The Tudor Society

Tudor Poets Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Thomas Wyatt

The Tudor period was marked by the English Renaissance and Elizabeth I's Golden Age, but how much do you know about Tudor poets and their poems?

Why not test yourself with our fun Sunday quiz?

Grab your favourite snack and beverage, make yourself comfortable and let's begin! Good luck!

Tudor Poets

Q1) This Tudor poet wrote "Whoso List to Hunt" and "Alas Madam for Stealing of a Kiss", among other works.

Philip Sidney

Thomas Wyatt the Elder

Henry Howard

Francis Bryan

Correct!
Wrong! The answer is Thomas Wyatt the Elder

Q2) Which of these was written by John Skelton?

The Garland of Laurel

The Tunning of Elenor Rumming

Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale

Womanhood, wanton, ye want

All of the above

Correct!
Wrong! The answer is all of them!

Q3) True or false: Sir Philip Sidney wrote "Alas, why say you I am rich"?

True

False

Correct! It was written by his brother Robert.
Wrong! It was written by his brother Robert.

Q4) Scottish poet William Dunbar wrote a poem about whose arrival at Holyrood in 1503?

James IV

Margaret Tudor

Mary Tudor

Henry VII

Correct!
Wrong! It was about Princess Margaret Tudor's arrival.

Q5) Who wrote "A Satire against the Citizens of London"?

Thomas Vaux

John Heywood

Thomas Churchyard

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Correct! He wrote it after he'd been imprisoned for going on the rampage in London and smashing windows, shooting prostitutes using stonebows, and shouting obscenities.
Wrong! It was Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He wrote it after he'd been imprisoned for going on the rampage in London and smashing windows, shooting prostitutes using stonebows, and shouting obscenities.

Q6) Which of these events was Thomas Churchyard's poem "A Warning to the Wyse" about?

An earthquake

A series of monstrous births

The Great Comet

The Spanish Armada

Correct! It was about the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake.
Wrong! It was about the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake.

Q7) This Tudor poet was also known as the "Vicar of Hell".

Thomas Norton

Nicholas Grimald

Sir Francis Bryan

Thomas Vaux

Correct!
Wrong! It was Sir Francis Bryan.

Q8) Which of these poems did Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden, write?

Brittle Beauty

A Quiet Mind

Love that doth reign and live

My Lute Awake!

Correct!
Wrong! He wrote "A Quiet Mind".

Q9) Which English poet is best known for his epic poem "The Faerie Queene"?

William Shakespeare

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Robert Sidney

Edmund Spenser

Correct!
Wrong! It's Edmund Spenser.

Q10) Who wrote these words: "I am not she that list My anchor to let fall For every drizzling mist My ship substancial."?

Mary Sidney

Catherine Willoughby

Elizabeth I

Anne Askew

Correct! They're a verse of "The Ballad which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate".
Wrong! They were written by Protestant martyr Anne Askew and come from "The Ballad which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate".

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