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Where is expressed the view the ‘There is a divinity that shapes our, ends’?
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- In Hamlet
‘Dr Faustus’ was written by____
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- Christopher Marlowe
Romeo and Juliet is a ____ written by William Shakespeare early in his career
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- Tragedy
Which is known as Shakespeare’s enchanting swan-song?
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- The Tempest
‘Comedy of Errors’ is Written by ____
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- William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is known mostly for his –
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- plays
What does the idiom or phrase dog days mean?
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- hot weather
What does the idiom or phrase soft-soap mean?
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- flatter for selfish motives
What is the synonym of ‘Jovial’?
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- Gay
The first English dictionary was completed by –
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- Samuel Johnson
‘I wandered Lonely as a cloud’ is an example of____
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- Simile
Who wrote ‘An Apology for Poetry’?
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- Sir Philip Sidney
Who is called the poet of poets?
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- Edmund Spenser
Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following ___
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- Bourgeois Drama
A great playwright of Shakespeare time was ____
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- Christopher Marlowe
Who is considered to be the father of English prose?
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- Francis Bacon
Which phrase means so miserable that it cannot be described in words?
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- beggars description
Trying unitedly we were able to have our project approved against strong oppositions. – Which of the following says nearly the same as ‘against’?
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- in the teeth of
In the sentence, what does in cold blood mean?
Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cold blood.
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- deliberately and without emotion
William Shakespeare was a famous ____ century English Playwright.
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- sixteenth