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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'

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

5. When did John Milton die?

(A). 4 February 1702

(B). 2 June 1700

(C). 17 April 1688

(D). 8 November 1674

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: A

8. When was Paradise Lost published?

(A). 1660

(B). 1667

(C). 1658

(D). 1654

Correct Answer: B

9. "Paradise Lost" is considered a:

(A). First Person Narrative

(B). Short Story

(C). Epic Poem

(D). Novel

Correct Answer: C

10. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:

(A). Beezlebub

(B). Michael

(C). Lucifer

(D). Belial

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D

16. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," "thy" refers to:

(A). Sin

(B). Eden

(C). Satan

(D). Eve

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

20. Sin was born out of Satan's:

(A). Head

(B). Lust

(C). Anger

(D). Rib

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

24. The reason for Satan's fall might best be described as:

(A). incest

(B). lust

(C). greed

(D). pride

Correct Answer: D

25. The reason for Eve's fall might best be described as:

(A). vanity

(B). lust

(C). greed

(D). pride

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: A

35. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?

(A). Michael

(B). Uriel

(C). Raphael

(D). Abdiel

Correct Answer: B

36. In what book does the fall take place?

(A). Book VIII

(B). Book X

(C). Book IX

(D). Book VII

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

38. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?

(A). Belial

(B). Moloch

(C). Mammon

(D). Beelzebub

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

40. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?

(A). Night

(B). Agony

(C). Discord

(D). Death

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

44. Which of the following is not found in Hell?

(A). Gems

(B). Gold

(C). Oil

(D). Minerals

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

46. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?

(A). Mulciber

(B). Mammon

(C). Moloch

(D). Belial

Correct Answer: A

47. How many times does Milton invoke a muse?

(A). One

(B). Two

(C). Three

(D). Four

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D

50. Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command?

(A). Mammon

(B). Sin

(C). Moloch

(D). Beezelbub

Correct Answer: D

51. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam?

(A). God

(B). Eve

(C). Raphael

(D). Michael

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

53. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?

(A). Abdiel

(B). Uriel

(C). Michael

(D). Raphael

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D

56. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse?

(A). Titania

(B). Urania

(C). Virgil

(D). Michael

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

58. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost?

(A). Satan

(B). Adam

(C). Eve

(D). God

Correct Answer: A

59. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided?

(A). Nine

(B). Twelve

(C). Eighteen

(D). Fourteen

Correct Answer: B

60. Which is the longest book?

(A). Book X

(B). Book VIII

(C). Book IX

(D). Book I

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D

63. Which is the shortest book?

(A). Book VII

(B). Book III

(C). Book VIII

(D). Book V

Correct 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

Correct Answer: A

65. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit?

(A). Adam

(B). Eve

(C). Satan

(D). Snake

Correct Answer: B

66. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?

(A). Eve

(B). God

(C). Satan

(D). Jonah

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

68. who was the companion of Adam in paradise?

(A). satan

(B). eve

(C). rapheal

(D). god

Correct Answer: B

69. Who is "till wand'ring o'er the earth"?

(A). Satan's associates

(B). Satan

(C). Adam

(D). Eve

Correct Answer: A

70. Who will fall through his own "fault"?

(A). Satan

(B). God

(C). Adam

(D). Noah

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

74. When was Paradise Lost published?

(A). 1660

(B). 1667

(C). 1658

(D). 1654

Correct Answer: B

75. When was Paradise Regained published?

(A). 1671

(B). 1656

(C). 1669

(D). 1652

Correct Answer: A

76. In what country did the Renaissance begin?

(A). Italy

(B). France

(C). England

(D). Germany

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: A

79. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art?

(A). realism

(B). perspective

(C). individualism

(D). abstractioin

Correct Answer: D

80. what sparked the Renaissance?

(A). The Feudal system was collapsing

(B). the "95 theses"

(C). the Crusades

(D). the Black Plague

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

82. Utopia was written by:

(A). Cervantes

(B). Machiavelli

(C). Poliziano

(D). Thomas More

Correct Answer: D

83. The Prince was written to gain favor of the:

(A). Pazzi

(B). Republic

(C). Medici

(D). Inquisition

Correct Answer: D

84. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time?

(A). Poliziano

(B). Cervantes

(C). Martin Luther

(D). Alexander VI

Correct Answer: C

85. The "father of humanism" was

(A). Petrarch

(B). Dante

(C). Boccaccio

(D). Pico della Mirandola

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: C

92. In which century was Piers Plowman written?

(A). 14th

(B). 12th

(C). 10th

(D). 11th

Correct Answer: A

93. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king?

(A). Richard III

(B). James 1

(C). Edward III

(D). Henry II

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: B

97. What was the nationality of Oscar Wilde?

(A). Irish

(B). Scottish

(C). French

(D). English

Correct Answer: A

98. Who wrote the poem "Requiem"?

(A). Robert Louis Stevenson

(B). William Shakespeare

(C). Samuel Johnson

(D). John Milton

Correct Answer: A

99. the prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its

(A). urbanity

(B). crudity

(C). triviality

(D). sanctity

Correct Answer: A

100. who is the first great English critic-poet?

(A). Shakespeare

(B). Arnold

(C). Sir Philip Sidney

(D). Chaucer

Correct Answer: C

101. HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by

(A). Thomas gray

(B). Alexander Pope

(C). Edward gibbon

(D). William Blake

Correct Answer: A

102. Who wrote the poem 'The Seven Ages'?

(A). John Milton

(B). Geoffrey Chaucer

(C). William Shakespeare

(D). Edward Gibbon

Correct Answer: C

103. who write the story "Story Teller" ?

(A). William Wordsworth

(B). William Shakespeare

(C). Thomas Grey

(D). Saki

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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.

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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."

Correct 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

Correct 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.

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D

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Correct Answer: ,,

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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct 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”

Correct 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

Correct Answer: A

148. Who wrote: "Reader, I married him."?

(A). Jane Austen

(B). Charlotte Bronte

(C). Edith Wharton

(D). Emily Bronte

Correct 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

Correct 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

Correct Answer: D