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Elizabeth Poetry
Who among the following, as the proprietor of the Rose theatre, repaired it in 1592 and in 1595, and spent substantial sums on renovating and expanding his theatre?
1) James Burbage
2) Philip Henslowe
3) Richard Burbage
4) Francis Langley
Answer:2) Philip Henslowe
Spenser’s The Shepherd’s Calender, published in 1579, was dedicated to
1) Wyatt
2) Surrey
3) Sidney
4) Bacon
Answer: 3) Sidney
The book women beware women was published in the year
[1] 1657 [2] 1620 [3] 1621 [4] 1622Answer: [1] 1657
Philip Sidney’s arcadia was influenced by
[1] The Spanish romance of Montemayor [2] The Italian paintings of Veronese [3] The Arthurian legends [4] The metaphysical poetryAnswer: [1] The Spanish romance of Montemayor
Age of Pope
Which two among the following condemned the transportation of 50000 slaves into England in 1771?
(a) Samuel Johnson
(b) Alexander Pope
(c) Horace Walpole
(d) Thomas Gray
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] (a) and (b) only [2] (a) and (c) only [3] (b) and(c) only [4] (b) and (d) onlyAnswer: 2
Which of the following poems are written by Alexander Pope?
A) The Dunciad
B) Moral Essays
C) Grongar Hill
D) Cooper’s Hill
E) Absalom and Achitophel
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A and C only.
2) B and E only.
3) A and B only.
4) C and D only.
Answer: 3) A and B only.
Age of Chaucer
Indicate the correct chronological order of publication of the following literary works:
(A) Beowulf
(B) Divina Commedia
(C) Summa Theologica
(D) Le Morte d’ Arthur
(E) Canterbury Tales
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B), (A), (C), (D), (E)
(2) (A), (C), (B), (E), (D)
(3) (C), (A), (D), (E), (B)
(4) (D), (A), (E), (C), (B)
Answer: (4) (D), (A), (E), (C), (B)
Who is the author of the poem “House of fame”?
[1] William Langland [2] Geoffrey Chaucer [3] Thomas Moore [4] Philip SidneyAnswer: [2] Geoffrey Chaucer
Who among the following is an early Tudor poet?
1) Geoffrey Chaucer
2) John Skelton
3) William Langland
4) John Gower
Answer: 2) John Skelton
Sir David lyndsay’s satire of the three estatis is both
[1] Political and religious [2] Political and secular [3] Political and secular [4] Political and religiousAnswer: [1] Political and religious
The voyage and travail of sir john Mandeville was written in ___
[1] Queens English [2] Northumbrian dialect [3] Midland dialect [4] CockneyAnswer: [3] Midland Dialect
The heroic couplet is a pair of
[1] Twelve-syllable lines that rhyme [2] Ten-syllable lines that rhyme [3] Eight-syllable lines that do not rhyme [4] Eight-syllable lines that rhymeAnswer: [2] Ten-syllable lines that rhyme
Who among the following praised Chaucer’s translation of Roman de la rose?
1) Eustache Deschamps
2) Boccaccio
3) Jean de Meun
4) Guillaume de Lorris
Answer: 1) Eustache Deschamps
Miscellaneous
Hudibras of Samuel butler reflects on the revolt against:
[1] Puritanism [2] Hellenism [3] Humanism [4] AnglicanismAnswer: [1] Puritanism
Robert Burns was born in
1) Scotland
2) England
3) Ireland
4) America
Answer: 1) Scotland
John Bunyan authored the following:
A) The Pilgrim’s Progress
B) Grace Abounding
C) Short View
D) The Holy War
E) Thoughts on Education
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, B and C
2) A, C and D
3) A, D and E
4) A, B and D
Answer: 4) A, B and D
Thomas Rymer coined the term ‘poetic justice’ to imply the following:
A) the distribution of earthly rewards and punishments in proportion to the virtue or vice of the various characters
B) literary work governed by decorum and morality
C) literary work guided by random ways things often work out in the actual world
D) the metaphysical nature of poetic experience
E) the justification of poetry to be an integral part of the Ideal republic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A and B
2) B and C
3) C and D
4) D and E
Answer: 1) A and B
Who among the following built the Red Lion in Stepney in 1567?
1) Richard Burbage
2) James Burbage
3) John Brayne
4) Philip Henslowe
Answer: 3) John Brayne
Who composed the poem “Address to a Steamvessel”?
1) Maria Edgeworth
2) Joanna Baillie
3) Catherine Mansfield
4) John Millington Synge
Answer:2) Joanna Baillie
Who among the following was famous as a diarist? Who among the following was famous as a diarist?
1) John Evelyn
2) John Bunyan
3) Earl of Rochester
4) Robert Walker
Answer:1) John Evelyn
