Question

Whom did Andrew Marvell meet while in Rome?

• A. John Milton
• B. George Herbert
• C. Richard Flecknoe
• D. John Donne

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Richard Flecknoe

• While in Rome, Marvell met Richard Flecknoe, a minor poet and playwright.

• Flecknoe would later be famously satirized by Dryden, but Marvell also noted him.

• Milton and Jonson were not part of this Roman encounter.