During his lifetime, Christopher Marlowe was rumored to be which of the following?

A. a practitioner of witchcraft and sorcery

B. a spy for the King of Spain

C. a participant in a plot to murder Elizabeth I

D. a spy for the Church of England

E. a spy for the English Catholics

Answer:  E. a spy for the English Catholics

Christopher Marlowe was an English tragedian, interpreter, and poet during the Elizabeth era. Marlowe is well-thought-out among several scholars as the leading playwright of this time just beforehand his mysterious death.