser writ no language.” Who said this?



16. To whom did Spenser write a complimentary letter explaining the plan and purpose of his Faerie Queene?



17. Spenser’s Epithalamion is:



18. Spenser’s Amoretti is:



19. 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?



20. Why did Spenser give the title Astrophel to his elegy written on the death of Sidney?



21. How many ethical virtues have been highlighted by Spenser in The Faerie Queene?



22. Spenser divided his Shephearde’s Calendar into twelve Eclogues because:



23. To whom does Spenser dedicate his Shephearde’s Calendar?



24. Which of Spenser’s poems is a pastoral?



 

Edmund spenser basic info
Edmund spenser basic info

 

Edmund spenser books name
Edmund spenser books name

 

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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