1. What year was Christopher Marlowe born? **1564**
2. Where was Marlowe born? **Canterbury, England**
3. What famous playwright was Marlowe often compared to due to their abilities? **William Shakespeare**
4. What was Marlowe's alma mater? **Corpus Christi College, Cambridge**
5. What famous play is considered Marlowe's first published work? **Tamburlaine the Great**
6. In what year was Tamburlaine the Great published? **1587**
7. What famous character does Marlowe portray in Tamburlaine the Great? **Tamburlaine**
8. What is Tamburlaine's ultimate goal throughout the play? **To become the most powerful man in the world by conquering lands**
9. What is one of Tamburlaine's most famous lines from the play? **"Nature that framed us of four elements,** **Warring within our breasts for regiment,** **Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds."**
10. What was Marlowe's second play? **The Jew of Malta**
11. What is the name of the titular Jew character in The Jew of Malta? **Barabas**
12. What is Barabas' occupation? **A wealthy merchant**
13. What tragic event happens to Barabas' daughter at the beginning of the play? **She is forced to convert to Christianity**
14. What is Barabas' ultimate goal in the play? **To get revenge on the people of Malta for wronging him**
15. What famous soliloquy does Barabas deliver where he reveals his plans for revenge? **"I walk abroad a-nights..."**
16. What was Marlowe's third play? **Edward II**
17. What kind of ruler is the titular King Edward II portrayed as in the play? **A weak king**
18. Who does Edward II favor above all his advisors? **His lover Piers Gaveston**
19. Who leads the opposition against Edward II and Gaveston? **The Earl of Lancaster**
20. What is the tragic fate of Edward II at the end of the play? **He is brutally murdered by having a red-hot poker thrust into his anus**
21. In what year was Edward II first performed? **1592-1593**
22. What was Marlowe's final play? **Doctor Faustus**
23. Who is the titular character Dr. Faustus? **A German scholar who sells his soul to the devil**
24. For how many years does Mephistopheles (the devil's representative) serve Faustus after he sells his soul? **24 years**
25. What are the "seven deadly sins" that Faustus briefly experiences as part of his pact with the devil? **Pride, Covetousness, Wrath, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust**
26. Where does the play end with Faustus? **He is dragged down to hell by devils after his deadline expires**
27. What soliloquy does Faustus deliver where he contemplates his sin and damns his soul? **"Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships..."**
28. In what year was Doctor Faustus first performed? **1588-1592**
29. Where did Marlowe study at university? **Cambridge**
30. What was Marlowe's degree? **Bachelor of Arts**
31. What spy work was Marlowe suspected of doing in the late 1580s? **Acting as an informant for the British secret service**
32. What religious heresies was Marlowe accused of during his lifetime? **Atheism and denial of the Holy Trinity**
33. Where were some of Marlowe's alleged blasphemous or atheistic statements recorded? **In the diary of estranged associate Thomas Kyd**
34. In what year was Marlowe killed in a tavern brawl? **1593**
35. Who was Marlowe's killer? **Innkeeper Nicholas Skeres**
36. What was the cause of Marlowe's death according to eyewitnesses? **He was stabbed above the right eye with a dagger**
37. How old was Marlowe when he died? **29 years old**
38. Was Marlowe married? **No, he remained a bachelor his whole life**
39. What type of poetic meter did Marlowe help popularize through his plays? **Blank verse**
40. How would you describe Marlowe's famous 'blank verse'? **Forceful, passionate, flowing**
41. How many plays in total did Marlowe write that have survived to this day? **5 plays**
42. What famous literary critic described Marlowe as the precursor to William Shakespeare? **Ben Jonson**
43. What other Elizabethan playwright was Marlowe likely acquainted with and possibly influenced? **Thomas Kyd**
44. Which contemporary playwright did Marlowe possibly have a heated dispute with prior to his death? **Thomas Nashe**
45. What famous literary work did Marlowe translate that helped spread the moral philosophy of Machiavelli? **Dido, Queen of Carthage**
46. What university contemporaries of Marlowe later accused him of heretical statements? **Thomas Kyd and Richard Baines**
47. What famous poetic form did Marlowe popularize the use of in English literature? **Blank verse**
48. What Elizabethan plays are considered Marlowe's most well-known today? **Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of Malta**
49. According to some biographers, what was Marlowe's religious sensibilities as an adult? **Atheist or agnostic**
50. Marlowe is considered an early pioneer of what genre in English literature? **English renaissance drama**
51. What element of suspense and horror did Marlowe help pioneer in Elizabethan drama? **Tragic fate and doom of protagonists**
52. What famous literary technique did Marlowe employ to great effect in his plays? **Dramatic monologues**
53. Which of Marlowe's plays is his most frequently performed today? **Doctor Faustus**
54. In what century was Christopher Marlowe alive and writing? **16th century**
55. What is the fullest surviving portrait we have of Marlowe from his lifetime? **The Nole portrait**
56. What is Marlowe's most famous line expressing man's limitless ambition? **"Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships"**
57. Which Elizabethan playwright was said to be deeply influenced by Marlowe's style? **Shakespeare**
58. What famous quote expressing man's potential is attributed to Marlowe but likely not verbatim? **"What nourishment he gets, is from his mother's ****milk in hell"**
59. True or false - Marlowe was born and died in Canterbury, England. **True**
60. Which character does Marlowe portray as a sympathetic portrayal of a radical Islamic ruler? **Tamburlaine**
61. What famous line expresses Barabas' cruel nature in Marlowe's The Jew of Malta? **"I walk abroad a-nights..."**
62. What is the name of Marlowe's translation of the tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage by the Roman poet Ovid? **All Ovid's Elegies**
63. True or false: Marlowe exclusively wrote in prose, not poetry or verse. **False**
64. Which famous scholar did Faustus invoke and debate theological matters with in Doctor Faustus? **Mephistopheles**
65. What aspect of the Devil does Marlowe emphasize in his plays - his evil nature or persuasive cunning? **Persuasive cunning**
66. Which famous literary critic once described Marlowe as "the towering spirit of the 16th century"? **A.C. Bradley**
67. In which country did Marlowe spend time in during a secret service mission in 1592? **The Low Countries (Netherlands)**
68. What humanist ideas and classical figures did Marlowe treat with profound respect in his plays? **Ovid, Lucifer, Odysseus**
69. To which famous playwright did Marlowe's restless, questioning spirit have a major influence on? **Shakespeare**
70. Aside from plays, what other literary work is Marlowe famous for translating? **Ovid’s Amores**
71. On what date was Marlowe baptized according to Anglican parish records? **February 26, 1564**
72. What’s the title of Marlowe’s unfinished poem about the Islamic historical figure of the Prophet Muhammad? **The Tragedy of Mohamid**
73. At which famous university did Marlowe study on a scholarship? **Corpus Christi College, Cambridge**
74. Which famous playwright was a mentor and lover to Marlowe earlier in his career? **Thomas Nashe**
75. Who was the actor who first portrayed the iconic role of Doctor Faustus on the English stage? **Richard Burbage**
76. True or false: Marlowe died of bubonic plague rather than violence. **False**
77. Which infamous secret service organization was Marlowe rumored to have been recruited by? **School of Night**
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