Q: The Faerie Queene, Divina Comedia, and Pilgrim's Progress are alike in one respect:
a) All are allegories
b) All are Elegies
c) All are tragedies
d) All are comedians
Correct answer: a) All are allegories
Explanation of English Literature MCQs Test
Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
The Faerie Queene is an epic poem and allegory tale written by Edmund Spencer in the late 1500s. It is an allegorical tale created to teach its readers how to live up to the six virtues Spenser explores in each book. The Divine Comedy is not strictly an allegorical poem in the sense of which the Faerie Queene. It is full of allegorical symbols and figurative meanings. An English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory "The Pilgrims Progress". These are like allegorical poems.
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