Virgil
Shakespeare
Hesiod
Dante
Marlowe
from oldest to newest Hesiod, Virgil, Dante, Marlowe, and Shakespeare (Im not sure about Marlowe and Shakespeare, they came around the same time, but Marlowe died before Shakespeare)
The word <em>over </em>is used as an adverb in this sentence.
If the sentence said - There will be clouds over most of the country, then it would be a preposition.
The answer is true. Poetry is an important skill to know.