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2021-11-11 17:47:06 625. In the late seventeenth century, a "battle of the books" erupted between which two groups?

a)abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
b)round-earthers and flat-earthers
c)the Welsh and the Scots
d)champions of ancient and modern learning
e)Oxfordians and Baconians

626. Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism?

a)All knowledge is derived from experience.
b)Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power.
c)The search for essential or ultimate principles of reality.
d)The sensory world is an illusion.
e)God is the center of an ordered and just universe.

627. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh?

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a)theoretical science
b)metaphysics
c)abstract logical deductions
d)a and b only
e)a, b, and c

628. Whose great Dictionary, published in 1755, included more than 114,000 quotations?
a)William Hogarth
b)Jonathan Swift
c)Samuel Johnson
d)Ben Jonson
e)James Boswell

629. According to Samuel Johnson, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for...:
a)love."
b)honor."
c)money."
d)his party."
e)fun."

630. What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid?
a)Augustan
b)Metaphysical
c)Romantic
d)Neo-Romantic
e)Caesarian

631. Horace's doctrine "ut pictura poesis" was interpreted to mean:
a)A picture is worth a thousand words.
b)Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
c)Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
d)Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
e)Paintings of poets should be prized over those of kings.

632. What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets?
a)civilization
b)woman
c)God
d)alcohol
e)nature

633. What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness, a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike?
a)wit
b)sprezzatura
c)naturalism
d)gusto
e)metaphysics

634. Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry?
a)verdant mead
b)checkered shade
c)simian rivalry
d)shining sword
e)bounding main

635. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection?
a)the heroic couplet
b)blank verse
c)free verse
d)the ode
e)the spondee

636. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700?
a)Addison
b)Bunyan
c)Crabbe
d)Dryden
e)Equiano

637. Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy?
a)Etherege's The Man of Mode
b)Wycherley's The Country Wife
c)Behn's The Rover
d)Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
e)Congreve's Love for Love

638. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu?

a)the Behnites
b)the bluestockings
c)the coteries of plenty
d)the Pre-Raphaelites
e)the tattlers and spectators

639. Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London?
a)Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
b)Swift's Gulliver's Travels
c)Behn's Oroonoko
d)Richardson's Clarissa
e)Pope's The Rape of the Lock

640. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers?
a)Elephant and Castle
b)Grub Street
c)Covent Garden
d)Cheapside
e)Piccadilly Circus

641. With its forbidden themes of incest, murder, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of sexual desire, Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, created which literary genre?
a)the revenge tragedy
b)the Gothic romance
c)the epistolary novel
d)the comedy of manners
e)the mystery play

642. Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre?
a)William Beckford's Vathek
b)Matthew Lewis's The Monk
c)Tobias Smollett's Roderick Randsom
d)Ann Radcliffe's The Italian
e)William Godwin's Caleb Williams

643. While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded?
a)a history of everyday life
b)an instructional manual for manners
c)a book of devotion
d)a book of model letters
e)a chapbook Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:05 600.The "father of humanism" was
a)Petrarch
b)Dante
c)Boccaccio
d)Pico della Mirandola

601.Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated
a)just the same as men
b)with emphasis on science and mathematics
c)not at all
d)confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

602.An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on
a)alchemy and magic
b)the literature of Greece and Rome
c)chivalry of the Middle Ages
d)the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas

603.Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?

a)emphasis on individuality
b)confidence in human rationality
c)the emergence of merchant oligarchies
d)the development of social insurance programs

604.The northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance
a)growth of religious activity among common people
b)earlier occurrence
c)greater appreciation of pagan writers
d)decline in the use of Latin

605.For ordinary women, the Renaissance
a)had very little impact
b)greatly improved the material conditions of their lives
c)worsened their social status
d)allowed them access to education for the first time

606.Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on
a)human nature
b)God's will
c)society itself
d)the Church

Random MCQs

607. In which century was Piers Plowman written?
a)14th
b)12th
c)10th
d)11th

608. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king?
a)Richard III
b)James 1
c)Edward III
d)Henry II

609. The 18th century work 'Tom Jones" was written by whom?
a)Samuel Johnson
b)Henry Fielding
c)John Donne
d)Tobias Smollett

610. In 1905, Virginia Woolf began to write for which publication?
a)The Time's Literary Supplement
b)The Lady's Home Journal
c)Strand Magazine
d)Reader Magazine

611. Joyce's novel 'Ulysses' takes place over what period of time?
a)A week
b)24 hours
c)A lifetime
d)6 months

612. What was the nationality of Oscar Wilde?
a)Irish
b)Scottish
c)French
d)English

613. Who wrote the poem "Requiem"?
a)Robert Louis Stevenson
b)William Shakespeare
c)Samuel Johnson
d)John Milton

614. the prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its
a)urbanity
b)crudity
c)triviality
d)sanctity

615. who is the first great English critic-poet?
a)Shakespeare
b)Arnold
c)Sir Philip Sidney
d)Chaucer

616. HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by
a)Thomas gray
b)Alexander Pope
c)Edward gibbon
d)William Blake

617. Who wrote the poem 'The Seven Ages'?
a)John Milton
b)Geoffrey Chaucer
c)William Shakespeare
d)Edward Gibbon

618. who write the story "Story Teller" ?
a)William Wordsworth
b)William Shakespeare
c)Thomas Grey
d)Saki

Restoration and The 18TH Century


619. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland?
a)the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
b)the Toleration Act
c)the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada
d)the Bishops' War
e)the Act of Union

620. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century?
a)formal diplomatic relations with China
b)the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
c)the American and French revolutions
d)the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity
e)the union of England and Wales with Scotland

621. What was "restored" in 1660?
a)the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
b)the dominance of the Tory Party
c)the "Book of Common Prayer"
d)toleration of religious dissidents
e)Irish independence.

622. What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration?
a)Gay's Beggar's Opera
b)Butler's Hudibras
c)Fielding's Jonathan Wild
d)Pope's Dunciad
e)Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel

623. Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688?

a)Elizabeth I
b)James II
c)George II
d)William and Mary
e)Anne

624. Who became the first "prime minister" of Great Britain in the reign of George II?

a)Henry St. John
b)Robert Harley
c)John Churchill
d)Robert Walpole
e)Matthew Prior Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:05 (A) Mammon
(B) Sin
(C) Moloch
(D) Beezelbub

566. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam?
(A) God
(B) Eve
(C) Raphael
(D) Michael

567. Which scene happens first chronologically?

(A) Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell
(B) The Son is chosen as God’s second-in-command
(C) God and the Son create the universe
(D) The angels battle in Heaven

568. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?
(A) Abdiel
(B) Uriel
(C) Michael
(D) Raphael

569. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make?
(A) A fortress
(B) A catapult
(C) A large sword
(D) A cannon

570. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create?
(A) The Son
(B) Adam and Eve
(C) Computers
(D) He creates everything

571. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse?
(A) Titania
(B) Urania
(C) Virgil
(D) Michael

572. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious?
(A) Go in search of her mate
(B) Talk to the animals
(C) Look at her reflection in a stream
(D) Eat of the Tree of Knowledge

573.Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost?
a)Satan

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b)Adam
c)Eve
d)God

574.In how many books is Paradise Lost divided?

a)Nine
b)Twelve
c)Eighteen
d)Fourteen

575.Which is the longest book?
a)Book X
b)Book VIII
c)Book IX
d)Book I

576.In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it?
a)The forbidden fruit
b)The capital of Heaven
c)A beautiful garden
d)The capital of Hell

577.The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?
a)Tree of Life
b)Tree of God
c)Tree of Sin
d)Tree of Knowledge

578.Which is the shortest book?
a)Book VII
b)Book III
c)Book VIII
d)Book V


579.Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the dangers he was facing?
a)Raphael
b)Uriel
c)Abdiel
d)Beelzebub


580.Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit?
a)Adam
b)Eve
c)Satan
d)Snake

581.Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
a)Eve
b)God
c)Satan
d)Jonah


582.What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost?
a)Paradise Found
b)Paradise Lost Twice
c)Paradise Regained
d)Paradise Lost Again

583.who was the companion of Adam in paradise?
a)satan
b)eve
c)rapheal
d)god

584.Who is "till wand'ring o'er the earth"?
a)Satan's associates
b)Satan
c)Adam
d)Eve

585. Who will fall through his own "fault"?
a)Satan
b)God
c)Adam
d)Noah

586.Who "headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heav'n"?
a)Adam and Eve
b)Noah and the elephant
c)Rebel angels
d)Benjamin and Joseph

587. Who pondered, "How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse?"?

a)Adam
b)Moses
c)Joseph
d)Satan

588.Who is described? "For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow"
a)Lot
b)Belial
c)Satan
d)Moses

589. When was Paradise Lost published?
a) 1660
b) 1667
c) 1658
d) 1654

590.When was Paradise Regained published?
a) 1671
b) 1656
c) 1669
d) 1652

The Renaissance

 

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591.In what country did the Renaissance begin?
a.Italy
b.France
c.England
d.Germany

592.who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance?
a.greek and austrian
b.roman and french
c.roman and greek
d.french and greek

593.the word renaissance means
a.the rebirth of learning or knowledge
b.reading of books
c.the time of astronauts
d.the study of art

594.Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art?
a.realism
b.perspective
c.individualism
d.abstractioin

595.what sparked the Renaissance?
a.The Feudal system was collapsing
b.the "95 theses"
c.the Crusades
d.the Black Plague

596.who lost the most power during the renaissance?
a.Italian merchants
b.catholic church
c.black people
d.king and queen of Spain

597.Utopia was written by:
a) Cervantes
b) Machiavelli
c) Poliziano
d) Thomas More

598.The Prince was written to gain favor of the:
a) Pazzi
b) Republic
c) Medici
d) Inquisition

599.Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time?
a) Poliziano
b) Cervantes
c) Martin Luther
d) Alexander VI Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:04 538. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of?
a)Hunting and gathering food
b)Tending to the Garden of Eden
c)Building shelter to live in
d)Naming all God's creatures and plants

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

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a)incest
b)lust
c)greed
d)pride

540. The reason for Eve's fall might best be described as:
a)vanity
b)lust
c)greed
d)pride

541. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God's forces?
a)Catapults
b)Artillery
c)Illusions
d)The Holy Sepulcher

542. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eve's:
a)Wit
b)Beauty
c)Intelligence
d)Hard work and spirituality

543. The main reason for Adam's fall might best be described as:
a)lust
b)love for Eve
c)pride
d)money

544. When God sees that Adam and Eve have disobeyed him, who does he send to "judge" them and the snake?
a)The Son
b)The Holy Ghost
c)Michael
d)Raphael

545. Inspired by Satan's victory over man, Sin and Death construct:

a)a bridge from hell to heaven
b)a temple to welcome Satan back
c)a bridge from hell to earth
d)a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell

546. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is:
a)Ask forgiveness from God
b)Put some clothes on
c)Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
d)Blame each other for their Fall

547. The Archangel Michael might best be described as:
a)Jealous and envious
b)Bombastic
c)Firm and militant
d)Kind and caring

548. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from:
a)The New Testament
b)Homer's epic poems
c)The Hebrew Bible
d)The Koran

549. What are the best words to describe the Garden of Eden, the weather, and nature in general, before the Fall of Adam and Eve?
a)Ordered and rational
b)Chaotic
c)Wild and unmanageable
d)Comfortable

550. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?
(A) Michael
(B) Uriel
(C) Raphael
(D) Abdiel


551. In what book does the fall take place?
(A) Book VIII
(B) Book X
(C) Book IX
(D) Book VII

552. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur?
(A) Leviticus
(B) Exodus
(C) Genesis
(D) Deuteronomy

553. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?
(A) Belial
(B) Moloch
(C) Mammon
(D) Beelzebub

554. What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost?
(A) To assert his superiority to other poets
(B) To argue against the doctrine of predestination
(C) To justify the ways of God to men
(D) To make his story hard to understand

555. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
(A) Night
(B) Agony
(C) Discord
(D) Death

556. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan?
(A) Michael
(B) Abdiel
(C) Uriel
(D) Satan is not injured

557. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to?
(A) A snake slithering up a tree
(B) A germ infecting a body
(C) A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
(D) A fish leaping out of water

558. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII?
(A) Raphael
(B) Uriel
(C) Michael
(D) None of the above

559. Which of the following is not found in Hell?
(A) Gems
(B) Gold
(C) Oil
(D) Minerals

560. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost?

(A) It was created before God the Son
(B) Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
(C) The Earth is a lotus flower
(D) The Earth revolves around the sun

561. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?
(A) Mulciber
(B) Mammon
(C) Moloch
(D) Belial

562. How many times does Milton invoke a muse?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four

563. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate?
(A) Virgil
(B) Homer
(C) Both Virgil and Homer
(D) Neither Virgil or Homer

564. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost?

(A) The fight between good and evil
(B) Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall
(C) The creation of the universe
(D) Adam and Eve’s disobedience

565. Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command? Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:04 a)'L'Allegro'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'Il Penseroso'
d)'Absolom and Achitophel'


516. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What's the name of that masque?
a)'Il Penseroso'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'Comus'
d)'The Masque of Blackness'


517. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin?
a)Space – used to mean “outer space”
b)Unaccountable
c)Pandemonium
d)Blatant

518. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What was his title?
a)Heresy tsar
b)Poet laureate
c)Secretary to the Admiralty
d)Secretary for Foreign Tongues


519. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works?

a)Of Prelatical Episcopacy
b)The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
c)Of Practical Exorcisme
d)Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
520. When did John Milton die?

a) 4 February 1702
b) 2 June 1700
c) 17 April 1688
d) 8 November 1674


521. "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee." Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost?
a)Horatio Herbert Kitchener
b)William Blake
c)William Wordsworth
d)John Keats


522. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who?
a)FR Leavis
b)Harold Bloom
c)William Empson
d)Mariella Frostrup


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Paradise Lost By John Milton

523. When was Paradise Lost published?
a) 1660
b) 1667
c) 1658
d) 1654

524. "Paradise Lost" is considered a:
a) First Person Narrative
b)Short Story
c)Epic Poem
d)Novel

525. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:
a)Beezlebub
b)Michael
c)Lucifer
d)Belial
526. 'Book 1' of 'Paradise Lost' presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as 'one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine'. What's the name of this fallen angel?
a)Mammon
b)Moloch
c)Beelzebub
d)Ashtaroth

527. In 'Paradise Lost', which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of 'Paradise Lost'?
a)Michael
b)Abdiel
c)Rafael
d)Gabriel

528. Milton's "unholy trinity" of characters includes:
a)Error, Temptation, and Satan
b)Sin, Death and Temptation
c)Sin, Temptation, and Satan
d)Satan, Sin, and Death

529. The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted:
a)One day
b)Three days
c)Seven days
d)One hour

530. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," the "seed" refers to:
a)The Tree of Knowledge
b)Adam
c)Cane and Abel
d)Jesus Christ

531. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," "thy" refers to:
a)Sin
b)Eden
c)Satan
d)Eve

532. The two archangels who serve as generals in God's army are:
a)Michael and Gabriel
b)Michael and Raphael
c)Raphael and Gabriel
d)Michael and Lucifer

533. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on:
a)Wine
b)The Holy Spirit
c)His favorite pen
d)The Son

534. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a:
a)"stepping stones of clouds
b)Golden rope
c)Golden chain
d)Ladder

535. Sin was born out of Satan's:
a)Head
b)Lust
c)Anger
d)Rib

535. Eve before the Fall might best be described as:
a)a feminist
b)uncomfortable with Adam
c)detailed oriented
d)a docile, vain creature

536. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into?
a)a mouse
b)a cherub
c)a toad
d)a serpent

537. Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God's angels?
a)Adam
b)Michael
c)Raphael
d)Lucifer Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:03 488)Which of the following works was written before the all-important Battle of Hastings?
a)Beowulf
b)Canterbury Tales
c)The Domesday Book
d)Sons and Lovers

489)Who wrote first?

a)George Eliot
b)Christopher Marlowe
c)Howard, Earl of Surrey
d)William Shakespeare

490)Which work was completed last?
a)John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
b)George Herbert's "The Temple"
c)William Shakespeare's "Tempest"
d)Ben Jonson's "Volpone"

491)One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who?
a)John Milton
b)Thomas Otway
c)Sir Walter Scott
d)John Dryden

492)The Bronte sisters wrote during this period.
a)Regency
b)Restoration
c)Romantic
d)Victorian

493)Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published until the 20th century?
a)Christina Rossetti
b)Gerard Manley Hopkins
c)Elizabeth Barret Browning
d)Ted Hughes

494)This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century.
a)Henry James's "The Ambassadors"
b)Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
c)E.M. Forster's "A Room With A View"
d)Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"

495)Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century?
a)John Skelton
b)William Shakespeare
c)Sir Thomas Wyatt
d)Thomas Carew

496)Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period?

a)Charles II was restored to the throne
b)The French Revolution
c)The Great Fire of London
d)The Exclusion Bill Crisis

497)He was not a Renaissance writer.

a)William Shakespeare
b)Sir Philip Sidney
c)Christopher Marlowe
d)Sir Thomas Malory

498)Which of the following literary sub-periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period?

a)The Restoration
b)Jacobean Age
c)The Augustan Age
d)The Age of Sensibility


499)Which of the following periods of English literature came last?

a)The Elizabethan Age
b)The Commonwealth Period
c)The Jacobean Age
d)The Middle English Period

500)This work was written before the other three choices.

a)Bede's "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
b)Julian of Norwhich's "Book of Showings"
c)Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
d)Sir Thomas More's "Utopia"


501)Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on “The Literature of the British Empire”?
a)Rudyard Kipling
b)Edward Fitzgerald
c)Charlotte Bronte
d)Any of these

502)World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event?
a)T.S. Eliot
b)Siegfried Sassoon
c)Wilfred Owen
d)Oscar Wilde

503)The period of maturation, intellectual growth and social graces during the Renaissance is called the:

A) aristocracy
B) New Age
C) Reformation
D) Enlightenment


504)The most popular French playwright, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, is known as:
A) Caleron
B) Corneille
C) Couperin
D) Moliere

505)The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was:
A) Nell Gwynn
B) Aphra Behn
C) Lady Teazle
D) Ann Hathaway

The Life Of John Milton(Caroline Period-The Renaissance)
(1608-1674)
506.In which city was Milton?
a)Norwich
b)York
c)London
d)Canterbury

507. When was John Milton born?
a) 22 April 1600
b) 19 August 1604
c) 6 June 1606
d) 9 December 1608

508. Which school did Milton attend?
a)St Paul's
b)Christ's Hospital
c)Merchant Taylors'
d)Westminster


509. Milton continued his studies at Cambridge. Which college of the university did he attend?
a) Pembroke College
b) Trinity College
c) Christ’s College
d) St. Xavier’s College

510. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton's at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem?
a)lycidas
b)Paradise Lost
c)Il penseroso

511. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time?
a)Germany
b)France
c)Italy
d)Spain

512. How many times did Milton marry?
a)2
b)0
c)1
d)3

513. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she?
a) 48
b) 34
c) 22
d) 17


514. Milton was a royalist?

True or False

515. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton? Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:02 465)Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth?
(a) Philology
(b) Alchemy
(c) Zoology
(d) Astrology

466)Elizabeth's reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned?
a)35
b)40
c)45
d)50


467)What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh?
a)Waldimor
b)Water
c)William
d)Winter

468)The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as:
a)The Great Order of Life
b)The Great Chain of Being
c)The Great System of Shakespeare
d)The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker


469)A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as:
a)A Protestant Poem
b)A Petrarchan Sonnet
c)An extended metaphor
d)A pastoral poem


470)The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as:
a)The Protestant Revolution
b)The Protestant Reformation
c)The Protestant Restoration
d)The Protestant Resolution


471)What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet
a)Octave
b)Volta
c)Iambic Pentameter
d)Petrarchan

Jacobean Era


472)In literature, some of Shakespeare's most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ____.
a)William Shakespeare
b)Ben Jonson
c)Ben Jonson folios
d)English Renaissance theatre

473)What proceeded Jacobean era?
a)Elizabethan Era
b)Caroline era
c)Victorian era
d)Jacobean Era

474)The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620–1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ____ in London in 1625.
a)Cholera
b)Tuberculosis
c)Bubonic plague
d)Plague (disease)

475)The word "Jacobean" is derived from the ____ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James.
a)Samaritan Hebrew language
b)Biblical Hebrew
c)Mishnaic Hebrew
d)Hebrew language

476)The Jacobean era succeeds the ____ and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period.
a)Elizabethan era
b)English Reformation
c)England
d)Tudor period

477)Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the ____, which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era.
a)William Shakespeare
b)Ben Jonson
c)Masque
d)A Midsummer Night's Dream
478)the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem.

a)Iliad
b)Odyssey
c)Beowulf
d)Canterbury Tales

479)What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
a)1592-1608
b)1603-1625
c)1607-1627
d)1608-1639

480)Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by?
a)Sir Walter Scot
b)Christopher Marlow
c)Ben Johnson
d)George Herbert

481)The foremost poet of Jacobean era was?
a)John Milton
b)Charles Bacon
c)John Donne
d)Herbert Spencer

482)"The Jacobean Era" refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries?
a) Jordan
b) England
c)Malaysia
d)Tunisia

>>>The foremost poets of the Jacobean era, Ben Jonson and John Donne, are regarded as the originators of two diverse poetic traditions—the Cavalier and the metaphysical.

English Literature(In General)


483) Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after:
a)The leading characteristic of the age
b)Monarchs or political events
c)The primary author of the age
d)The language of the age

484)Which period of literature came first?
a)Regency
b)Victorian
c)Romantic
d)Restoration

485)In what language did Shakespeare write?
a)Middle English
b)German
c)Old English
d)Modern English


486)Jane Austen wrote during this period.
a)Restoration

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b)Victorian
c)Middle English
d)Regency

487)Which work was published first?
a)Blake’s "Songs of Innocence"
b)Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein"
c)Lord Byron’s "Don Juan"
d)Sir Walter Scott’s "Ivanhoe" Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:47:02 444)Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the "supreme governor" of all things spiritual. Who was it?

a)The Pope in Rome
b)Each man was his own supreme governor
c)The Archbishop of Canterbury
d)Queen Elizabeth I

445)Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growing--and the most prominent of all was London. While Londoners were considered wealthy and arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did people primarily dispose of their trash and wastes?

a)Dump sites in the nearby country
b)The streets
c)The underground drains
d)Designated "trash" areas

446)Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What "science" did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future?

a)Alchemy
b)Metallurgy
c)Geocentricity
d)Astrology

447)The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject?

a)Sexuality
b)Criticism of the queen
c)Murder
d)Witchcraft

448)Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in one's untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom?

a)Long processionals
b)Mourning clothes
c)Strict simplicity
d)Tolling of church bells

449)Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age?

(a) As an astronomical observation deck
(b) As a storage place for grain
(c) As a prison
(d) As a school for the royal children

450)Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth?

(a) Pope Pius V
(b) Pope Innocent III
(c) Pope Gregory XIII
(d) Pope Boniface


451) What was Elizabeth's close circle of advisers called?

(a) The Star Chamber
(b) Parliament
(c) The Privy Council
(d) The Cabinet

452) Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned?
(A) Investiture
(B) Invocation
(C) Gala
(D) Coronation

453)Which country believed it had an "Invincible Armada" before 1588?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Spain
(d) The Netherlands


454)What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer?

(a) Blank verse
(b) The sonnet
(c) Trochaic Heptameter
(d) Free-flow verse

455)Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family?
(a) Windsor
(b) Stuart
(c) Tudor
(d) Plantagenet

456) Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir?

(a) Edward VI
(b) Richard III
(c) George III
(d) Henry VIII

457)What religion was Mary I?
(a) Catholic
(b) Anglican
(c) Episcopalian
(d) Presbyterian

458)What religion was Mary Queen of Scots?
(a) Episcopalian
(b) Catholic
(c) Presbyterian
(d) Lutheran

459)Which work did Edmund Spenser author?
(a) The Castle of Perseverance
(b) The Double
(c) The Metamorphoses
(d) The Faerie Queene

460)Who succeeded Elizabeth I?

(a) Mary Queen of Scots
(b) Charles I

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(c) James I
(d) Edward VI

461)Which of the following was Elizabeth known as?
(a) Unintelligent
(b) Rude
(c) Stingy
(d) Fanatic

462)Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret?
(a) French
(b) Gaelic
(c) Esperanto
(d) Welsh

463)Who was Edmund Spenser's patron?
(a) The Earl of Leicester
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Lord Burleigh
(d) Francis Bacon

464)What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth's court?
(a) Swimming
(b) Gambling
(c) Jousting
(d) Backgammon Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:14:35 1642 Civil war begins
1642 Closure of Public Theatre
1649 Charles I executed.
1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Land Protector.
1658 Oliver Cromwell dies His son Richard succeeds.
1660 The Restoration begins (Charles II Accession)
1660 Anne Marshall, first woman on English stage.
1660 Theatre reopened.
1629 Milton’s Nativity Ode.
1631 Herbert’s Temple
1633 Milton’s L’Allegro, II Penserose.
1637 Milton’s Lycidas
1642 Thomas Browne’s Religio Medici

1644 Milton's "Areopagitica." English poet and writer John Milton publishes “Areopagita,” an essay espousing freedom of the press. Milton writes the piece in response to the censorship that is rampant in England at the time.
1659 Dryden’s The Death of Cromwell
1660 Samuel Pepys begins his diary.


1667 Milton's "Paradise Lost." English poet John Milton completes his epic poem Paradise Lost in 1674 after becoming blind. The work, which tells the story of Lucifer’s rebellion in heaven and Adam’s fall, is an extended meditation on humanity’s relationship with God, human nature, and the meaning of life. It is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature.


1678. Bunyan's"Pilgrim's Progress." English Puritan John Bunyan writes the religious allegory Pilgrim's Progress in 1678. The work, generally considered a masterpiece in Christian and English literature, describes the journey of the central character, named Christian, through life to eventual salvation.

Rulers of English Throne
1625-49 Charles I
1649-60 Commonwealth the Protectorate

Authors of This Era

1579-1625 John Fletcher
1593-1633 Herbert
1605-1682 Sir Thomas Browne
1608-1674 John Milton
1621-1666 Henry Vaughan
1633-1703 Samuel Pepys

 

Elizabethan Period


431) What was the nickname of Mary I?
a)Bloody Mary
b)Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
c)Mary, Queen of Scots
d)None of the Above


432)Who was the sister of Mary I?
a)Isabella
b)Victoria
c)Anne
d)Elizabeth I

433)Who was the father of the previous two? (Questions 1 and 2?)
a)Henry VI
b)William
c)George III
d)Henry VIII

434)Who was the first Tudor King?
a)Henry VIII
b)Henry VII
c)George III
d)James I

435)What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era?
a)1558-1603
b)1500-1520
c)1560-1570
d)1575-1600

436)Who was the mother of Elizabeth I?
a)Catherine of Aragon
b)Jane Seymour
c)Catherine Howard
d)Anne Boleyn

437)In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle?
a)1500
b)1588
c)1600
d)1575

438)Which relative did Elizabeth I have executed?
a)Anne Boleyn
b)Mary I
c)Mary, Queen of Scots
d)Catherine of Aragon

439)What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign?
a)The Anglican Church
b)The Roman Catholic Church

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c)Calvinism
d)The Lutheran Church

440) Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear?
a)Purple silk dresses
b)Woolen underwear
c)Sable-lined cloaks
d)Velvet coats

441)Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match?
a)Property
b)Wealth
c)Lineage
d)Love

442) Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue?

a)Begging
b)Money lending
c)Fortune-telling
d)Wine bottling

443)Crime was ardently followed by punishment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill offenders. Which crime was punishable by death?

a)Skipping church on Sunday
b)A woman screaming at her husband in public
c)Stealing a horse
d)Public drunkenness Open / Comment

2021-11-11 17:14:33 424)" What piece of work is a man
How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty,
In form and moving how express and admirable
In action! how like an angle
In apprehension! how like a God:
The beauty of the World, the paragon of animals_____
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
Above lines are taken from Hamlet's which act?
a) act 1 scene two
b) act 2 scene two
c) act 3 scene two
d) act 4 scene two

425) Which of the following is Hamlet's mother?
a) Beatrice
b) Margaret
c) Gertrude
d) Rosalind

426) Following are the characters of:
Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius
a) Coriolanus
b) Cymbeline
c) Timon of Athens
d) Winter's tale

427) Who is the heroin of The Tempest?
a) Ophelia
b) Desdemona
c) Miranda
d) Helena

428) Hamlet consist of --------------- acts:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

429) Which of Shakespeare's play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television?
a) Taming of the Shrew
b) The two Noble Kinsmen
c) Troilus and Cressida
d) Cymbeline

430) Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff?
a) The merry wives of Windsor
b) Troilus and Cressida
c) King John
d) Titus Andronicus

Historical Events & Literary Events

1700 Begin Of London Club
1702 First daily newspaper
1727 Death of Newton
1775 War of American independence begins.
1776 America declared independent.
1789 Outbreak of French Revolution.
1726 Gulliver’s Travells by Jonathan Swift.
1749 Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
1766 The Vicar of wakefield by Goldsmith
1719 Rabinson crusoe by Defoe.
1728 Beggar’s opera by Gay.
1712 The Rape of The Lock by Pope.
1740 Pamela by Richardson.

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English Rulers

1702-1714 Anne
1714-27 George
I1727-1760 George II

Authors

1667-1745 Jonathan Swift
1668-1744 Alexander Pope
1689-1761 Samuel Richardson
1707-1754 Henry Fielding
1728-1774 Oliver Goldsmith
1672-1719 Joseph Addison
1716-1771 Thomas Gray
1721-59 Collins
1700-48 Thomson
1731-1800 Cowper
1709-84 Dr. Johnson

Major Historical and Literary Events

1668. Dryden Made poet Laureate
1668. Dryden's "Essay of Dramatic Poesy."
1671 Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes by Milton.
1670. Dryden's"Conquest ofGranada."
1671. The " Rehearsal."
1672. Wycherley's" Love in aWood."
1675. Wycherley's"Country Wife."
1677. Dryden's "All for Love."
1677. Wycherley's "Plain Dealer."
1678. The Pilgrim’s Progress by Bunyan.
1678. All for Love by Dryden.
1678. Third part of " Hudibras."
1680. Gilbert Burnet's " Account ofthe Life and Death of the Earl of Rochester."
1681. Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel."
1682. Dryden's "The Medal,""Mac Flecknoe," and" Religio Laici."
1686. Dryden joined the Church of Rome.
1686. Dryden's poem "To the Memory of Miss Anne Killegrew."
1687. Dryden's" Hind and Panther."
1687. Sir Isaac Newton's " Principia."
1688. James II flees
1688. Glorious Revolution
1689. Thomas Shadwell, made poet Laureate.
1689. Dryden's" Don Sebastian."

1689. Burnet appointed Bishop of Salisbury.
1691. Tillotson appointed Archbishopof Canterbury.
1692. Locke made Secretary ofProsecutions.
1693. Congreve's" Old Bachelor."
1694. Dryden's" Love Triumphant."
1694. Congreve's" Double Dealer."
1695. Congreve's" Love for Love."
1697. Dryden's translation of " Virgil-"
1697. Congreve's "Mourning Bride."
1698. Jeremy Collier's " Short View."
1699. Dryden's" Fables."
1700. Congreve's "Way of the World."
1706. Farquhar's"Recruiting Officer."
1707. Farquhar's "Beaux Stratagem."
1759. Butler's " Genuine Prose Remains" published.
1775. Sheridan's " The Rivals," " St. Patrick's Day,: and" The Duenna."
1777. Sheridan's " School for Scandal."
1779. Sheridan's "The Critic."
1780. Sheridan became a Member of Parliament.


English Rulers

1660-1685 Charles II
1685-1688 James II
1688-1702 William & Mary

Major Authors

1631-1700 John Dryden
1628-88 John Bunyan
1664-1721 Matthew Prior
1633-1703 Samuel Pepys
1664-1726 Sir John Vanbragh

Age of Milton
Major Historical and Literary events Open / Comment