MCQ English Literature - Maneesh Rastogi
MCQ English Literature - Maneesh Rastogi
MCQ English Literature - Maneesh Rastogi
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Man eesh
Ra st o g i
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POETRY
Shakespeare's Poems
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English Novelist
Charles Dickens
Henry Fielding
Jane Austen
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Thomas Hardy
English Playwrites
Arthur Miller
Ben Jonson
George Bernard Shaw
English Poets
Alexander Pope
Alfred Lord Tennyson
John Donne
John Keats
John Milton
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1.Whichpoemends'Ishallbutlovetheebetterafterdeath'?
a.HowdoIlovethee
b.OdetoaGrecianurn
c.InfaithIdonotlovetheewithmineeyes
d.Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds
2.WhichpoetisconsideredanationalheroinGreece?
a.Johnkeats
b.LordByron
c.Solan
d.Sappho
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P B Shelley
Rabindranath Tagore
Robert Browning
Robert Frost
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sarojini Naidu
T.S.ELIOT
W.B.Yeats
Walt Whitman
William Blake
William Wordsworth
Literary Ages
Renaissance
The Neo-Classical Period
The Neo-Classical Period
Augustan Age
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3.WhichkindofpoemisEdwardLearassociatedwith?
a.Nature
b.Epics
c.Sonnets
d.Nonsense
4.Incoleridge'spoem'TherimeoftheAncientMariner'wherewerethethreegallantsgoing?
a.Afuneral
b.Awedding
c.Market
d.Totheraces
5.HaroldNicholsondescribedwhichpoetas'Veryyellowandglum.Perfectmanners'?
a.e.e.Cummings
b.T.S.Elliot
c.JohnGreenleafWhittier
d.WaltWhitman
6.WhatwasstrangeaboutEmilyDickinson?
Reasioning Questions
a.Sherarelylefthome
b.Shewroteincode
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c.Sheneverattemptedtopublishherpoetry
d.Shewroteherpoemsininvisibleink
7.RupertBrookewrotehispoetryduringwhichconflict?
a.BoerWar
b.SecondWorldWar
c.KoreanWar
d.FirstWorldWar
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Light Of Asia
8.WhichPoetLaureatewroteaboutachurchmouse?
a.Betjeman
b.Hughes
c.Marvel
d.Larkin
(G.K)
Shakespeare Othello
9.WhichAmericanwriterpublished'Abraveandstartlingtruth'in1996
a.RobertHass
b.JessicaHagdorn
c.MayaAngelou
d.MichealPalmer
10.Whowroteabouttheidyllic'IsleofInnisfree'?
a.DylanThomas
b.EzraPound
c.W.B.Yeats
d.e.e.cummings
11.Apatternofaccentedandunaccentedsyllablesinlinesofpoetry
rhymescheme
2. meter
3. alliteration
1.
12.Therepetitionofsimilarendingsounds
alliteration
2. onomatopoiea
3. rhyme
1.
13.Applyinghumanqualitiestononhumanthings
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personification
2. onomatopoeia
3. alliteration
1.
14.Therepetitionofbeginningconsonantsounds
rhyme
2. onomatopoeia
3. alliteration
1.
15.Acomparisonofunlikethingswithoutusingawordofcomparisonsuchaslikeoras
metaphor
2. simile
3. personification
1.
16.Thecomparisonofunlikethingsusingthewordslikeoras
metaphor
2. simile
3. personification
1.
17.Usingwordsorletterstoimitatesounds
alliteration
2. simile
3. onomatopoeia
1.
18.adescriptionthatappealstooneofthefivesenses
imagery
2. personification
3. metaphor
1.
19.Apoemthattellsastorywithplot,setting,andcharacters
lyric
2. freeverse
1.
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3.
narrative
20.Apoemwithnometerorrhyme
lyric
2. freeverse
3. narrative
1.
21.Apoemthatgenerallyhasmeterandrhyme
lyric
2. freeverse
3. narrative
1.
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22.SylviaPlathmarriedwhichEnglishpoet?
a.Masefield
b.Causley
c.Hughes
d.Larkin
23.CarlSandburg'Plankedwhitefish'containswhatkindofimagery?
a.Seascenes
b.RuralIdyll
c.War
d.Innocentchildhood
24.WhichinfluentialAmericanpoetwasborninLongIslandin1819?
a.EmilyDickinson
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b.PaulDunbar
c.JohnGreenleafWhittier
d.WaltWhitman
25.In1960'TheColossus'wasthefirstbookofpoemspublishedbywhichpoetess?
a.ElizabethBishop
b.SylviaPlath
c.MarianneMoore
d.LauraJackson
26.InhispoemKiplingsaid'Ifyoucanmeetwithtriumphand...............'?
a.Glory
b.Ruin
c.Disaster
d.victory
27.Whichofthefollowingisnotaliterarydeviceusedforaestheticeffectinpoetry?
a.Assonance
b.Onomatopaea
c.Rhyme
d.Grammar
28.Trueorfalse:Writingpredatespoetry.
a.True
b.False
29.WhatistheearliestsurvivingEuropeanpoem?
a.TheHomericepic
b.TheGilgameshepic
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c.TheDelugeepic
d.TheHesiodicode
30.Whichofthefollowingisnotapoetictradition?
a.TheEpic
b.TheComic
c.TheOccult
d.TheTragic
31.Whatisthestudyofpoetry'smeterandformcalled?
a.Prosody
b.Potology
c.Rheumatology
d.Scansion
32.Shakespearecomposedmuchofhisplaysinwhatsortofverse?
a.Alliterativeverse
b.Sonnetform
c.Iambicpentameter
d.Dactylichexameter
33.Whichpoetinventedtheconceptofthevariablefootinpoetry?
a.WilliamCarlosWilliams
b.EmilyDickinson
c.GerardManlyHopkins
d.RobertFrost
34.Whowrotethisfamousline:'ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday/Thouartmorelovelyand
moretemperate'
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a.TSEliot
b.LordTennyson
c.CharlotteBronte
d.Shakespeare
35.Fromwhatcenturydoesthepoeticformthefolkballaddate?
a.The12th
b.The14th
c.The17th
d.The19th
36.FromwhichofShakespeare'splaysisthisfamousline:'Didmyheartlovetilnow?/Forswearit,
sight/ForIneversawatruebeautyuntilthisnight'
a.AMidsummerNight'sDream
b.Hamlet
c.Othello
d.RomeoandJuliet
37.Whatisapoemcalledwhosefirstlettersofeachlinespelloutaword?
a.Alliterative
b.Epic
c.Acrostic
d.Haiku
38.AuldLangSyneisafamouspoembywhom?
a.SirWalterScott
b.WilliamButlerYeats
c.HenryLongfellow
d.RobertBurns
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39.HowhasStephenDunnbeendescribedin'theOxfordCompanionto20thCenturyPoetry?
a.Apoetofmiddleness
b.Capturingasenseofspiritualmarooness
c.Oneoftheleadingprairiepoets
d.Hassomedistinctionasacritic
40.'TheCambridgeschool'referstoagroupwhoemergedwhen?
a.The1900's
b.The1960's
c.The1920's
d.The1930's
41.MargaretAtwoodwasborninwhichCanadiancity?
a.Vancouver
b.Toronto
c.Ottowa
d.Montreal
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42.WhichofthefollowingwordsdescribetheprevailingattitudeofHighModernLiterature?
a.Skeptical
b.Authoritative
c.Impressionistic
d.Confident
e.Botha&c
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43.WhichWelshpoetwrote"UnderMilkWood?"
a.AnthonyHopkins
b.RichardBurton
c.TomJones
d.DylanThomas
44.WhowroteCanterburyTales?
a.GeoffreyChaucer
b.DickWhittington
c.ThomasLancaster
d.KingRichardII
45.Whowrote"TheHoundoftheBaskervilles?"
a.AgathaChristie
b.HRyderHaggard
c.PDJames
d.ArthurConanDoyle
46.WlliamShakespeareisnottheauthorof:
a.TitusAndronicus
b.TamingoftheShrew
c.WhiteDevil
d.Hamlet
47.___________isalate20thcenturyplaywrittenbyawoman?
a.QueenCristina
b.TopGirls
c.Camille
d.TheHomecoimg
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48.Whichofthefollowingwriterswrotehistoricalnovels?
a.JaneAustenandCharlotteBronte
b.SirWalterScottandMariaEdgeworth
c.WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge
d.MaryShelleyandPercyByssheShelley
49.Whowrote"TenLittleNiggers?"
a.SirArthurConanDoyle
b.IrvineWelsh
c.AgathaChristie
d.Noneofabove
50.WhichofthefollowingareThomasHardybooks?
a.ThePoorManandtheLady
b.TheReturnofNative
c.Chollttee
d.Noneoftheabove
51.WhichofthefollowingisnotaworkofJohnKeats?
a.Endymion
b.Tosomeladies
c.Tohope
d.Noneofabove
52.Whowrotethepoems,"Ondeath"and"Women,Wine,andSnuff?"
a.JohnMilton
b.JohnKeats
c.P.B.Shelley
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d.WilliamWordsworth
53."OfMan'sfirstdisobedience,andthefruitOfthatforbiddentreewhosemortaltasteBroughtdeath
intotheworld,andallourwoe,WithlossofEden."
Thisisanextractfrom:
a.ParadiseLost
b.ParadiseRegained
c.SamsonAgonistes
d.DivorceTracts
54.WilliamShakespearewasbornintheyear:
a.1564
b.1544
c.1578
d.1582
55.WhichofthefollowingisnotaShakespearetragedy?
a.TitusAndronicus
b.Othello
c.Macbeth
d.Hamlet
e.Noneoftheabove
56.Whowrote'TheWinter'sTale?'
a.GeorgeBernardShaw
b.JohnDryden
c.ChristopherMarlowe
d.WilliamShakespeare
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57.Whatisthedifferencebetweenasimileandametaphor?
a)Nodifference.Simplytwodifferentwaysinreferringtothesamething.
b)Asimileismoredescriptive.
c)Asimileusesasorliketomakeacomparisonandametaphordoesn't.
d)Asimilemustuseanimalsinthecomparison.
58.Whatisthewordfora"playonwords"?
a)pun
b)simile
c)haiku
d)metaphor
59.Whichrepresentsanexampleofalliteration?
a)LanguageArts
b)PeterPiperPickedPeppers
c)Ilikemusic.
d)Abeautifulscenerywithmusic
60.Whatistheimitationofnaturalsoundsinwordform?
a)Personification
b)Hyperboles
c)Alliteration
d)Onomatopoeia
61.Thethemeis...?
a)aplot.
b)ancharacter
c)anaddress
d)thepointawriteristryingtomakeaboutasubject.
62.Concentrateontheseelementswhenwritingagoodpoem.
a)characters,mainidea,andtheme
b)purposeandaudience
c)theme,purpose,form,andmood.
d)rhymeandreason
63.Whichisnotapoetryform?
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a)epic
b)tale
c)ballad
d)sonnet
64.Whichisanexampleofaproverb?
a)Geta"stake"inourbusiness.
b)Youcan'thaveyourcakeandeatit,too
c)Thesnowwaswhiteascotton.
d)You'redrivingmecrazy.
65.Whichisanexaggeration?
a)Alliteration
b)Haiku
c)Hyperbole
d)Prose
66.Whichofthefollowingisnotapoet?
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)TerrySaylor
c)ElizabethB.Browning
d)EmilyDickinson
67.Whohasdefined'poetry'asafundamentalcreativeactusinglanguages?
a.H.W.Longfellow
b.RalphWaldoEmerson
c.DylanThomas
d.WilliamWordsworth
68.Whatisasonnet?
a.Apoemofsixlines
b.Apoemofeightlines
c.Apoemoftwelvelines
d.Apoemoffourteenlines
69.Whatisstudyofmeter,rhythmandintonationofapoemcalledas?
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a.Prosody
b.Allegory
c.Scansion
d.Assonance
70.Whichfigureofspeechisitwhenastatementisexaggeratedinapoem?
a.Onomatopeia
b.Metonymy
c.Alliteration
d.Hyperbole
71.Therewasawareofhertruelove,atlengthcomeridingbyThisisacoupletfromtheBailiff's
DaughterofIslington.Whatfigureofspeechisusedbythepoet?
a.Metaphor
b.Synecdoche
c.Euphemism
d.Irony
72.Whichcultureisknownfortheirlong,rhymicpoeticversesknownasQasidas?
a.Hindu
b.Celtic
c.Arabic
d.Arameic
73.CompletethisShakespearanlineLetmenottothemarriageoftruemindsbring:
a.Impediments
b.Inconveniences
c.Worries
d.Troubles
74.WhichofthefollowingisaJapanesepoeticform?
a.Jintishi
b.Villanelle
c.Ode
d.Tanka
75.Whatisthetitleofthepoemthatbeginsthus'Whatisthislife,iffullofcare,wehavenotimeto
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standandstare'?
a.Comfort
b.Leisure
c.Relaxation
d.Tranquility
76.WhichofthefollowingisnotanEnglishpoet(i.e.fromEngland)?
a.VictorHugo
b.AlexanderPope
c.JohnMilton
d.SamuelTaylorColeridge
77.WhowasoftencalledastheRomanticPoetasmostofhispoemsrevolvedaroundnature?
a.WilliamBlake
b.WilliamShakespeare
c.WilliamMorris
d.WilliamWordsworth
78.Whatisafunnypoemoffivelinescalled?
a.Quartet
b.Limerick
c.Sextet
d.Palindrome
79.HowdidW.H.Audendescribepoetry?
a.Anawfulwaytoearnaliving
b.Agameofknowledge
c.Thesoulexposed
d.Anexplosionoflanguage
80.SassoonandBrookewrotewhatkindofpoetry?
a.Lightverse
b.Romantic
c.Politicalsatire
d.Warpoems
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81.WheredidT.S.Eliotspendmostofhischildhood?
a.Denver
b.StLouis
c.Cuba
d.Toronto
82.TedHugheswasmarriedtowhichAmericanpoetess?
a.CarolynKizer
b.MaryOliver
c.SylviaPlath
d.MarianneMoore
83.HowoldwasRupertBrookeatthetimeofhisdeath?
a.24
b.31
c.21
d.28
84.InwhatformdidDylanThomas's'UnderMilkWood'firstbecomeknown?
a.Bookofpoetry
b.Aradioplay
c.Astageplay
d.ashortfilm
85.Themagazine'ContemporaryPoetryandProse'wasinspiredbywhichexhibition?
a.TheFestivalofBritain
b.TheSurrealistExhibition
c.Peopleofthe20thCentury
d.Drawingthe20thCEntury
86.Whydid'PoetryQuarterly'ceasepublicationin1953?
a.Ownerconvictedoffraud
b.FallinSales
c.Riseintaxationonmagazines
d.Shortageofpaper
87.AldousHuxleywasapoet,butwasbetterknownaswhat?
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a.Politician
b.Dramatist
c.Novelist
d.Architect
88.Ofwhichpoetwasitsaid'Evenifhe'snotagreatpoet,he'scertainlyagreatsomething'?
a.Elliot
b.Kipling
c.Cummings
d.Brooke
1.whichoftheseismagnumopusofchaucer?
A.Troilusandcriseyde
b.Houseoffame
c.Thecanterburytales
d.Parliamentoffowls.
89.Wherewerethepilgrimsgoinginthecanterburytales?
A.Totheshrineofst.Peteratcanterburycathedral
b.Totheshrineofsaintthomasbecketatcanterburycathedral
90.inwhichlanguagethestoriesofcanterburytalearewritten?
A.French
b.Latin
c.Middleenglish
d.English
91.chaucer'sfranklinwasguiltyofwhichsin?
A.Lust
b.Corruption
c.Theft
d.Gluttony
92.Howmanylanguagesdidchaucerknow?
A.2
b.4
c.1
d.5
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93.fromwhichlanguagethename''chaucer''hasbeendriven?
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93.fromwhichlanguagethename''chaucer''hasbeendriven?
A.french
b.latin
c.italian
d.english
94.Wheredidchaucerbury?
A.westminsterabbey
b.kentchurch
c.chapelatwindsor
95.chaucerwasimprisonedduring?
A.hundredyears'war
b.Blackdeath
c.Peasantrevolt
96.howmanychildrenchaucerhad?
A.4
b.1
c.0
d.2
MIDDLEAGES
97.WhichpeoplebegantheirinvasionandconquestofsouthwesternBritainaround450?
a)theNormans
b)theGeats
c)theCelts
d)theAngloSaxons
e)theDanes
98.WordsfromwhichlanguagebegantoenterEnglishvocabularyaroundthetimeoftheNorman
Conquestin1066?
a)French
b)Norwegian
c)Spanish
d)Hungarian
e)Danish
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99.WhichheromadehisearliestappearanceinCelticliteraturebeforebecomingastaplesubjectin
French,English,andGermanliteratures?
a)Beowulf
b)Arthur
c)Caedmon
d)AugustineofCanterbury
e)Alfred
100.TowardthecloseofwhichcenturydidEnglishreplaceFrenchasthelanguageofconducting
businessinParliamentandincourtoflaw?
a)tenth
b)eleventh
c)twelfth
d)thirteenth
e)fourteenth
101.WhichkingbeganawartoenforcehisclaimstothethroneofFrancein1336?
a)HenryII
b)HenryIII
c)HenryV
d)LouisXIV
e)EdwardIII
102.WhowouldbecalledtheEnglishHomerandfatherofEnglishpoetry?
a)Bede
b)SirThomasMalory
c)GeoffreyChaucer
d)Caedmon
e)JohnGower
103.Whatwasvellum?
a)parchmentmadeofanimalskin
b)theserviceowedtoalordbyhispeasants("villeins")
c)unrhymediambicpentameter
d)anunbreakableoathoffealty
e)aprizedinkusedintheilluminationofprestigiousmanuscripts
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104.Onlyasmallproportionofmedievalbookssurvive,largenumbershavingbeendestroyedin:
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104.Onlyasmallproportionofmedievalbookssurvive,largenumbershavingbeendestroyedin:
a)theAngloSaxonConquestbeginninginthe1450s.
b)theNormanConquestof1066.
c)thePeasantUprisingof1381.
d)theDissolutionoftheMonasteriesinthe1530s.
e)thewaveofcontemptformanuscriptsthatfollowedthebeginningofprintingin1476.
105.WhatisthefirstextendedwrittenspecimenofOldEnglish?
a)Boethius'sConsolidationofPhilosophy
b)SaintJerome'stranslationoftheBible
c)Malory'sMorteDarthur
d)Bede'sEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople
e)acodeoflawspromulgatedbyKingEthelbert
106.WhowasthefirstEnglishChristianking?
a)Alfred
b)RichardIII
c)RichardII
d)HenryII
e)Ethelbert
107.InAngloSaxonheroicpoetry,whatisthefateofthosewhofailtoobservethesacreddutyof
bloodvengeance?
a)banishmenttoAsia
b)everlastingshame
c)conversiontoChristianity
d)mildmelancholia
e)beingburiedalive
108.ChristianwritersliketheBeowulfpoetlookedbackontheirpaganancestorswith:
a)nostalgiaandillconcealedenvy.
b)bewildermentandvisceralloathing.
c)admirationandelegiacsympathy.
d)bigotryandshallowtriumphalism.
e)thedeepestreluctance.
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109.Theuseof"whaleroad"forseaand"lifehouse"forbodyareexamplesofwhatliterarytechnique,
popularinOldEnglishpoetry?
a)symbolism
b)simile
c)metonymy
d)kenning
e)appositiveexpression
110.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisnotanaccuratedescriptionofOldEnglishpoetry?
a)Romanticloveisaguidingprincipleofmoralconduct.
b)Itsformalanddignifieduseofspeechwasdistantfromeverydayuseoflanguage.
c)Ironyisamodeofperception,asmuchasitwasafigureofspeech.
d)Christianandpaganidealsaresometimesmixed.
e)Itsidiomremainedremarkablyuniformfornearlythreecenturies.
111.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribeslitote,afavoriterhetoricaldeviceinOldEnglishpoetry?
a)embellishmentattheserviceofChristiandoctrine
b)repetitionofparallelsyntacticstructures
c)ironicunderstatement
d)stressoneverythirddiphthong
e)acompoundoftwowordsinplaceofasingleword
112.HowdidHenryII,thefirstofEngland'sPlantagenetkings,acquirevastprovincesinsouthern
France?
a)theBattleofHastings
b)SaintPatrick'smission
c)theFourthLateranCouncil
d)theexecutionofWilliamSawtre
e)hismarriagetoEleanorofAquitaine
113.WhichofthefollowinglanguagesdidnotcoexistinAngloNormanEngland?
a)Latin
b)Dutch
c)French
d)Celtic
e)English
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114.WhichtwelfthcenturypoetorpoetswereindebtedtoBretonstorytellersfortheirnarratives?
a)GeoffreyChaucer
b)MariedeFrance
c)ChrtiendeTroyes
d)aandconly
e)bandconly
115.Towhatdidthewordtheroman,fromwhichthegenreof"romance"emerged,initiallyapply?
a)aworkderivedfromaLatintextoftheRomanEmpire
b)astoryaboutloveandadventure
c)aRomanofficial
d)aworkwrittenintheFrenchvernacular
e)aseriesofshortstories
116.PopularEnglishadaptationsofromancesappealedprimarilyto
a)theroyalfamilyandupperordersofthenobility
b)thelowerordersofthenobility
c)agriculturallaborers
d)theclergy
e)theWelsh
117.WhatistheclimaxofGeoffreyofMonmouth'sTheHistoryoftheKingsofBritain?
a)thereignofKingArthur
b)thecoronationofHenryII
c)KingJohn'ssealoftheMagnaCarta
d)themarriageofHenryIItoEleanorofAquitaine
e)thedefeatoftheFrenchbyHenryV
118.AncreneRiwleisamanualofinstructionfor
a)courtiersenteringtheserviceofRichardII
b)translatorsofFrenchromances
c)womenwhohavechosentoliveasreligiousrecluses
d)knightspreparingfortheirfirsttournament
e)witchhuntersandexorcists
119.ThestylesofTheOwlandtheNightingaleandAncreneRiwleshowwhataboutthepoetryand
prosewrittenaroundtheyear1200?
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a)Theywerewrittenforsophisticatedandwelleducatedreaders.
b)WritingcontinuedtobenefitonlyreadersfluentinLatinandFrench.
c)Theirreaders'primarylanguagewasEnglish.
d)aandconly
e)aandbonly
120.InadditiontoGeoffreyChaucerandWilliamLangland,the"flowering"ofMiddleEnglishliterature
isevidentintheworksofwhichofthefollowingwriters?
a)GeoffreyofMonmouth
b)theGawainpoet
c)theBeowulfpoet
d)ChrtiendeTroyes
e)MariedeFrance
121.Whydidtherebelsof1381targetthechurch,beheadingthearchbishopofCanterbury?
a)TheirleaderswereLollards,advocatingradicalreligiousreform.
b)Thecommonpeoplewerestillessentiallypagan.
c)Theybelievedthatwriting,askilllargelyconfinedtotheclergy,wasaformofblackmagic.
d)Thechurchwasamongthegreatestofoppressivelandowners.
e)aandconly
122.Whichinfluentialmedievaltextpurportedtorevealthesecretsoftheafterlife?
a)Dante'sDivineComedy
b)Boccaccio'sDecameron
c)TheDreamoftheRood
d)Chaucer'sLegendofGoodWomen
e)Gower'sConfessioAmantis
123.WhoistheauthorofPiersPlowman?
a)SirThomasMalory
b)MargeryKempe
c)GeoffreyChaucer
d)WilliamLangland
e)GeoffreyofMonmouth
124.WhateventresultedfromtheprematuredeathofHenryV?
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a)theBattleofAgincourt
b)theBattleofHastings
c)theNormanConquest
d)theBlackDeath
e)theWaroftheRoses
125.Whichliteraryform,developedinthefifteenthcentury,personifiedvicesandvirtues?
a)theshortstory
b)theheroicepic
c)themoralityplay
d)theromance
e)thelimerick
126.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutJulianofNorwichistrue?
a)Shesoughtunsuccessfullytorestoreclassicalpaganism.
b)Shewasavirginmartyr.
c)SheisthefirstknownwomanwriterintheEnglishvernacular.
d)ShemadepilgrimagestoJerusalem,Rome,andSantiago.
e)SheprobablynevermetMargeryKempe.
127.Whichofthefollowingauthorsisconsideredadevoteetochivalry,asitispersonifiedinSir
Lancelot?
a)JulianofNorwich
b)MargeryKempe
c)WilliamLangland
d)SirThomasMalory
e)GeoffreyChaucer
128.whatwastheoccupationofChaucer'sfather?
a.leathermerchant
b.civilservant
c.avintner
129.Chaucerbecameapagetowhichking'sdaughterinlaw?
a.EdwardIII
b.RichardII
c.HenryIV
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130.whichoftheseisnotcertainaboutChaucer?
a.hisbirthdate
b.hisdeathyear
c.hisfather'sname
131.whichofthesekingswasnotservedbyChaucer?
a.EdwardIII
b.HenryII
c.RichardII
132.whatwasthedurationofhundredyear'swar?
a.1300to1350
b.1337to1453
c.1302to1343
133.whatdidChaucer'swifeusetodo?
a.ladyinwaitingtoQueenPhilippaofHainaut
b.nurseofroyalcourt
c.governesstoHenryIV
134.oneofChaucer'sdaughterwas............?
a.amusician
b.anastronomer
c.anun
135.inwhichyearchaucerwasimprisonedbytheFrench?
a.1360
b.1357
c.1378
136.chaucerwasfinedin1367or1366for..............?
a.beatingafriarinaLondonstreet
b.forwritingpoetryagainstthechurch
c.forcrossingtheborderofGreatBritain
137.Chaucerwasmadeinchargeofmanypalaces,whichofthesewasnotinhischarge?
a.WestminsterPalace
b.TowerofLondon
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c.St.George'schapelatWindsor
d.BuckinghamPalace
138.Chauceractedasacontrollerofcustomduring.............?
a.1374to1385
b.1350to1360
c.1360to1400
139.Chaucerwasreleasedfromlegalactionby........................inadeedofMay1,1380fromrape
andabduction?
a.MissCecilyChaumpaigne
b.PhilippadeRoetofFlanders
c.AgnesdeCopton
140.ChaucerbecameamemberofParliamentin...........?
a.1386
b.1300
c.1343
141.ChaucerburiedinacornerofWestminster,whichcametoknowas.........?
a.Chaucer'scorner
b.poet'scorner
c.legend'scorner
142.whatwaschaucer'sprofession?
a.apoet
b.amerchant
c.acivilservant
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143)OneofMarlowe'searliestpublishedworkswashistranslationoftheepicpoem'Pharsalia',
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writtenbywhichRomanpoet?
a)Ovid
b)Lucan
c)Virgil
d)Horace
144)Marlowe'spoem'ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove'beginswiththeline"Comelivewithme
andbemylove"whichotherEnglishauthorwroteafamouspoembeginningwiththisline?
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)ThomasKyd
c)JohnDryden
d)JohnDonne
145)InMarlowe'splay,whatwasthenameoftheJewofMalta?
a)Lazarus
b)Solomon
c)Barabas
d)Shylock
146HowmanyyearsofhappinesswasDrFaustuspromisedbytheDevil?
a)16
b)20
c)24
d)28
147)WhichoftheseKingswasthesubjectofaplaybyMarlowe?
a)HenryV
b)RichardIII
c)EdwardII
d)John
148)OneofMarlowe'smostfamouspoemswasanaccountofwhichlovers?
a)AnthonyandCleopatra
b)HeroandLeander
c)TroilusandCressida
d)ApolloandHyacinth
149)Marlowe'splay'TamburlainetheGreat'wasbasedlooselyonthelifeofwhichAsianruler?
a)ZhuYuanzhang
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b)GenghisKhan
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b)GenghisKhan
c)Timur
d)KublaiKhan
150)WhatwasthetitleoftheplaybyMarlowethatportrayedtheeventssurroundingtheSaint
Bartholomew'sDayMassacrein1572?
a)TheMassacreatBerlin
b)TheMassacreatRome
c)TheMassacreatCopenhagen
d)TheMassacreatParis
151)InthetitleofMarlowe'splay,ofwherewasDidotheQueen?
a)Troy
b)Carthage
c)Sparta
d)Persia
152)ChristopherMarlowewasEngland'sfirstofficialPoetLaureate.
a)True
b)False
(ItwasJohnDrydenappointedin1670)
Dr.FaustusByChristopherMarlowe
153)Inwhatcountryis'DrFaustus'based?
a)England
b)Italy
c)France
d)Germany
154)When,isitestimated,was'DrFaustus'firstperformed?
a)1594
b)1604
c)1590
d)1593
155)AtwhatfamousuniversityisFaustusascholar?
a)Wittenburg
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b)Sorbonne
c)Heidelberg
d)Cambridge
156)Faustus'servantshareshisnamewithafamousGermancomposer.Who?
a)Bach
b)Schumann
c)Beethoven
d)Wagner
157)Faustusaskstwomagicianstoaidhiminsummoningthedevil.Whataretheirnames?
a)ValdesandCornelius
b)RosencrantzandGuildenstern
c)TroilusandCressida
d)PyramusandThisbe
158)Throughhismagic,Faustusisvisitedfirstbywhichofthedevil'sangels?
a)Mephastophilis
b)beelzebub
c)Aamon
159)WhatdoesFaustuspromisetothedevilinexchangeforgreatknowledge,richesandpowerfora
periodof24years?
a)hisbody
b)hishouse
c)hissoul
d)hishorse
160)WhichofthefollowingqualitieswouldmostaccuratelydescribeFaustus'characteratthe
beginningoftheplay?
a)kind
b)stupid
c)sensitive
d)arrogant
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161)WhichpowerfulfiguredoesFaustusridiculewithhisnewfoundpowers?
a)ThePope
b)TheHolyRomanEmperor
c)TheKingofEngland
d)TheKingofFrance
162)Attheendoftheplay,Faustusisdraggeddowntohell,beggingtorepent.
a)True
b)False
163)"Renaissance"isa:
a)Frenchword
b)Italianword
c)Greekword
d)Spanishword
164)Whatisthemeaningof"Renaissance":
a)Rebirth,revivalandreawaking
b)Reveal,revelandreverie
c)Raillery,renunciationandrecoup
165)Renaissancefirstcametothe:
a)France
b)Italy
c)England
d)Rome
166)WhichofthefollowingareUniversitywits:
a)JohnGowerandRobertPeele
b)JohnSkeltonandThomaslodge
c)JohnLylyandRobertGreene
d)JohnDonneandThomasNashe
167)UniversityWitswerethosewho:
a)Hadtrainingattwouniversities
b)gavecurriculumoftwouniversities
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b)gavecurriculumoftwouniversities
c)Erectedtwouniversities
168)WhichcenturyisknownasDawnofRenaissance:
a)14th
b)15th
c)16th
d)14thand16th
169)Whobornin1422:
a)WilliamCaxton
b)RobertHenry
c)JohnLyly
d)Thomasmore
170)Utopiawasfirstprintedin:
a)1615
b)1516
c)1517
d)1518
171)WhotranslatedUtopiainEnglishlanguage:
a)ThomasMore
b)Thomaslodge
c)RalphRobinson
d)WilliamTyndale
172)ThefirstcompleteversionofBibleinEnglishlanguagewasmadeby:
a)Wyclif
b)Thomasmore
c)JohnLyly
d)RobertGreene
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173)WhotookDegreeatfifteenfromCambridgein1518?
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173)WhotookDegreeatfifteenfromCambridgein1518?
a)ThomasNash
b)ThomasMore
c)Thomaslodge
d)ThomasWyatt
174)Whowrote"MirrorforMagistrates"?
a)ThomasSacville
b)ThomasWyatt
c)Thomaslodge
d)ThomasKyde
175)PhilipSidneywasbornon30thNovember:
a)1553
b)1554
c)1555
d)1550
176)"AstrophelandStella"isa:
a)Allegory
b)Epic
c)Sonnet
d)Ballad
177)Grevillewasbiographerof:
a)EdmundSpencer
b)JohnDonne
c)SirPhilipSidney
d)JohnMilton
178)"ThePrinceOfPoetsinhistime",onwhomgravetheinscriptionisgiven?
a)SirPhilipSidney
b)JohnMilton
c)EdmundSpencer
d)JohnDonne
179)WhatisFaerieQueene:
a)Anallegory
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b)Anepic
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b)Anepic
c)Aballad
d)Asonnet
180)InwhosereignMoralityplaysbegan?
a)Henryfive
b)Elizabethone
c)Henrysix
d)Henryeight
181)WhichbookEdmundSpenserdedicatedtothePhilipSidney:
a)TheFaerieQueene
b)TheshepheaedesCalendar
c)Complaints
d)ColinCloutscomehomeagain
182)Whichpoetwasfirstwhousedmetaphysicalpoetryamonghiscontemporaries:
a)EdmundSpenser
b)JohnMilton
c)JohnDonne
d)SirPhilipSidney
183)ThefirstregularEnglishcomedy,basedonthemodeloftheLatincomedy,isattributedto?
a)NicholasUdall
b)ThomasColwell
c)LordBurghley
184)Thomaskyd(155895)achievedgreatpopularitywithwhichofhisfirstwork?
a)TheRareTriumphsofloveandfortune
b)TheSpanishTragedy
c)Jeronimo
d)Cornelia
185)Marlowebornin________
a)1562
b)1563
c)1564
d)1565
186)In"thetragichistoryofDoctorFaustus".Faustuswasa:
a)Germanscholar
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a)Germanscholar
b)Frenchscholar
c)Spanishscholar
d)Greekscholar
186)Whowrote"TheMassacreatParis"?
a)Shakespeare
b)ChristopherMarlowe
c)EdmundSpenser
d)johnMilton
187)AfterthedeathofChristopherMarlowewhocompletedhisunfinishedpoem"HeroandLeander"?
a)Shakespeare
b)ThomasNash
c)GeorgeChapman
d)ThomasMore
188)WhosucceededLyly?
a)RobertGreene
b)JohnMilton
c)PhilipSidney
d)ChristopherMarlowe
189)WhichoftheMarlowe'splayswerewrittenincollaborationwithThomasNash?
a)QueenofCarthageandThepassionateShepherd.
b)ThetragedyofDidoandQueenofCarthage.
c)ThepassionateShepherdandThetragedyofDido.
d)QueenofCarthageandTheMassacreofParis.
190)WhowasthesonofarichLondonmerchantandbornin1557?
a)ThomasNah
b)Thomaslodge
c)ThomasKyd
d)ThomasHardy
191)ThecollectionofthepapersandcorrespondenceofawelltodoNorfolkfamilyisknownas:
a)LetterstotheMargretPaston
b)MargretPastontoJohnPaston
c)ThePastonletters
d)ToJohnPaston
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d)ToJohnPaston
192)Whowrote"HolySonnets"?
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a)EdmundSpenser
b)JohnDonne
c)Shakespeare
d)JohnMilton
193)Whowrotefollowinglines:
"........Iaminvolvedinmankind:andthereforeneversendtoknowforwhomthebelltollsittollsfor
thee."
a)JohnDonne
b)JohnMilton
c)EarnestHemingway
d)D.H.Lawrence
194)"Onhisblindness",acollectionofsonnetsiswrittenby:
a)EdmundSpenser
b)JohnMilton
c)Shakespeare
d)SirPhilipSidney
195)"Paradiselost"waslostby:
a)Eve
b)Adam
c)Bothaandb
d)Satan
196)In"Paradiseregained"whoregainedtheparadise?
a)Satan
b)Jesus
c)AdamandEve
d)OnlyAdam
197)Whichofthefollowingpublishedin1579andalthoughitplacedSpencerimmediatelyinthe
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197)Whichofthefollowingpublishedin1579andalthoughitplacedSpencerimmediatelyinthe
highestrankoflivingwriters?
a)Colincloutscomehomeagain
b)Faeriequeen,firstthreebooks
c)TheShepherd'scalendar
d)Faeriequeen,secondthreebooks
198)SpencermarriedinJune11,1594to?
a)ElizabethWiltonD/OLordGreyDeWilton
b)ElizabethRaleighD/OWalterRaleigh
c)ElizabethBoyleD/OJamesBoyle
d)ElizabethBoyleD/ORichardBoyle
199)JohnDonne's"TheAnniversaries"isa:
a)Anelegyintwoparts
b)Anepicinthreeparts
c)Aballadinfourparts
d)Noneofthese
200)WhoofthefollowingisknownasChildOfRenaissance?
a)Marlowe
b)Milton
c)Spencer
d)Johnson
201)DuringSpencer'svisittohisKinsfolkinLancashirehefeltinloveawomanandwhofigures
as__________________muchofhiswork:
a)Rosalind
b)Belinda
c)Bothaandb
d)Noneofabove
202)WilliamShakespearebornin:
a)26April1567
b)26April1566
c)26April1565
d)26April1564
203)WilliamShakespearewas.......childofJohnandMary:
a)second
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a)second
b)fourth
c)third
d)fifth
204)HemarriedtotheAnneHathawayattheageof_______in______.
a)18,1582
b)17,1581
c)16,1580
d)15,1579
205)Whichofthefollowingstatementiscorrect:
a)Shakespeare'sfirstchildSusannawasbornin1583.
b)In1585twinswerebornandnamedHamnetandJudith.
c)bothaandb.
d)Noneofabove.
206)AnnHathawaywas_________yearsolderthanShakespeare:
a)7
b)8
c)9
d)10
207)After__________yearsofhismarriagehelefthisnativetownandtryhisfortuneinthegreatcity
ofLondon.
a)two
b)three
c)four
d)five
208)Shakespeare'sonlysonHamnetdiedin?
a)1595
b)1596
c)1597
d)1598
209)Shakespeareisburiedinsidethe:
a)WestminsterAbbey
b)TrinityChurch
c)ProtestantCemetery
d)Noneofabove
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d)Noneofabove
210)ByShakespearehadestablishedhimselfinLondonasanactoranddramatist:
a)1590
b)1591
c)1592
d)1593
211)WhodeclaredhimasBritain'sgreatestdramatistin1598?
a)QueenElizabeth
b)FrancisMeres,alawyer
c)Burbage,anactor
d)KingJames
212)ShakespearemadeStratfordhisregularhomein:
a)About1611
b)About1610
c)About1609
d)About1608
ChristopherMarlowe
213)WhatisChristopherMarlowe'sNationality?
a)British
b)German
c)Dutch
d)American
214)WhatwastheoccupationofChristopherMarlowe'sfather?
a)Carpenter
b)Civilservant
c)Cobbler
d)Farmer
215)FromwhereChristopherMarlowereceivedhisearlyEducation?
CorpusChristiCollege
a)Cambridge
b)oxford
c)witternburg
d)Harvard
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d)Harvard
216)Marlowdiedof?
a)Illness
b)stabbing
c)poisoned
d)Hanged
217)WhichwasMarlowe'sfirstplay?
a)Dr.Faustus
b)Tamburlaine
c)TheTragedyofDido
d)TheJewofMalta,
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218)InwhichtownwasShakespeareborn?
a)London
b)Cambridge
c)Stratford
d)Oxford
219)HowmanychildrendidShakespearehave?
1)3
2)5
3)8
4)12
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220)HowmanyplaysdidWilliamShakespearewrite?
a)36
b)37
c)38
d)39
221)WhatwasShakespeare'sfirstplay?
a)KingLear
b)HenryVI
c)TheTempest
d)RomeoandJuliet
222)HowmanysonnetsdidWilliamShakespearewrite?
a)110
b)154
c)175
d)187
223)HowmanyphotographsexistofWilliamShakespeare?
a)2
b)4
c)1
d)0
224)Shakespearediedon?
a)23rdApril1616
b)25thApril1616,
c)28thApril1616
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d)30thApril1616
225)Shakespearediedattheageof
a)48
b)52
c)60
d)63
226)HowmanytimessuicideoccursinShakespeare'splays?
a)7
b)9
c)11
d)13
227)Theline"Tobeornottobe"comesfromwhichplay?
a)Macbeth
b)TwelfthNight
c)AMidsummerNight'sdream
d)Hamlet
228)WastheGlobe
a)ARomanAmphitheater.
b)AnElizabethanTheater.
c)AnElizabethansportsstadium.
d)Afamousmapoftheworld.
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229)IsthereisamonumentofShakespeareinStratfordtoday?
a)True
b)False
230)WhichofthesewasnotoneofShakespeare'splays?
a)TitusAndronicus
b)TheTempest
c)Cymbeline
d)Shakespeareinlove
231)WhichfamousShakespeareplaydoesthequote,"Mysaladdays,whenIwasgreeninjudgment."
comefrom?
a)AntonyandCleopatra
b)Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark
c)TheWintersTale
d)TheMerryWivesofWindsor
232)WhichfamousShakespeareplaydoesthequote,"Neitheraborrowernoralenderbe"come
from?
a)Cymbeline
b)Hamlet
c)TitusAndronicus
d)Pericles,PrinceofTyre
233)WhichfamousShakespeareplaydoesthequote"Howsharperthanaserpent'stoothitistohave
athanklesschild!"comefrom?
a)KingLear
b)AsYouLikeIt
c)TheFamousHistoryoftheLifeofKingHenryVIII
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d)TheLifeandDeathofKingJohn
234)InwhatyearwastheFirstFoliopublished?
a)1626
b)1621
c)1623
d)1629
235)WhatnationalitywasShakespeare?
a)Italian
b)English
c)Scottish
d)Greek
236)InwhichcenturywasShakespeareborn?
a)16th
b)14th
c)15th
d)17th
237)whichfamousShakespeareplaydoesthequote"Thefirstthingwedo,let'skillallthelawyers"
comefrom?
a)TheMerryWivesofWindsor
b)Othello,theMoorofVenice
c)Pericles,PrinceofTyre
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d)KingHenrytheSixth,PartII
238)WhichriverisassociatedwithShakespeare'sbirthplace?
a)TheThames
b)TheAvon
c)TheTyburn
d)TheSeven
239)Whichfamousplaydoesthequote,"WhenshallwethreemeetagainInthunder,lightning,orin
rain?"comefrom?
a)TheTamingoftheShrew
b)KingLear
c)TheTempest
d)Macbeth
240)HowmanyofShakespeare'splaysareclassifiedashistories?
a)7
b)10
c)14
d)18
241)Thegroupoffourplaysknownasthe"majortetralogy"is:
a)RichardIII,KingJohn,HenryVIII,1HenryVI
b)1HenryVI,2HenryVI,3HenryVI,RichardIII
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c)KingJohn,HenryV,RichardII,RichardIII
d)RichardII,1HenryIV,2HenryIV,HenryV
242)In1613theGlobeTheaterburneddownduringaproductionofwhichplay?
a)KingJohn
b)RichardII
c)HenryVIII
d)HenryV
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243)CompletethefollowingfamouslinefromHamlet:Somethingisrotteninthestateof...
a)England
b)Venice
c)Denmark
d)Maine
244)WhichofthefollowingcharactersdoesnotappearinHamlet?
a)Polonius
b)Gertrude
c)Claudius
d)Miranda
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245)WherewasHamletstudyingbeforehereturnedtoDenmark?
a)Wittenberg
b)Oslo
c)London
d)Dublin
246)HowarePoloniusandLaertesrelated?
a)Father/son
b)Uncle/nephew
c)Cousin/cousin
d)Brother/brother
247)WhatisthenameoftheplayletHamletstagesforClaudius?
a)SlingsandArrows
b)ViceofKings
c)TheMurderofGonzago
d)TheSlayingofLucianus
248)Whosays,"Goodnight,sweetprince,/Andflightsofangelssingtheetothyrest."?
a)Fortinbras
b)Marcellus
c)Chorus
d)Horatio
249)HowdoesQueenGertrudedie?
a)AccidentallystabbedbyLaertes.
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b)Drownsintheriveroutsidethecastle.
c)SuffersafatalheartattackwhilewatchingHamletfightLaertes.
d)PoisonedbydrinkingfromHamlet'scup.
250)WhodoesPoloniussendtospyonLaertesinParis?
a)Francisco
b)Gorgonzola
c)Reynaldo
d)Samson
251)WhoisVoltimand?
a)AmbassadortotheKingofNorwayfromtheKingofDenmark
b)Hamlet'scousin
c)AmbassadortotheKingofDenmarkfromtheKingofNorway
d)AssassinintheserviceofFortinbras
252)WhatpoisondoesClaudiuspourintotheearofHamlet'sfather,causinghisdeath?
a)Burdock
b)Hebenon
c)Baneberry
d)Hemlock
253)HowmanysoliloquiesdoesHamletdeliver?
a)2
b)4
c)7
d)9
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Macbeth
254)InwhichcountryisMacbethset?
a)Spain
b)Denmark
c)Scotland
d)Canada
255)WhoistravelingwithMacbethwhenhefirstencounterstheThreeWitches?
a)Macduff
b)Mercutio
c)LadyMacbeth
d)Banquo
256)Atthebeginningoftheplay,theScotsareatwarwithwhichcountry?
a)Norway
b)Prussia
c)Iceland
d)Poland
257)MacbethhiresassassinstomurderBanquo'sson,named...
a)Angus
b)Ross
c)Fleance
d)Lennox
258)HowdoesLadyMacbethexplainherhusband'swildbehavioratthebanquet?
a)ShetellsthegueststhatBanquo'sghostishauntingMacbeth.
b)ShetellsthegueststhatMacbethhashadtoomuchtodrink.
c)SheinformsthegueststhatMacbethisill.
d)SherevealsthatMacbethisovercomewithgriefoverthedeathofDuncan.
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259)WhichofthefollowingisnotanapparitionshowntoMacbethbytheWitches:
a)Anarmedhead.
b)Abloodydaggerfloatinginmidair.
c)Abloodychild.
d)Achildcrowned,withatreeinhishand
260)WhotellsMacbeth,"Thequeen,mylord,isdead."?
a)Seyton
b)Siward
c)TheDoctor
d)Caithness
261)Shakespeare"sfatherdiedin:
a)1600
b)1601
c)1602
d)1603
262)ShakespearejoinedtheChamberlain'sMenTheatricalCompanyasa:
a)Actorandplaywright
b)Playwrightandpoet
c)Playwrightandwriter
d)Noneofabove
263)Howmanyfromhisplayswerepublishedinhislifetime:
a)Onlysixteen
b)Onlyseventeen
c)Onlyeighteen
d)Onlynineteen
264)InwhichyearGlobetheatergotfireanddestroyed?
a)1610
b)1611
c)1612
d)1613
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265)ShakespearededicatedhislongnarrativepoemVenusandAdonisto.
a)HenryWriothesley,thethirdearlofSouthampton
b)ThomasWriothesley,forthearlofSouthampton
c)WilliamFitzwilliam,firstearlofSouthampton
d)HenryWriothesley,thesecondearlofSouthampton
266)DuringwhichperiodLondontheaterrsremainedclosedonaccountoftheplague?
a)1592
b)1593
c)1594
d)1595
267)WhichroleshaveplayedbyShakespeareinHamletandAsyoulikeit?
a)Fortinbras,Corin
b)Leartus,Silvius
c)Osric,Touchstone
d)Ghost,OldservantAdam
268)In.......yearShakespeareboughtthelargesthouseinStratford,calledNewplace:
a)1595
b)1996
c)1597
d)15598
269)In1599whichfamousactorandhisbrotherCuthbertsetanewplayhouseontheBankside,
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calledtheGlobe?
a)AugustinePhillipps
b)JohnHeimnge
c)HenryCondell
d)RichardBurbage
270)InShakespeare'sliteraryoutput,theperiod16041608istheperiodof:
a)Comedyplays
b)Historicalplays
c)GreatTragedies
d)Noneofabove
271)"Underthegreenwoodtree"isasongin:
a)Love'slabour'slost
b)Asyoulikeit
c)AmidSummernight'sdream
d)Muchadoaboutnothing
272):Triumph,myBritain,thouhastonetoshow
TowhomallscenesofEuropehomageowe.
Hewasnotofanage,butforalltime".
WhowroteabovelinesforShakespeare:
a)Jonson
b)Bacon
c)Wordsworth
d)noneofabove
273)SevenAgesofManappearsin"Asyoulikeit".Whichcharacter'sspeechitis?
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a)Amiens
b)Orlando
c)Oliver
d)Jaques
274)"Tobeornottobethatisthequestion",isfamouslineofwhichofShakespeare'splays?
a)Othello
b)Macbeth
c)Hamlet
d)KingLear
275)Followingarethelinesof:
"I'myourwifeifyoumarryme
Ifnot,I'lldieyourmaidtobeyourfellow
Youmaydenyme,butI'llbeyourservantWhetheryoudenyornot".
a)Hamlet
b)RomeoandJuliet
c)Tempest
d)Othello
276)Whichofthefollowingarecharactersof"Muchadoaboutnothing":
a)Hero,Borachio,Antonio,Claudio,Leonato
b)Hero,Orlando,Antonio,Claudio,Leanato
c)Mirrinda,Borachio,Antonio,Claudio,Leanato
d)Hero,Boradio,Antonio,Claudio,Horatio
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277)Whichofthefollowingisincorrectsequel?
a)Comedyoferrors,Amidsummernight'sdream,Muchadoaboutnothing,Henry6partthree.
b)Amidsummernight'sdream,RomeoandJuliet,Asyoulikeit,KingLear,Pericles.
c)All'swellthatendswell,Thetempest,Asyoulikeit,Asyoulikeit,Amidsummernight's
dream,Muchadoaboutnothing.
d)KingLear,Macbeth,Othello,Measureformeasure,Henry8,RomeoandJuliet.
278)WhowaskilledbyHamletunintentionally?
a)Leartus
b)Polonius
c)Forinbras
d)Horatio
279)WhoissecondPrinceofArragonin"Muchadoaboutnothing"?
a)Leonato
b)Balthasar
c)DonJohn
d)DonPedro
280)Whichcharacterspokefollowinglines?
"What'sMontague?Itisnorhandnorfoot,
Norarmnorface,noranyotherpart
Belongingtoaman,Obesomeothername!
What'sinaname?
Thatwhichwecallarose
Byanyotherwordwouldsmellassweet,"
a)Desdemona
b)Juliet
c)Rosalind
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d)Hero
281)WhoisthesecondattendinggentlewomanonHero?Ursulaand_________.
a)Margaret
b)Emilia
c)Helena
d)Celia
282)"Someborngreat,someachievegreatness
Andsomehavegreatnessthrustuponthem".
Abovelinesaretakenfromwhichoffollowingplays?
a)Macbeth
b)Othello
c)Twelfthnight
d)Asyoulikeit
283)Whichofthefollowingplaywaswrittenin1601?
a)Othello
b)Hamlet
c)KingLear
d)Macbeth
284)"AntonyandCleopatra"and"Macbeth"wasin:
a)1606
b)1607
c)1608
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d)1609
285)Whichofthefollowingwaswrittenfirst:
a)Henrysix
b)Henryseven
c)Henryfive
d)Noneofabove
286)WhichofthefollowingareKingLear'sdaughters?
a)Desdemona,GonerilandCordelia
b)Goneril,OpheliaandRegan
c)Goneril,ReganandCordelia
d)Regan,CordeliaandBeatrice
287)Shakespearewrote_____plays?
a)32
b)34
c)36
d)38
288)WiththeaccessionofKingJamestotheEnglishthrone,LordChamberlain'sManwasrenamed:
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a)KingLear
b)Gentleman
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c)King'sMan
d)Noneofabove
290)Uneasyliestheheadthat_____(KingHenryfour,parttwo):
a)Wearsacrown
b)Wearsahat
c)Wearsawig
d)noneofthese
291)TheepigraphofTheWasteLandisborrowedfrom?
(A)Virgil
(B)Fetronius
(C)Seneca
(D)Homer
292.WhocalledTheWasteLandamusicofideas?
(A)AllenTate
(B)J.C.Ransom
(C)I.A.Richards
(D)F.RLeavis
293.T.S.EliothasborrowedthetermUnrealCityinthefirstandthird
sectionsfrom?
(A)Baudelaire
(B)IrvingBabbit
(C)Dante
(D)Laforgue
294.WhichofthefollowingmythsdoesnotfigureinTheWaste
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Land?
(A)Oedipus
(B)GrailLegendofFisherKing
(C)Philomela
(D)Sysyphus
295.JoeGargeryisPips?
(A)brother
(B)brotherinJaw
(C)guardian
(D)cousin
296.Estellaisthedaughterof?
(A)JoeGargery
(B)AbelMagwitch.
(C)MissHavisham
(D)BentleyDrumnile
297.WhichbookofJohnRuskininfluencedMahatmaGandhi?
(A)SesameandLilies
(B)TheSevenLampsofArchitecture
(C)UntoThisLast
(D)ForsClavigera
298.GrahamGreenesnovelsaremarkedby?
(A)Catholicism
(B)Protestantism
(C)Paganism
(D)Buddhism
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299.OneimportantfeatureofJaneAustensstyleis?
(A)boisteroushumour
(B)humourandpathos
(C)subtletyofirony
(D)streamofconsciousness
300.ThetitleofthepoemTheSecondComingistakenfrom?
(A)TheBible
(B)TheIrishmythology
(C)TheGermanmythology
(D)TheGreekmythology
301.ThemaincharacterinParadiseLostBookIandBookIIis?
(AGod
(B)Satan
(C)Adam
(D)Eve
302.InSonsandLovers,PaulMorelsmothersnameis?
(A)Susan
(B)Jane
(C)Gertrude
(D)Emily
303.ThetwinsinLordoftheFliesare?
(A)RalphandJack
(B)SimonandEric
(C)RalphandEric
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(D)SimonandJack
304.Mr.Jaggers,inGreatExpectations,isa
(A)lawyer
(B)postman
(C)Judge
(D)Schoolteacher
305.WhatdoesIstandforinthefollowingline?
ToCarthagethenIcame
(A)Buddha
(B)Tiresias
(C)SmyrnaMerchant
(D)Augustine
306.Thefollowinglinesareanexampleofimage.
Theriversweats
Oilandtar
(A)visual
(B)kinetic
(C)erotic
(D)sensual
307.WhichofthefollowingnovelshasthesubtitleANovelWithoutaHero?
(A)VanityFair
(B)Middlemarch
(C)WutheringHeights
(D)OliverTwist
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308.InLedaandtheSwan,whowooesLedainguiseofaswan?
(A)Mars
(B)Hercules
(C)Zeus
(D)Bacchus
309.WhoinventedthetermSprungrhythm?
(A)Hopkins
(B)Tennyson
(C)Browning
(D)Wordsworth
310.WhowrotethepoemDefenceofLucknow?
(A)Browning
(B)Tennyson
(C)Swinburne
(D)Rossetti
311.WhichofthefollowingplaysofShakespearehasanepilogue?
(A)TheTempest
(B)HenryIV,PtI
(C)Hamlet
(D)TwelfthNight
312.HamletsfamousspeechTobe,ornottobethatisthequestion
occursin?
(A)ActII,SceneI
(B)ActIII,SceneIII
(C)ActIV,SceneIII
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(D)ActIII,SceneI
313.IdentifythecharacterinTheTempestwhoisreferredtoasanhonestoldcounselor
(A)Alonso
(B)Ariel
(C)Gonzalo
(D)Stephano
314.WhatisthesubtitleoftheplayTwelfthNight?
(A)Or,WhatisyouWill
(B)Or,WhatyouWill
(C)Or,WhatyouLikeIt
(D)Or,WhatyouThink
315.WhichofthefollowingplaysofShakespeare,accordingtoT.S.
Eliot,isartisticfailure?
(A)TheTempest
(B)Hamlet
(C)HenryIV,PtI
(D)TwelfthNight
316.WhoisThomasPercyinHenryIV,PtI?
(A)EarlofNorthumberland
(B)EarlofMarch
(C)EarlofDouglas
(D)EarlofWorcester
317.ParadiseLostwasoriginallywrittenin?
(A)tenbooks
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(B)elevenbooks
(C)ninebooks
(D)eightbooks
318.InPrideandPrejudice,Lydiaelopeswith?
(A)Darcy
(B)Wickham
(C)WilliamCollins
(D)CharlesBingley
319.WhocoinedthephraseEgotisticalSublime?
(A)WilliamWordsworth
(B)P.B.Shelley
(C)S.T.Coleridge
(D)JohnKeats
320.WhoiscommonlyknownasPipinGreatExpectations?
(A)PhilipPirrip
(B)FilipPirip
(C)PhilipPip
(D)PhilipsPirip
321.ThenovelThePowerandtheGloryissetin?
(A)Mexico
(B)Italy
(C)France
(D)Germany
323.WhichofthefollowingisGoldingsfirstnovel?
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(A)TheInheritors
(B)LordoftheFlies
(C)PincherMartin
(D)Pyramid
324.IdentifythecharacterwhoisasupporterofWomensRightsinSonsandLovers?
(A)Mrs.Morel
(B)Annie
(C)Miriam
(D)ClaraDawes
325.VanityFairisanovelby?
(A)JaneAusten
(B)CharlesDickens
(C)W.M.Thackeray
(D)ThomasHardy
326.ShelleysAdonaisisanelegyonthedeathof?
(A)Milton
(B)Coleridge
(C)Keats
(D)Johnson
327.WhichofthefollowingisthefirstnovelofD.H.Lawrence?
(A)TheWhitePeacock
(B)TheTrespasser
(C)SonsandLovers
(D)WomeninLove
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328.InthepoemTinternAbbey,dearestfriendrefersto?
(A)Nature
(B)Dorothy
(C)Coleridge
(D)Wye
329.Who,amongthefollowing,isnotthesecondgenerationofBritish
Romantics?
(A)Keats
(B)Wordsworth
(C)Shelley
(D)Byron
330.WhichofthefollowingpoemsofColeridgeisaballad?
(A)WorkWithoutHope
(B)FrostatMidnight
(C)TheRimeoftheAncientMariner
(D)YouthandAge
331.IdentifythewriterwhowasexpelledfromOxfordforcirculatingapamphlet
(A)P.B.Shelley
(B)CharlesLamb
(C)Hazlitt
(D)Coleridge
332.KeatssEndymionisdedicatedto?
(A)LeighHunt
(B)Milton
(C)Shakespeare
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(D)ThomasChatterton
333.ThesecondseriesofEssaysofEliabyCharlesLambwaspublishedin?
(A)1823
(B)1826
(C)1834
(D)1833
334.WhichofthefollowingpoetsdoesnotbelongtotheLakeSchool?
(A)Keats
(B)Coleridge
(C)Southey
(D)Wordsworth
335.Who,amongthefollowingwriters,wasnoteducatedatChristsHospitalSchool,
London?
(A)CharlesLamb
(B)WilliamWordsworth
(C)LeighHunt
(D)S.T.Coleridge
336.WhoderidedHazlittasoneofthemembersoftheCockneySchoolofPoetry?
(A)Tennyson
(8)CharlesLamb
(C)Lockhart
(D)T.S.Eliot
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337.TennysonspoemInMemoriamwaswritteninmemoryof?
(A)A.H.Hallam
(B)EdwardKing
(C)Wellington
(D)P.B.Shelley
338.Who,amongthefollowing,isnotconnectedwiththeOxfordMovement?
(A)RobertBrowning
(B)JohnKeble
(C)E.B.Pusey
(D)J.H.Newman
339.IdentifytheworkbySwinburnewhichbeginswhenthehoundsofspringareonwinters
traces..?
(A)Chastelard
(B)ASongofItaly
(C)AtalantainCalydon
(D)SongsbeforeSunrise
340.CarlylesworkOnHeroes,HeroWorshipandtheHeroicinHistoryisacourseof?
(A)sixlectures
(B)fivelectures
(C)fourlectures
(D)sevenlectures
341.WhoispraisedasaherobyCarlyleinhislectureontheHeroasKing?
(A)Johnson
(B)Cromwell
(C)Shakespeare
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(D)Luther
342.IdentifytheworkbyRuskinwhichbeganasadefenceofcontemporarylandscapeartist
especiallyTurner?
(A)TheStonesofVenice
(B)TheTwoPaths
(C)TheSevenLampsofArchitecture
(D)ModemPainters
343.ThetermthePalliserNovelsisusedtodescribethepoliticalnovelsof?
(A)CharlesDickens
(B)AnthonyTrollope
(C)W.H.White
(D)B.Disraeli
344.Identifythepoet,whomQueenVictoria,regardedastheperfectpoetofloveandloss
(A)Tennyson
(B)Browning
(C)Swinburne
(D)D.G.Rossetti
345.Averseformusingstanzaofeightlines,eachwithelevensyllables,isknownas?
(A)SpenserianStanza
(B)Ballad
(C)OttavaRima
(D)RhymeRoyal
346.IdentifythewriterwhofirstusedblankverseinEnglishpoetry?
(A)SirThomasWyatt
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(B)WilliamShakespeare
(C)EarlofSurrey
(D)Milton
347.TheAestheticMovementwhichblossomedduringthe1880swasnotinfluencedby?
(A)ThePreRaphaelites
(B)Ruskin
(C)Pater
(D)MatthewArnold
348.IdentifytherhetoricalfigureusedinthefollowinglineofTennysonFaithunfaithfulkepthim
falselytrue.
(A)Oxymoron
(B)Metaphor
(C)Simile
(D)Synecdoche
349.W.B.Yeatsusedthephrasetheartificeofeternityinhispoem?
(A)SailingtoByzantium
(B)Byzantium
(C)TheSecondComing
(D)LedaandtheSwan
350.WhoisPipsfriendinLondon?
(A)Pumblechook
(B)HerbertPocket
(C)BentleyDrummle
(D)Jaggers
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351.WhoisMr.TenchinThePowerandtheGlory?
(A)Ateacher
(B)Aclerk
(C)Athief
(D)Adentist
352.Brevityisthesoulofwitisaquotationfrom?
(A)Milton
(B)WilliamShakespeare
(C)T.S.Eliot
(D)Ruskin
353.Dostthouthink,becausethouartvirtuous,thereshallbenomorecakesandale.Whospeaks
thelinesgivenaboveinTwelfthNight?
(A)DukeOrsino
(B)Malvolio
(C)SirAndrewAguecheek
(D)SirTobyBelch
354.InParadiseLost,BookI,SatanistheembodimentofMiltons?
(A)Senseofinjuredmerit
(B)Hatredoftyranny
(C)Spiritofrevolt
(D)Allthese
355.Whocallspoetrythebreadthandfinerspiritofallknowledge?
(A)Wordsworth
(B)Shelley
(C)Keats
(D)Coleridge
356.TwelfthNightopenswiththespeechof?
(A)Viola
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(B)Duke
(C)Olivia
(D)Malvolio
357.WhatwasthecauseofWilliamsdeathinSonsandLovers?
(A)Anaccident
(B)Anoverdoseofmorphia
(C)Suicide
(D)Pneumonia
358.WhichpoemofColeridgeisanopiumdream?
(A)KublaKhan
(B)Christabel
(C)TheAncientMariner
(D)OdeontheDepartingYear
359.WhichstanzaformdidShelleyuseinhisfamouspoemOdetotheWestWind?
(A)Rimeroyal
(B)Ottavarima
(C)Terzarima
(D)SpenserianStanza
360.ThephrasePatheticfallacyiscoinedby?
(A)Milton
(B)Coleridge
(C)Carlyle
(D)JohnRuskin
361.TractsfortheTimesrelatesto?
(A)TheOxfordMovement
(B)ThePreRaphaeliteMovement
(C)TheRomanticMovement
(D)TheSymbolistMovement
362.TheChartistMovementsought?
(A)Protectionofthepoliticalrightsoftheworkingclass
(B)Recognitionofcharteredtradingcompanies
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(C)Politicalrightsforwomen
(D)Protectionofthepoliticalrightsofthemiddleclass
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363.WhowroteBiographiaLiteraria?
(A)Byron
(B)Shelley
(C)Coleridge
(D)Lamb
364.WhowasFortinbras?
(A)Claudiussson
(B)SontothekingofNorway
(C)Opheliaslover
(D)HamletsMend
365.HowmanysoliloquiesarespokenbyHamletintheplayHamlet?
A)Nine
(b)Five
(c)Seven
(D)Three
366.Thebestlackallconviction,whiletheworstarefullofpassionateintensity.Theabovelines
havebeentakenfrom?
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(A)TheWasteLand
(B)TinternAbbey
(C)TheSecondComing
(D)PrayerforMyDaughter
367.WilliamMorelinSonsandLoversisdrawnafter?
(A)Lawrencesfather
(B)Lawrencesbrother
(C)Lawrencehimself
(D)Noneofthese
368.ThemostnotablecharacteristicofKeatspoetryis?
(A)Satire
(B)Sensuality
(C)Sensuousness
(D)Socialreform
369.ThekeynoteofBrowningsphilosophyoflifeis?
(A)agnosticism
(B)optimism
(C)pessimism
(D)skepticism
370.ThetitleofCarlylesSartorResartusmeans?
(A)ReligiousScripture
(B)SeasideResort
(C)TailorRepatched
(D)Noneofthese
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371.Epipsychidioniscomposedby?
(A)Coleridge
(B)Wordsworth
(C)Keats
(D)Shlley
372.ThebetterpartofvalourisdiscretionoccursinShakespeares?
(A)Hamlet
(B)TwelfthNight
(C)TheTempest
(D)HenryIV,PtI
373.EpicsimilesarefoundinwhichworkofJohnMilton?
(A)ParadiseLost
(B)Sonnets
(C)Lycidas
(D)Areopagitica
374.Identifythewriterwhousedapseudonym,MichaelAngeloTitmarsh,formuchofhisearlywork?
(A)CharlesDickens
(B)W.M.Thackeray
(C)GrahamGreene
(D)D.H.Lawrence
375.PrideandPrejudicewasoriginallyayouthfulworkentitled?
(A)LastImpressions
(B)FalseImpressions
(C)FirstImpressions
(D)TrueImpressions
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376.IdentifythenovelinwhichthecharacterofCharlotteLucasfigures
(A)GreatExpectations
(B)ThePowerandtheGlory
(C)LordoftheFlies
(D)PrideandPrejudice
377Theresaspecialprovidenceinthefallofasparrow.
Thelinegivenaboveoccursin
(A)Hamlet
(B)HenryIV,PtI
(C)TheTempest
(D)TwelfthNight
378.WhosaidthatShakespeareinhiscomedieshasonlyheroinesandnoheroes?
(A)BenJonson
(B)JohnRuskin
(C)ThomasCarlyle
(D)WilliamHazlitt
379.SirJohnFalstaffisoneofShakespearesgreatest?
(A)comicfigures
(B)historicalfigures
(C)romanticfigures
(D)tragicfigures
380.ThatMiltonwasoftheDevilspartywithoutknowingit,wassaidby?
(A)Blake
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(B)Eliot
(C)Johnson
(D)Shelley
381.WhocalledShelleyabeautifulandineffectualangelbeatinginthevoidhisluminouswingsin
vain?
(A)WalterPater
(B)A.C.Swinburne
(C)MatthewArnold
(D)T.S.Eliot
382.EssaysofEllaare?
(A)fullofdidacticsermonising
(B)practicallyautobiographicalfragments
(C)remarkablefortheiraphoristicstyle
(D)satiricalandcritical
383.ThethemeofTennysonsPoemThePrincessis?
(A)QueenVictoriascoronation
(B)IndustrialRevolution
(C)WomensEducationandRights
(D)RiseofDemocracy
384.ThackeraysEsmondisanovelofhistoricalrealismcapturingthespiritof?
(A)theMedievalage
(B)theElizabethanage
(C)theageofQueenAnne
(D)theVictorianage
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385.OedipusComplexis?
(A)akindofphysicalailment
(B)akindofvitamin
(C)abrothersattractiontowardshissister
(D)asonsattractiontowardshismother
386.Myowngreatreligionisabeliefintheblood,thefleshasbeingwiserthantheintellect.Who
wrotethis?
(A)GrahamGreene
(B)D.H.Lawrence
(C)CharlesDickens
(D)JaneAusten
387.ShakespearemakesfunofthePuritansinhisplay?
(A)TwelfthNight
(B)Hamlet
(C)TheTempest
(D)HenryIV,PtI
388.Therareractionisinvirtuethatinvengeance.Thislineoccursin?
(A)Hamlet
(B)HenryIV,PtI
(C)TheTempest
(D)TwelfthNight
389.JaneAustensPrideandPrejudiceisa?
(A)Picaresquenovel
(B)Gothicnovel
(C)Domesticnovel
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(D)Historicalnovel
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390.Heavenliesaboutusinourinfancy.Thislineoccursinthepoem?
(A)ImmortalityOde
(B)TinternAbbey
(C)TheSecondComing
(D)LedaandtheSwan
391.WordsworthcallshimselfaWorshipperofNatureinhis
poem
(A)ImmortalityOde
(B)TinternAbbey
(C)ThePrelude
(D)TheSolitaryReaper
392.WhenWordsworthsImmortalityOdewasfirstpublishedin
1802,ithadonly?
(A)StanzasItoIV
(B)StanzasItoV
(C)StanzasItoVI
(D)StanzasItoVII
393.WhichmethodofnarrationhasbeenemployedbyDickensinhisnovelGreatExpectations?
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(A)Directorepicmethod
(B)Documentarymethod
(C)StreamofConsciousnesstechnique
(D)Autobiographicalmethod
394.WhosaidKeatswasaGreek?
(A)Wordsworth
(B)Coleridge
(C)Lamb
(D)Shelley
395.D.G.Rossettiwasatrueliterary
descendantof?
(A)Keats
(B)Byron
(C)Shelley
(D)Wordsworth
396.TowhichcharacterinHamletdoesthefollowingdescriptionapply?
Thetediouswiseacrewhomeddleshiswaytohisdoom.
(A)Claudius
(B)Hamlet
(C)Polonius
(D)Rosencrantz
46.BrowningsfamouspoemRabbiBenEzraisincludedin?
(A)DramatisPersonae
(B)DramaticIdyls
(C)Asolando
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(D)RedCottonNightCapCountry
397.S.T.ColeridgewasanAssociateof?
(A)TheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh
(B)TheRoyalSocietyofLondon
(C)RoyalSocietyofArts
(D)RoyalSocietyofLiterature
398.WhichofthefollowingisanunfinishednovelbyJaneAusten?
(A)SenseandSensibility
(B)MansfieldPark
(C)Sandition
(D)Persuasion
399.WhydidMissHavishamremainaspinsterthroughoutherlifeinGreatExpectations?
(A)Shewaspoor
(B)Shewasarrogant
(C)Becauseshewasbetrayedbythebridegroom
(D)Shewasunwillingtomarry
400.W.B.YeatsreceivedtheNobelPrizeforliteratureintheyear?
(A)1938
(B)1925
(C)1932
(D)1923
401.TheRomanticRevivalinEnglishPoetrywasinfluenced
bythe?
(A)FrenchRevolution
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(B)GloriousRevolutionof1688
(C)Reformation
(D)OxfordMovement
402.ThePreRaphaelitepoetsweremostlyindebtedtothepoetsofthe?
(A)Puritanmovement
(B)Romanticrevival
(C)Neoclassicalage
(D)Metaphysicalschool
403.O,youaresickofselfloveWhoisreferredtointhese
wordsinTwelfthNight?
(A)Orsino
(B)SirAndrew
(C)SirToby
(D)Malvolio
404.Hamletis?
(A)anintellectual
(B)amanofaction
(C)apassionatelover
(D)anoverambitiousman
405.WhichofShakespearescharactersexclaimsBrave,new,world!?
(A)Ferdinand
(B)Antonio
(C)Miranda
(D)Prospero
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406.ParadiseLostshowsaninfluenceof?
(A)Paganism
(B)PreChristiantheology
(C)ChristianityandtheRenaissance
(D)Greeknihilism
407.ThestyleofParadiseLostis?
(A)moreLatinthanmostpoems
(B)morespontaneousthanthoughtout
(C)moresatiricalthanspontaneous
(D)moredramaticthanlyrical
408.InPrideandPrejudiceweinitiallydislikebutlatertendtolike?
(A)Mr.Bennet
(B)Wickham
(C)Bingley
(D)Darcy
409.WhoinHamletsuggeststhatoneshouldneitherbealendernoraborrower?
(A)Gertrude
(B)Polonius
(C)Horatio
(D)Hamlet
410.ShakespearesHenryIV,PtIcontainshis?
(A)senecanattitude
(B)patriotism
(C)loveofnature
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(D)platonicideals
PlaysbyShakespeare..
COMEDIES
All'sWellThatEndsWell
AsYouLikeIt
ComedyofErrors
Love'sLabour'sLost
MeasureforMeasure
MerchantofVenice
MerryWivesofWindsor
MidsummerNight'sDream
MuchAdoaboutNothing
TamingoftheShrew
Tempest
TwelfthNight
TwoGentlemenofVerona
Winter'sTale
HISTORIES
Cymbeline
HenryIV,PartI
HenryIV,PartII
HenryV
HenryVI,PartI
HenryVI,PartII
HenryVI,PartIII
HenryVIII
KingJohn
Pericles
RichardII
RichardIII
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TRAGEDIES
AntonyandCleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
JuliusCaesar
KingLear
Macbeth
Othello
RomeoandJuliet
TimonofAthens
TitusAndronicus
TroilusandCressida
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411)WhichofthefollowingistheearliestcomedyofShakespeare?
a)Amidsummernight'sdream
b)Muchadoaboutnothing
c)Asyoulikeit
d)Love'slabour'slost
412)"Twelfthnight"isa:
a)Tragedy
b)Comedy
c)Problemplay
d)Bothaandb
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413)WhowasvillaininOthello?
a)Claudius
b)Iago
c)Egeus
d)Noneofabove
414)WhichofthefollowingaretragediesofShakespeare?
a)Hamlet,OthelloandTroilusandCressida
b)Coriolanus,TimonofAthensandTitusAndronicus
c)KingLear,MeasureformeasureandThemerchantofVenice
d)Macbeth,MuchadoaboutnothingandAntonyandCleopatra
415)WhichofthefollowingtragedyisnotwrittenbyShakespeare?
a)Hamlet
b)Macbeth
c)KingLear
d)KingOedipus
416)Othellowasa:
a)GeneralofEngland
b)GeneralofDenmark
c)PrinceofEngland
d)PrinceofDenmark
417)wasfatherofDesdemona?
a)Othello
b)Brabantio
c)Iago
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d)Gratiano
418)Othellowassenttofightwith:
a)Frencharmy
b)Germanarmy
c)Ottomans
d)Noneofabove
419)Desdemonawaskilledby:
a)Iago
b)Casio
c)Othello
d)Brabantio
420)OthellogaveDesdemonaasatokenoflove:
a)Ring
b)Handkerchief
c)Pendant
d)Bengals
421)Desdemonawas:
a)wifeofOthello
b)daughterofOthello
c)bothaandb
d)noneofabove
422)"Amancandiebutonce"isoneofquoteoffollowingplays:
a)Henry6partthree
b)Henry4parttwo
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c)Henry6partone
d)Henry4partone
423)"Ihavenootherbutawoman'sreason
Ithinkhimso,becauseIthinkhimso"
WhichofShakespeare'splaycontainabovelines?
a)ThetwogentlemenofVerona
b)MerrywivesofWindsor
c)ThenobleKinsman
d)Measureformeasure
424)"Whatpieceofworkisaman
Hownobleinreason,howinfiniteinfaculty,
Informandmovinghowexpressandadmirable
Inaction!howlikeanangle
Inapprehension!howlikeaGod:
ThebeautyoftheWorld,theparagonofanimals_____
Andyet,tome,whatisthisquintessenceofdust?
AbovelinesaretakenfromHamlet'swhichact?
a)act1scenetwo
b)act2scenetwo
c)act3scenetwo
d)act4scenetwo
425)WhichofthefollowingisHamlet'smother?
a)Beatrice
b)Margaret
c)Gertrude
d)Rosalind
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426)Followingarethecharactersof:
Apemantus,Alcibiades,Flavius,Lucullus,Sempronius
a)Coriolanus
b)Cymbeline
c)TimonofAthens
d)Winter'stale
427)WhoistheheroinofTheTempest?
a)Ophelia
b)Desdemona
c)Miranda
d)Helena
428)Hamletconsistofacts:
a)3
b)4
c)5
d)6
429)WhichofShakespeare'splayishisonlyplaythathasneverbeenadoptedforfilmorTelevision?
a)TamingoftheShrew
b)ThetwoNobleKinsmen
c)TroilusandCressida
d)Cymbeline
430)WhichofShakespeare'splayfeaturesSirJohnFalstaff?
a)ThemerrywivesofWindsor
b)TroilusandCressida
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c)KingJohn
d)TitusAndronicus
HistoricalEvents&LiteraryEvents
1700BeginOfLondonClub
1702Firstdailynewspaper
1727DeathofNewton
1775WarofAmericanindependencebegins.
1776Americadeclaredindependent.
1789OutbreakofFrenchRevolution.
1726GulliversTravellsbyJonathanSwift.
1749TomJonesbyHenryFielding
1766TheVicarofwakefieldbyGoldsmith
1719RabinsoncrusoebyDefoe.
1728BeggarsoperabyGay.
1712TheRapeofTheLockbyPope.
1740PamelabyRichardson.
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EnglishRulers
17021714Anne
171427George
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I17271760GeorgeII
Authors
16671745JonathanSwift
16681744AlexanderPope
16891761SamuelRichardson
17071754HenryFielding
17281774OliverGoldsmith
16721719JosephAddison
17161771ThomasGray
172159Collins
170048Thomson
17311800Cowper
170984Dr.Johnson
MajorHistoricalandLiteraryEvents
1668.DrydenMadepoetLaureate
1668.Dryden's"EssayofDramaticPoesy."
1671ParadiseRegained,SamsonAgonistesbyMilton.
1670.Dryden's"ConquestofGranada."
1671.The"Rehearsal."
1672.Wycherley's"LoveinaWood."
1675.Wycherley's"CountryWife."
1677.Dryden's"AllforLove."
1677.Wycherley's"PlainDealer."
1678.ThePilgrimsProgressbyBunyan.
1678.AllforLovebyDryden.
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1678.Thirdpartof"Hudibras."
1680.GilbertBurnet's"AccountoftheLifeandDeathoftheEarlofRochester."
1681.Dryden's"AbsalomandAchitophel."
1682.Dryden's"TheMedal,""MacFlecknoe,"and"ReligioLaici."
1686.DrydenjoinedtheChurchofRome.
1686.Dryden'spoem"TotheMemoryofMissAnneKillegrew."
1687.Dryden's"HindandPanther."
1687.SirIsaacNewton's"Principia."
1688.JamesIIflees
1688.GloriousRevolution
1689.ThomasShadwell,madepoetLaureate.
1689.Dryden's"DonSebastian."
1689.BurnetappointedBishopofSalisbury.
1691.TillotsonappointedArchbishopofCanterbury.
1692.LockemadeSecretaryofProsecutions.
1693.Congreve's"OldBachelor."
1694.Dryden's"LoveTriumphant."
1694.Congreve's"DoubleDealer."
1695.Congreve's"LoveforLove."
1697.Dryden'stranslationof"Virgil"
1697.Congreve's"MourningBride."
1698.JeremyCollier's"ShortView."
1699.Dryden's"Fables."
1700.Congreve's"WayoftheWorld."
1706.Farquhar's"RecruitingOfficer."
1707.Farquhar's"BeauxStratagem."
1759.Butler's"GenuineProseRemains"published.
1775.Sheridan's"TheRivals,""St.Patrick'sDay,:and"TheDuenna."
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1777.Sheridan's"SchoolforScandal."
1779.Sheridan's"TheCritic."
1780.SheridanbecameaMemberofParliament.
EnglishRulers
16601685CharlesII
16851688JamesII
16881702William&Mary
MajorAuthors
16311700JohnDryden
162888JohnBunyan
16641721MatthewPrior
16331703SamuelPepys
16641726SirJohnVanbragh
AgeofMilton
MajorHistoricalandLiteraryevents
1642Civilwarbegins
1642ClosureofPublicTheatre
1649CharlesIexecuted.
1653OliverCromwellbecomesLandProtector.
1658OliverCromwelldiesHissonRichardsucceeds.
1660TheRestorationbegins(CharlesIIAccession)
1660AnneMarshall,firstwomanonEnglishstage.
1660Theatrereopened.
1629MiltonsNativityOde.
1631HerbertsTemple
1633MiltonsLAllegro,IIPenserose.
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1637MiltonsLycidas
1642ThomasBrownesReligioMedici
1644Milton's"Areopagitica."EnglishpoetandwriterJohnMiltonpublishesAreopagita,anessay
espousingfreedomofthepress.Miltonwritesthepieceinresponsetothecensorshipthatisrampant
inEnglandatthetime.
1659DrydensTheDeathofCromwell
1660SamuelPepysbeginshisdiary.
1667Milton's"ParadiseLost."EnglishpoetJohnMiltoncompleteshisepicpoemParadiseLostin1674
afterbecomingblind.Thework,whichtellsthestoryofLucifersrebellioninheavenandAdamsfall,is
anextendedmeditationonhumanitysrelationshipwithGod,humannature,andthemeaningoflife.
Itisconsideredoneofthemasterpiecesofworldliterature.
1678.Bunyan's"Pilgrim'sProgress."EnglishPuritanJohnBunyanwritesthereligiousallegoryPilgrim's
Progressin1678.Thework,generallyconsideredamasterpieceinChristianandEnglishliterature,
describesthejourneyofthecentralcharacter,namedChristian,throughlifetoeventualsalvation.
RulersofEnglishThrone
162549CharlesI
164960CommonwealththeProtectorate
AuthorsofThisEra
15791625JohnFletcher
15931633Herbert
16051682SirThomasBrowne
16081674JohnMilton
16211666HenryVaughan
16331703SamuelPepys
ElizabethanPeriod
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431)WhatwasthenicknameofMaryI?
a)BloodyMary
b)Mary,MaryQuiteContrary
c)Mary,QueenofScots
d)NoneoftheAbove
432)WhowasthesisterofMaryI?
a)Isabella
b)Victoria
c)Anne
d)ElizabethI
433)Whowasthefatheroftheprevioustwo?(Questions1and2?)
a)HenryVI
b)William
c)GeorgeIII
d)HenryVIII
434)WhowasthefirstTudorKing?
a)HenryVIII
b)HenryVII
c)GeorgeIII
d)JamesI
435)WhatarethebeginningandendingdatesoftheElizabethanera?
a)15581603
b)15001520
c)15601570
d)15751600
436)WhowasthemotherofElizabethI?
a)CatherineofAragon
b)JaneSeymour
c)CatherineHoward
d)AnneBoleyn
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437)InwhatyeardidEnglandandSpainfightafamousseabattle?
a)1500
b)1588
c)1600
d)1575
438)WhichrelativedidElizabethIhaveexecuted?
a)AnneBoleyn
b)MaryI
c)Mary,QueenofScots
d)CatherineofAragon
439)WhatchurchdidElizabethIestablishorreestablishbylawinEnglandduringherreign?
a)TheAnglicanChurch
b)TheRomanCatholicChurch
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d)TheLutheranChurch
440)EveryoneinElizabethanEnglandwasbornintoasocialclass.Peasantsweretheunluckiestof
thelot:theyweredeniedbasiccomforts,security,andeventhechancetodresswell.Yep,the
StatutesofAppareloutlinedtheclothesonecouldlegallywearbasedonrank.Whichofthefollowing
couldthepoorwear?
a)Purplesilkdresses
b)Woolenunderwear
c)Sablelinedcloaks
d)Velvetcoats
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441)Marriagewasasocialobligation,andformanyfamiliesatopicofobsession.Betrothalswere
oftenarrangedbyparents,especiallyforthehighclass.Whatcriterionwasconsideredtheleast
importantindecidinguponasuitablematch?
a)Property
b)Wealth
c)Lineage
d)Love
442)Elizabethanshadmanyoccupationalchoices.Onecouldbecomeanapothecary,clerk,physician,
orevencourtjester.Thoughthereseemedtobeamyriadofcareerstochoosefrom,mostpeoplestill
endedupbeingverypoor.Inordertosurvive,whatillegalactivitydidalargenumberofcitizens
pursue?
a)Begging
b)Moneylending
c)Fortunetelling
d)Winebottling
443)Crimewasardentlyfollowedbypunishment.Elizabethanshaddevisedvariouswaystofine,
humiliate,torture,andkilloffenders.Whichcrimewaspunishablebydeath?
a)SkippingchurchonSunday
b)Awomanscreamingatherhusbandinpublic
c)Stealingahorse
d)Publicdrunkenness
444)ReligionplayedapivotalpartinElizabethanlife.Protestants,Catholics,Puritans,andother
religiousgroupsjostledforpowerandsurvivalinuncertaintimes.In1559,anActofParliamentwas
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passedwhichdeterminedthe"supremegovernor"ofallthingsspiritual.Whowasit?
a)ThePopeinRome
b)Eachmanwashisownsupremegovernor
c)TheArchbishopofCanterbury
d)QueenElizabethI
445)ElizabethanEnglandwaslargelyrural,withthemajorityofitspopulationlivingintheverdant
countryside.Townsandcities,however,weregrowingandthemostprominentofallwasLondon.
WhileLondonerswereconsideredwealthyandarrogant,thecitywasbegrimed,filthy,andinfested
withvermin.Wheredidpeopleprimarilydisposeoftheirtrashandwastes?
a)Dumpsitesinthenearbycountry
b)Thestreets
c)Theundergrounddrains
d)Designated"trash"areas
446)Elizabethanswerenotoriouslysuperstitious.Theyfearedwitches,believedinmagicalanimals,
andsoughtgoodluckcharms.What"science"didtheyutilizeintryingtopredictandcontrolthe
future?
a)Alchemy
b)Metallurgy
c)Geocentricity
d)Astrology
447)ThefineartsflourishedinElizabethanEngland.WilliamShakespeare,ChristopherMarlowe,and
EdmundSpenserweresomeofthemorefamousplaywrightsandpoetsofthetime.Drama,music,
songs,andartwerepopularwithnoblemenandcommonersalike.Exploringcertaintopics,however,
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wasconsideredtabooinanyartform.Whatwasastrictlyforbiddensubject?
a)Sexuality
b)Criticismofthequeen
c)Murder
d)Witchcraft
448)StayingalivewasadifficulttaskforElizabethans.Disease,infection,poverty,childbirth,and
occupationalaccidentscouldallresultinone'suntimelydemise.Mostpeopleneverreachedtheageof
fifty.WhenanElizabethandied,intricateritualswerefollowed.WhatwasNOTafuneralcustom?
a)Longprocessionals
b)Mourningclothes
c)Strictsimplicity
d)Tollingofchurchbells
449)WhichofthefollowingwastheTowerofLondonusedforintheElizabethanage?
(a)Asanastronomicalobservationdeck
(b)Asastorageplaceforgrain
(c)Asaprison
(d)Asaschoolfortheroyalchildren
450)WhoissuedaninterdictagainstElizabeth?
(a)PopePiusV
(b)PopeInnocentIII
(c)PopeGregoryXIII
(d)PopeBoniface
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451)WhatwasElizabeth'sclosecircleofadviserscalled?
(a)TheStarChamber
(b)Parliament
(c)ThePrivyCouncil
(d)TheCabinet
452)Whichofthefollowingisaceremonyinwhichasovereignisofficiallycrowned?
(A)Investiture
(B)Invocation
(C)Gala
(D)Coronation
453)Whichcountrybelievedithadan"InvincibleArmada"before1588?
(a)France
(b)England
(c)Spain
(d)TheNetherlands
454)WhattypeofnonrhymedpoetrydidChristopherMarlowepioneer?
(a)Blankverse
(b)Thesonnet
(c)TrochaicHeptameter
(d)Freeflowverse
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455)ElizabethandMaryIbelongedtowhatroyalfamily?
(a)Windsor
(b)Stuart
(c)Tudor
(d)Plantagenet
456)WhichEnglishkinghadseveralofhiswiveskilledinhisobsessivequestforamaleheir?
(a)EdwardVI
(b)RichardIII
(c)GeorgeIII
(d)HenryVIII
457)WhatreligionwasMaryI?
(a)Catholic
(b)Anglican
(c)Episcopalian
(d)Presbyterian
458)WhatreligionwasMaryQueenofScots?
(a)Episcopalian
(b)Catholic
(c)Presbyterian
(d)Lutheran
459)WhichworkdidEdmundSpenserauthor?
(a)TheCastleofPerseverance
(b)TheDouble
(c)TheMetamorphoses
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(d)TheFaerieQueene
460)WhosucceededElizabethI?
(a)MaryQueenofScots
(b)CharlesI
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(d)EdwardVI
461)WhichofthefollowingwasElizabethknownas?
(a)Unintelligent
(b)Rude
(c)Stingy
(d)Fanatic
462)WhichlanguagedidyoungElizabethlearninsecret?
(a)French
(b)Gaelic
(c)Esperanto
(d)Welsh
463)WhowasEdmundSpenser'spatron?
(a)TheEarlofLeicester
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(b)Elizabeth
(c)LordBurleigh
(d)FrancisBacon
464)WhatwasafavoriteentertainmentinElizabeth'scourt?
(a)Swimming
(b)Gambling
(c)Jousting
(d)Backgammon
465)WhichofthefollowingdisciplinesmostfascinatedElizabeth?
(a)Philology
(b)Alchemy
(c)Zoology
(d)Astrology
466)Elizabeth'sreignwaslongerthanthatofanyotherTudor.Whenshediedattheageof69in
1603,howmanyyearshadshereigned?
a)35
b)40
c)45
d)50
467)WhatwasElizabethsnicknameforSirWalterRaleigh?
a)Waldimor
b)Water
c)William
d)Winter
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468)ThecomplexrankingsystemthatElizabethansbelievedorderedeverysinglethingintheuniverse
wasknownas:
a)TheGreatOrderofLife
b)TheGreatChainofBeing
c)TheGreatSystemofShakespeare
d)TheGreatSonnetSymbolismMaker
469)ApoemthatdealsinanidealizedwaywithShepherdsandrusticlifeisknownas:
a)AProtestantPoem
b)APetrarchanSonnet
c)Anextendedmetaphor
d)Apastoralpoem
470)ThetermforthereactionagainstcorruptionintheCatholicChurchwasknownas:
a)TheProtestantRevolution
b)TheProtestantReformation
c)TheProtestantRestoration
d)TheProtestantResolution
471)Whatisthenameforashiftintoneormeaningofasonnet
a)Octave
b)Volta
c)IambicPentameter
d)Petrarchan
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JacobeanEra
472)Inliterature,someofShakespeare'smostpowerfulplayswerewritteninthatperiod(for
exampleTheTempest,KingLear,andMacbeth),aswellaspowerfulworksbyJohnWebsterand
________.
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)BenJonson
c)BenJonsonfolios
d)EnglishRenaissancetheatre
473)WhatproceededJacobeanera?
a)ElizabethanEra
b)Carolineera
c)Victorianera
d)JacobeanEra
474)TheJacobeaneraendedwithasevereeconomicdepressionin16201626,complicatedbya
seriousoutbreakof________inLondonin1625.
a)Cholera
b)Tuberculosis
c)Bubonicplague
d)Plague(disease)
475)Theword"Jacobean"isderivedfromthe________nameJacob,whichistheoriginalformofthe
EnglishnameJames.
a)SamaritanHebrewlanguage
b)BiblicalHebrew
c)MishnaicHebrew
d)Hebrewlanguage
476)TheJacobeanerasucceedsthe________andprecedestheCarolineera,andspecificallydenotes
astyleofarchitecture,visualarts,decorativearts,andliteraturethatispredominantofthatperiod.
a)Elizabethanera
b)EnglishReformation
c)England
d)Tudorperiod
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477)Jonsonwasalsoanimportantinnovatorinthespecializedliterarysubgenreofthe________,
whichwentthroughanintensedevelopmentintheJacobeanera.
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)BenJonson
c)Masque
d)AMidsummerNight'sDream
478)thefirstfirebreathingdragoninEnglishliteratureoccursinwhichOldEnglishepicpoem.
a)Iliad
b)Odyssey
c)Beowulf
d)CanterburyTales
479)WhatarethebeginningandendingdatesofthereignofJamesI?
a)15921608
b)16031625
c)16071627
d)16081639
480)Famoussatiricdrama,Volpone,iswrittenby?
a)SirWalterScot
b)ChristopherMarlow
c)BenJohnson
d)GeorgeHerbert
481)TheforemostpoetofJacobeanerawas?
a)JohnMilton
b)CharlesBacon
c)JohnDonne
d)HerbertSpencer
482)"TheJacobeanEra"referstoaperiodoftimeintheearly17thcenturyinwhichofthefollowing
countries?
a)Jordan
b)England
c)Malaysia
d)Tunisia
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>>>TheforemostpoetsoftheJacobeanera,BenJonsonandJohnDonne,areregardedasthe
originatorsoftwodiversepoetictraditionstheCavalierandthemetaphysical.
EnglishLiterature(InGeneral)
483)Literarydivisionsarenotalwaysexact,butwedrawthembecausetheyareoftenconvenient.
ThemajorityofEnglishliteraryperiodsarenamedafter:
a)Theleadingcharacteristicoftheage
b)Monarchsorpoliticalevents
c)Theprimaryauthoroftheage
d)Thelanguageoftheage
484)Whichperiodofliteraturecamefirst?
a)Regency
b)Victorian
c)Romantic
d)Restoration
485)InwhatlanguagedidShakespearewrite?
a)MiddleEnglish
b)German
c)OldEnglish
d)ModernEnglish
486)JaneAustenwroteduringthisperiod.
a)Restoration
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b)Victorian
c)MiddleEnglish
d)Regency
487)Whichworkwaspublishedfirst?
a)Blakes"SongsofInnocence"
b)MaryShelleys"Frankenstein"
c)LordByrons"DonJuan"
d)SirWalterScotts"Ivanhoe"
488)WhichofthefollowingworkswaswrittenbeforetheallimportantBattleofHastings?
a)Beowulf
b)CanterburyTales
c)TheDomesdayBook
d)SonsandLovers
489)Whowrotefirst?
a)GeorgeEliot
b)ChristopherMarlowe
c)Howard,EarlofSurrey
d)WilliamShakespeare
490)Whichworkwascompletedlast?
a)JohnMilton's"ParadiseLost"
b)GeorgeHerbert's"TheTemple"
c)WilliamShakespeare's"Tempest"
d)BenJonson's"Volpone"
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491)OneofthesemendidNOTwriteduringtheRestorationperiod.Who?
a)JohnMilton
b)ThomasOtway
c)SirWalterScott
d)JohnDryden
492)TheBrontesisterswroteduringthisperiod.
a)Regency
b)Restoration
c)Romantic
d)Victorian
493)WhichofthefollowingpoetswroteduringtheVictorianperiodbutwasnotpublisheduntilthe
20thcentury?
a)ChristinaRossetti
b)GerardManleyHopkins
c)ElizabethBarretBrowning
d)TedHughes
494)ThisworkwasNOToriginallypublishedinthe20thCentury.
a)HenryJames's"TheAmbassadors"
b)ThomasHardy's"TessoftheD'Urbervilles"
c)E.M.Forster's"ARoomWithAView"
d)VirginiaWoolf's"Mrs.Dalloway"
495)WhichpoetdidNOTwriteduringthe16thcentury?
a)JohnSkelton
b)WilliamShakespeare
c)SirThomasWyatt
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d)ThomasCarew
496)Historicaleventsofteninfluenceliterature.WhichofthefollowingdidNOToccurduringthe
Restorationperiod?
a)CharlesIIwasrestoredtothethrone
b)TheFrenchRevolution
c)TheGreatFireofLondon
d)TheExclusionBillCrisis
497)HewasnotaRenaissancewriter.
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)SirPhilipSidney
c)ChristopherMarlowe
d)SirThomasMalory
498)WhichofthefollowingliterarysubperiodsdoesNOTfallundertheNeoclassicalPeriod?
a)TheRestoration
b)JacobeanAge
c)TheAugustanAge
d)TheAgeofSensibility
499)WhichofthefollowingperiodsofEnglishliteraturecamelast?
a)TheElizabethanAge
b)TheCommonwealthPeriod
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c)TheJacobeanAge
d)TheMiddleEnglishPeriod
500)Thisworkwaswrittenbeforetheotherthreechoices.
a)Bede's"AnEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople"
b)JulianofNorwhich's"BookofShowings"
c)Chaucer's"CanterburyTales"
d)SirThomasMore's"Utopia"
501)WhichofthefollowingwriterswouldbeanappropriatesubjectforaclassonTheLiteratureof
theBritishEmpire?
a)RudyardKipling
b)EdwardFitzgerald
c)CharlotteBronte
d)Anyofthese
502)WorldWarIaffectedthewritingofmanyauthors.Whichofthefollowingpoetswouldnothave
beentouchedbythatevent?
a)T.S.Eliot
b)SiegfriedSassoon
c)WilfredOwen
d)OscarWilde
503)Theperiodofmaturation,intellectualgrowthandsocialgracesduringtheRenaissanceiscalled
the:
A)aristocracy
B)NewAge
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C)Reformation
D)Enlightenment
504)ThemostpopularFrenchplaywright,JeanBaptistePoquelin,isknownas:
A)Caleron
B)Corneille
C)Couperin
D)Moliere
505)ThefirstEnglishwomantoearnherlivingasaplaywrightwas:
A)NellGwynn
B)AphraBehn
C)LadyTeazle
D)AnnHathaway
TheLifeOfJohnMilton(CarolinePeriodTheRenaissance)
(16081674)
506.InwhichcitywasMilton?
a)Norwich
b)York
c)London
d)Canterbury
507.WhenwasJohnMiltonborn?
a)22April1600
b)19August1604
c)6June1606
d)9December1608
508.WhichschooldidMiltonattend?
a)StPaul's
b)Christ'sHospital
c)MerchantTaylors'
d)Westminster
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509.MiltoncontinuedhisstudiesatCambridge.Whichcollegeoftheuniversitydidheattend?
a)PembrokeCollege
b)TrinityCollege
c)ChristsCollege
d)St.XaviersCollege
510.EdwardKing,aminorpoetandacontemporaryofMilton'satCambridge,wasdrownedatseain
1637.Miltonwroteanelegyforhim.Whatwasthetitleofthispoem?
a)lycidas
b)ParadiseLost
c)Ilpenseroso
511.In1638and1639Miltontraveledabroad.Inwhichcountrydidhespendmostofthetime?
a)Germany
b)France
c)Italy
d)Spain
512.HowmanytimesdidMiltonmarry?
a)2
b)0
c)1
d)3
513.JohnMiltonwas34whenhemarriedMaryPowell.Howoldwasshe?
a)48
b)34
c)22
d)17
514.Miltonwasaroyalist?
TrueorFalse
515.WhichofthefollowingworkswasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?
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a)'L'Allegro'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'IlPenseroso'
d)'AbsolomandAchitophel'
516.In1634Miltonwroteamasque.What'sthenameofthatmasque?
a)'IlPenseroso'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'Comus'
d)'TheMasqueofBlackness'
517.WhichofthesewordsorusagesdidMiltonNOTcoin?
a)Spaceusedtomeanouterspace
b)Unaccountable
c)Pandemonium
d)Blatant
518.Followingparliamentsvictoryinthecivilwar,MiltonwasappointedtoapositioninCromwells
governmentin1649.Whatwashistitle?
a)Heresytsar
b)Poetlaureate
c)SecretarytotheAdmiralty
d)SecretaryforForeignTongues
519.Aswellaspoetry,Miltonpublishedextensivelyonpolitics,philosophyandreligion.Whichofthe
followingwasNOToneofhisworks?
a)OfPrelaticalEpiscopacy
b)TheLikeliestMeanstoRemoveHirelingsfromtheChurch
c)OfPracticalExorcisme
d)DoctrineandDisciplineofDivorce
520.WhendidJohnMiltondie?
a)4February1702
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b)2June1700
c)17April1688
d)8November1674
521."Milton,thoushould'stbelivingatthishour.Englandhathneedofthee."Indeed.Butwhowas
it,summoninghisghost?
a)HoratioHerbertKitchener
b)WilliamBlake
c)WilliamWordsworth
d)JohnKeats
522.The20thcenturyhasbeenlesskindtohismemory.TSEliotfoundhisimagerydistracting,and
consideredhisworknotseriouspoetry,butitwasanothercriticwhoaccusedhimofcallousnessto
theintrinsicnatureofEnglish.Who?
a)FRLeavis
b)HaroldBloom
c)WilliamEmpson
d)MariellaFrostrup
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523.WhenwasParadiseLostpublished?
a)1660
b)1667
c)1658
d)1654
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524."ParadiseLost"isconsidereda:
a)FirstPersonNarrative
b)ShortStory
c)EpicPoem
d)Novel
525.Satan'snamebeforehefellfromheavenwas:
a)Beezlebub
b)Michael
c)Lucifer
d)Belial
526.'Book1'of'ParadiseLost'presentsSatanwithhisangelsfallenintoHell.Whenrecovered,Satan
awakensallhislegionsandspeakstothem.Thefirstheaddressesisdescribedas'onenexttohimself
inpower,andnextincrime,longafterknowninPalestine'.What'sthenameofthisfallenangel?
a)Mammon
b)Moloch
c)Beelzebub
d)Ashtaroth
527.In'ParadiseLost',whichangelisorderedbyGodtodriveAdamandEveoutofParadise?Before
hedoesso,heshowsAdamanumberofvisionsaboutthefutureofthehumanrace,beginningwith
CainmurderingAbelandendingwiththeredemptionofmankindthroughChrist.Whoisthisangel
thathasalargeroleinthefinishingchaptersof'ParadiseLost'?
a)Michael
b)Abdiel
c)Rafael
d)Gabriel
528.Milton's"unholytrinity"ofcharactersincludes:
a)Error,Temptation,andSatan
b)Sin,DeathandTemptation
c)Sin,Temptation,andSatan
d)Satan,Sin,andDeath
529.ThebattlebetweenGod'sarmyandSatan'srebelsinheavenlasted:
a)Oneday
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b)Threedays
c)Sevendays
d)Onehour
530.Inthephrase,"thyseedshallbruiseourfoe,"the"seed"refersto:
a)TheTreeofKnowledge
b)Adam
c)CaneandAbel
d)JesusChrist
531.Inthephrase,"thyseedshallbruiseourfoe,""thy"refersto:
a)Sin
b)Eden
c)Satan
d)Eve
532.ThetwoarchangelswhoserveasgeneralsinGod'sarmyare:
a)MichaelandGabriel
b)MichaelandRaphael
c)RaphaelandGabriel
d)MichaelandLucifer
533.Forinspirationinwritingthepoem,Miltonsayshedependson:
a)Wine
b)TheHolySpirit
c)Hisfavoritepen
d)TheSon
534.Earthisdescribedasbeingconnectedtoheavenbya:
a)"steppingstonesofclouds
b)Goldenrope
c)Goldenchain
d)Ladder
535.SinwasbornoutofSatan's:
a)Head
b)Lust
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c)Anger
d)Rib
535.EvebeforetheFallmightbestbedescribedas:
a)afeminist
b)uncomfortablewithAdam
c)detailedoriented
d)adocile,vaincreature
536.Throughoutthepoem,Satantransformshimselfintomanycreatures.WhichcreaturedoesSatan
notturninto?
a)amouse
b)acherub
c)atoad
d)aserpent
537.WhomightbeconsideredthefriendliestandmostsociableofallGod'sangels?
a)Adam
b)Michael
c)Raphael
d)Lucifer
538.EverydaybeforetheFallAdamandEvewentouttowork.Whatdidtheirworkconsistof?
a)Huntingandgatheringfood
b)TendingtotheGardenofEden
c)Buildingsheltertolivein
d)NamingallGod'screaturesandplants
539.ThereasonforSatan'sfallmightbestbedescribedas:
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a)incest
b)lust
c)greed
d)pride
540.ThereasonforEve'sfallmightbestbedescribedas:
a)vanity
b)lust
c)greed
d)pride
541.Ontheseconddayofbattleinheaven,whatdoesSatanusethatsurprisesGod'sforces?
a)Catapults
b)Artillery
c)Illusions
d)TheHolySepulcher
542.Adam,Satan,andEveherselfarealldazzledbyEve's:
a)Wit
b)Beauty
c)Intelligence
d)Hardworkandspirituality
543.ThemainreasonforAdam'sfallmightbestbedescribedas:
a)lust
b)loveforEve
c)pride
d)money
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544.WhenGodseesthatAdamandEvehavedisobeyedhim,whodoeshesendto"judge"themand
thesnake?
a)TheSon
b)TheHolyGhost
c)Michael
d)Raphael
545.InspiredbySatan'svictoryoverman,SinandDeathconstruct:
a)abridgefromhelltoheaven
b)atempletowelcomeSatanback
c)abridgefromhelltoearth
d)afunnelfromEdentothegatesofhell
546.AftertheyhavebotheatenfromtheTreeofKnowledge,thefirstthingAdamandEvedois:
a)AskforgivenessfromGod
b)Putsomeclotheson
c)Satisfytheirsexualdesireforeachother
d)BlameeachotherfortheirFall
547.TheArchangelMichaelmightbestbedescribedas:
a)Jealousandenvious
b)Bombastic
c)Firmandmilitant
d)Kindandcaring
548.WhenMichaeltellsAdamwhatwillbecomeofmankindaftertheFall,heisactuallynarrating
storiestakendirectlyfrom:
a)TheNewTestament
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b)Homer'sepicpoems
c)TheHebrewBible
d)TheKoran
549.WhatarethebestwordstodescribetheGardenofEden,theweather,andnatureingeneral,
beforetheFallofAdamandEve?
a)Orderedandrational
b)Chaotic
c)Wildandunmanageable
d)Comfortable
550.WhichangeldoesSatantrickbydisguisinghimselfasacherub?
(A)Michael
(B)Uriel
(C)Raphael
(D)Abdiel
551.Inwhatbookdoesthefalltakeplace?
(A)BookVIII
(B)BookX
(C)BookIX
(D)BookVII
552.InwhichbookoftheBibledoesthestoryofAdamandEveoccur?
(A)Leviticus
(B)Exodus
(C)Genesis
(D)Deuteronomy
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553.WhichdeviladvocatesarenewalofalloutwaragainstGod?
(A)Belial
(B)Moloch
(C)Mammon
(D)Beelzebub
554.WhatisMiltonsstatedpurposeinParadiseLost?
(A)Toasserthissuperioritytootherpoets
(B)Toargueagainstthedoctrineofpredestination
(C)TojustifythewaysofGodtomen
(D)Tomakehisstoryhardtounderstand
555.WhichofthefollowingisnotacharacterinParadiseLost?
(A)Night
(B)Agony
(C)Discord
(D)Death
556.WhichangelwieldsalargeswordinthebattleandwoundsSatan?
(A)Michael
(B)Abdiel
(C)Uriel
(D)Satanisnotinjured
557.WhenSatanleapsoverthefenceintoParadise,whatdoesMiltonlikenhimto?
(A)Asnakeslitheringupatree
(B)Agerminfectingabody
(C)Awolfleapingintoasheepspen
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(D)Afishleapingoutofwater
558.WhichangeltellsAdamaboutthefutureinBooksXIandXII?
(A)Raphael
(B)Uriel
(C)Michael
(D)Noneoftheabove
559.WhichofthefollowingisnotfoundinHell?
(A)Gems
(B)Gold
(C)Oil
(D)Minerals
560.WhichstatementabouttheEarthisassertedastrueinParadiseLost?
(A)ItwascreatedbeforeGodtheSon
(B)EarthhangsfromHeavenbyachain
(C)TheEarthisalotusflower
(D)TheEarthrevolvesaroundthesun
561.WhichdevilisthemainarchitectofPandemonium?
(A)Mulciber
(B)Mammon
(C)Moloch
(D)Belial
562.HowmanytimesdoesMiltoninvokeamuse?
(A)One
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(B)Two
(C)Three
(D)Four
563.WhichofthefollowingpoetsdoesMiltonemulate?
(A)Virgil
(B)Homer
(C)BothVirgilandHomer
(D)NeitherVirgilorHomer
564.WhatisthestatedsubjectofParadiseLost?
(A)Thefightbetweengoodandevil
(B)HeavensbattleandSatanstragicfall
(C)Thecreationoftheuniverse
(D)AdamandEvesdisobedience
565.WhichdevilisSatanssecondincommand?
(A)Mammon
(B)Sin
(C)Moloch
(D)Beezelbub
566.WhodiscussescosmologyandthebattleofHeavenwithAdam?
(A)God
(B)Eve
(C)Raphael
(D)Michael
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567.Whichscenehappensfirstchronologically?
(A)SatanandthedevilsriseupfromthelakeinHell
(B)TheSonischosenasGodssecondincommand
(C)GodandtheSoncreatetheuniverse
(D)TheangelsbattleinHeaven
568.WhichoftheangelsisconsideredaheroforarguingagainstSatan?
(A)Abdiel
(B)Uriel
(C)Michael
(D)Raphael
569.InanattempttodefeatGodandhisangels,whatdotherebelangelsmake?
(A)Afortress
(B)Acatapult
(C)Alargesword
(D)Acannon
570.AccordingtoParadiseLost,whichofthefollowingdoesGodnotcreate?
(A)TheSon
(B)AdamandEve
(C)Computers
(D)Hecreateseverything
571.WhodoesMiltonnameashisheavenlymuse?
(A)Titania
(B)Urania
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(C)Virgil
(D)Michael
572.WhatdoesEvedowhenshefirstbecomesconscious?
(A)Goinsearchofhermate
(B)Talktotheanimals
(C)Lookatherreflectioninastream
(D)EatoftheTreeofKnowledge
573.WhoisthemainprotagonistofParadiseLost?
a)Satan
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b)Adam
c)Eve
d)God
574.InhowmanybooksisParadiseLostdivided?
a)Nine
b)Twelve
c)Eighteen
d)Fourteen
575.Whichisthelongestbook?
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a)BookX
b)BookVIII
c)BookIX
d)BookI
576.InBooksIII,therebelsofSatanbuildthePandemonium.Whatisit?
a)Theforbiddenfruit
b)ThecapitalofHeaven
c)Abeautifulgarden
d)ThecapitalofHell
577.ThefruitofwhichtreewereAdamandEveforbiddentoeat?
a)TreeofLife
b)TreeofGod
c)TreeofSin
d)TreeofKnowledge
578.Whichistheshortestbook?
a)BookVII
b)BookIII
c)BookVIII
d)BookV
579.WhowassenttoEarthtowarnManofthedangershewasfacing?
a)Raphael
b)Uriel
c)Abdiel
d)Beelzebub
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580.Whowasthefirsttoeattheforbiddenfruit?
a)Adam
b)Eve
c)Satan
d)Snake
581.WhichofthefollowingisnotacharacterinParadiseLost?
a)Eve
b)God
c)Satan
d)Jonah
582.WhatisthenameofthesequeltoParadiseLost?
a)ParadiseFound
b)ParadiseLostTwice
c)ParadiseRegained
d)ParadiseLostAgain
583.whowasthecompanionofAdaminparadise?
a)satan
b)eve
c)rapheal
d)god
584.Whois"tillwand'ringo'ertheearth"?
a)Satan'sassociates
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b)Satan
c)Adam
d)Eve
585.Whowillfallthroughhisown"fault"?
a)Satan
b)God
c)Adam
d)Noah
586.Who"headlongthemselvestheythrewDownfromthevergeofHeav'n"?
a)AdamandEve
b)Noahandtheelephant
c)Rebelangels
d)BenjaminandJoseph
587.Whopondered,"Howsuchunitedforceofgods,howsuchAsstoodlikethese,couldeverknow
repulse?"?
a)Adam
b)Moses
c)Joseph
d)Satan
588.Whoisdescribed?"Fordignitycomposedandhighexploit:Butallwasfalseandhollow"
a)Lot
b)Belial
c)Satan
d)Moses
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589.WhenwasParadiseLostpublished?
a)1660
b)1667
c)1658
d)1654
590.WhenwasParadiseRegainedpublished?
a)1671
b)1656
c)1669
d)1652
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591.InwhatcountrydidtheRenaissancebegin?
a.Italy
b.France
c.England
d.Germany
592.whoisconsideredasthemodelofthepeopleduringtherenaissance?
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a.greekandaustrian
b.romanandfrench
c.romanandgreek
d.frenchandgreek
593.thewordrenaissancemeans
a.therebirthoflearningorknowledge
b.readingofbooks
c.thetimeofastronauts
d.thestudyofart
594.WhichofthefollowingtechniqueswasNOTusedintheRenaissanceart?
a.realism
b.perspective
c.individualism
d.abstractioin
595.whatsparkedtheRenaissance?
a.TheFeudalsystemwascollapsing
b.the"95theses"
c.theCrusades
d.theBlackPlague
596.wholostthemostpowerduringtherenaissance?
a.Italianmerchants
b.catholicchurch
c.blackpeople
d.kingandqueenofSpain
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597.Utopiawaswrittenby:
a)Cervantes
b)Machiavelli
c)Poliziano
d)ThomasMore
598.ThePrincewaswrittentogainfavorofthe:
a)Pazzi
b)Republic
c)Medici
d)Inquisition
599.WhotranslatedtheNewTestamentintoGermanforthefirsttime?
a)Poliziano
b)Cervantes
c)MartinLuther
d)AlexanderVI
600.The"fatherofhumanism"was
a)Petrarch
b)Dante
c)Boccaccio
d)PicodellaMirandola
601.Renaissancethinkersarguedthatwomenshouldbeeducated
a)justthesameasmen
b)withemphasisonscienceandmathematics
c)notatall
d)confinedsolelytomusic,dancing,andknitting
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602.AnimportantfeatureoftheRenaissancewasanemphasison
a)alchemyandmagic
b)theliteratureofGreeceandRome
c)chivalryoftheMiddleAges
d)theteachingofSt.ThomasAcquinas
603.WhichwasNOTacharacteristicoftheRenaissance?
a)emphasisonindividuality
b)confidenceinhumanrationality
c)theemergenceofmerchantoligarchies
d)thedevelopmentofsocialinsuranceprograms
604.ThenorthernRenaissancedifferedfromtheItalianRenaissance
a)growthofreligiousactivityamongcommonpeople
b)earlieroccurrence
c)greaterappreciationofpaganwriters
d)declineintheuseofLatin
605.Forordinarywomen,theRenaissance
a)hadverylittleimpact
b)greatlyimprovedthematerialconditionsoftheirlives
c)worsenedtheirsocialstatus
d)allowedthemaccesstoeducationforthefirsttime
606.ThomasMore'sUtopiaplacedtheblameforsociety'sproblemson
a)humannature
b)God'swill
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c)societyitself
d)theChurch
RandomMCQs
607.InwhichcenturywasPiersPlowmanwritten?
a)14th
b)12th
c)10th
d)11th
608.GeoffreyChaucerservedwhichking?
a)RichardIII
b)James1
c)EdwardIII
d)HenryII
609.The18thcenturywork'TomJones"waswrittenbywhom?
a)SamuelJohnson
b)HenryFielding
c)JohnDonne
d)TobiasSmollett
610.In1905,VirginiaWoolfbegantowriteforwhichpublication?
a)TheTime'sLiterarySupplement
b)TheLady'sHomeJournal
c)StrandMagazine
d)ReaderMagazine
611.Joyce'snovel'Ulysses'takesplaceoverwhatperiodoftime?
a)Aweek
b)24hours
c)Alifetime
d)6months
612.WhatwasthenationalityofOscarWilde?
a)Irish
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613.Whowrotethepoem"Requiem"?
a)RobertLouisStevenson
b)WilliamShakespeare
c)SamuelJohnson
d)JohnMilton
614.theprevailingfeatureofChaucer'shumourisits
a)urbanity
b)crudity
c)triviality
d)sanctity
615.whoisthefirstgreatEnglishcriticpoet?
a)Shakespeare
b)Arnold
c)SirPhilipSidney
d)Chaucer
616.HYMNTOADVERSITYisapoemby
a)Thomasgray
b)AlexanderPope
c)Edwardgibbon
d)WilliamBlake
617.Whowrotethepoem'TheSevenAges'?
a)JohnMilton
b)GeoffreyChaucer
c)WilliamShakespeare
d)EdwardGibbon
618.whowritethestory"StoryTeller"?
a)WilliamWordsworth
b)WilliamShakespeare
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c)ThomasGrey
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c)ThomasGrey
d)Saki
RestorationandThe18THCentury
619.Whathappenedin1707thatwouldforeveraltertherelationshipbetweenEngland,Wales,and
Scotland?
a)thetrialandexecutionofMary,QueenofScots
b)theTolerationAct
c)thefailedinvasionoftheSpanishArmada
d)theBishops'War
e)theActofUnion
620.WhichofthefollowingwasamajorfactorintheunprecedentedeconomicwealthofGreatBritain
duringtheeighteenthcentury?
a)formaldiplomaticrelationswithChina
b)theexploitationofcolonialresources,labor,andtheslavetrade
c)theAmericanandFrenchrevolutions
d)thecreationofthebourgeoisnovelasacommodity
e)theunionofEnglandandWaleswithScotland
621.Whatwas"restored"in1660?
a)themonarchy,inthepersonofCharlesII
b)thedominanceoftheToryParty
c)the"BookofCommonPrayer"
d)tolerationofreligiousdissidents
e)Irishindependence.
622.Whatliteraryworkbestcapturesasenseofthepoliticalturmoil,particularlyregardingtheissue
ofreligion,justaftertheRestoration?
a)Gay'sBeggar'sOpera
b)Butler'sHudibras
c)Fielding'sJonathanWild
d)Pope'sDunciad
e)Dryden'sAbsalomandAchitophel
623.WhowasdeposedfromtheEnglishthroneintheGlorious,orBloodless,Revolutionin1688?
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a)ElizabethI
b)JamesII
c)GeorgeII
d)WilliamandMary
e)Anne
624.Whobecamethefirst"primeminister"ofGreatBritaininthereignofGeorgeII?
a)HenrySt.John
b)RobertHarley
c)JohnChurchill
d)RobertWalpole
e)MatthewPrior
625.Inthelateseventeenthcentury,a"battleofthebooks"eruptedbetweenwhichtwogroups?
a)abolitionistsandenthusiastsforslavery
b)roundearthersandflatearthers
c)theWelshandtheScots
d)championsofancientandmodernlearning
e)OxfordiansandBaconians
626.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthedoctrineofempiricism?
a)Allknowledgeisderivedfromexperience.
b)Humanperceptionsareconstructedandreflectstructuresofpoliticalpower.
c)Thesearchforessentialorultimateprinciplesofreality.
d)Thesensoryworldisanillusion.
e)Godisthecenterofanorderedandjustuniverse.
627.AgainstwhichofthefollowingprinciplesdidJonathanSwiftinveigh?
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a)theoreticalscience
b)metaphysics
c)abstractlogicaldeductions
d)aandbonly
e)a,b,andc
628.WhosegreatDictionary,publishedin1755,includedmorethan114,000quotations?
a)WilliamHogarth
b)JonathanSwift
c)SamuelJohnson
d)BenJonson
e)JamesBoswell
629.AccordingtoSamuelJohnson,"Nomanbutablockheadeverwroteexceptfor...:
a)love."
b)honor."
c)money."
d)hisparty."
e)fun."
630.WhatnameisgiventotheEnglishliteraryperiodthatemulatedtheRomeofVirgil,Horace,and
Ovid?
a)Augustan
b)Metaphysical
c)Romantic
d)NeoRomantic
e)Caesarian
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631.Horace'sdoctrine"utpicturapoesis"wasinterpretedtomean:
a)Apictureisworthathousandwords.
b)Poetryisthesupremeartisticform.
c)Artshouldholdamirroruptonature.
d)Poetryoughttobeavisualaswellasaverbalart.
e)Paintingsofpoetsshouldbeprizedoverthoseofkings.
632.WhatwasmostfrequentlyconsideredasourceofpleasureandanobjectofinquirybyAugustan
poets?
a)civilization
b)woman
c)God
d)alcohol
e)nature
633.Whatworddidwritersinthisperiodusetoexpressquicknessofmind,inventiveness,aknackfor
conceivingimagesandmetaphorsandforperceivingresemblancesbetweenthingsapparentlyunlike?
a)wit
b)sprezzatura
c)naturalism
d)gusto
e)metaphysics
634.Whichofthefollowingwasprobablynotastockphraseineighteenthcenturypoetry?
a)verdantmead
b)checkeredshade
c)simianrivalry
d)shiningsword
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e)boundingmain
635.WhichmetricalformwasPopesaidtohavebroughttoperfection?
a)theheroiccouplet
b)blankverse
c)freeverse
d)theode
e)thespondee
636.Whichpoet,criticandtranslatorbroughtEnglandamodernliteraturebetween1660and1700?
a)Addison
b)Bunyan
c)Crabbe
d)Dryden
e)Equiano
637.WhichofthefollowingisnotanexampleofRestorationcomedy?
a)Etherege'sTheManofMode
b)Wycherley'sTheCountryWife
c)Behn'sTheRover
d)Marlowe'sDoctorFaustus
e)Congreve'sLoveforLove
638.Whichgroupofintellectualwomenestablishedliteraryclubsoftheirownaround1750underthe
leadershipofElizabethVeseyandElizabethMontagu?
a)theBehnites
b)thebluestockings
c)thecoteriesofplenty
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d)thePreRaphaelites
e)thetattlersandspectators
639.WhichworkexposesthefrivolityoffashionableLondon?
a)Defoe'sRobinsonCrusoe
b)Swift'sGulliver'sTravels
c)Behn'sOroonoko
d)Richardson'sClarissa
e)Pope'sTheRapeoftheLock
640.WhatLondonlocale,wheremanypoorwriterslived,becamesynonymouswithhacksandscandal
mongers?
a)ElephantandCastle
b)GrubStreet
c)CoventGarden
d)Cheapside
e)PiccadillyCircus
641.Withitsforbiddenthemesofincest,murder,necrophilia,atheism,andtormentsofsexualdesire,
HoraceWalpole'sCastleofOtranto,createdwhichliterarygenre?
a)therevengetragedy
b)theGothicromance
c)theepistolarynovel
d)thecomedyofmanners
e)themysteryplay
642.WhichofthefollowingisnotindebtedtotheGothicgenre?
a)WilliamBeckford'sVathek
b)MatthewLewis'sTheMonk
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c)TobiasSmollett'sRoderickRandsom
d)AnnRadcliffe'sTheItalian
e)WilliamGodwin'sCalebWilliams
643.WhilecompilingwhatsortofbookdidSamuelRichardsonconceiveoftheideaforhisPamela,or
VirtueRewarded?
a)ahistoryofeverydaylife
b)aninstructionalmanualformanners
c)abookofdevotion
d)abookofmodelletters
e)achapbook
644.WhowastheancientGaelicwarriorbardconsideredbyNapoleonandThomasJeffersontohave
beengreaterthanHomer?
a)Macpherson
b)Merlin
c)Decameron
d)Taliesin
e)Ossian
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645.JohnDonneis,insomesense,theoriginatorofmetaphysicalpoetry.Butwhoismostclosely
associatedwiththefoundingofneoclassicalpoetry?
a)WilliamWordsworth
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b)AlexanderPope
c)BenJonson
d)GeorgeHerbert
646.Whichofthefollowingisnotgenerallyconsideredtobeaneoclassicalpoet?
a)JohnDryden
b)HenryVaughan
c)AlexanderPope
d)BenJonson
647.Whichofthefollowingisnotacommonfeatureofneoclassicalpoetry?
a)Imitationofclassicalformsandallusiontomythology
b)Anefforttorepresenthumannature
c)Useoftherhymedcouplet
d)Fantasticcomparisons
648.Neoclassiciststendedtoviewpoetryastheresultofgeniusoverflowingfromthemindoutonto
thepage.Theyalsoconsideredpoetrytobeanexpressionoftheindividual,innerself.
a)True
b)False
649.Mostneoclassicalpoetsviewedtheworldintermsofastrictlyorderedhierarchy.Whatwasthis
hierarchycalled?
a)TheWayoftheWorld
b)TheFoundationalLadder
c)TheOrderofAngels
d)TheGreatChainofBeing
650.Hewrotebothreligiousandsecularpoetry.Oneofhispoemsurgedvirginstomakethemostof
theirtime.
a)BenJonson
b)AlexanderPope
c)RobertHerrick
d)JohnDryden
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651.WhydidntAlexanderPopeattendanEnglishuniversity?
a)HelivedinItalyuntiltheageof27
b)Asthma,headaches,andspinaldeformitymadehimaninvalid
c)HewasaCatholic,andthereforeforbiddenfromattending
d)Hejustwasntbrightenough
652.AlexanderPopecoinedmanyamoderndayclich.Whichofthefollowingdidnotoriginatewithhim?
a)Toerrishuman,toforgivedivine
b)Letnotthesungodownuponyourwrath
c)Alittlelearningisadangerousthing
d)Foolsrushinwhereangelsfeartotread
653.JohnDrydenwroteAbsalomandAchitophel.WhowasAchitophel,historicallyspeaking?
a)KingDavidsson
b)AJudgeofIsrael
c)Bathshebasfirsthusband
d)Absalomsadvisor
654.WhodidDrydenuseAbsalomtorepresent,allegorically,inhissatireAbsalomandAchitophel?
a)TheDukeofMonmouth
b)CharlesII
c)TheEarlofShaftesbury
d)Cromwell
655.CompletethisfamousquotebyJohnDryden:Whothinktoolittle,andwhotalktoo____
a)often
b)long
c)much
d)fast
656.WhatPopepoembegins,Inthesedeepsolitudesandawfulcells,/Whereheav'nlypensive
contemplationdwells,/Andevermusingmelancholyreigns/Whatmeansthistumultinavestal's
veins?
a)TheRapeoftheLock
b)Solitude:AnOde
c)TheDunciad
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d)EloisatoAbelard
657.Popemademoneybysellingsubscriptionstohistranslationofthisclassicalepic.
a)TheBahagavadGita
b)TheOdyssey
c)TheIlliad
d)TheAeneid
658.Thisfamousneoclassicalpoetwroteonprofoundthemessuchasdeath,buthealsohada
lighterside.Heoncewroteanodetoacatdrownedinatubofgoldfishes.
a)AlexanderPope
b)WilliamCollins
c)ThomasGray
d)BenJonson
659.HisToPenthurstisconsideredtobeoneoftheprimarytextsoftheneoclassicalmovement.
a)SirJohnDenham
b)BenJonson
c)ThomasCarew
d)JohnDryden
660.SirJohnDenhamcommemoratedthispoet,referringtohimasOldChaucerwho,likethe
morningstar,descendstotheshades,sothatDarknessagaintheAgeinvades.
a)WilliamShakespeare
b)JohnDonne
c)AbrahamCowley
d)JohnDryden
661.Whatmockepicbegins:Whatdireoffencefromam'rouscausessprings,/Whatmighty
contestsrisefromtrivialthings?
a)DrydensMacFlecknoe
b)PopesTheRapeoftheLock
c)PopesTheDunciad
d)DrydensAbsalomandAchitophel
662.WhentheParliament,controlledbythepuritans,tookpowerinEngland,oneoftheactsthat
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a)Theclosingoftheatres
b)ThereturnoftheKing.
c)KingArthurs'dead
d)Kingtoexile
663:Whowrote:"Reader,Imarriedhim."?
a)JaneAusten
b)CharlotteBronte
c)EdithWharton
d)EmilyBronte
664.Whowrote:"Thingsfallapartthecentercannothold."?
a)WilliamButlerYeats
b)JamesJoyce
c)ThomasMoore
d)EdgarAllanPoe
665.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"Thingsfallapartthecentercannothold."?
a)TheCanturburyTales
b)TheDarkAngel
c)TheWildSwansofCoole
d)TheSecondComing
666.Whowrote:"Beautyistruth,truthbeauty."?
a)JohnKeats
b)WilliamShakespeare
c)SamuelButler
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d)SamuelTaylorColeridge
667.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"Beautyistruth,truthbeauty."?
a)Adonais
b)BrightStar
c)OdeonaGrecianUrn
d)LaBellDameSansMerci
668.Whowrote:"InXanadudidKublaKhan/Astatelypleasuredomedecree..."?
a)SamuelTaylorColeridge
b)RobertBrowning
c)JohnKeats
d)WaltWhitman
669.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"InXanadudidKublaKhan/Astatelypleasuredomedecree..."?
a)KublaKhan
b)Hellas
c)ThePhoenixandtheTurtle
d)TheCastaway
670.Asidenote:Whichdrug/substancewasSamuelTaylorColeridgeaddictedto?
a)Heroine
b)Cocaine
c)Alcohol
d)Opium
671.Whowrote:"Iwouldprefernotto."?
a)EdgarAllanPoe
b)HermanMelville
c)ThomasGray
d)HenryDavidThoreau
672.Whowrote:"Therecanbenofreedomorbeautyaboutahomelifethatdependsonborrowing
anddebt."?
a)HenryDavidThoreau
b)BenjaminFranklin
c)RobertBrowning
d)HenrikIbsen
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673.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"Therecanbenofreedomorbeautyaboutahomelifethatdepends
onborrowinganddebt."?
a)ADoll'sHouse
b)RiderstotheSea
c)AHandfulofDust
d)TheFatalCuriosity
674.Whowrote:"MynameisOzymandias,KingofKings/Lookonmyworksyemighty,and
despair!"?
a)LordByron
b)PercyByssheShelley
c)WilliamWoodsworth
d)EmilyDickinson
675.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"MynameisOzymandias,KingofKings/Lookonmyworksye
mighty,anddespair!"?
a)TheManofFeeling
b)InMemoriam
c)SongtoAella
d)Ozymandias
676.Whowrote:"That'smylastDuchesspaintedonthewall/lookingasifshewerealive."?
a)LordByron
b)OscarWilde
c)RobertBrowning
d)WilliamWordsworth
677.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"That'smylastDuchesspaintedonthewall/lookingasifshewere
alive."?
a)Porphyria'sLover
b)MyLastDuchess
c)TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock
d)FraLippoLippi
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678.Whowrote:"Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons."?
a)WilliamCarlosWilliams
b)T.S.Eliot
c)ErnestHemingway
d)HartCrane
679.Inwhichworkdoyouread:"Ihavemeasuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons."?
a)LovesongofJ.AlfredPrufrock
b)SonnetsfromthePortuguese
c)Prelude
d)TheLastDecalogue
680.A"classic"bookisusuallyonethatpossesseswhatquality?
a)Ithasuniversalappeal.
b)Itcanstandthetestoftime.
c)Itmakesconnections.
d)Alloftheabove.
681.ATaleofTwoCitiesbyCharlesDickensinvolveswhichtwocities?
a)LondonandRome
b)ParisandRome
c)LondonandParis
d)BerlinandLondon
682.TheCatcherintheRyetakesplaceinwhatcity?
a)NewYorkCity
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b)Stanford,Connecticut
c)Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
d)Boston,Massachusetts
683.WhichbookwasnotwrittenbyJaneAusten?
a)SenseandSuspensibility
b)Emma
c)PrideandPrejudice
d)MansfieldPark
684.WhatisShakespeare'slongestplay?
a)TamingoftheShrew
b)RomeoandJuliet
c)AMidsummerNight'sDream
d)Hamlet
685)Thepoem'TheBattleofMaldon'celebrateseventswhichtookplaceinthe10thcentury,butwho
wasitbetween
a)DanesandEnglish
b)DutchandEnglish
c)NormansandEnglish
d)FrenchandEnglish
686)TheFaerieQueenewaswrittenduringthereignofwhichmonarch?
a)JamesI
b)MaryTudor
c)ElizabethTudor
d)HenryVII
687)Beckysharpwastheheroineinwhichnovel?
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a)VanityFair
b)SenseandSensibility
c)PrideandPrejudice
d)MansfieldPark
688)HowmanychildrenwerethereintheBrontefamily?
a)3
b)4
c)5
d)6
689)WhocomposedThePreludes?
a)STColeridge
b)WilliamWordsworth
c)WilliamShakespeare
d)WilliamBlake
690)Whoistermedas"TheMorningStarofRenaissance"?
a)Spenser
b)JohnGower
c)Chaucer
d)Langland
691)Whobeganthetraditionofrevengeplay?
a)Goorgepeele
b)Samueldaniel
c)Phineasfletcher
d)Thomaskyd
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692)HowmanylinesarethereinaSonnet?
a)10
b)16
c)14
d)22
693)WhatarethenamesofthetwofeudingfamiliesinRomeoandJuliet?
a)CapuletAndMontague
b)BreslowandFelsher
c)FuechandGoodside
d)DawsonandHurley
694)WhichbirddidtheAncientMarinerkill?
a)Seagull
b)Albatross
c)HummingBird
d)Crow
695)WhatwasthenameoftheBrontesistersonlybrother?
a)Anderson
b)Branwell
c)Richard
d)Pearson
696)InwhichcountywasJaneAustinborn?
a)Sussex
b)Hampshire
c)Yorkshire
d)Norfolk
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697)InwhichDickensnoveldoesPipappear?
a)BleakHouse
b)GreatExpectations
c)ATaleofTwoCities
d)ThePickwickPapers
698.WhichofthefollowingEnglishgroupsweresupportiveoftheFrenchRevolutionduringitsearly
years?
a)Tories
b)Republicans
c)Liberals
d)Radicals
e)bothcandd
699.Whichstatement(s)aboutinventionsduringtheIndustrialRevolutionaretrue?
a)Handlaborbecamelesscommonwiththeinventionofpowerdrivenmachinery.
b)Velcroreplacedbuttonsandsnaps.
c)Steam,asopposedtowindandwater,becameaprimarysourceofpower.
d)TheinventionoftextileprocessingmachinesmarkedtheendoftheIndustrialRevolution.
e)bothaandc
700.Whatisthenamefortheprocessofdividinglandintoprivatelyownedagriculturalholdings?
a)partition
b)segregation
c)enclosure
d)division
e)subtraction
701.Whichsocialphilosophy,dominantduringtheIndustrialRevolution,dictatedthatonlythefreeoperationofeconomic
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lawswouldensurethegeneralwelfareandthatthegovernmentshouldnotinterfereinanyperson'spursuitoftheirpersonal
interests?
a)economicindependence
b)theRightsofMan
c)laissezfaire
d)enclosure
e)lazygovernment
702.WhatservedastheinspirationforP.B.Shelley'spoemstotheworkingclassesASong:"Menof
England"andEnglandin1819?
a)theorganizationofaworkingclassmen'schoralgroupinSouthernEngland
b)theBattleofWaterloo
c)thePeterlooMassacre
d)thestormingoftheBastille
e)thefirstReformBill,passedin1832,whichaimedtobringgreaterParliamentaryrepresentationto
theworkingclasses
703.Whoappliedtheterm"Romantic"totheliteraryperioddatingfrom1785to1830?
a)Wordsworthbecausehewantedtodistinguishhispoetryandthepoetryofhisfriendsfromthatof
theancienrgime,especiallysatire
b)Englishhistorianshalfacenturyaftertheperiodended
c)"TheSatanicSchool"ofByron,PercyShelley,andtheirfollowers
d)OliverGoldsmithinTheDesertedVillage(1770)
e)HaroldBloom
704.WhichpoetscollaboratedontheLyricalBalladsof1798,thusdemonstratingthe"spiritofthe
age,"which,inaneraofrevolutionarythinking,dependedonabeliefinthelimitlesspossibilitiesof
thepoeticimagination?
a)MaryWollstonecraftandWilliamBlake
b)MaryWollstonecraftShelleyandPercyB.Shelley
c)WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge
d)CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt
e)DorothyWordsworthandSallyAshburner
705.WhichofthefollowingbecamethemostpopularRomanticpoeticform,followingonWordsworth'sclaimthatpoetic
inspirationiscontainedwithintheinnerfeelingsoftheindividualpoetas"thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings"?
a)thelyricpoemwritteninthefirstperson
b)thesonnet
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c)doggerelrhyme
d)thepoliticaltract
e)theode
706.Romanticpoetryaboutthenaturalworldusesdescriptionsofnature_________.
a)fortheirownsaketomerelydescribenaturalphenomenon
b)todepictametaphysicalconceptofnaturebyendowingitwithtraitsnormallyassociatedwith
humans
c)asameanstodemonstrateanddiscusstheprocessesofhumanthinking
d)symbolicallytosuggestthatnaturalobjectscorrespondtoaninner,spiritualworld
e)b,c,andd
707.Howwould"NaturalSupernaturalism"bebestcharacterizedasaRomanticnotionintroducedby
Carlyle?
a)aformofanimisminwhichobjectsinthenaturalworldarebelievedtobeinhabitedbyspirits
b)aspontaneousbeliefinthesupernaturalbaseduponasurpriseencounterwithasupernaturalbeing
c)aprocessbywhichthingsthatarefamiliarandthoughttobeordinaryaremadeto
appearmiraculousandnewtooureyes
d)theexperienceofhallucinatingcontactwiththesupernaturalworldwhentakingopium
e)anoxymoronthatnobodyunderstoodandthatcannotbeexplainedinthecontextofadiscussionof
Romanticliterature
708.WhichsettingcouldyounotimagineaworkofRomanticliteratureemploying?
a)afieldofdaffodils
b)the"Orient"
c)agraveyard
d)amedievalcastle
e)AlloftheabovewouldbeappropriatesettingsforRomanticliterature.
709.Whichpoetassertedinpracticeandtheorythevalueofrepresentingrusticlifeandlanguageaswellassocial
outcastsanddelinquentsnotonlyinpastoralpoetry,commonbeforethispoet'stime,butalsoasthemajorsubjectand
mediumforpoetryingeneral?
a)WilliamBlake
b)AlfredLordTennyson
c)SamuelJohnson
d)WilliamWordsworth
e)MaryWollstonecraft
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710.WhatisthetermwenowuseforwhattheRomanticscalled"mesmerism,"oneofthe"occult"
practicesthatallowedpeopletoexplorealteredstatesofconsciousness?
a)smokingopium
b)hypnotism
c)psychoanalysis
d)dreaminterpretation
e)Satanism
711.Romanticpoetswouldhaveenjoyed,agreedwith,andperhapswrittenaboutwhichofthefollowingfiguresas
depicted?
a)Goethe'sFaustinFaust,whoissinfulbecauseheattemptstoexceedtheboundsofhumanknowledgebymakingapact
withthedevilbutisnonethelessredeemedinhisstrivingtobreakfreeoftheboundsofmortality
b)Icarus,whoiskilledinattemptingtoflybecauseonlyGodshavethepowertoflyandmortalsmustbetaughtthelimitations
ofhumanexistence
c)Prometheus,whosucceedsinstealingfirefromtheGodsandtherebysurpassesthelimitationsplacedonhumansbythe
Gods
d)alloftheabove
e)aandconly:Romanticsweremoreinterestedinrepresentationsofhumansastheywereableto
exceedtheirhumanlimitations.
712.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthesortoflanguageandtonemostoftenusedwhen
RomanticwritersdiscusstheFrenchRevolution?
a)snideindifference
b)biblicalreverence
c)condemningcensure
d)satiricalderision
e)noneoftheabove:RomanticwritershadnointerestintheFrenchRevolution.
713.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionswouldnothaveappliedtoanyRomantictext?
a)aspiritualautobiographywritteninanepicstyle
b)alyricpoemwritteninthefirstperson
c)acomedyofmanners
d)apoliticaltractdemandinglaborreform
e)anovelwrittenabouttheintellectualandemotionaldevelopmentofamonstercreatedbyascientist
714.Whichofthefollowingpoemsdescribeorcelebrateanapocalypticregenerationofhumanityandtheworldeffectedby
thecreativecapacityofthehumanmind?
a)Coleridge'sDejection:AnOde
b)Blake's"PropheticBooks"
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c)Carlyle'sSartorResartus
d)Wollstonecraft'sVindicationoftheRightsofWoman
e)allbutd
715.WhichsortsofpoliticalreformtookplaceduringtheRomanticperiod?
a)Parliamentaryreform,increasingrepresentationoftheworkingclasses
b)Laborreform,improvingworkingconditionsforindustriallaborers
c)Votingreform,extendingsuffragetomenandwomen
d)Educationalreform,producingadramaticincreaseinliteracy
e)aanddonly:SignificantlaborandvotingreformwouldhavetowaitfortheVictorianeraandlater.
716.Whichofthefollowingfactorscontributedtoliteraturebecomingaprofitablebusiness?
a)Commercialandpubliclendinglibrarieswereestablishedinordertoprovideforanenlargedreadingpublic.
b)Educationreformincreasedliteracy,thuscreatingademandforcommercialandpubliclendinglibraries.
c)Anewaestheticsofvaluingliteratureforitsownsakeemphasizedreadingforpleasure.
d)Peoplehadmoreleisuretimetoreadandmoredisposableincometospendonreadingmaterials.
e)alloftheabove
717.Whichofthefollowingperiodicalpublications(reviewsandmagazines)appearedintheRomanticera?
a)LondonMagazine
b)TheSpectator
c)TheEdinburghReview
d)TheTatler
e)aandconly
718.Accordingtoatheaterlicensingact,repealedin1843,whatwasmeantby"legitimate"drama?
a)Thedramaturgeandplaywrighthadtoberelated.
b)Alloftheactorsweremale.
c)AlloftheactorswereBritish.
d)Theplaywasspoken.
e)Theplayhadtobeafullmusicalorproducedinfullpantomime.
719.TheGothicnovel,apopulargenrefortheRomantics,exemplifiedinthewritingofHoraceWalpoleandAnnRadcliffe,
couldcontainwhichofthefollowingelements?
a)supernaturalphenomenon
b)perversionandsadism,ofteninvolvingamaiden'spersecution
c)plotsofmysteryandterrorsetininhospitable,sullenlandscapes
d)secretpassages,decayingmansions,gloomycastles,anddarkdungeons
e)alloftheabove
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720.GiventhepopularityoftheGothicnovelandthenovelofpurpose,whichofthefollowingnovelistswrotefictionthatis
closerinsubjectmattertothenovelofmannersthanitistothewritingofherownera?
a)FannyBurney
b)MaryWollstonecraft
c)AnnaLetitiaBarbauld
d)JaneAusten
e)MaryShelley
721.Whichtwowriterscanbedescribedaswritinghistoricalnovels?
a)MaryShelleyandPercyByssheShelley
b)WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge
c)SirWalterScottandMariaEdgeworth
d)JaneAustenandCharlotteBront
e)noneoftheabove:Romanticnovelistsneverwrotehistoricalnovels.
722.Whichofthefollowingtextsaddressesclassasasocialandeconomicreality?
a)WilliamGodwin'sInquiryConcerningPoliticalJustice
b)PercyByssheShelley'sEnglandin1819
c)WilliamGodwin'sCalebWilliams
d)SirWalterScott'sTheHeartofMidlothian
e)alloftheabove
723.WhichRomanticwriter(s)wroteinmorethanoneofthesepopularliteraryforms:essay,novel,
drama,poetry?
a)PercyByssheShelley
b)WilliamWordsworth
c)GeorgeGordon,LordByron
d)SamuelTaylorColeridge
e)alloftheabove
724.WhichofthefollowingwouldnothavebeenanappropriateprotagonistforaRomanticliterary
text?
a)aFrenchrevolutionary
b)aGreekorRomanmythologicalfigure
c)amonsterfabricatedinalaboratory
d)avagrant,gypsy,oranyotheritinerantsocialoutcast
e)AllwouldhavebeenappropriateprotagonistsforaRomanticliterarytext.
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725.Inwhichofthefollowingworksisthesocialoutcastrepresentedandaddressed?
a)MaryWollstonecraftShelley'sFrankenstein
b)WilliamWorsworth'sLyricalBallads
c)SamuelTaylorColeridge'sTheRimeoftheAncientMariner
d)JohnKeats's"ToAutumn"
e)allbutd
726.Lookingtotheancientpast,manyRomanticpoetsidentifiedwiththefigureofthe
a)troubadour
b)skald
c)chorister
d)minstrel
e)bard
727.WhatdidByronderidewithhisscathingreferenceto"'Peddlers,'and'Boats,'and'Wagons'!"?
a)theneoclassicalinfluenceofPopeandDryden
b)theclumsinessofShakespeare'splots
c)theOrientalistfantasiesofColeridge
d)Wordsworth'sdevotiontotheordinaryandeveryday
e)Blake'sapocalypticvisions
728.Wordsworthdescribedallgoodpoetryas
a)therhythmicexpressionofmoralintuition
b)thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings
c)thepolitepatterofacorruptedage
d)thedivinegiftofgrace
e)thefoulragandboneshopoftheheart.
729.Whichpoetassertedinpracticeandtheorythevalueofrepresentingrusticlifeandlanguageas
wellassocialoutcastsanddelinquentsnotonlyinpastoralpoetry,commonbeforethispoet'stime,
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butalsoasthemajorsubjectandmediumforpoetryingeneral?
a)WilliamBlake
b)AlfredLordTennyson
c)SamuelJohnson
d)WilliamWordsworth
e)MaryWollstonecraft
730.WhichofthefollowingwasatypicallyRomanticmeansofachievingvisionarystates?
a)opium
b)dreams
c)childhood
d)aandb
e)a,bandc
731.WhichphilosopherhadaparticularinfluenceonColeridge?
a)Aristotle
b)DunsScotus
c)DavidHume
d)ImmanuelKant
e)BertrandRussell
732.Whichofthefollowingwasnotconsideredatypeofthealienated,romanticvisionary?
a)Prometheus
b)Satan
c)Cain
d)Napoleon
e)GeorgeIII
733.WhoremainedwithoutthevotefollowingtheReformBillof1832?
a)abouthalfofmiddleclassmen
b)almostallworkingclassmen
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c)allwomen
d)bandc
e)a,bandc
734.Whichofthefollowingchargeswerecommonlyleveledatthenovelbyitsdetractorsatthedawn
oftheRomanticera?
a)Toomanyofitsreaderswerewomen.
b)Itrequiredlessskillthanothergenres.
c)Itlackedtheclassicalpedigreeofpoetryanddrama.
d)Toomanyofitsauthorswerewomen.
e)alloftheabove
735.WhichchillingnovelofsurveillanceandentrapmenthadthealternativetitleThingsasTheyAre?
a)JaneAusten'sEmma
b)MaryShelley'sFrankenstein
c)WilliamGodwin'sCalebWilliams
d)SirWalterScott'sWaverley
e)HoraceWalpole'sCastleofOtranto
736.WhichofthefollowingisatypicallyRomanticpoeticform?
a)thefractal
b)thefigment
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c)thefragment
d)theaubade
e)thecomedyofmanners
737.Whoexemplifiedtheroleofthe"peasantpoet"?
a)JohnClare
b)JohnKeats
c)RobertBurns
d)aandconly
e)bandconly
738.WhointheRomanticperioddevelopedanewnovelisticlanguagefortheworkingsofthemindin
flux?
a)MariaEdgeworth
b)SirWalterScott
c)ThomasDeQuincey
d)JoannaBaillie
e)JaneAusten
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739.Whichruler'sreignmarkstheapproximatebeginningandendoftheVictorianera?
a)KingHenryVIII
b)QueenElizabethI
c)QueenVictoria
d)KingJohn
e)alloftheabove,inthatorder,withVictoria'sreignmarkingthemostpivotalperiodforEngland's
colonialeffortsinIndia,Africa,andtheWestIndies
740.WhichcitybecametheperceivedcenterofWesterncivilizationbythemiddleofthenineteenth
century?
a)Paris
b)Tokyo
c)London
d)Amsterdam
e)NewYork
741.By1890,whatpercentageoftheearth'spopulationwassubjecttoQueenVictoria?
a)1%
b)10%
c)15%
d)25%
e)95%
742.WhatdidThomasCarlylemeanby"ClosethyByronopenthyGoethe"?
a)Britain'spreeminenceasaglobalpowerwilldependonmasteryofforeignlanguages.
b)Evenaforeignauthorisbetterthanahomegrownscoundrel.
c)AbandontheintrospectionoftheRomanticsandturntothehighermoralpurpose
foundinGoethe.
d)Inacarefullyveiledcritiqueofthemonarchy,ByronandGoethestandinsymbolicallyforQueen
VictoriaandCharlesDarwinrespectively.
e)LeaveEnglandandemigratetoGermany.
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743.TowhomdidtheReformBillof1832extendthevoteonparliamentaryrepresentation?
a)theworkingclasses
b)women
c)thelowermiddleclasses
d)slaves
e)conservativelandowners
744.ElizabethBarrett'spoemTheCryoftheChildrenisconcernedwithwhichmajorissueattendant
ontheTimeofTroublesduringthe1830sand1840s?
a)women'srightsandsuffrage
b)childlabor
c)Chartism
d)theprudishnessandoldfashionedidealsofherfellowVictorians
e)insurrectioninthecolonies
745.Whowerethe"TwoNations"referredtointhesubtitleofDisraeli'sSybil(1845)?
a)therichandthepoor
b)AnglicansandMethodists
c)EnglandandIreland
d)BritainandGermany
e)theindustrialnorthandtheagrariansouth
746.WhichofthefollowingnovelistsbestrepresentsthemidVictorianperiod'scontentmentwiththe
burgeoningeconomicprosperityanddecreasedrestivenessoversocialandpoliticalchange?
a)AnthonyTrollope
b)CharlesDickens
c)JohnRuskin
d)FriedrichEngels
e)OscarWilde
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747.WhicheventdidnotoccuraspartoftheriseoftheBritishEmpireunderQueenVictoria?
a)Between1853and1880,2,466,000emigrantsleftBritain,manyboundforthecolonies.
b)In1876,QueenVictoriawasnamedempressofIndia.
c)Tosavecostsandmaximizeprofits,thedaytodaygovernmentofIndiawas
transferredfromParliamenttotheprivateEastIndiaCompany.
d)From1830to1870,thesumtotalofinvestmentsabroadbyBritishcapitalistshadrisenfrom300
billionto800billion.
e)In1867theCanadianprovinceswereunifiedintotheDominionofCanada.
748.Whatdoesthephrase"WhiteMan'sBurden,"coinedbyKipling,referto?
a)Britain'smanifestdestinytocolonizetheworld
b)themoralresponsibilitytobringcivilizationandChristianitytothepeoplesoftheworld
c)theBritishneedtoimprovetechnologyandtransportationinotherpartsoftheworld
d)theimportanceofsolvingeconomicandsocialproblemsinEnglandbeforetacklingtheworld's
problems
e)aChartistsentiment
749.WhichofthefollowingbestdefinesUtilitarianism?
a)afarmingtechniqueaimedatmaximizingproductivitywiththefewesttools
b)amoralarithmetic,whichstatesthatallhumansaimtomaximizethegreatestpleasure
tothegreatestnumber
c)acriticalmethodologystatingthatallwordshaveasinglemeaningfulfunctionwithinagivenpiece
ofliterature
d)aphilosophydictatingthatweshouldonlykeepwhatweuseonadailybasis.
e)aformofnonconformism
750.Whichofthefollowingdiscoveries,theories,andeventscontributedtoVictoriansfeelinglesslike
theywereauniquelyspecial,centralspeciesintheuniverseandmoreisolated?
a)geology
b)evolution
c)discoveriesinastronomyaboutstellardistances
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d)alloftheabove
e)tractarianism
751.WhichofthefollowingcontributedtothegrowingawarenessintheLateVictorianPeriodofthe
immensehuman,economic,andpoliticalcostsofrunninganempire?
a)theIndiaMutinyin1857
b)theBoerWarinthesouthofAfrica
c)theJamaicaRebellionin1865
d)theIrishQuestion
e)alloftheabove
752.Whichofthefollowingauthorspromotedversionsofsocialism?
a)WilliamMorris
b)JohnRuskin
c)EdwardFitzGerald
d)KarlMarx
e)allbutc
753.Whichbestdescribesthegeneralfeelingexpressedinliteratureduringthelastdecadeofthe
Victorianera?
a)studiedmelancholyandaestheticism
b)sincereearnestnessandProtestantzeal
c)raucouscelebrationmixedwithselfcongratulatorysophistication
d)paranoidintrospectionandcrypticdissent
e)alloftheabove
754.WhichofthefollowingactswerenotpassedduringtheVictorianera?
a)aseriesofFactoryActs
b)theCustodyAct
c)theWomen'sSuffrageAct
d)theMarriedWomen'sPropertyRightsActs
e)theDivorceandMatrimonialCausesAct
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755.Whichcontemporarydiscussionsonwomen'srightsdidTennyson'sThePrincessaddress?
a)thegruelingworkingconditionsforwomenintextilefactories
b)thedebateonwomen'ssuffrage
c)theneedtoenlargeandimproveeducationalopportunitiesforwomen,resultinginthe
establishmentofthefirstwomen'scollegeinLondon
d)thequestionofmonarchicalsuccessionandifawomanshouldholdroyalpower
e)theestablishmentofacivildivorcecourt
756.FillintheblanksfromTennyson'sThePrincess.
Manforthefieldandwomanforthe_____:
Manfortheswordandforthe_____she:
Manwiththeheadandwomanwiththe_____:
Mantocommandandwomanto_____.
a)cropscabbardfootagree
b)thronesceptersouldecree
c)schoolscalpelpensetfree
d)hearthneedleheartobey
e)fieldswordheadcommand
757.WhichofthefollowingVictorianwritersregularlypublishedtheirworkinperiodicals?
a)ThomasCarlyle
b)MatthewArnold
c)CharlesDickens
d)ElizabethBarrettBrowning
e)alloftheabove:(Inadditiontoshortfiction,mostVictoriannovelsappearedserialized
inperiodicals.)
758.WhatbestdescribesthesubjectofmostVictoriannovels?
a)therepresentationofalargeandcomprehensivesocialworldinrealisticdetail
b)asurrealistexplorationofalternatestatesofconsciousness
c)amythicdreamworld
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d)theattemptofaprotagonisttodefinehisorherplaceinsociety
e)aandd
759.Whydidthenovelseemagenreparticularlywellsuitedtowomen?
a)Itdidnotcarrytheburdenofanaugusttraditionlikepoetry.
b)Itwasapopularformwhosemarketwomencouldentereasily.
c)Itwasseenasafrivolousformwhereoneshouldn'tmakeseriousstatementsaboutsociety.
d)Itoftenconcernedthedomesticworldwithwhichwomenwerefamiliar.
e)allbutc
760.WhatwastherelationshipbetweenVictorianpoetsandtheRomantics?
a)TheRomanticsremainedlargelyforgottenuntiltheirrediscoverybyT.S.Eliotinthe1920s.
b)TheVictoriansweredisgustedbytheimmoralityandnarcissismoftheRomantics.
c)TheRomanticswereseenasgiftedbutcrudeartistsbelongingtoadistant,semibarbarousage.
d)TheVictorianswerestronglyinfluencedbytheRomanticsandexperiencedasenseof
belatedness.
e)TheVictorianswereawareofnodistinctionbetweenthemselvesandtheRomanticsthedistinction
wasonlycreatedbycriticsinthetwentiethcentury.
761.ExperimentationinwhichofthefollowingareasofpoeticexpressioncharacterizeVictorian
poetryandallowVictorianpoetstorepresentpsychologyinadifferentway?
a)theuseofpictorialdescriptiontoconstructvisualimagestorepresenttheemotionorsituationof
thepoem
b)soundasameanstoexpressmeaning
c)perspective,asinthedramaticmonologue
d)alloftheabove
e)noneoftheabove:Victorianswerenotexperimentalintheirpoetry.
762.WhattypeofwritingdidWalterPaterdefineas"thespecialandopportuneartofthemodern
world"?
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a)thenovel
b)nonfictionprose
c)thelyric
d)comicdrama
e)transcriptsofParliamentarydebates
763.Whatfactorscontributedtotheincreasedpopularityofnonfictionprose?
a)anewmarketpositionfornonfictionwritingandanexaltedsenseofthedidactic
functionofthewriter
b)aPuritanicaldistrustoffictionsandathirstfortrivia
c)theforbiddinglyhighcostofthreevolumenovelsandthedifficultyoffindingpoetryinbookshops
outsideofLondon
d)thedeconstructionofthetruthfictiondichotomyandanaccompanyingrelativisticsensethatevery
opinionwasofequalvalue
e)candd
764.ForwhatdoMatthewArnold'smoralinvestmentinnonfictionandWalterPater'saesthetic
investmenttogetherpavetheway?
a)arenewedsecularisminthetwentiethcentury
b)modernliterarycriticism
c)latenineteenthcenturyandearlytwentiethcenturysatiricaldrama
d)thesurrealistmovement
e)noneoftheabove:Victorianprosewasmostlyforgottenuntilrecentlyandhadlittleimpacton
literatureoforafteritstime.
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765.WhichofthefollowingcomicplaywrightsmadefunofVictorianvaluesandpretensions?
a)W.S.GilbertandArthurSullivan
b)OscarWilde
c)GeorgeBernardShaw
d)RobertCorrigan
e)allbutd
20thCentury
766.Whichofthefollowingphrasesbestcharacterizesthelatenineteenthcenturyaesthetic
movementwhichwidenedthebreachbetweenartistsandthereadingpublic,sowingtheseedsof
modernism?
a)artforintellect'ssake
b)artforGod'ssake
c)artforthemasses
d)artforart'ssake
e)artforsale
767.WhatwastheimpactonliteratureoftheEducationActof1870,whichmadeelementary
schoolingcompulsory?
a)theemergenceofamassliteratepopulationatwhomanewmassproducedliterature
couldbedirected
b)anewmarketforbasictextbookswhichpaidbetterthansophisticatednovelsorplays
c)apopularthirstforthe"classics,"drivingcontemporarywriterstothemargins
d)a,bandc
e)noneoftheabove
768.WhichtextexemplifiestheantiVictorianismprevalentintheearlytwentiethcentury?
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a)EminentVictorians
b)JungleBooks
c)PhilistineVictorians
d)TheWayofAllFlesh
e)bothaandd
769.Withwhichenormouslyinfluentialperspectiveorpracticeistheearlytwentiethcenturythinker
SigmundFreudassociated?
a)eugenics
b)psychoanalysis
c)phrenology
d)anarchism
e)alloftheabove
770.Whichthinkerhadamajorimpactonearlytwentiethcenturywriters,leadingthemtoreimagine
humanidentityinradicallynewways?
a)SigmundFreud
b)SirJamesFrazer
c)ImmanuelKant
d)FriedrichNietzsche
e)allbutc
771.Whichscientificortechnologicaladvancedidnottakeplaceinthefirstfifteenyearsofthe
twentiethcentury?
a)AlbertEinstein'stheoryofrelativity
b)wirelesscommunicationacrosstheAtlantic
c)thecreationoftheinternet
d)theinventionoftheairplane
e)themassproductionofcars
772.Whichbestdescribestheimagistmovement,exemplifiedintheworkofT.E.HulmeandEzra
Pound?
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a)apoeticaestheticvainlyconcernedwiththewaywordsappearonthepage
b)anefforttoridpoetryofromanticfuzzinessandfacileemotionalism,replacingitwitha
precisionandclarityofimagery
c)anattentiontoalternatestatesofconsciousnessanduncannyimagery
d)theresurrectionofRomanticpoeticsensibility
e)aneoplatonicpoeticsthatstressestheimportanceofpoetryaimingtoachieveitsideal"form"
773.WhatcharacteristicsofseventeenthcenturyMetaphysicalpoetrysparkedtheenthusiasmof
modernistpoetsandcritics?
a)itsintellectualcomplexity
b)itsunionofthoughtandpassion
c)itsuncompromisingengagementwithpolitics
d)aandb
e)a,b,andc
774.Inthe1930s,youngerwriterssuchasW.H.Audenweremore_______butless_______than
oldermodernistssuchasEliotandPound.
a)popularreverenced
b)brashconfident
c)radicalinventive
d)anxioushaunting
e)spiritualorthodox
775.Whichpoetcouldbedescribedaspartof"TheMovement"ofthe1950s?
a)ThomGunn
b)DylanThomas
c)PabloPicasso
d)PhilipLarkin
e)bothaandd
776.WhichBritishdominionachievedindependencein192122,followingtheEasterRisingof1916?
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a)thesoutherncountiesofIreland
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a)thesoutherncountiesofIreland
b)Canada
c)Ulster
d)India
e)Ghana
777.WhichofthefollowingwritersdidnotcomefromIreland?
a)W.B.Yeats
b)JamesJoyce
c)SeamusHeaney
d)OscarWilde
e)noneoftheaboveallcamefromIreland
778.Whichphraseindicatestheinteriorflowofthoughtemployedinhighmodernliterature?
a)automaticwriting
b)confuseddaze
c)totalrecall
d)streamofconsciousness
e)freeassociation
779.Whichofthefollowingisnotassociatedwithhighmodernisminthenovel?
a)streamofconsciousness
b)freeindirectstyle
c)irresoluteopenendings
d)the"mythicalmethod"
e)narrativerealism
780.WhichnoveldidT.S.Eliotpraiseforutilizinganew"mythicalmethod"inplaceoftheold
"narrativemethod"anddemonstratestheuseofancientmythologyinmodernistfictiontothinkabout
"makingthemodernworldpossibleforart"?
a)VirginiaWoolf'sTheWaves
b)JosephConrad'sHeartofDarkness
c)JamesJoyce'sFinnegan'sWake
d)E.M.Forster'sAPassagetoIndia
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e)JamesJoyce'sUlysses
781.WhowrotethedystopiannovelNineteenEightyFourinwhichNewspeakdemonstratesthe
heightenedlinguisticselfconsciousnessofmodernistwriters?
a)GeorgeOrwell
b)VirginiaWoolf
c)EvelynWaugh
d)OrsonWells
e)AldousHuxley
782.Whichofthefollowingnovelsdisplaypostwarnostalgiaforpastimperialglory?
a)E.M.Forster'sAPassagetoIndia
b)JeanRhys'sWideSargassoSea
c)JosephConrad'sHeartofDarkness
d)PaulScott'sStayingOn
e)candd
783.WhenwasthebanfinallyliftedonD.H.Lawrence'snovelLadyChatterley'sLover,writtenin
1928.
a)1930
b)1945
c)1960
d)2000
e)Thebanhasnotyetbeenformallylifted.
784.WhichofthefollowingwasoriginallytheIrishLiteraryTheatre?
a)theIrishNationalTheatre
b)theGlobeTheatre
c)theIndependentTheatre
d)theAbbeyTheatre
e)bothaandd
785.WhatdidT.S.Eliotattempttocombine,thoughnotverysuccessfully,inhisplaysMurderinthe
CathedralandTheCocktailParty?
a)regionaldialectandpoliticalcritique
b)religioussymbolismandsocietycomedy
c)iambicpentameterandsexualinnuendo
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d)wittyparadoxesandfeministdiatribe
e)alloftheabove
786.HowdidonecriticsumupSamuelBeckett'sWaitingforGodot?
a)"nothinghappenstwice"
b)"politicalcorrectnessgonemad"
c)"kitchensinkdrama"
d)"angryyoungmen
e)"betterthanCats"
787.Whateventallowedmainstreamtheatercompaniestocommissionandperformworkthatwas
politically,socially,andsexuallycontroversialwithoutfearofcensorship?
a)theabolitionoftheLordChamberlain'sofficein1968
b)theillegalperformanceofworkbyHowardBrentonandEdwardBond
c)thecollapseofliberalhumanistconsensusinthelate1960s
d)thefoundationoftheFieldDayTheaterCompanyin1980
e)theestablishmentoftheAbbeyTheater
788.WhichofthefollowinghasbeenasignificantdevelopmentinBritishtheatersincetheabolitionof
censorshipin1968?
a)theriseofworkshopsandthecollaborativeethos
b)theemergenceofamajorcohortofwomendramatists
c)thediversifyingimpactofplaywrightsfromtheformercolonies
d)thedeathofthemusical
e)allbutd
789.WhatdidHenryJamesdescribeas"loosebaggymonsters"?
a)novels
b)plays
c)theEnglish
d)publishers
e)histrousers
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