1. Who is the main character hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene?
(A) King Arthur
(B) Phoebus
(C) Morpheus
(D) Archimago
2. When Sidney passed away, Spenser wrote an elegy on his death. Which one?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Epithalamion
(C) Astrophel
(D) Shepheard’s Calendar
3. 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
4. Who called Spenser the ‘Poet’s Poet’?
(A) Charles Lamb
(B) Sidney
(C) Hazlitt
(D) Matthew Arnold
5. To whom did Spenser dedicate his Faerie Queene?
(A) Sir Walter Raleigh
(B) King James I
(C) Queen Elizabeth
(D) Lord Leicester
6. In which work did Spenser use the Spenserian stanza?
(A) The Faerie Queene
(B) The Shephearde’s Calendar
(C) Amoretti
(D) Epithalamion
7. Prince Arthur in The Faerie Queene symbolizes which of the following?
(A) Truth
(B) Knighthood
(C) Magnificence
(D) Mercy
8. 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
9. Spenser’s primary purpose or motto in writing The Faerie Queene was:
(A) To please and honour Queen 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
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?
(A) The Faerie Queene
(B) Amoretti
(C) The Shepheard’s Calendar
(D) Epithalamion
11. How many Cantos are there in Book 1 of The Faerie Queene?
(A) Six
(B) Twelve
(C) Four
(D) Ten
12. 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
13. Who is the critic that called Spenser the “Poet’s Poet”?
(A) Dean Church
(B) I. A. Richards
(C) F. R. Leavis
(D) Matthew Arnold
14. 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
15. “Spenser writ no language.” Who said this?
(A) Ben Jonson
(B) Dr. Johnson
(C) Dryden
(D) Matthew Arnold
16. To whom did 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
17. Spenser’s Epithalamion is:
(A) An elegy
(B) A narrative poem
(C) A wedding hymn
(D) A sonnet
18. 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
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?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Venus and Adonis
(C) Epithalamion
(D) Astrophel and Stella
20. 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
21. How many ethical virtues have been highlighted by Spenser in The Faerie Queene?
(A) Twelve
(B) Ten
(C) Eight
(D) Four
22. 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
23. To whom does Spenser dedicate his Shephearde’s Calendar?
(A) Sir Philip Sidney
(B) Queen Elizabeth
(C) Sir Walter Raleigh
(D) Prince Arthur
24. Which of Spenser’s poems is a pastoral?
(A) Amoretti
(B) Epithalamion
(C) The Shephearde’s Calendar
(D) Astrophel
