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Lit Quiz

UGC NET Literature Quiz

UGC NET English Literature Quiz

1. Who among the following is considered the leader of the University Wits?

Christopher Marlow
Thomas Kyd
Robert Greene
John Lyly

2. Which author is known for the prose romance Euphues?

John Lyly
George Peele
Thomas Lodge
Edmund Spenser

3. Who wrote the epic poem The Faerie Queene?

William Shakespeare
Sir Philip Sidney
Francis Bacon
Edmund Spenser

4. Who is known for the philosophical work Novum Organum?

Francis Bacon
Christopher Marlow
William Shakespeare
Robert Greene

5. Who authored Astrophel and Stella?

Sir Philip Sidney
George Peele
Thomas Nashe
Thomas Kyd

6. Which University Wit wrote the play The Spanish Tragedy?

Thomas Kyd
Thomas Lodge
George Peele
Robert Greene

7. Who is the author of Tamburlaine the Great?

Christopher Marlow
William Shakespeare
Thomas Nashe
John Lyly

8. Which writer is associated with the pamphlet Pierce Penniless?

Thomas Nashe
Thomas Lodge
Francis Bacon
Edmund Spenser

9. Who wrote Rosalynde, the source for Shakespeare’s As You Like It?

Thomas Lodge
John Lyly
George Peele
Robert Greene

10. Who among the following is not considered a University Wit?

Edmund Spenser
Christopher Marlow
George Peele
Robert Greene

11. Who wrote Arcadia?

Sir Philip Sidney
Francis Bacon
John Lyly
George Peele

12. Who is known for the sonnet sequence Amoretti?

Edmund Spenser
William Shakespeare
Sir Philip Sidney
Thomas Nashe

13. Who authored the play The Old Wives’ Tale?

George Peele
Christopher Marlow
Francis Bacon
Thomas Kyd

14. Which author is associated with essays like “Of Studies” and “Of Truth”?

Francis Bacon
Sir Philip Sidney
Thomas Nashe
John Lyly

15. Who among the following wrote Hero and Leander?

Christopher Marlow
George Peele
Thomas Kyd
William Shakespeare

Correct Answers:

  1. Christopher Marlow
  2. John Lyly
  3. Edmund Spenser
  4. Francis Bacon
  5. Sir Philip Sidney
  6. Thomas Kyd
  7. Christopher Marlow
  8. Thomas Nashe
  9. Thomas Lodge
  10. Edmund Spenser
  11. Sir Philip Sidney
  12. Edmund Spenser
  13. George Peele
  14. Francis Bacon
  15. <15>Christopher Marlow

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