ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which city in England was Mary born?
A
Manchester
B
Liverpool
C
London
D
Oxford
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry VIII died in 1547, and Edward succeeded him. Mary inherited estates in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, and was granted Hunsdon and Beaulieu as her own.

Detailed explanation-2: -She was born at Greenwich Palace, the daughter of the Tudor king Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Henry had defied the pope and broken England from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church in order to dissolve his marriage with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who had borne him a daughter, Mary.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 2nd August 1553, Elizabeth, second daughter of King Henry VIII, greeted her half-sister Mary, the new queen, at Wanstead.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1568, Mary fled to England where she became Elizabeth’s unwanted guest and prisoner for the next 19 years.

There is 1 question to complete.