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Tottel's Miscellany

Tottel's Miscellany, usually called Songes and Sonettes, was the first printed anthology of English poetry published in 1557 by Richard Tottel in London. It contained 271 poems by various authors including Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey), Nicholas Grimald, and Thomas Norton. The anthology featured works predominantly by Wyatt and Surrey and helped establish their reputations. It saw multiple editions in the 16th century and was an important early collection of English verse.

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Tottel's Miscellany

Tottel's Miscellany, usually called Songes and Sonettes, was the first printed anthology of English poetry published in 1557 by Richard Tottel in London. It contained 271 poems by various authors including Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey), Nicholas Grimald, and Thomas Norton. The anthology featured works predominantly by Wyatt and Surrey and helped establish their reputations. It saw multiple editions in the 16th century and was an important early collection of English verse.

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Prepared by: MD Somel SK 1

TOPIC: TOTELL’S MISCELLANY

1) Tottel’s Miscellany is usually called as_____________.

A. Song and sonnet


B. Sonnet and song
C. Sonnets and songes
D. Songes and Sonettes

➢ Songes and Sonettes, usually called Tottel's Miscellany, was the first
printed anthology of English poetry

2) Tottel’s Miscellany was first published by..................in 1557.

A. Richard Tottel
B. Richard Steele
C. Nicholas Grimald
D. Thomas Norton.

➢ Tattle’s Miscellany was first published by Richard Tottel in 1557 in


London, it ran to many editions in the sixteenth century.

3) Tottel’s Miscellany was consisting of how many poems__________.

A. 286
B. 276
C. 271
D. 272

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➢ The volume consisted of 271 poems, none of which had ever been printed
before. Songs and Sonettes was the first of the poetic anthologies that
became popular by the end of the 16th century, and is considered to be
Tottel's 'great contribution to English letters.

4) Which of the following poet was the contributor of Tottel’s Miscellany?

A. Thomas Vaux
B. John Heywood
C. Thomas Norton
D. All of the above

➢ Contributors of Tottel’s Miscellany includes Nicholas Grimald, Thomas


Norton, Thomas Vaux, John Heywood, Edward Somerset.

5) The second edition of Tottel’s Miscellany was published in the year____.

A. 1571
B. 1576
C. 1557
D. 1561

➢ The first edition of Tottel's Miscellany (1557) featured forty poems by


Surrey, ninety-six poems by Wyatt, forty poems by Grimald, and ninety-
five poems written by unknown authors.

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➢ The second edition was also published in 1557; thirty of Grimald's poems
were removed but thirty-nine additional ones were added to the "uncertain
authors" category with a final tally of 281 poems.

6) Tottel’s Miscellany is a famous anthology of "songes and Sonettes" whose


songes and Sonettes are predominant in it..

A. Shakespeare and Spenser


B. Marlowe and Sidney
C. Wyatt and Surrey
D. Lydgate and Occleve

7) What type of work" Tottel’s Miscellany " is_____.

A. Epic
B. Drama
C. Novel
D. None of the above

➢ It is an anthology of sonnets.

8) Choose the correct chronological order.

A. William Caxton prints the first English book - William Shakespeare's first
Folio - John Milton's Areopagitica - Tottel’s Miscellany

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B. Tottel’s Miscellany - William Shakespeare's first Folio - William Caxton prints
the first English book - John Milton's Areopagitica

C. William Caxton prints the first English book - Tittles Miscellany - William
Shakespeare's first Folio - John Milton's Areopagitica

D. William Shakespeare's first Folio - John Milton's Areopagitica - William


Caxton prints the first English book - Tottel’s Miscellany

➢ William Caxton prints the first English book- 1476


➢ Tottel’s miscellany - 1557
➢ William Shakespeare's first folio- 1623
➢ John Milton's Areopagitica- 1644

9) Sir Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey jointly brought out Tottel’s
Miscellany during the Renaissance. Identify the name of Earl Surrey from
the following_____.

A. Thomas Lodge
B. Thomas Nashe
C. Thomas Sackville
D. Henry Howard

10) Identify correctly matched set.

A. The Shepherd Calender - 1579, Tottel’s Miscellany- 1557, Astrophel and


Stella- 1591, The Spanish Tragedy- 1585.

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B. The Shepherd Calendar- 1559, Tottel’s Miscellany- 1579, Astrophel and
Stella-1585, The Spanish Tragedy- 1591

C. The Shepherd Calendar - 1585, Tottel’s Miscellany - 1591, Astrophel and


Stella - 1579, The Spanish Tragedy - 1557

D. The Shepherd Calendar- 1579, Tottel’s Miscellany - 1591, Astrophel and


Stella - 1585, The Spanish Tragedy- 1557

BEST WISHES….!!!!!

Prepared by: MD Somel SK 6

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