This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Augustan > Augustan Age – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Augustan Age Quiz 1 (44 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Charles I needed to raise money for a war with France A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which of the following statements is true about the protagonist? A) Most of the details about him refer to feelings and thoughts. B) He reflects the typical upper-class mentality. C) He can be seen as an allegory of merchant capitalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can be seen as an allegory of merchant capitalism. 3. When was the Augustan Age period? A) 1500-1800. B) 1800-1900. C) 1700-1750. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1700-1750. 4. At Anne's death took the throne ..... A) James II. B) George II. C) Charles III. D) George I of Hanover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George I of Hanover. 5. Puritanism and Methodism stressed the importance of hard work and activity A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Oliver Cromwell founded the New Model Army, known as Ironsides A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A novel is a short story based on the life of real characters and events. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Charles I (1625-1649) succeeded his brother James I A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. Cromwell established a parliamentary democracy A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. The novels of the Augustan Age typically revolved around aristocratic characters. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Readership was widespread in the 18th century thanks to ..... A) The aristocracy, who were eager to read about themselves and bought novels. B) The working class, who were becoming literate in Charity schools and had access to cheap novels. C) The middle class, who had some money, wanted to read about themselves and bought novels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The middle class, who had some money, wanted to read about themselves and bought novels. 12. The English writers and poets imitated the Classical writers of Greece and Rome in the 18th Century because ..... A) They wanted to write creatively. B) They wanted to write about noble, beautiful topics, like Philosophy and Democrary. C) They wanted to follow the best standards of literary taste and respected the past traditions. D) They wanted to pursue their individual ideas and dreams, and were inspired by Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They wanted to follow the best standards of literary taste and respected the past traditions. 13. The Neoclassical writers preferred to write in an imitative style, in admiration of the Classics. That's why, the most common pieces are ....., the sort of works produced by the Ancient Romans and Greeks. A) Tragedies, satires, epics and elegies. B) Tragedies, comedies, epic poems and elegies. C) Tragedies, elegies, poems and essays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedies, satires, epics and elegies. 14. The Augustan Age in English Literature is called like this because it is compared to ..... A) The period between 43 BCE and CE 18, when Caesar Augustus was the Emperor. B) The age of Alexander Pope and John Dryden (1700-1750). C) The age of John Dryden and Samuel Johnson (1750-1798). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The period between 43 BCE and CE 18, when Caesar Augustus was the Emperor. 15. Roxana appeared in ..... A) 1722. B) 1721. C) 1723. D) 1724. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1724. 16. During the reign of Charles I there was the great plague and the great fire A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Defoe wrote his famous pamphlet The Shortest Way with theDissenters in. A) 1701. B) 1704. C) 1702. D) 1703. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1702. 18. The philosophy of the Augustan Age aimed at pointing out the fantastic rather than reality. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. The King was imprisoned and beheaded on 29 January 1649 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The increase in the readership during the Augustan Age was favoured by the increased wealth among the middle classes A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Several women started writing popular novels during that period. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Defoe started writing prose at the age of ..... A) 59. B) 56. C) 58. D) 57. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 59. 23. What is prescriptive grammar? A) Set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used. B) Set of rules about language based on how language is actually used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used. 24. What was Caesar Augustus' name before he became the first Roman Emperor? 2. And who was his great uncle, his inspiration and his adopted father? A) 1.Augustus Julius.2.The Roman general, Marc Anthony. B) 1.Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus2.The Roman general and politician, Julius Caesar. C) 1.Octavian2.The Roman philosopher, writer and politician, Marcus Tullius Cicero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus2.The Roman general and politician, Julius Caesar. 25. In 1642 the Civil War broke out between Royalists or Cavaliers and Parliamentarians or Roundheads A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. The reign of Science meant that religion and faith were questioned. There were some who adhered to DEISM, which ..... A) Advocated a personal God who appeared in the Scriptures or in Church services. B) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which didn't interfere in your life. C) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which had created the universe. D) Advocated a personal God who revealed himself to us through miracles, the Church, the Bible, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which didn't interfere in your life. 27. The Petition of Rights stated that taxes could only be imposed with Parliament's approval A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Anne became queen after her sister Mary A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Accord between Charles I and the Parliament lasted for 11 years A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. During Anne's reign England and Scotland were united into the United Kingdom of Great Britain (Act of Union) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. But by the 18-19th century, the romance was eventually replaced by the novel A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 32. What type of narrator tells the story? A) An omniscient third-person narrator. B) A non-omniscient first-person narrator. C) A non-omniscient third-person narrator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A non-omniscient first-person narrator. 33. George I of Hanover was German and couldn't speak English A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. Terrible events marked reign of Charles II:there was the great plague and the great fire A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver Travels and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe are among the first novels of the 18th century. They have in common ..... A) The fact that both are about exploring new lands and cultures. They're a consequence of Britain's commercial expansion. B) The fact that both are about men who are castaways. They're a consequence of British supremacy at sea. C) The fact that both are about men who are lost in a distant land. They're a consequence of readers' interest in travelling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that both are about exploring new lands and cultures. They're a consequence of Britain's commercial expansion. 36. The following is an an example of what literary technique? "Are you coming to the birthday party this weekend?" "No, I have to participate in a satanic ritual. It's my turn to perform the sacrifice." A) Sarcasm. B) Irony. C) Parody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 37. There were more writers in the 18th century because ..... A) There was an overriding interest in prose and especially, in novels. B) There was a widespread readership due to cheap books. C) More children had access to education through Charity Schools and some became writers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More children had access to education through Charity Schools and some became writers. 38. Moll Flanders was published in A) 1720. B) 1723. C) 1722. D) 1721. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1722. 39. The army appointed Oliver Cromwell 'Lord Protector of the Realm' A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. A Journal of the Plague Yearis an account of the plague which struck London in 1675 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Who was the Augustan Age named after? A) Greek warrior. B) Roman emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roman emperor. 42. In eighteenth-century England, Neoclassicism is divided in TWO main periods ..... A) From 1660 to 1700, with the Restoration of Charles II. B) 1700-1750 & 1750-98, the Enlightenment or Age of Reason. C) 1700-1750 & 1750-98, the ages of Dryden and Pope, plus a transitional period (William Blake). D) 1660-1798, with the Comedies of Manner of the Restoration and the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1700-1750 & 1750-98, the ages of Dryden and Pope, plus a transitional period (William Blake). 43. The style of the narrative is ..... A) Simple and straightforward. B) Ornate and elegant. C) Witty and satirical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple and straightforward. 44. This period is also called "The Enlightenment" or "The Age of Reason" because ..... A) Science played a huge role in shaping this period, with its emphasis in rational thinking, in which writing had to follow exact rules and avoid sentimentality. B) Isaac Newton presented his new scientific method to test everything. C) Isaac Newton, John Locke, Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon, among others, wrote logical and exact prose, following scientific precepts. D) The Augustans/ Neoclassicals didn't trust imagination or feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science played a huge role in shaping this period, with its emphasis in rational thinking, in which writing had to follow exact rules and avoid sentimentality. Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books