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1. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” The above lines have been taken from?
(A). The Waste Land
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Second Coming
(D). Prayer for My Daughter
Right Answer: C
2. William Morel in Sons and Lovers is drawn after?
(A). Lawrence’s father
(B). Lawrence’s brother
(C). Lawrence himself
(D). None of these
Right Answer: D
3. The most notable characteristic of Keats’ poetry is?
(A). Satire
(B). Sensuality
(C). Sensuousness
(D). Social reform
Right Answer: C
4. The key-note of Browning’s philosophy of life is?
(A). agnosticism
(B). optimism
(C). pessimism
(D). skepticism
Right Answer: B
5. The title of Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus’ means?
(A). Religious Scripture
(B). Seaside Resort
(C). Tailor Repatched
(D). None of these
Right Answer: C
6. “Epipsychidion” is composed by?
(A). Coleridge
(B). Wordsworth
(C). Keats
(D). Shçlley
Right Answer: D
7. “The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare’s—?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Twelfth Night
(C). The Tempest
(D). Henry IV, Pt I
Right Answer: D
8. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton?
(A). Paradise Lost
(B). Sonnets
(C). Lycidas
(D). Areopagitica
Right Answer: A
9. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work?
(A). Charles Dickens
(B). W. M. Thackeray
(C). Graham Greene
(D). D. H. Lawrence
Right Answer: C
10. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?
(A). ‘Last Impressions’
(B). ‘False Impressions’
(C). ‘First Impressions’
(D). ‘True Impressions’
Right Answer: C
11. Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures
(A). Great Expectations
(B). The Power and the Glory
(C). Lord of the Flies
(D). Pride and Prejudice
Right Answer: D
12. ‘There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”
The line given above occurs in
(A). Hamlet
(B). Henry IV, Pt I
(C). The Tempest
(D). Twelfth Night
Right Answer: A
13. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes?
(A). Ben Jonson
(B). John Ruskin
(C). Thomas Carlyle
(D). William Hazlitt
Right Answer: B
14. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare’s greatest?
(A). comic figures
(B). historical figures
(C). romantic figures
(D). tragic figures
Right Answer: A
15. That Milton was of the Devil’s party without knowing it, was said by?
(A). Blake
(B). Eliot
(C). Johnson
(D). Shelley
Right Answer: A
16. Who called Shelley ‘a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain’?
(A). Walter Pater
(B).
(C). Matthew Arnold
(D). T. S. Eliot
Right Answer: C
17. Essays of Ella are?
(A). full of didactic sermonising
(B). practically autobiographical fragments
(C). remarkable for their aphoristic style
(D). satirical and critical
Right Answer: B
18. The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The Princess’ is?
(A). Queen Victoria’s coronation
(B). Industrial Revolution
(C). Women’s Education and Rights
(D). Rise of Democracy
Right Answer: C
19. Thackeray’s “Esmond” is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of?
(A). the Medieval age
(B). the Elizabethan age
(C). the age of Queen Anne
(D). the Victorian age
Right Answer: A
20. Oedipus Complex is?
(A). a kind of physical ailment
(B). a kind of vitamin
(C). a brother’s attraction towards his sister
(D). a son’s attraction towards his mother
Right Answer: D
21. “My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.” Who wrote this?
(A). Graham Greene
(B). D. H. Lawrence
(C). Charles Dickens
(D). Jane Austen
Right Answer: B
22. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play?
(A). Twelfth Night
(B). Hamlet
(C). The Tempest
(D). Henry IV,Pt I
Right Answer: A
23. “The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance.” This line occurs in?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Henry IV,Pt I
(C). The Tempest
(D). Twelfth Night
Right Answer: C
24. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a?
(A). Picaresque novel
(B). Gothic novel
(C). Domestic novel
(D). Historical novel
Right Answer: C
25. ‘Heaven lies about us in our infancy’. This line occurs in the poem?
(A). Immortality Ode
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Second Coming
(D). Leda and the Swan
Right Answer: A
26. Wordsworth calls himself ‘a Worshipper of Nature’ in his
poem—
(A). Immortality Ode
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Prelude
(D). The Solitary Reaper
Right Answer: B
27. When Wordsworth’s ‘Immortality Ode’ was first published in
1802, it had only?
(A). Stanzas I to IV
(B). Stanzas I to V
(C). Stanzas I to VI
(D). Stanzas I to VII
Right Answer: B
28. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations”?
(A). Direct or epic method
(B). Documentary method
(C). Stream of Consciousness technique
(D). Autobiographical method
Right Answer: A
29. Who said ‘Keats was a Greek’?
(A). Wordsworth
(B). Coleridge
(C). Lamb
(D). Shelley
Right Answer: B
30. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary
descendant of?
(A). Keats
(B). Byron
(C). Shelley
(D). Wordsworth
Right Answer: A
31. To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply?
“The tedious wiseacre who meddles his way to his doom.”
(A). Claudius
(B). Hamlet
(C). Polonius
(D). Rosencrantz
Right Answer: B
32. S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of?
(A). The Royal Society of Edinburgh
(B). The Royal Society ofLondon
(C). Royal Society of Arts
(D). Royal Society of Literature
Right Answer: D
33. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
(A). Sense and Sensibility
(B). Mansfield Park
(C). Sandition
(D). Persuasion
Right Answer: C
34. Why did Miss Havisham remain a spinster throughout her life in “Great Expectations”?
(A). She was poor
(B). She was arrogant
(C). Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom
(D). She was unwilling to marry
Right Answer: B
35. W. B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year?
(A). 1938
(B). 1925
(C). 1932
(D). 1923
Right Answer: D
36. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced
by the?
(A). French Revolution
(B). Glorious Revolution of1688
(C). Reformation
(D). Oxford Movement
Right Answer: A
37. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the?
(A). Puritan movement
(B). Romantic revival
(C). Neo-classical age
(D). Metaphysical school
Right Answer: B
38. ‘O, you are sick of self-love’ Who is referred to in these
words in Twelfth Night?
(A). Orsino
(B). Sir Andrew
(C). Sir Toby
(D). Malvolio
Right Answer: D
39. Hamlet is?
(A). an intellectual
(B). a man of action
(C). a passionate lover
(D). an over ambitious man
Right Answer: C
40. Which of Shakespeare’s characters exclaims; ‘Brave, new, world!’?
(A). Ferdinand
(B). Antonio
(C). Miranda
(D). Prospero
Right Answer: C
41. Paradise Lost shows an influence of?
(A). Paganism
(B). Pre-Christian theology
(C). Christianity and the Renaissance
(D). Greek nihilism
Right Answer: C
42. The style of Paradise Lost is?
(A). more Latin than most poems
(B). more spontaneous than thought out
(C). more satirical than spontaneous
(D). more dramatic than lyrical
Right Answer: A
43. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?
(A). Mr. Bennet
(B). Wickham
(C). Bingley
(D). Darcy
Right Answer: D
44. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower?
(A). Gertrude
(B). Polonius
(C). Horatio
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: B
45. Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Pt I contains his?
(A). senecan attitude
(B). patriotism
(C). love of nature
(D). platonic ideals
Right Answer: B
46. Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare?
(A). A mid summer night's dream
(B). Much ado about nothing
(C). As you like it
(D). Love's labour's lost
Right Answer: D
47. "Twelfth night" is a:
(A). Tragedy
(B). Comedy
(C). Problem play
(D). Both a and b
Right Answer: B
48. Who was villain in Othello?
(A). Claudius
(B). Iago
(C). Egeus
(D). None of above
Right Answer: B
49. Which of the following are tragedies of Shakespeare?
(A). Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cressida
(B). Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus
(C). King Lear, Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice
(D). Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra
Right Answer: B
50. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Macbeth
(C). King Lear
(D). King Oedipus
Right Answer: D
51. Othello was a :
(A). General of England
(B). General of Denmark
(C). Prince of England
(D). Prince of Denmark
Right Answer: A
52. ------------- was father of Desdemona?
(A). Othello
(B). Brabantio
(C). Iago
(D). Gratiano
Right Answer: B
53. Othello was sent to fight with:
(A). French army
(B). German army
(C). Ottomans
(D). None of above
Right Answer: C
54. Desdemona was killed by :
(A). Iago
(B). Casio
(C). Othello
(D). Brabantio
Right Answer: C
55. Othello gave Desdemona ------------- as a token of love:
(A). Ring
(B). Handkerchief
(C). Pendant
(D). Bengals
Right Answer: B
56. Desdemona was :
(A). wife of Othello
(B). daughter of Othello
(C). both a and b
(D). none of above
Right Answer: A
57. " A man can die but once" is one of quote of following plays:
(A). Henry 6 part three
(B). Henry 4 part two
(C). Henry 6 part one
(D). Henry 4 part one
Right Answer: B
58. "I have no other but a woman's reason
I think him so, because I think him so"
Which of Shakespeare's play contain above lines?
(A). The two gentle men of Verona
(B). Merry wives of Windsor
(C). The noble Kinsman
(D). Measure for measure
Right Answer: A
59. " What piece of work is a man
How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty,
In form and moving how express and admirable
In action! how like an angle
In apprehension! how like a God:
The beauty of the World, the paragon of animals_____
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
Above lines are taken from Hamlet's which act?
(A). act 1 scene two
(B). act 2 scene two
(C). act 3 scene two
(D). act 4 scene two
Right Answer: B
60. Which of the following is Hamlet's mother?
(A). Beatrice
(B). Margaret
(C). Gertrude
(D). Rosalind
Right Answer: C
61. Following are the characters of:
Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius
(A). Coriolanus
(B). Cymbeline
(C). Timon of Athens
(D). Winter's tale
Right Answer: C
62. Who is the heroin of The Tempest?
(A). Ophelia
(B). Desdemona
(C). Miranda
(D). Helena
Right Answer: C
63. Hamlet consist of --------------- acts:
(A). 3
(B). 4
(C). 5
(D). 6
Right Answer: C
64. Which of Shakespeare's play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television?
(A). Taming of the Shrew
(B). The two Noble Kinsmen
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Cymbeline
Right Answer: B
65. Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff?
(A). The merry wives of Windsor
(B). Troilus and Cressida
(C). King John
(D). Titus Andronicus
Right Answer: A
66. What was the nickname of Mary I?
(A). Bloody Mary
(B). Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
(C). Mary, Queen of Scots
(D). None of the Above
Right Answer: A
67. Who was the sister of Mary I?
(A). Isabella
(B). Victoria
(C). Anne
(D). Elizabeth I
Right Answer: D
68. Who was the father of the previous two? (Questions 1 and 2?)
(A). Henry VI
(B). William
(C). George III
(D). Henry VIII
Right Answer: D
69. Who was the first Tudor King?
(A). Henry VIII
(B). Henry VII
(C). George III
(D). James I
Right Answer: B
70. What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era?
(A). 1558-1603
(B). 1500-1520
(C). 1560-1570
(D). 1575-1600
Right Answer: A
71. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I?
(A). Catherine of Aragon
(B). Jane Seymour
(C). Catherine Howard
(D). Anne Boleyn
Right Answer: D
72. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle?
(A). 1500
(B). 1588
(C). 1600
(D). 1575
Right Answer: B
73. Which relative did Elizabeth I have executed?
(A). Anne Boleyn
(B). Mary I
(C). Mary, Queen of Scots
(D). Catherine of Aragon
Right Answer: C
74. What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign?
(A). The Anglican Church
(B). The Roman Catholic Church
(C). Calvinism
(D). The Lutheran Church
Right Answer: A
75. Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear?
(A). Purple silk dresses
(B). Woolen underwear
(C). Sable-lined cloaks
(D). Velvet coats
Right Answer: B
76. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match?
(A). Property
(B). Wealth
(C). Lineage
(D). Love
Right Answer: D
77. Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue?
(A). Begging
(B). Money lending
(C). Fortune-telling
(D). Wine bottling
Right Answer: A
78. Crime was ardently followed by punishment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill offenders. Which crime was punishable by death?
(A). Skipping church on Sunday
(B). A woman screaming at her husband in public
(C). Stealing a horse
(D). Public drunkenness
Right Answer: C
79. Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the "supreme governor" of all things spiritual. Who was it?
(A). The Pope in Rome
(B). Each man was his own supreme governor
(C). The Archbishop of Canterbury
(D). Queen Elizabeth I
Right Answer: D
80. Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growing--and the most prominent of all was London. While Londoners were considered wealthy and arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did people primarily dispose of their trash and wastes?
(A). Dump sites in the nearby country
(B). The streets
(C). The underground drains
(D). Designated "trash" areas
Right Answer: B
81. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What "science" did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future?
(A). Alchemy
(B). Metallurgy
(C). Geocentricity
(D). Astrology
Right Answer: D
82. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject?
(A). Sexuality
(B). Criticism of the queen
(C). Murder
(D). Witchcraft
Right Answer: B
83. Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in one's untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom?
(A). Long processionals
(B). Mourning clothes
(C). Strict simplicity
(D). Tolling of church bells
Right Answer: C
84. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age?
(A). As an astronomical observation deck
(B). As a storage place for grain
(C). As a prison
(D). As a school for the royal children
Right Answer: C
85. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth?
(A). Pope Pius V
(B). Pope Innocent III
(C). Pope Gregory XIII
(D). Pope Boniface
Right Answer: A
86. What was Elizabeth's close circle of advisers called?
(A). The Star Chamber
(B). Parliament
(C). The Privy Council
(D). The Cabinet
Right Answer: C
87. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned?
(A). Investiture
(B). Invocation
(C). Gala
(D). Coronation
Right Answer: D
88. Which country believed it had an "Invincible Armada" before 1588?
(A). France
(B). England
(C). Spain
(D). The Netherlands
Right Answer: C
89. What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer?
(A). Blank verse
(B). The sonnet
(C). Trochaic Heptameter
(D). Free-flow verse
Right Answer: A
90. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family?
(A). Windsor
(B). Stuart
(C). Tudor
(D). Plantagenet
Right Answer: C
91. Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir?
(A). Edward VI
(B). Richard III
(C). George III
(D). Henry VIII
Right Answer: D
92. What religion was Mary I?
(A). Catholic
(B). Anglican
(C). Episcopalian
(D). Presbyterian
Right Answer: A
93. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots?
(A). Episcopalian
(B). Catholic
(C). Presbyterian
(D). Lutheran
Right Answer: B
94. Which work did Edmund Spenser author?
(A). The Castle of Perseverance
(B). The Double
(C). The Metamorphoses
(D). The Faerie Queene
Right Answer: D
95. Who succeeded Elizabeth I?
(A). Mary Queen of Scots
(B). Charles I
(C). James I
(D). Edward VI
Right Answer: C
96. Which of the following was Elizabeth known as?
(A). Unintelligent
(B). Rude
(C). Stingy
(D). Fanatic
Right Answer: C
97. Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret?
(A). French
(B). Gaelic
(C). Esperanto
(D). Welsh
Right Answer: D
98. Who was Edmund Spenser's patron?
(A). The Earl of Leicester
(B). Elizabeth
(C). Lord Burleigh
(D). Francis Bacon
Right Answer: A
99. What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth's court?
(A). Swimming
(B). Gambling
(C). Jousting
(D). Backgammon
Right Answer: C
100. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth?
(A). Philology
(B). Alchemy
(C). Zoology
(D). Astrology
Right Answer: D
101. Elizabeth's reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned?
(A). 35
(B). 40
(C). 45
(D). 50
Right Answer: C
102. What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh?
(A). Waldimor
(B). Water
(C). William
(D). Winter
Right Answer: B
103. The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as:
(A). The Great Order of Life
(B). The Great Chain of Being
(C). The Great System of Shakespeare
(D). The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker
Right Answer: B
104. A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as:
(A). A Protestant Poem
(B). A Petrarchan Sonnet
(C). An extended metaphor
(D). A pastoral poem
Right Answer: D
105. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as:
(A). The Protestant Revolution
(B). The Protestant Reformation
(C). The Protestant Restoration
(D). The Protestant Resolution
Right Answer: B
106. What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet
(A). Octave
(B). Volta
(C). Iambic Pentameter
(D). Petrarchan
Right Answer: B
107. In literature, some of Shakespeare's most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ________.
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Ben Jonson folios
(D). English Renaissance theatre
Right Answer: B
108. What proceeded Jacobean era?
(A). Elizabethan Era
(B). Caroline era
(C). Victorian era
(D). Jacobean Era
Right Answer: B
109. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620–1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ________ in London in 1625.
(A). Cholera
(B). Tuberculosis
(C). Bubonic plague
(D). Plague (diseas
Right Answer: C
113. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem.
(A). Iliad
(B). Odyssey
(C). Beowulf
(D). Canterbury Tales
Right Answer: C
114. What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
(A). 1592-1608
(B). 1603-1625
(C). 1607-1627
(D). 1608-1639
Right Answer: B
115. Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by?
(A). Sir Walter Scot
(B). Christopher Marlow
(C). Ben Johnson
(D). George Herbert
Right Answer: C
116. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was?
(A). John Milton
(B). Charles Bacon
(C). John Donne
(D). Herbert Spencer
Right Answer: C
117. "The Jacobean Era" refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries?
(A). Jordan
(B). England
(C). Malaysia
(D). Tunisia
Right Answer: B
118. Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after:
(A). The leading characteristic of the age
(B). Monarchs or political events
(C). The primary author of the age
(D). The language of the age
Right Answer: B
119. Which period of literature came first?
(A). Regency
(B). Victorian
(C). Romantic
(D). Restoration
Right Answer: D
120. In what language did Shakespeare write?
(A). Middle English
(B). German
(C). Old English
(D). Modern English
Right Answer: D
121. Jane Austen wrote during this period.
(A). Restoration
(B). Victorian
(C). Middle English
(D). Regency
Right Answer: D
122. Which work was published first?
(A). Blake’s "Songs of Innocence"
(B). Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein"
(C). Lord Byron’s "Don Juan"
(D). Sir Walter Scott’s "Ivanhoe"
Right Answer: A
123. Which of the following works was written before the all-important Battle of Hastings?
(A). Beowulf
(B). Canterbury Tales
(C). The Domesday Book
(D). Sons and Lovers
Right Answer: A
124. Who wrote first?
(A). George Eliot
(B). Christopher Marlowe
(C). Howard, Earl of Surrey
(D). William Shakespeare
Right Answer: C
125. Which work was completed last?
(A). John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
(B). George Herbert's "The Temple"
(C). William Shakespeare's "Tempest"
(D). Ben Jonson's "Volpone"
Right Answer: A
126. One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who?
(A). John Milton
(B). Thomas Otway
(C). Sir Walter Scott
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
127. The Bronte sisters wrote during this period.
(A). Regency
(B). Restoration
(C). Romantic
(D). Victorian
Right Answer: D
128. Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published until the 20th century?
(A). Christina Rossetti
(B). Gerard Manley Hopkins
(C). Elizabeth Barret Browning
(D). Ted Hughes
Right Answer: B
129. This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century.
(A). Henry James's "The Ambassadors"
(B). Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
(C). E.M. Forster's "A Room With A View"
(D). Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"
Right Answer: B
130. Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century?
(A). John Skelton
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Sir Thomas Wyatt
(D). Thomas Carew
Right Answer: D
131. Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period?
(A). Charles II was restored to the throne
(B). The French Revolution
(C). The Great Fire of London
(D). The Exclusion Bill Crisis
Right Answer: B
132. He was not a Renaissance writer.
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Sir Philip Sidney
(C). Christopher Marlowe
(D). Sir Thomas Malory
Right Answer: D
133. Which of the following literary sub-periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period?
(A). The Restoration
(B). Jacobean Age
(C). The Augustan Age
(D). The Age of Sensibility
Right Answer: B
134. Which of the following periods of English literature came last?
(A). The Elizabethan Age
(B). The Commonwealth Period
(C). The Jacobean Age
(D). The Middle English Period
Right Answer: B
135. This work was written before the other three choices.
(A). Bede's "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
(B). Julian of Norwhich's "Book of Showings"
(C). Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
(D). Sir Thomas More's "Utopia"
Right Answer: A
136. Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on “The Literature of the British Empire”?
(A). Rudyard Kipling
(B). Edward Fitzgerald
(C). Charlotte Bronte
(D). Any of these
Right Answer: D
137. World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event?
(A). T.S. Eliot
(B). Siegfried Sassoon
(C). Wilfred Owen
(D). Oscar Wilde
Right Answer: D
138. The period of maturation, intellectual growth and social graces during the Renaissance is called the:
(A). aristocracy
(B). New Age
(C). Reformation
(D). Enlightenment
Right Answer: D
139. The most popular French playwright, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, is known as:
(A). Caleron
(B). Corneille
(C). Couperin
(D). Moliere
Right Answer: D
140. The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was:
(A). Nell Gwynn
(B). Aphra Behn
(C). Lady Teazle
(D). Ann Hathaway
Right Answer: B
141. In which city was Milton?
(A). Norwich
(B). York
(C). London
(D). Canterbury
Right Answer: C
142. When was John Milton born?
(A). 22 April 1600
(B). 19 August 1604
(C). 6 June 1606
(D). 9 December 1608
Right Answer: D
143. Which school did Milton attend?
(A). St Paul's
(B). Christ's Hospital
(C). Merchant Taylors'
(D). Westminster
Right Answer: A
144. Milton continued his studies at Cambridge. Which college of the university did he attend?
(A). Pembroke College
(B). Trinity College
(C). Christ’s College
(D). St. Xavier’s College
Right Answer: C
145. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton's at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem?
(A). lycidas
(B). Paradise Lost
(C). Il penseroso
(D).
Right Answer: A
146. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time?
(A). Germany
(B). France
(C). Italy
(D). Spain
Right Answer: C
147. How many times did Milton marry?
(A). 2
(B). 0
(C). 1
(D). 3
Right Answer: D
148. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she?
(A). 48
(B). 34
(C). 22
(D). 17
Right Answer: D
149.
(A).
(B).
(C).
(D).
Right Answer:
150. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton?
(A). 'L'Allegro'
(B). 'Lycidas'
(C). 'Il Penseroso'
(D). 'Absolom and Achitophel'
Right Answer: D
(A). The Waste Land
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Second Coming
(D). Prayer for My Daughter
Right Answer: C
2. William Morel in Sons and Lovers is drawn after?
(A). Lawrence’s father
(B). Lawrence’s brother
(C). Lawrence himself
(D). None of these
Right Answer: D
3. The most notable characteristic of Keats’ poetry is?
(A). Satire
(B). Sensuality
(C). Sensuousness
(D). Social reform
Right Answer: C
4. The key-note of Browning’s philosophy of life is?
(A). agnosticism
(B). optimism
(C). pessimism
(D). skepticism
Right Answer: B
5. The title of Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus’ means?
(A). Religious Scripture
(B). Seaside Resort
(C). Tailor Repatched
(D). None of these
Right Answer: C
6. “Epipsychidion” is composed by?
(A). Coleridge
(B). Wordsworth
(C). Keats
(D). Shçlley
Right Answer: D
7. “The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare’s—?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Twelfth Night
(C). The Tempest
(D). Henry IV, Pt I
Right Answer: D
8. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton?
(A). Paradise Lost
(B). Sonnets
(C). Lycidas
(D). Areopagitica
Right Answer: A
9. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work?
(A). Charles Dickens
(B). W. M. Thackeray
(C). Graham Greene
(D). D. H. Lawrence
Right Answer: C
10. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?
(A). ‘Last Impressions’
(B). ‘False Impressions’
(C). ‘First Impressions’
(D). ‘True Impressions’
Right Answer: C
11. Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures
(A). Great Expectations
(B). The Power and the Glory
(C). Lord of the Flies
(D). Pride and Prejudice
Right Answer: D
12. ‘There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”
The line given above occurs in
(A). Hamlet
(B). Henry IV, Pt I
(C). The Tempest
(D). Twelfth Night
Right Answer: A
13. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes?
(A). Ben Jonson
(B). John Ruskin
(C). Thomas Carlyle
(D). William Hazlitt
Right Answer: B
14. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare’s greatest?
(A). comic figures
(B). historical figures
(C). romantic figures
(D). tragic figures
Right Answer: A
15. That Milton was of the Devil’s party without knowing it, was said by?
(A). Blake
(B). Eliot
(C). Johnson
(D). Shelley
Right Answer: A
16. Who called Shelley ‘a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain’?
(A). Walter Pater
(B).
(C). Matthew Arnold
(D). T. S. Eliot
Right Answer: C
17. Essays of Ella are?
(A). full of didactic sermonising
(B). practically autobiographical fragments
(C). remarkable for their aphoristic style
(D). satirical and critical
Right Answer: B
18. The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The Princess’ is?
(A). Queen Victoria’s coronation
(B). Industrial Revolution
(C). Women’s Education and Rights
(D). Rise of Democracy
Right Answer: C
19. Thackeray’s “Esmond” is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of?
(A). the Medieval age
(B). the Elizabethan age
(C). the age of Queen Anne
(D). the Victorian age
Right Answer: A
20. Oedipus Complex is?
(A). a kind of physical ailment
(B). a kind of vitamin
(C). a brother’s attraction towards his sister
(D). a son’s attraction towards his mother
Right Answer: D
21. “My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.” Who wrote this?
(A). Graham Greene
(B). D. H. Lawrence
(C). Charles Dickens
(D). Jane Austen
Right Answer: B
22. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play?
(A). Twelfth Night
(B). Hamlet
(C). The Tempest
(D). Henry IV,Pt I
Right Answer: A
23. “The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance.” This line occurs in?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Henry IV,Pt I
(C). The Tempest
(D). Twelfth Night
Right Answer: C
24. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a?
(A). Picaresque novel
(B). Gothic novel
(C). Domestic novel
(D). Historical novel
Right Answer: C
25. ‘Heaven lies about us in our infancy’. This line occurs in the poem?
(A). Immortality Ode
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Second Coming
(D). Leda and the Swan
Right Answer: A
26. Wordsworth calls himself ‘a Worshipper of Nature’ in his
poem—
(A). Immortality Ode
(B). Tintern Abbey
(C). The Prelude
(D). The Solitary Reaper
Right Answer: B
27. When Wordsworth’s ‘Immortality Ode’ was first published in
1802, it had only?
(A). Stanzas I to IV
(B). Stanzas I to V
(C). Stanzas I to VI
(D). Stanzas I to VII
Right Answer: B
28. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations”?
(A). Direct or epic method
(B). Documentary method
(C). Stream of Consciousness technique
(D). Autobiographical method
Right Answer: A
29. Who said ‘Keats was a Greek’?
(A). Wordsworth
(B). Coleridge
(C). Lamb
(D). Shelley
Right Answer: B
30. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary
descendant of?
(A). Keats
(B). Byron
(C). Shelley
(D). Wordsworth
Right Answer: A
31. To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply?
“The tedious wiseacre who meddles his way to his doom.”
(A). Claudius
(B). Hamlet
(C). Polonius
(D). Rosencrantz
Right Answer: B
32. S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of?
(A). The Royal Society of Edinburgh
(B). The Royal Society ofLondon
(C). Royal Society of Arts
(D). Royal Society of Literature
Right Answer: D
33. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
(A). Sense and Sensibility
(B). Mansfield Park
(C). Sandition
(D). Persuasion
Right Answer: C
34. Why did Miss Havisham remain a spinster throughout her life in “Great Expectations”?
(A). She was poor
(B). She was arrogant
(C). Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom
(D). She was unwilling to marry
Right Answer: B
35. W. B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year?
(A). 1938
(B). 1925
(C). 1932
(D). 1923
Right Answer: D
36. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced
by the?
(A). French Revolution
(B). Glorious Revolution of1688
(C). Reformation
(D). Oxford Movement
Right Answer: A
37. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the?
(A). Puritan movement
(B). Romantic revival
(C). Neo-classical age
(D). Metaphysical school
Right Answer: B
38. ‘O, you are sick of self-love’ Who is referred to in these
words in Twelfth Night?
(A). Orsino
(B). Sir Andrew
(C). Sir Toby
(D). Malvolio
Right Answer: D
39. Hamlet is?
(A). an intellectual
(B). a man of action
(C). a passionate lover
(D). an over ambitious man
Right Answer: C
40. Which of Shakespeare’s characters exclaims; ‘Brave, new, world!’?
(A). Ferdinand
(B). Antonio
(C). Miranda
(D). Prospero
Right Answer: C
41. Paradise Lost shows an influence of?
(A). Paganism
(B). Pre-Christian theology
(C). Christianity and the Renaissance
(D). Greek nihilism
Right Answer: C
42. The style of Paradise Lost is?
(A). more Latin than most poems
(B). more spontaneous than thought out
(C). more satirical than spontaneous
(D). more dramatic than lyrical
Right Answer: A
43. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?
(A). Mr. Bennet
(B). Wickham
(C). Bingley
(D). Darcy
Right Answer: D
44. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower?
(A). Gertrude
(B). Polonius
(C). Horatio
(D). Hamlet
Right Answer: B
45. Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Pt I contains his?
(A). senecan attitude
(B). patriotism
(C). love of nature
(D). platonic ideals
Right Answer: B
46. Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare?
(A). A mid summer night's dream
(B). Much ado about nothing
(C). As you like it
(D). Love's labour's lost
Right Answer: D
47. "Twelfth night" is a:
(A). Tragedy
(B). Comedy
(C). Problem play
(D). Both a and b
Right Answer: B
48. Who was villain in Othello?
(A). Claudius
(B). Iago
(C). Egeus
(D). None of above
Right Answer: B
49. Which of the following are tragedies of Shakespeare?
(A). Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cressida
(B). Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus
(C). King Lear, Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice
(D). Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra
Right Answer: B
50. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare?
(A). Hamlet
(B). Macbeth
(C). King Lear
(D). King Oedipus
Right Answer: D
51. Othello was a :
(A). General of England
(B). General of Denmark
(C). Prince of England
(D). Prince of Denmark
Right Answer: A
52. ------------- was father of Desdemona?
(A). Othello
(B). Brabantio
(C). Iago
(D). Gratiano
Right Answer: B
53. Othello was sent to fight with:
(A). French army
(B). German army
(C). Ottomans
(D). None of above
Right Answer: C
54. Desdemona was killed by :
(A). Iago
(B). Casio
(C). Othello
(D). Brabantio
Right Answer: C
55. Othello gave Desdemona ------------- as a token of love:
(A). Ring
(B). Handkerchief
(C). Pendant
(D). Bengals
Right Answer: B
56. Desdemona was :
(A). wife of Othello
(B). daughter of Othello
(C). both a and b
(D). none of above
Right Answer: A
57. " A man can die but once" is one of quote of following plays:
(A). Henry 6 part three
(B). Henry 4 part two
(C). Henry 6 part one
(D). Henry 4 part one
Right Answer: B
58. "I have no other but a woman's reason
I think him so, because I think him so"
Which of Shakespeare's play contain above lines?
(A). The two gentle men of Verona
(B). Merry wives of Windsor
(C). The noble Kinsman
(D). Measure for measure
Right Answer: A
59. " What piece of work is a man
How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty,
In form and moving how express and admirable
In action! how like an angle
In apprehension! how like a God:
The beauty of the World, the paragon of animals_____
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
Above lines are taken from Hamlet's which act?
(A). act 1 scene two
(B). act 2 scene two
(C). act 3 scene two
(D). act 4 scene two
Right Answer: B
60. Which of the following is Hamlet's mother?
(A). Beatrice
(B). Margaret
(C). Gertrude
(D). Rosalind
Right Answer: C
61. Following are the characters of:
Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius
(A). Coriolanus
(B). Cymbeline
(C). Timon of Athens
(D). Winter's tale
Right Answer: C
62. Who is the heroin of The Tempest?
(A). Ophelia
(B). Desdemona
(C). Miranda
(D). Helena
Right Answer: C
63. Hamlet consist of --------------- acts:
(A). 3
(B). 4
(C). 5
(D). 6
Right Answer: C
64. Which of Shakespeare's play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television?
(A). Taming of the Shrew
(B). The two Noble Kinsmen
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Cymbeline
Right Answer: B
65. Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff?
(A). The merry wives of Windsor
(B). Troilus and Cressida
(C). King John
(D). Titus Andronicus
Right Answer: A
66. What was the nickname of Mary I?
(A). Bloody Mary
(B). Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
(C). Mary, Queen of Scots
(D). None of the Above
Right Answer: A
67. Who was the sister of Mary I?
(A). Isabella
(B). Victoria
(C). Anne
(D). Elizabeth I
Right Answer: D
68. Who was the father of the previous two? (Questions 1 and 2?)
(A). Henry VI
(B). William
(C). George III
(D). Henry VIII
Right Answer: D
69. Who was the first Tudor King?
(A). Henry VIII
(B). Henry VII
(C). George III
(D). James I
Right Answer: B
70. What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era?
(A). 1558-1603
(B). 1500-1520
(C). 1560-1570
(D). 1575-1600
Right Answer: A
71. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I?
(A). Catherine of Aragon
(B). Jane Seymour
(C). Catherine Howard
(D). Anne Boleyn
Right Answer: D
72. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle?
(A). 1500
(B). 1588
(C). 1600
(D). 1575
Right Answer: B
73. Which relative did Elizabeth I have executed?
(A). Anne Boleyn
(B). Mary I
(C). Mary, Queen of Scots
(D). Catherine of Aragon
Right Answer: C
74. What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign?
(A). The Anglican Church
(B). The Roman Catholic Church
(C). Calvinism
(D). The Lutheran Church
Right Answer: A
75. Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear?
(A). Purple silk dresses
(B). Woolen underwear
(C). Sable-lined cloaks
(D). Velvet coats
Right Answer: B
76. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match?
(A). Property
(B). Wealth
(C). Lineage
(D). Love
Right Answer: D
77. Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue?
(A). Begging
(B). Money lending
(C). Fortune-telling
(D). Wine bottling
Right Answer: A
78. Crime was ardently followed by punishment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill offenders. Which crime was punishable by death?
(A). Skipping church on Sunday
(B). A woman screaming at her husband in public
(C). Stealing a horse
(D). Public drunkenness
Right Answer: C
79. Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the "supreme governor" of all things spiritual. Who was it?
(A). The Pope in Rome
(B). Each man was his own supreme governor
(C). The Archbishop of Canterbury
(D). Queen Elizabeth I
Right Answer: D
80. Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growing--and the most prominent of all was London. While Londoners were considered wealthy and arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did people primarily dispose of their trash and wastes?
(A). Dump sites in the nearby country
(B). The streets
(C). The underground drains
(D). Designated "trash" areas
Right Answer: B
81. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What "science" did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future?
(A). Alchemy
(B). Metallurgy
(C). Geocentricity
(D). Astrology
Right Answer: D
82. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject?
(A). Sexuality
(B). Criticism of the queen
(C). Murder
(D). Witchcraft
Right Answer: B
83. Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in one's untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom?
(A). Long processionals
(B). Mourning clothes
(C). Strict simplicity
(D). Tolling of church bells
Right Answer: C
84. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age?
(A). As an astronomical observation deck
(B). As a storage place for grain
(C). As a prison
(D). As a school for the royal children
Right Answer: C
85. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth?
(A). Pope Pius V
(B). Pope Innocent III
(C). Pope Gregory XIII
(D). Pope Boniface
Right Answer: A
86. What was Elizabeth's close circle of advisers called?
(A). The Star Chamber
(B). Parliament
(C). The Privy Council
(D). The Cabinet
Right Answer: C
87. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned?
(A). Investiture
(B). Invocation
(C). Gala
(D). Coronation
Right Answer: D
88. Which country believed it had an "Invincible Armada" before 1588?
(A). France
(B). England
(C). Spain
(D). The Netherlands
Right Answer: C
89. What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer?
(A). Blank verse
(B). The sonnet
(C). Trochaic Heptameter
(D). Free-flow verse
Right Answer: A
90. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family?
(A). Windsor
(B). Stuart
(C). Tudor
(D). Plantagenet
Right Answer: C
91. Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir?
(A). Edward VI
(B). Richard III
(C). George III
(D). Henry VIII
Right Answer: D
92. What religion was Mary I?
(A). Catholic
(B). Anglican
(C). Episcopalian
(D). Presbyterian
Right Answer: A
93. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots?
(A). Episcopalian
(B). Catholic
(C). Presbyterian
(D). Lutheran
Right Answer: B
94. Which work did Edmund Spenser author?
(A). The Castle of Perseverance
(B). The Double
(C). The Metamorphoses
(D). The Faerie Queene
Right Answer: D
95. Who succeeded Elizabeth I?
(A). Mary Queen of Scots
(B). Charles I
(C). James I
(D). Edward VI
Right Answer: C
96. Which of the following was Elizabeth known as?
(A). Unintelligent
(B). Rude
(C). Stingy
(D). Fanatic
Right Answer: C
97. Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret?
(A). French
(B). Gaelic
(C). Esperanto
(D). Welsh
Right Answer: D
98. Who was Edmund Spenser's patron?
(A). The Earl of Leicester
(B). Elizabeth
(C). Lord Burleigh
(D). Francis Bacon
Right Answer: A
99. What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth's court?
(A). Swimming
(B). Gambling
(C). Jousting
(D). Backgammon
Right Answer: C
100. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth?
(A). Philology
(B). Alchemy
(C). Zoology
(D). Astrology
Right Answer: D
101. Elizabeth's reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned?
(A). 35
(B). 40
(C). 45
(D). 50
Right Answer: C
102. What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh?
(A). Waldimor
(B). Water
(C). William
(D). Winter
Right Answer: B
103. The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as:
(A). The Great Order of Life
(B). The Great Chain of Being
(C). The Great System of Shakespeare
(D). The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker
Right Answer: B
104. A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as:
(A). A Protestant Poem
(B). A Petrarchan Sonnet
(C). An extended metaphor
(D). A pastoral poem
Right Answer: D
105. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as:
(A). The Protestant Revolution
(B). The Protestant Reformation
(C). The Protestant Restoration
(D). The Protestant Resolution
Right Answer: B
106. What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet
(A). Octave
(B). Volta
(C). Iambic Pentameter
(D). Petrarchan
Right Answer: B
107. In literature, some of Shakespeare's most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ________.
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Ben Jonson folios
(D). English Renaissance theatre
Right Answer: B
108. What proceeded Jacobean era?
(A). Elizabethan Era
(B). Caroline era
(C). Victorian era
(D). Jacobean Era
Right Answer: B
109. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620–1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ________ in London in 1625.
(A). Cholera
(B). Tuberculosis
(C). Bubonic plague
(D). Plague (diseas
(E)
Right Answer: C
110. The word "Jacobean" is derived from the ________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James.
(A). Samaritan Hebrew language
(B). Biblical Hebrew
(C). Mishnaic Hebrew
(D). Hebrew language
Right Answer: D
111. The Jacobean era succeeds the ________ and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period.
(A). Elizabethan era
(B). English Reformation
(C). England
(D). Tudor period
Right Answer: A
112. Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the ________, which went through an intense development in the Jacobean er
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Masque
(D). A Midsummer Night's Dream
Right Answer: C
113. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem.
(A). Iliad
(B). Odyssey
(C). Beowulf
(D). Canterbury Tales
Right Answer: C
114. What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
(A). 1592-1608
(B). 1603-1625
(C). 1607-1627
(D). 1608-1639
Right Answer: B
115. Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by?
(A). Sir Walter Scot
(B). Christopher Marlow
(C). Ben Johnson
(D). George Herbert
Right Answer: C
116. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was?
(A). John Milton
(B). Charles Bacon
(C). John Donne
(D). Herbert Spencer
Right Answer: C
117. "The Jacobean Era" refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries?
(A). Jordan
(B). England
(C). Malaysia
(D). Tunisia
Right Answer: B
118. Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after:
(A). The leading characteristic of the age
(B). Monarchs or political events
(C). The primary author of the age
(D). The language of the age
Right Answer: B
119. Which period of literature came first?
(A). Regency
(B). Victorian
(C). Romantic
(D). Restoration
Right Answer: D
120. In what language did Shakespeare write?
(A). Middle English
(B). German
(C). Old English
(D). Modern English
Right Answer: D
121. Jane Austen wrote during this period.
(A). Restoration
(B). Victorian
(C). Middle English
(D). Regency
Right Answer: D
122. Which work was published first?
(A). Blake’s "Songs of Innocence"
(B). Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein"
(C). Lord Byron’s "Don Juan"
(D). Sir Walter Scott’s "Ivanhoe"
Right Answer: A
123. Which of the following works was written before the all-important Battle of Hastings?
(A). Beowulf
(B). Canterbury Tales
(C). The Domesday Book
(D). Sons and Lovers
Right Answer: A
124. Who wrote first?
(A). George Eliot
(B). Christopher Marlowe
(C). Howard, Earl of Surrey
(D). William Shakespeare
Right Answer: C
125. Which work was completed last?
(A). John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
(B). George Herbert's "The Temple"
(C). William Shakespeare's "Tempest"
(D). Ben Jonson's "Volpone"
Right Answer: A
126. One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who?
(A). John Milton
(B). Thomas Otway
(C). Sir Walter Scott
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
127. The Bronte sisters wrote during this period.
(A). Regency
(B). Restoration
(C). Romantic
(D). Victorian
Right Answer: D
128. Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published until the 20th century?
(A). Christina Rossetti
(B). Gerard Manley Hopkins
(C). Elizabeth Barret Browning
(D). Ted Hughes
Right Answer: B
129. This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century.
(A). Henry James's "The Ambassadors"
(B). Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
(C). E.M. Forster's "A Room With A View"
(D). Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"
Right Answer: B
130. Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century?
(A). John Skelton
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Sir Thomas Wyatt
(D). Thomas Carew
Right Answer: D
131. Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period?
(A). Charles II was restored to the throne
(B). The French Revolution
(C). The Great Fire of London
(D). The Exclusion Bill Crisis
Right Answer: B
132. He was not a Renaissance writer.
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Sir Philip Sidney
(C). Christopher Marlowe
(D). Sir Thomas Malory
Right Answer: D
133. Which of the following literary sub-periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period?
(A). The Restoration
(B). Jacobean Age
(C). The Augustan Age
(D). The Age of Sensibility
Right Answer: B
134. Which of the following periods of English literature came last?
(A). The Elizabethan Age
(B). The Commonwealth Period
(C). The Jacobean Age
(D). The Middle English Period
Right Answer: B
135. This work was written before the other three choices.
(A). Bede's "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
(B). Julian of Norwhich's "Book of Showings"
(C). Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
(D). Sir Thomas More's "Utopia"
Right Answer: A
136. Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on “The Literature of the British Empire”?
(A). Rudyard Kipling
(B). Edward Fitzgerald
(C). Charlotte Bronte
(D). Any of these
Right Answer: D
137. World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event?
(A). T.S. Eliot
(B). Siegfried Sassoon
(C). Wilfred Owen
(D). Oscar Wilde
Right Answer: D
138. The period of maturation, intellectual growth and social graces during the Renaissance is called the:
(A). aristocracy
(B). New Age
(C). Reformation
(D). Enlightenment
Right Answer: D
139. The most popular French playwright, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, is known as:
(A). Caleron
(B). Corneille
(C). Couperin
(D). Moliere
Right Answer: D
140. The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was:
(A). Nell Gwynn
(B). Aphra Behn
(C). Lady Teazle
(D). Ann Hathaway
Right Answer: B
141. In which city was Milton?
(A). Norwich
(B). York
(C). London
(D). Canterbury
Right Answer: C
142. When was John Milton born?
(A). 22 April 1600
(B). 19 August 1604
(C). 6 June 1606
(D). 9 December 1608
Right Answer: D
143. Which school did Milton attend?
(A). St Paul's
(B). Christ's Hospital
(C). Merchant Taylors'
(D). Westminster
Right Answer: A
144. Milton continued his studies at Cambridge. Which college of the university did he attend?
(A). Pembroke College
(B). Trinity College
(C). Christ’s College
(D). St. Xavier’s College
Right Answer: C
145. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton's at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem?
(A). lycidas
(B). Paradise Lost
(C). Il penseroso
(D).
Right Answer: A
146. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time?
(A). Germany
(B). France
(C). Italy
(D). Spain
Right Answer: C
147. How many times did Milton marry?
(A). 2
(B). 0
(C). 1
(D). 3
Right Answer: D
148. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she?
(A). 48
(B). 34
(C). 22
(D). 17
Right Answer: D
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(B).
(C).
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Right Answer:
150. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton?
(A). 'L'Allegro'
(B). 'Lycidas'
(C). 'Il Penseroso'
(D). 'Absolom and Achitophel'
Right Answer: D
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