ages era period Mcqs
151. Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
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A. Robert Corrigan

B. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

C. all but C

D. Oscar Wilde

152. Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
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A. Troilus and Criseyde

B. The Book of Duchess

C. The House of Fame

D. The Legend of Good Women

153. In Marlowes play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?
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A. Shylock

B. Solomon

C. Barabas

D. Lazarus

154. Which of the following discoveries, theories, and events contributed to Victorians feeling less like they were a uniquely special, central species in the universe and more isolated ?
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A. geology

B. all of the above

C. discoveries in astronomy about stellar distances

D. evolution

155. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?
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A. Richard III

B. John

C. Edward II

D. Henry V

156. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?
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A. They were all poets

B. They were all atheists

C. They were all associated with the Oxford Movement

D. They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School

157. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family ?
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A. Stuart

B. Tudor

C. Windsor

D. Plantagenet

158. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
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A. abstract logical deductions

B. theoretical science

C. metaphysics

D. A, B, and C
159. Which contemporary discussions on womens rights did Tennysons The Princess address ?
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A. the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

B. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first womens college in London

C. the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

D. the debate on womens suffrage

160. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned ?
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A. Investiture

B. Gala

C. Invocation

D. Coronation
161. Elizabeth Barretts poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
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A. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians

B. womens rights and suffrage

C. chartism

D. child labor
162. Dunstan is a character from the novel________________?
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A. Adam Bede

B. Emma

C. Silas Marner

D. Hard Times

163. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
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A. Mary Wollstonecraft

B. Fanny Burney

C. Jane Austen

D. Anna Letitia Barbauld

164. Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of thee. Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?
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A. Horatio Herbert Kitchener

B. William Wordsworth

C. William Blake

D. John Keats

165. Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret ?
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A. Welsh

B. Gaelic

C. French

D. Esperanto

166. Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
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A. Edward FitzGerald

B. John Ruskin

C. all but c

D. William Morris

167. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
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A. Dryden

B. Bunyan

C. Crabbe

D. Addison

168. Who were the \Two Nations\referred to in the subtitle of Disraelis Sybil (1845) ?
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A. Britain and Germany

B. England and Ireland

C. the rich and the poor

D. Anglicans and Methodists

169. When was John Milton born ?
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A. 22 April 1600

B. 9 December 1608

C. 19 August 1604

D. 6 June 1606

170. who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance ?
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A. roman and greek

B. roman and french

C. greek and austrian

D. french and greek

171. Which rulers reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth I

B. King John

C. King Henry VIII

D. Queen Victoria
172. Elizabeths 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 ?
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A. 45

B. 50

C. 40

D. 35

173. Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
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A. Republicans

B. Liberals

C. Radicals

D. both B and C
174. Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?
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A. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India.

B. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from 300 billion to 800 billion.

C. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

D. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.
175. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?
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A. George III

B. George IV

C. Edward VII

D. William IV
176. Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

C. all but C

D. Robert Corrigan

177. Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ?
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A. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

B. William Godwins Caleb Williams

C. Sir Walter Scotts Waverley

D. Jane Austens Emma

178. By 1890, what percentage of the earths population was subject to Queen Victoria ?
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A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 1%

D. 15%

179. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?
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A. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.

B. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

C. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.

D. Britains preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.

180. Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the______________?
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A. skald

B. chorister

C. bard

D. troubadour

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

B. Long processionals

C. Strict simplicity

D. Tolling of church bells

182. Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by ?
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A. George Herbert

B. Sir Walter Scot

C. Christopher Marlow

D. Ben Johnson
183. The Prince was written to gain favor of the_______________?
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A. Medici

B. Inquisition

C. Pazzi

D. Republic

184. Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill are characters from the novel____________?
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A. Emma

B. Hard Times

C. Cranford

D. Great Expectation

185. Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir ?
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A. Henry VIII

B. Edward VI

C. Richard III

D. George III

186. How many times did Milton marry ?
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A. 1

B. 2

C. 0

D. 3
187. Wilds drama Woman of No Importance appared in __________?
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A. 1893

B. 1904

C. 1879

D. 1884

188. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art ?
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A. realism

B. individualism

C. perspective

D. abstractioin
189. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?
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A. Iliad

B. Beowulf

C. Canterbury Tales

D. Odyssey

190. the word renaissance means______________?
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A. reading of books

B. the time of astronauts

C. the rebirth of learning or knowledge

D. the study of art

191. Who composed The Preludes ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. William Wordsworth

C. S T Coleridge

D. William Blake

192. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Miltons at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?
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A. II penseroso

B. lycidas

C. Paradise Lost

D. none of the above

193. Maud is a poem written by_________________?
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A. Tennyson

B. Swineburne

C. Pope

D. Byron

194. Thomas Mores Utopia placed the blame for societys problems on_______________?
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A. the Church

B. society itself

C. Gods will

D. human nature

195. The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as_______________?
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A. The Great Order of Life

B. The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker

C. The Great Chain of Being

D. The Great System of Shakespeare

196. 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 ?
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A. Money lending

B. Begging

C. Fortune-telling

D. Wine bottling

197. What type of writing did Walter Pater define as the special and opportune art of the modern world ?
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A. the novel

B. nonfiction proseB.

C. the lyric

D. comic drama

198. Why did the novel seem a genre particularly well-suited to women ?
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A. all but C

B. It was seen as a frivolous form where one shouldnt make serious statements about society.

C. It was a popular form whose market women could enter easily.

D. It did not carry the burden of an august tradition like poetry.

199. Which movement revived under Whitefield and Wesley ?
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A. Oxford Movement

B. Pre-Raphaelite

C. Methodist

D. Imagism

200. Which one is Gaskells first novel ?
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A. Ruth

B. Mary Barton

C. North and South

D. Cranford