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“When nature prompted and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride;
Then Israel’s monarch after Heaven’s own heart,
His vigorous warmth did variously impart
To wives and slaves.”
From which poem are these lines taken?
1) Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem
2) MacFlecknoe
3) A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day
4) Alexander’s Feast
Answer: 1) Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem
Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published
A) The Tower
B) The Hind and the Panther
C) The Wild Swans at Coole
D) Mac Flecknoe
E) The Whitsun Weddings
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, B, D, E, C
2) B, C, A, E, D
3) B, A, C, D, E
4) D, B, C, A, E
Answer: 4) D, B, C, A, E
The character who discusses the relative merits of French drama and English drama in Essay of Dramatic Poesy is:
1) Neander
2) Lisideius
3) Crites
4) Eugenius
Answer: 2) Lisideius
Which among the following is true about Religio Laici?
A) John Dryden wrote Religio Laici.
B) Religio Laici strongly criticized the Anglican Church.
C) Religio Laici means ‘A Layman’s Faith’
D) Religio Laici was published in 1690.
E) Religio Laici was a philosophico-religious prose treatise.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, B and C
2) A and C
3) A and D
4) D and E
Answer: 2) A and C
Who does Achitophel represent in John Dryden’s allegorical poem Absalom and Achitophel?
1) First Earl of Shaftesbury
2) First Duke of Monmouth
3) First Duke of Buckingham
4) First Duke of York
Answer:1) First Earl of Shaftesbury
