ages era period Mcqs
401. In which work do you read: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ?
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A. The Canturbury Tales

B. The Wild Swans of Coole

C. The Dark Angel

D. The Second Coming
402. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?
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A. Elizabeth I

B. Catherine of Aragon

C. Mary Tudor

D. Archbishop Cranmer

403. Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?
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A. Samuel Richardson

B. Tobias Smollett

C. Henry Fielding

D. Laurence Sterne
404. Becky sharp was the heroine in which novel ?
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A. Sense and Sensibility

B. Vanity Fair

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Mansfield Park

405. Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought employed in high-modern literature ?
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A. confused daze

B. automatic writing

C. total recall

D. stream of consciousness
406. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
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A. art for the masses

B. art for arts sake

C. art for intellects sake

D. art for Gods sake

407. 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
408. Which book was not written by Jane Austen ?
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A. Mansfield Park

B. Sense and Suspensibility

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Emma

409. What was \restored\in 1660 ?
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A. the \Book of Common Prayer

B. the dominance of the Tory Party

C. toleration of religious dissidents

D. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
410. What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ?
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A. the conversion of the English church to Catholicism

B. the abolishment of public plays and sports

C. the adoption of English as the official language

D. the consolidation of power in an absolute monarch

411. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentiethcentury thinker Sigmund Freud associated ?
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A. all of the above

B. phrenology

C. eugenics

D. psychoanalysis
412. Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?
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A. Immanuel Kant

B. Aristotle

C. Duns Scotus

D. David Hume

413. Who began the tradition of revenge play ?
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A. Goorge peele

B. Phineas fletcher

C. Samuel daniel

D. Thomas kyd
414. To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex ?
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A. poetic tragedy

B. heroic tragedy

C. revenge tragedy

D. villain tragedy

415. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
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A. the romance

B. the morality play

C. the short story

D. the heroic epic

416. Who became the first \prime minister\of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
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A. John Churchill

B. Henry St. John

C. Robert Harley

D. Robert Walpole
417. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. political correctness gone mad

B. angry young men

C. kitchen sink drama

D. nothing happens-twice
418. According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?
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A. All of the actors were male.

B. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.

C. The play was spoken.

D. All of the actors were British.

419. Who wrote: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold ?
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A. Thomas Moore

B. William Butler Yeats

C. Edgar Allan Poe

D. James Joyce

420. Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire Absalom and Achitophel ?
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A. Cromwell

B. The Duke of Monmouth

C. Charles II

D. The Earl of Shaftesbury

421. In which work do you read: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree ?
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A. Kubla Khan

B. The Castaway

C. Hellas

D. The Phoenix and the Turtle

422. Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?
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A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

B. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront

C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
423. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more __________but less ___________ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?
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A. radical; inventive

B. brash; confident

C. popular; reverenced

D. anxious; haunting

424. In which work do you read: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair! ?
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A. In Memoriam

B. Song to Aella

C. Ozymandias

D. The Man of Feeling

425. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day clich. Which of the following did not originate with him ?
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A. To err is human, to forgive divine

B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath

C. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

D. A little learning is a dangerous thing

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

B. the bluestockings

C. the tattlers and spectators

D. the Pre-Raphaelites

427. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland ?
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A. the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada

B. the Act of Union

C. the Toleration Act

D. the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
428. What is the delicate balancing act of Marvells\Horatian Ode\ ?
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A. praising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity

B. celebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime

C. celebrating Cromwells victories whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king

D. praising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs

429. Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London_______________?
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A. fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.

B. doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000

C. doubled from 60,000 to 120,000.

D. remained constant.

430. Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?
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A. a lyric poem written in the first person

B. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style

C. a political tract demanding labor reform

D. a comedy of manners
431. Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
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A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.

B. all of the above

C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.

D. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.

432. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. political correctness gone mad

B. kitchen sink drama

C. angry young men

D. \nothing happens-twice\
433. The poem The Battle of Maldon celebrates events which took place in the 10th century, but who was it between______________?
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A. French and English

B. Normans and English

C. Dutch and English

D. Danes and English
434. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new \mythical method\in place of the old \narrative method\and demonstrates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about \making the modern world possible for art\ ?
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A. James Joyces Ulysses

B. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

C. Virginia Woolfs The Waves

D. James Joyces Finnegans Wake

435. What did Henry James describe as loose baggy monsters ?
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A. publishers

B. plays

C. novels

D. the English

436. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentiethcentury thinker Sigmund Freud associated ?
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A. anarchism

B. phrenology

C. psychoanalysis

D. eugenics

437. Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
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A. the Irish National Theatre

B. the Globe Theatre

C. the Abbey Theatre

D. both A and C
438. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. religious symbolism and society comedy

C. regional dialect and political critique

D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

439. Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
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A. Izaak Walton

B. John Skelton

C. Isabella Whitney

D. Katherine Philips

440. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

C. religious symbolism and society comedy

D. regional dialect and political critique

441. Horaces doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was interpreted to mean______________?
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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.
442. Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
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A. troubadour

B. bard

C. skald

D. chorister

443. which of these is not certain about Chaucer ?
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A. his birth date

B. his fathers name

C. none of the above

D. his death year

444. In which work do you read: Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ?
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A. Bright Star

B. La Bell Dame Sans Merci

C. Adonais

D. Ode on a Grecian Urn
445. 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 ?
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A. wit

B. naturalism

C. sprezzatura

D. gusto

446. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?
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A. Ben Jonson

B. Alexander Pope

C. Henry Vaughan

D. John Dryden

447. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
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A. the heroic couplet

B. free verse

C. blank verse

D. the ode

448. Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?
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A. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

B. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.

C. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.

D. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.

449. Which of the following writers did not come from Ireland ?
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A. none of the above

B. Seamus Heaney

C. W. B. Yeats

D. James Joyce

450. Who became the first prime minister of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
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A. Henry St. John

B. Robert Harley

C. Robert Walpole

D. John Churchill