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ages era period Mcqs
1. The word Jacobean is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?
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A. Mishnaic Hebrew

B. Samaritan Hebrew language

C. Biblical Hebrew

D. Hebrew language
2. Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growingand 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 ?
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A. The underground drains

B. Designated trash areas

C. The streets

D. Dump sites in the nearby country

3. The Charge of the Light Bridge is a poem by________________?
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A. Arnold

B. Tennyson

C. D.G Rossetti

D. Leigh Hunt

4. Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?
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A. a philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis.

B. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools

C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature

D. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number
5. Who is the author of Blessed Damozel ?
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A. Tennyson

B. Robert Browning

C. D.G Rossetti

D. Christina Rossetti

6. Complete this famous quote by John Dryden: Who think too little, and who talk too __________ ?
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A. much

B. often

C. long

D. fast

7. What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?
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A. A and C

B. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society

C. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness

D. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail

8. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572 ?
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A. The Massacre at Berlin

B. The Massacre at Rome

C. The Massacre at Copenhagen

D. The Massacre at Paris

9. Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?
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A. Edward King

B. Hugh Clough

C. Milton

D. Arthur Hallam

10. One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet ?
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A. Ovid

B. Horace

C. Virgil

D. Lucan
11. What was Elizabeths close circle of advisers called ?
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A. The Privy Council

B. The Cabinet

C. Parliament

D. The Star Chamber

12. Who was appointed as Poet-Laureate after William Wordsworth ?
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A. Tennyson

B. D.G Rossetti

C. Robert Browning

D. George Eliot

13. Who succeeded Elizabeth I ?
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A. Edward VI

B. James I

C. Charles I

D. Mary Queen of Scots

14. Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?
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A. Too many of its readers were women.

B. all of the above

C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.

D. It required less skill than other genres.

15. What was common amongst D.G Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne ?
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A. They were all painters

B. They all belonged to the Oxford Movement

C. They were all Victorian Novelists

D. They all belonged to the Pre- Raphaelite School
16. Which school did Milton attend ?
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A. Christs Hospital

B. St Pauls

C. Merchant Taylors

D. Westminster

17. Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
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A. about half of middle class men

B. all women

C. almost all working class men

D. A, B and C
18. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 extend the vote on parliamentary representation ?
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A. the working classes

B. women

C. the lower middle classes

D. slaves

19. Which work did Edmund Spenser author ?
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A. The Faerie Queene

B. The Double

C. The Metamorphoses

D. The Castle of Perseverance

20. What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \Peddlers, and Boats, and Wagons!\ ?
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A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden

B. Wordsworths devotion to the ordinary and everyday

C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge

D. the clumsiness of Shakespeares plots