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1. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What's the name of that masque?
(A). 'Il Penseroso'
(B). 'Lycidas'
(C). 'Comus'
(D). 'The Masque of Blackness'
Right Answer: C
2. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin?
(A). Space – used to mean “outer space”
(B). Unaccountable
(C). Pandemonium
(D). Blatant
Right Answer: D
3. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What was his title?
(A). Heresy tsar
(B). Poet laureate
(C). Secretary to the Admiralty
(D). Secretary for Foreign Tongues
Right Answer: D
4. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works?
(A). Of Prelatical Episcopacy
(B). The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
(C). Of Practical Exorcisme
(D). Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
Right Answer: C
5. When did John Milton die?
(A). 4 February 1702
(B). 2 June 1700
(C). 17 April 1688
(D). 8 November 1674
Right Answer: D
6. "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee." Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost?
(A). Horatio Herbert Kitchener
(B). William Blake
(C). William Wordsworth
(D). John Keats
Right Answer: C
7. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who?
(A). FR Leavis
(B). Harold Bloom
(C). William Empson
(D). Mariella Frostrup
Right Answer: A
8. When was Paradise Lost published?
(A). 1660
(B). 1667
(C). 1658
(D). 1654
Right Answer: B
9. "Paradise Lost" is considered a:
(A). First Person Narrative
(B). Short Story
(C). Epic Poem
(D). Novel
Right Answer: C
10. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:
(A). Beezlebub
(B). Michael
(C). Lucifer
(D). Belial
Right Answer: C
11. 'Book 1' of 'Paradise Lost' presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as 'one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine'. What's the name of this fallen angel?
(A). Mammon
(B). Moloch
(C). Beelzebub
(D). Ashtaroth
Right Answer: C
12. In 'Paradise Lost', which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of 'Paradise Lost'?
(A). Michael
(B). Abdiel
(C). Rafael
(D). Gabriel
Right Answer: A
13. Milton's "unholy trinity" of characters includes:
(A). Error, Temptation, and Satan
(B). Sin, Death and Temptation
(C). Sin, Temptation, and Satan
(D). Satan, Sin, and Death
Right Answer: D
14. The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted:
(A). One day
(B). Three days
(C). Seven days
(D). One hour
Right Answer: B
15. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," the "seed" refers to:
(A). The Tree of Knowledge
(B). Adam
(C). Cane and Abel
(D). Jesus Christ
Right Answer: D
16. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," "thy" refers to:
(A). Sin
(B). Eden
(C). Satan
(D). Eve
Right Answer: D
17. The two archangels who serve as generals in God's army are:
(A). Michael and Gabriel
(B). Michael and Raphael
(C). Raphael and Gabriel
(D). Michael and Lucifer
Right Answer: A
18. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on:
(A). Wine
(B). The Holy Spirit
(C). His favorite pen
(D). The Son
Right Answer: B
19. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a:
(A). "stepping stones of clouds
(B). Golden rope
(C). Golden chain
(D). Ladder
Right Answer: C
20. Sin was born out of Satan's:
(A). Head
(B). Lust
(C). Anger
(D). Rib
Right Answer: A
21. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into?
(A). a mouse
(B). a cherub
(C). a toad
(D). a serpent
Right Answer: A
22. Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God's angels?
(A). Adam
(B). Michael
(C). Raphael
(D). Lucifer
Right Answer: C
23. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of?
(A). Hunting and gathering food
(B). Tending to the Garden of Eden
(C). Building shelter to live in
(D). Naming all God's creatures and plants
Right Answer: B
24. The reason for Satan's fall might best be described as:
(A). incest
(B). lust
(C). greed
(D). pride
Right Answer: D
25. The reason for Eve's fall might best be described as:
(A). vanity
(B). lust
(C). greed
(D). pride
Right Answer: A
26. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God's forces?
(A). Catapults
(B). Artillery
(C). Illusions
(D). The Holy Sepulcher
Right Answer: B
27. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eve's:
(A). Wit
(B). Beauty
(C). Intelligence
(D). Hard work and spirituality
Right Answer: B
28. The main reason for Adam's fall might best be described as:
(A). lust
(B). love for Eve
(C). pride
(D). money
Right Answer: B
29. When God sees that Adam and Eve have disobeyed him, who does he send to "judge" them and the snake?
(A). The Son
(B). The Holy Ghost
(C). Michael
(D). Raphael
Right Answer: A
30. Inspired by Satan's victory over man, Sin and Death construct:
(A). a bridge from hell to heaven
(B). a temple to welcome Satan back
(C). a bridge from hell to earth
(D). a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell
Right Answer: C
31. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is:
(A). Ask forgiveness from God
(B). Put some clothes on
(C). Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
(D). Blame each other for their Fall
Right Answer: C
32. The Archangel Michael might best be described as:
(A). Jealous and envious
(B). Bombastic
(C). Firm and militant
(D). Kind and caring
Right Answer: C
33. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from:
(A). The New Testament
(B). Homer's epic poems
(C). The Hebrew Bible
(D). The Koran
Right Answer: C
34. What are the best words to describe the Garden of Eden, the weather, and nature in general, before the Fall of Adam and Eve?
(A). Ordered and rational
(B). Chaotic
(C). Wild and unmanageable
(D). Comfortable
Right Answer: A
35. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?
(A). Michael
(B). Uriel
(C). Raphael
(D). Abdiel
Right Answer: B
36. In what book does the fall take place?
(A). Book VIII
(B). Book X
(C). Book IX
(D). Book VII
Right Answer: C
37. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur?
(A). Leviticus
(B). Exodus
(C). Genesis
(D). Deuteronomy
Right Answer: C
38. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?
(A). Belial
(B). Moloch
(C). Mammon
(D). Beelzebub
Right Answer: B
39. What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost?
(A). To assert his superiority to other poets
(B). To argue against the doctrine of predestination
(C). To justify the ways of God to men
(D). To make his story hard to understand
Right Answer: C
40. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
(A). Night
(B). Agony
(C). Discord
(D). Death
Right Answer: B
41. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan?
(A). Michael
(B). Abdiel
(C). Uriel
(D). Satan is not injured
Right Answer: A
42. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to?
(A). A snake slithering up a tree
(B). A germ infecting a body
(C). A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
(D). A fish leaping out of water
Right Answer: C
43. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII?
(A). Raphael
(B). Uriel
(C). Michael
(D). None of the above
Right Answer: C
44. Which of the following is not found in Hell?
(A). Gems
(B). Gold
(C). Oil
(D). Minerals
Right Answer: C
45. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost?
(A). It was created before God the Son
(B). Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
(C). The Earth is a lotus flower
(D). The Earth revolves around the sun
Right Answer: B
46. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?
(A). Mulciber
(B). Mammon
(C). Moloch
(D). Belial
Right Answer: A
47. How many times does Milton invoke a muse?
(A). One
(B). Two
(C). Three
(D). Four
Right Answer: C
48. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate?
(A). Virgil
(B). Homer
(C). Both Virgil and Homer
(D). Neither Virgil or Homer
Right Answer: C
49. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost?
(A). The fight between good and evil
(B). Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall
(C). The creation of the universe
(D). Adam and Eve’s disobedience
Right Answer: D
50. Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command?
(A). Mammon
(B). Sin
(C). Moloch
(D). Beezelbub
Right Answer: D
51. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam?
(A). God
(B). Eve
(C). Raphael
(D). Michael
Right Answer: C
52. Which scene happens first chronologically?
(A). Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell
(B). The Son is chosen as God’s second-in-command
(C). God and the Son create the universe
(D). The angels battle in Heaven
Right Answer: B
53. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?
(A). Abdiel
(B). Uriel
(C). Michael
(D). Raphael
Right Answer: A
54. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make?
(A). A fortress
(B). A catapult
(C). A large sword
(D). A cannon
Right Answer: D
55. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create?
(A). The Son
(B). Adam and Eve
(C). Computers
(D). He creates everything
Right Answer: D
56. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse?
(A). Titania
(B). Urania
(C). Virgil
(D). Michael
Right Answer: B
57. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious?
(A). Go in search of her mate
(B). Talk to the animals
(C). Look at her reflection in a stream
(D). Eat of the Tree of Knowledge
Right Answer: C
58. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost?
(A). Satan
(B). Adam
(C). Eve
(D). God
Right Answer: A
59. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided?
(A). Nine
(B). Twelve
(C). Eighteen
(D). Fourteen
Right Answer: B
60. Which is the longest book?
(A). Book X
(B). Book VIII
(C). Book IX
(D). Book I
Right Answer: C
61. In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it?
(A). The forbidden fruit
(B). The capital of Heaven
(C). A beautiful garden
(D). The capital of Hell
Right Answer: D
62. The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?
(A). Tree of Life
(B). Tree of God
(C). Tree of Sin
(D). Tree of Knowledge
Right Answer: D
63. Which is the shortest book?
(A). Book VII
(B). Book III
(C). Book VIII
(D). Book V
Right Answer: A
64. Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the dangers he was facing?
(A). Raphael
(B). Uriel
(C). Abdiel
(D). Beelzebub
Right Answer: A
65. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit?
(A). Adam
(B). Eve
(C). Satan
(D). Snake
Right Answer: B
66. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
(A). Eve
(B). God
(C). Satan
(D). Jonah
Right Answer: D
67. What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost?
(A). Paradise Found
(B). Paradise Lost Twice
(C). Paradise Regained
(D). Paradise Lost Again
Right Answer: C
68. who was the companion of Adam in paradise?
(A). satan
(B). eve
(C). rapheal
(D). god
Right Answer: B
69. Who is "till wand'ring o'er the earth"?
(A). Satan's associates
(B). Satan
(C). Adam
(D). Eve
Right Answer: A
70. Who will fall through his own "fault"?
(A). Satan
(B). God
(C). Adam
(D). Noah
Right Answer: C
71. Who "headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heav'n"?
(A). Adam and Eve
(B). Noah and the elephant
(C). Rebel angels
(D). Benjamin and Joseph
Right Answer: C
72. Who pondered, "How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse?"?
(A). Adam
(B). Moses
(C). Joseph
(D). Satan
Right Answer: D
73. Who is described? "For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow"
(A). Lot
(B). Belial
(C). Satan
(D). Moses
Right Answer: B
74. When was Paradise Lost published?
(A). 1660
(B). 1667
(C). 1658
(D). 1654
Right Answer: B
75. When was Paradise Regained published?
(A). 1671
(B). 1656
(C). 1669
(D). 1652
Right Answer: A
76. In what country did the Renaissance begin?
(A). Italy
(B). France
(C). England
(D). Germany
Right Answer: A
77. who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance?
(A). greek and austrian
(B). roman and french
(C). roman and greek
(D). french and greek
Right Answer: C
78. the word renaissance means
(A). the rebirth of learning or knowledge
(B). reading of books
(C). the time of astronauts
(D). the study of art
Right Answer: A
79. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art?
(A). realism
(B). perspective
(C). individualism
(D). abstractioin
Right Answer: D
80. what sparked the Renaissance?
(A). The Feudal system was collapsing
(B). the "95 theses"
(C). the Crusades
(D). the Black Plague
Right Answer: A
81. who lost the most power during the renaissance?
(A). Italian merchants
(B). catholic church
(C). black people
(D). king and queen of Spain
Right Answer: B
82. Utopia was written by:
(A). Cervantes
(B). Machiavelli
(C). Poliziano
(D). Thomas More
Right Answer: D
83. The Prince was written to gain favor of the:
(A). Pazzi
(B). Republic
(C). Medici
(D). Inquisition
Right Answer: D
84. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time?
(A). Poliziano
(B). Cervantes
(C). Martin Luther
(D). Alexander VI
Right Answer: C
85. The "father of humanism" was
(A). Petrarch
(B). Dante
(C). Boccaccio
(D). Pico della Mirandola
Right Answer: A
86. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated
(A). just the same as men
(B). with emphasis on science and mathematics
(C). not at all
(D). confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting
Right Answer: D
87. An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on
(A). alchemy and magic
(B). the literature of Greece and Rome
(C). chivalry of the Middle Ages
(D). the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas
Right Answer: B
88. Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?
(A). emphasis on individuality
(B). confidence in human rationality
(C). the emergence of merchant oligarchies
(D). the development of social insurance programs
Right Answer: D
89. The northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance
(A). growth of religious activity among common people
(B). earlier occurrence
(C). greater appreciation of pagan writers
(D). decline in the use of Latin
Right Answer: A
90. For ordinary women, the Renaissance
(A). had very little impact
(B). greatly improved the material conditions of their lives
(C). worsened their social status
(D). allowed them access to education for the first time
Right Answer: A
91. Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on
(A). human nature
(B). God's will
(C). society itself
(D). the Church
Right Answer: C
92. In which century was Piers Plowman written?
(A). 14th
(B). 12th
(C). 10th
(D). 11th
Right Answer: A
93. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king?
(A). Richard III
(B). James 1
(C). Edward III
(D). Henry II
Right Answer: C
94. The 18th century work 'Tom Jones" was written by whom?
(A). Samuel Johnson
(B). Henry Fielding
(C). John Donne
(D). Tobias Smollett
Right Answer: B
95. In 1905, Virginia Woolf began to write for which publication?
(A). The Time's Literary Supplement
(B). The Lady's Home Journal
(C). Strand Magazine
(D). Reader Magazine
Right Answer: A
96. Joyce's novel 'Ulysses' takes place over what period of time?
(A). A week
(B). 24 hours
(C). A lifetime
(D). 6 months
Right Answer: B
97. What was the nationality of Oscar Wilde?
(A). Irish
(B). Scottish
(C). French
(D). English
Right Answer: A
98. Who wrote the poem "Requiem"?
(A). Robert Louis Stevenson
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Samuel Johnson
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: A
99. the prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its
(A). urbanity
(B). crudity
(C). triviality
(D). sanctity
Right Answer: A
100. who is the first great English critic-poet?
(A). Shakespeare
(B). Arnold
(C). Sir Philip Sidney
(D). Chaucer
Right Answer: C
101. HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by
(A). Thomas gray
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Edward gibbon
(D). William Blake
Right Answer: A
102. Who wrote the poem 'The Seven Ages'?
(A). John Milton
(B). Geoffrey Chaucer
(C). William Shakespeare
(D). Edward Gibbon
Right Answer: C
103. who write the story "Story Teller" ?
(A). William Wordsworth
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Thomas Grey
(D). Saki
Right Answer: D
104. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland?
(A). the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
(B). the Toleration Act
(C). the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada
(D). the Bishops' War
Right Answer: A
105. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century?
(A). formal diplomatic relations with China
(B). the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
(C). the American and French revolutions
(D). the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity
Right Answer: E
106. What was "restored" in 1660?
(A). the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
(B). the dominance of the Tory Party
(C). the "Book of Common Prayer"
(D). toleration of religious dissidents
Right Answer: B
107. What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration?
(A). Gay's Beggar's Opera
(B). Butler's Hudibras
(C). Fielding's Jonathan Wild
(D). Pope's Dunciad
Right Answer: D
108. Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688?
(A). Elizabeth I
(B). James II
(C). George II
(D). William and Mary
Right Answer: D
109. Who became the first "prime minister" of Great Britain in the reign of George II?
(A). Henry St. John
(B). Robert Harley
(C). John Churchill
(D). Robert Walpole
Right Answer: D
110. In the late seventeenth century, a "battle of the books" erupted between which two groups?
(A). abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
(B). round-earthers and flat-earthers
(C). the Welsh and the Scots
(D). champions of ancient and modern learning
Right Answer: D
111. Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism?
(A). All knowledge is derived from experience.
(B). Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power.
(C). The search for essential or ultimate principles of reality.
(D). The sensory world is an illusion.
Right Answer: A
112. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh?
(A). theoretical science
(B). metaphysics
(C). abstract logical deductions
(D). a and b only
Right Answer: E
113. Whose great Dictionary, published in 1755, included more than 114,000 quotations?
(A). William Hogarth
(B). Jonathan Swift
(C). Samuel Johnson
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: C
114. According to Samuel Johnson, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for...:
(A). love."
(B). honor."
(C). money."
(D). his party."
Right Answer: C
115. What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid?
(A). Augustan
(B). Metaphysical
(C). Romantic
(D). Neo-Romantic
Right Answer: A
116. Horace's doctrine "ut pictura poesis" was interpreted to mean:
(A). A picture is worth a thousand words.
(B). Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
(C). Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
(D). Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
Right Answer: D
117. What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets?
(A). civilization
(B). woman
(C). God
(D). alcohol
Right Answer: E
118. What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness, a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike?
(A). wit
(B). sprezzatura
(C). naturalism
(D). gusto
Right Answer: A
119. Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry?
(A). verdant mead
(B). checkered shade
(C). simian rivalry
(D). shining sword
Right Answer: C
120. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection?
(A). the heroic couplet
(B). blank verse
(C). free verse
(D). the ode
Right Answer: A
121. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700?
(A). Addison
(B). Bunyan
(C). Crabbe
(D). Dryden
Right Answer: D
122. Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy?
(A). Etherege's The Man of Mode
(B). Wycherley's The Country Wife
(C). Behn's The Rover
(D). Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Right Answer: D
123. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu?
(A). the Behnites
(B). the bluestockings
(C). the coteries of plenty
(D). the Pre-Raphaelites
Right Answer: B
124. Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London?
(A). Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
(B). Swift's Gulliver's Travels
(C). Behn's Oroonoko
(D). Richardson's Clarissa
Right Answer: E
125. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers?
(A). Elephant and Castle
(B). Grub Street
(C). Covent Garden
(D). Cheapside
Right Answer: B
126. With its forbidden themes of incest, murder, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of sexual desire, Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, created which literary genre?
(A). the revenge tragedy
(B). the Gothic romance
(C). the epistolary novel
(D). the comedy of manners
Right Answer: B
127. Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre?
(A). William Beckford's Vathek
(B). Matthew Lewis's The Monk
(C). Tobias Smollett's Roderick Randsom
(D). Ann Radcliffe's The Italian
Right Answer: C
128. While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded?
(A). a history of everyday life
(B). an instructional manual for manners
(C). a book of devotion
(D). a book of model letters
Right Answer: D
129. Who was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson to have been greater than Homer?
(A). Macpherson
(B). Merlin
(C). Decameron
(D). Taliesin
Right Answer: E
130. John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry?
(A). William Wordsworth
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Ben Jonson
(D). George Herbert
Right Answer: C
131. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet?
(A). John Dryden
(B). Henry Vaughan
(C). Alexander Pope
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: B
132. Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry?
(A). Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
(B). An effort to represent human nature
(C). Use of the rhymed couplet
(D). Fantastic comparisons
Right Answer: D
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134. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called?
(A). The Way of the World
(B). The Foundational Ladder
(C). The Order of Angels
(D). The Great Chain of Being
Right Answer: D
135. He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time.
(A). Ben Jonson
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Robert Herrick
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
136. Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university?
(A). He lived in Italy until the age of 27
(B). Asthma, headaches, and spinal deformity made him an invalid
(C). He was a Catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
(D). He just wasn’t bright enough
Right Answer: C
137. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him?
(A). To err is human, to forgive divine
(B). Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
(C). A little learning is a dangerous thing
(D). Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Right Answer: B
138. John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking?
(A). King David’s son
(B). A Judge of Israel
(C). Bathsheba’s first husband
(D). Absalom’s advisor
Right Answer: D
139. Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel”?
(A). The Duke of Monmouth
(B). Charles II
(C). The Earl of Shaftesbury
(D). Cromwell
Right Answer: A
140. Complete this famous quote by John Dryden: “Who think too little, and who talk too ____”
(A). often
(B). long
(C). much
(D). fast
Right Answer: C
141. What Pope poem begins, “In these deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells, / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal's veins?”
(A). The Rape of the Lock
(B). Solitude: An Ode
(C). The Dunciad
(D). Eloisa to Abelard
Right Answer: D
142. Pope made money by selling subscriptions to his translation of this classical epic.
(A). The Bahagavad Gita
(B). The Odyssey
(C). The Illiad
(D). The Aeneid
Right Answer: C
143. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes.
(A). Alexander Pope
(B). William Collins
(C). Thomas Gray
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: C
144. His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement.
(A). Sir John Denham
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Thomas Carew
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: B
145. Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). John Donne
(C). Abraham Cowley
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
146. What mock epic begins: “What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things”?
(A). Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe”
(B). Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”
(C). Pope’s “The Dunciad”
(D). Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel”
Right Answer: B
147. When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was
(A). The closing of theatres
(B). The return of the King.
(C). King Arthurs' dead
(D). King to exile
Right Answer: A
148. Who wrote: "Reader, I married him."?
(A). Jane Austen
(B). Charlotte Bronte
(C). Edith Wharton
(D). Emily Bronte
Right Answer: B
149. Who wrote: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."?
(A). William Butler Yeats
(B). James Joyce
(C). Thomas Moore
(D). Edgar Allan Poe
Right Answer: A
150. In which work do you read: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."?
(A). The Canturbury Tales
(B). The Dark Angel
(C). The Wild Swans of Coole
(D). The Second Coming
Right Answer: D
(A). 'Il Penseroso'
(B). 'Lycidas'
(C). 'Comus'
(D). 'The Masque of Blackness'
Right Answer: C
2. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin?
(A). Space – used to mean “outer space”
(B). Unaccountable
(C). Pandemonium
(D). Blatant
Right Answer: D
3. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What was his title?
(A). Heresy tsar
(B). Poet laureate
(C). Secretary to the Admiralty
(D). Secretary for Foreign Tongues
Right Answer: D
4. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works?
(A). Of Prelatical Episcopacy
(B). The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
(C). Of Practical Exorcisme
(D). Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
Right Answer: C
5. When did John Milton die?
(A). 4 February 1702
(B). 2 June 1700
(C). 17 April 1688
(D). 8 November 1674
Right Answer: D
6. "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee." Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost?
(A). Horatio Herbert Kitchener
(B). William Blake
(C). William Wordsworth
(D). John Keats
Right Answer: C
7. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who?
(A). FR Leavis
(B). Harold Bloom
(C). William Empson
(D). Mariella Frostrup
Right Answer: A
8. When was Paradise Lost published?
(A). 1660
(B). 1667
(C). 1658
(D). 1654
Right Answer: B
9. "Paradise Lost" is considered a:
(A). First Person Narrative
(B). Short Story
(C). Epic Poem
(D). Novel
Right Answer: C
10. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:
(A). Beezlebub
(B). Michael
(C). Lucifer
(D). Belial
Right Answer: C
11. 'Book 1' of 'Paradise Lost' presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as 'one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine'. What's the name of this fallen angel?
(A). Mammon
(B). Moloch
(C). Beelzebub
(D). Ashtaroth
Right Answer: C
12. In 'Paradise Lost', which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of 'Paradise Lost'?
(A). Michael
(B). Abdiel
(C). Rafael
(D). Gabriel
Right Answer: A
13. Milton's "unholy trinity" of characters includes:
(A). Error, Temptation, and Satan
(B). Sin, Death and Temptation
(C). Sin, Temptation, and Satan
(D). Satan, Sin, and Death
Right Answer: D
14. The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted:
(A). One day
(B). Three days
(C). Seven days
(D). One hour
Right Answer: B
15. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," the "seed" refers to:
(A). The Tree of Knowledge
(B). Adam
(C). Cane and Abel
(D). Jesus Christ
Right Answer: D
16. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," "thy" refers to:
(A). Sin
(B). Eden
(C). Satan
(D). Eve
Right Answer: D
17. The two archangels who serve as generals in God's army are:
(A). Michael and Gabriel
(B). Michael and Raphael
(C). Raphael and Gabriel
(D). Michael and Lucifer
Right Answer: A
18. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on:
(A). Wine
(B). The Holy Spirit
(C). His favorite pen
(D). The Son
Right Answer: B
19. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a:
(A). "stepping stones of clouds
(B). Golden rope
(C). Golden chain
(D). Ladder
Right Answer: C
20. Sin was born out of Satan's:
(A). Head
(B). Lust
(C). Anger
(D). Rib
Right Answer: A
21. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into?
(A). a mouse
(B). a cherub
(C). a toad
(D). a serpent
Right Answer: A
22. Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God's angels?
(A). Adam
(B). Michael
(C). Raphael
(D). Lucifer
Right Answer: C
23. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of?
(A). Hunting and gathering food
(B). Tending to the Garden of Eden
(C). Building shelter to live in
(D). Naming all God's creatures and plants
Right Answer: B
24. The reason for Satan's fall might best be described as:
(A). incest
(B). lust
(C). greed
(D). pride
Right Answer: D
25. The reason for Eve's fall might best be described as:
(A). vanity
(B). lust
(C). greed
(D). pride
Right Answer: A
26. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God's forces?
(A). Catapults
(B). Artillery
(C). Illusions
(D). The Holy Sepulcher
Right Answer: B
27. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eve's:
(A). Wit
(B). Beauty
(C). Intelligence
(D). Hard work and spirituality
Right Answer: B
28. The main reason for Adam's fall might best be described as:
(A). lust
(B). love for Eve
(C). pride
(D). money
Right Answer: B
29. When God sees that Adam and Eve have disobeyed him, who does he send to "judge" them and the snake?
(A). The Son
(B). The Holy Ghost
(C). Michael
(D). Raphael
Right Answer: A
30. Inspired by Satan's victory over man, Sin and Death construct:
(A). a bridge from hell to heaven
(B). a temple to welcome Satan back
(C). a bridge from hell to earth
(D). a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell
Right Answer: C
31. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is:
(A). Ask forgiveness from God
(B). Put some clothes on
(C). Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
(D). Blame each other for their Fall
Right Answer: C
32. The Archangel Michael might best be described as:
(A). Jealous and envious
(B). Bombastic
(C). Firm and militant
(D). Kind and caring
Right Answer: C
33. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from:
(A). The New Testament
(B). Homer's epic poems
(C). The Hebrew Bible
(D). The Koran
Right Answer: C
34. What are the best words to describe the Garden of Eden, the weather, and nature in general, before the Fall of Adam and Eve?
(A). Ordered and rational
(B). Chaotic
(C). Wild and unmanageable
(D). Comfortable
Right Answer: A
35. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?
(A). Michael
(B). Uriel
(C). Raphael
(D). Abdiel
Right Answer: B
36. In what book does the fall take place?
(A). Book VIII
(B). Book X
(C). Book IX
(D). Book VII
Right Answer: C
37. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur?
(A). Leviticus
(B). Exodus
(C). Genesis
(D). Deuteronomy
Right Answer: C
38. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?
(A). Belial
(B). Moloch
(C). Mammon
(D). Beelzebub
Right Answer: B
39. What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost?
(A). To assert his superiority to other poets
(B). To argue against the doctrine of predestination
(C). To justify the ways of God to men
(D). To make his story hard to understand
Right Answer: C
40. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
(A). Night
(B). Agony
(C). Discord
(D). Death
Right Answer: B
41. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan?
(A). Michael
(B). Abdiel
(C). Uriel
(D). Satan is not injured
Right Answer: A
42. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to?
(A). A snake slithering up a tree
(B). A germ infecting a body
(C). A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
(D). A fish leaping out of water
Right Answer: C
43. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII?
(A). Raphael
(B). Uriel
(C). Michael
(D). None of the above
Right Answer: C
44. Which of the following is not found in Hell?
(A). Gems
(B). Gold
(C). Oil
(D). Minerals
Right Answer: C
45. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost?
(A). It was created before God the Son
(B). Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
(C). The Earth is a lotus flower
(D). The Earth revolves around the sun
Right Answer: B
46. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?
(A). Mulciber
(B). Mammon
(C). Moloch
(D). Belial
Right Answer: A
47. How many times does Milton invoke a muse?
(A). One
(B). Two
(C). Three
(D). Four
Right Answer: C
48. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate?
(A). Virgil
(B). Homer
(C). Both Virgil and Homer
(D). Neither Virgil or Homer
Right Answer: C
49. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost?
(A). The fight between good and evil
(B). Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall
(C). The creation of the universe
(D). Adam and Eve’s disobedience
Right Answer: D
50. Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command?
(A). Mammon
(B). Sin
(C). Moloch
(D). Beezelbub
Right Answer: D
51. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam?
(A). God
(B). Eve
(C). Raphael
(D). Michael
Right Answer: C
52. Which scene happens first chronologically?
(A). Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell
(B). The Son is chosen as God’s second-in-command
(C). God and the Son create the universe
(D). The angels battle in Heaven
Right Answer: B
53. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?
(A). Abdiel
(B). Uriel
(C). Michael
(D). Raphael
Right Answer: A
54. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make?
(A). A fortress
(B). A catapult
(C). A large sword
(D). A cannon
Right Answer: D
55. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create?
(A). The Son
(B). Adam and Eve
(C). Computers
(D). He creates everything
Right Answer: D
56. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse?
(A). Titania
(B). Urania
(C). Virgil
(D). Michael
Right Answer: B
57. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious?
(A). Go in search of her mate
(B). Talk to the animals
(C). Look at her reflection in a stream
(D). Eat of the Tree of Knowledge
Right Answer: C
58. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost?
(A). Satan
(B). Adam
(C). Eve
(D). God
Right Answer: A
59. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided?
(A). Nine
(B). Twelve
(C). Eighteen
(D). Fourteen
Right Answer: B
60. Which is the longest book?
(A). Book X
(B). Book VIII
(C). Book IX
(D). Book I
Right Answer: C
61. In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it?
(A). The forbidden fruit
(B). The capital of Heaven
(C). A beautiful garden
(D). The capital of Hell
Right Answer: D
62. The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?
(A). Tree of Life
(B). Tree of God
(C). Tree of Sin
(D). Tree of Knowledge
Right Answer: D
63. Which is the shortest book?
(A). Book VII
(B). Book III
(C). Book VIII
(D). Book V
Right Answer: A
64. Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the dangers he was facing?
(A). Raphael
(B). Uriel
(C). Abdiel
(D). Beelzebub
Right Answer: A
65. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit?
(A). Adam
(B). Eve
(C). Satan
(D). Snake
Right Answer: B
66. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
(A). Eve
(B). God
(C). Satan
(D). Jonah
Right Answer: D
67. What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost?
(A). Paradise Found
(B). Paradise Lost Twice
(C). Paradise Regained
(D). Paradise Lost Again
Right Answer: C
68. who was the companion of Adam in paradise?
(A). satan
(B). eve
(C). rapheal
(D). god
Right Answer: B
69. Who is "till wand'ring o'er the earth"?
(A). Satan's associates
(B). Satan
(C). Adam
(D). Eve
Right Answer: A
70. Who will fall through his own "fault"?
(A). Satan
(B). God
(C). Adam
(D). Noah
Right Answer: C
71. Who "headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heav'n"?
(A). Adam and Eve
(B). Noah and the elephant
(C). Rebel angels
(D). Benjamin and Joseph
Right Answer: C
72. Who pondered, "How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse?"?
(A). Adam
(B). Moses
(C). Joseph
(D). Satan
Right Answer: D
73. Who is described? "For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow"
(A). Lot
(B). Belial
(C). Satan
(D). Moses
Right Answer: B
74. When was Paradise Lost published?
(A). 1660
(B). 1667
(C). 1658
(D). 1654
Right Answer: B
75. When was Paradise Regained published?
(A). 1671
(B). 1656
(C). 1669
(D). 1652
Right Answer: A
76. In what country did the Renaissance begin?
(A). Italy
(B). France
(C). England
(D). Germany
Right Answer: A
77. who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance?
(A). greek and austrian
(B). roman and french
(C). roman and greek
(D). french and greek
Right Answer: C
78. the word renaissance means
(A). the rebirth of learning or knowledge
(B). reading of books
(C). the time of astronauts
(D). the study of art
Right Answer: A
79. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art?
(A). realism
(B). perspective
(C). individualism
(D). abstractioin
Right Answer: D
80. what sparked the Renaissance?
(A). The Feudal system was collapsing
(B). the "95 theses"
(C). the Crusades
(D). the Black Plague
Right Answer: A
81. who lost the most power during the renaissance?
(A). Italian merchants
(B). catholic church
(C). black people
(D). king and queen of Spain
Right Answer: B
82. Utopia was written by:
(A). Cervantes
(B). Machiavelli
(C). Poliziano
(D). Thomas More
Right Answer: D
83. The Prince was written to gain favor of the:
(A). Pazzi
(B). Republic
(C). Medici
(D). Inquisition
Right Answer: D
84. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time?
(A). Poliziano
(B). Cervantes
(C). Martin Luther
(D). Alexander VI
Right Answer: C
85. The "father of humanism" was
(A). Petrarch
(B). Dante
(C). Boccaccio
(D). Pico della Mirandola
Right Answer: A
86. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated
(A). just the same as men
(B). with emphasis on science and mathematics
(C). not at all
(D). confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting
Right Answer: D
87. An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on
(A). alchemy and magic
(B). the literature of Greece and Rome
(C). chivalry of the Middle Ages
(D). the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas
Right Answer: B
88. Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?
(A). emphasis on individuality
(B). confidence in human rationality
(C). the emergence of merchant oligarchies
(D). the development of social insurance programs
Right Answer: D
89. The northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance
(A). growth of religious activity among common people
(B). earlier occurrence
(C). greater appreciation of pagan writers
(D). decline in the use of Latin
Right Answer: A
90. For ordinary women, the Renaissance
(A). had very little impact
(B). greatly improved the material conditions of their lives
(C). worsened their social status
(D). allowed them access to education for the first time
Right Answer: A
91. Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on
(A). human nature
(B). God's will
(C). society itself
(D). the Church
Right Answer: C
92. In which century was Piers Plowman written?
(A). 14th
(B). 12th
(C). 10th
(D). 11th
Right Answer: A
93. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king?
(A). Richard III
(B). James 1
(C). Edward III
(D). Henry II
Right Answer: C
94. The 18th century work 'Tom Jones" was written by whom?
(A). Samuel Johnson
(B). Henry Fielding
(C). John Donne
(D). Tobias Smollett
Right Answer: B
95. In 1905, Virginia Woolf began to write for which publication?
(A). The Time's Literary Supplement
(B). The Lady's Home Journal
(C). Strand Magazine
(D). Reader Magazine
Right Answer: A
96. Joyce's novel 'Ulysses' takes place over what period of time?
(A). A week
(B). 24 hours
(C). A lifetime
(D). 6 months
Right Answer: B
97. What was the nationality of Oscar Wilde?
(A). Irish
(B). Scottish
(C). French
(D). English
Right Answer: A
98. Who wrote the poem "Requiem"?
(A). Robert Louis Stevenson
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Samuel Johnson
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: A
99. the prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its
(A). urbanity
(B). crudity
(C). triviality
(D). sanctity
Right Answer: A
100. who is the first great English critic-poet?
(A). Shakespeare
(B). Arnold
(C). Sir Philip Sidney
(D). Chaucer
Right Answer: C
101. HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by
(A). Thomas gray
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Edward gibbon
(D). William Blake
Right Answer: A
102. Who wrote the poem 'The Seven Ages'?
(A). John Milton
(B). Geoffrey Chaucer
(C). William Shakespeare
(D). Edward Gibbon
Right Answer: C
103. who write the story "Story Teller" ?
(A). William Wordsworth
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). Thomas Grey
(D). Saki
Right Answer: D
104. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland?
(A). the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
(B). the Toleration Act
(C). the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada
(D). the Bishops' War
Right Answer: A
105. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century?
(A). formal diplomatic relations with China
(B). the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
(C). the American and French revolutions
(D). the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity
Right Answer: E
106. What was "restored" in 1660?
(A). the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
(B). the dominance of the Tory Party
(C). the "Book of Common Prayer"
(D). toleration of religious dissidents
Right Answer: B
107. What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration?
(A). Gay's Beggar's Opera
(B). Butler's Hudibras
(C). Fielding's Jonathan Wild
(D). Pope's Dunciad
Right Answer: D
108. Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688?
(A). Elizabeth I
(B). James II
(C). George II
(D). William and Mary
Right Answer: D
109. Who became the first "prime minister" of Great Britain in the reign of George II?
(A). Henry St. John
(B). Robert Harley
(C). John Churchill
(D). Robert Walpole
Right Answer: D
110. In the late seventeenth century, a "battle of the books" erupted between which two groups?
(A). abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
(B). round-earthers and flat-earthers
(C). the Welsh and the Scots
(D). champions of ancient and modern learning
Right Answer: D
111. Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism?
(A). All knowledge is derived from experience.
(B). Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power.
(C). The search for essential or ultimate principles of reality.
(D). The sensory world is an illusion.
Right Answer: A
112. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh?
(A). theoretical science
(B). metaphysics
(C). abstract logical deductions
(D). a and b only
Right Answer: E
113. Whose great Dictionary, published in 1755, included more than 114,000 quotations?
(A). William Hogarth
(B). Jonathan Swift
(C). Samuel Johnson
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: C
114. According to Samuel Johnson, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for...:
(A). love."
(B). honor."
(C). money."
(D). his party."
Right Answer: C
115. What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid?
(A). Augustan
(B). Metaphysical
(C). Romantic
(D). Neo-Romantic
Right Answer: A
116. Horace's doctrine "ut pictura poesis" was interpreted to mean:
(A). A picture is worth a thousand words.
(B). Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
(C). Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
(D). Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
Right Answer: D
117. What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets?
(A). civilization
(B). woman
(C). God
(D). alcohol
Right Answer: E
118. What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness, a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike?
(A). wit
(B). sprezzatura
(C). naturalism
(D). gusto
Right Answer: A
119. Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry?
(A). verdant mead
(B). checkered shade
(C). simian rivalry
(D). shining sword
Right Answer: C
120. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection?
(A). the heroic couplet
(B). blank verse
(C). free verse
(D). the ode
Right Answer: A
121. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700?
(A). Addison
(B). Bunyan
(C). Crabbe
(D). Dryden
Right Answer: D
122. Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy?
(A). Etherege's The Man of Mode
(B). Wycherley's The Country Wife
(C). Behn's The Rover
(D). Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Right Answer: D
123. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu?
(A). the Behnites
(B). the bluestockings
(C). the coteries of plenty
(D). the Pre-Raphaelites
Right Answer: B
124. Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London?
(A). Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
(B). Swift's Gulliver's Travels
(C). Behn's Oroonoko
(D). Richardson's Clarissa
Right Answer: E
125. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers?
(A). Elephant and Castle
(B). Grub Street
(C). Covent Garden
(D). Cheapside
Right Answer: B
126. With its forbidden themes of incest, murder, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of sexual desire, Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, created which literary genre?
(A). the revenge tragedy
(B). the Gothic romance
(C). the epistolary novel
(D). the comedy of manners
Right Answer: B
127. Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre?
(A). William Beckford's Vathek
(B). Matthew Lewis's The Monk
(C). Tobias Smollett's Roderick Randsom
(D). Ann Radcliffe's The Italian
Right Answer: C
128. While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded?
(A). a history of everyday life
(B). an instructional manual for manners
(C). a book of devotion
(D). a book of model letters
Right Answer: D
129. Who was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson to have been greater than Homer?
(A). Macpherson
(B). Merlin
(C). Decameron
(D). Taliesin
Right Answer: E
130. John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry?
(A). William Wordsworth
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Ben Jonson
(D). George Herbert
Right Answer: C
131. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet?
(A). John Dryden
(B). Henry Vaughan
(C). Alexander Pope
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: B
132. Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry?
(A). Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
(B). An effort to represent human nature
(C). Use of the rhymed couplet
(D). Fantastic comparisons
Right Answer: D
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134. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called?
(A). The Way of the World
(B). The Foundational Ladder
(C). The Order of Angels
(D). The Great Chain of Being
Right Answer: D
135. He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time.
(A). Ben Jonson
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). Robert Herrick
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
136. Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university?
(A). He lived in Italy until the age of 27
(B). Asthma, headaches, and spinal deformity made him an invalid
(C). He was a Catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
(D). He just wasn’t bright enough
Right Answer: C
137. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him?
(A). To err is human, to forgive divine
(B). Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
(C). A little learning is a dangerous thing
(D). Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Right Answer: B
138. John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking?
(A). King David’s son
(B). A Judge of Israel
(C). Bathsheba’s first husband
(D). Absalom’s advisor
Right Answer: D
139. Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel”?
(A). The Duke of Monmouth
(B). Charles II
(C). The Earl of Shaftesbury
(D). Cromwell
Right Answer: A
140. Complete this famous quote by John Dryden: “Who think too little, and who talk too ____”
(A). often
(B). long
(C). much
(D). fast
Right Answer: C
141. What Pope poem begins, “In these deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells, / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal's veins?”
(A). The Rape of the Lock
(B). Solitude: An Ode
(C). The Dunciad
(D). Eloisa to Abelard
Right Answer: D
142. Pope made money by selling subscriptions to his translation of this classical epic.
(A). The Bahagavad Gita
(B). The Odyssey
(C). The Illiad
(D). The Aeneid
Right Answer: C
143. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes.
(A). Alexander Pope
(B). William Collins
(C). Thomas Gray
(D). Ben Jonson
Right Answer: C
144. His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement.
(A). Sir John Denham
(B). Ben Jonson
(C). Thomas Carew
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: B
145. Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). John Donne
(C). Abraham Cowley
(D). John Dryden
Right Answer: C
146. What mock epic begins: “What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things”?
(A). Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe”
(B). Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”
(C). Pope’s “The Dunciad”
(D). Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel”
Right Answer: B
147. When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was
(A). The closing of theatres
(B). The return of the King.
(C). King Arthurs' dead
(D). King to exile
Right Answer: A
148. Who wrote: "Reader, I married him."?
(A). Jane Austen
(B). Charlotte Bronte
(C). Edith Wharton
(D). Emily Bronte
Right Answer: B
149. Who wrote: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."?
(A). William Butler Yeats
(B). James Joyce
(C). Thomas Moore
(D). Edgar Allan Poe
Right Answer: A
150. In which work do you read: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."?
(A). The Canturbury Tales
(B). The Dark Angel
(C). The Wild Swans of Coole
(D). The Second Coming
Right Answer: D
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