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British Literature Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. The philosopher who believed that all men are born as "blank slates" or "Tabula Rasa" , was
2. Known for the beginnings of the English language and very little written material. One of the main poems of the time is Beowulf.
3. Which work was NOT written by Shakespeare?
4. A request or favor; a blessing
5. People lived in tribes.
6. Which British author is associated with the Romantic movement?
7. What great hero is believed to have held off the Germanic invasion of Britain?
8. In this excerpt from How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the rhyme scheme is:How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day'sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for right.I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
9. Poems which are usually written to teach or to state an informative lesson.
10. Who was knighted?
11. Why was Latin mixed with English?
12. Films were purely visual up to .....
13. Name one Shakespearean hero and their play.
14. One of the most formal and most complex types of lyrical poetry. It has a fixed purpose and deals with one dignified theme. It may be written according to a variety of forms.
15. Not essential; not constituting a vital part
16. The Canterbury Tales
17. What was Confucious's book called?
18. One source of Elizabethan drama was
19. What author was buried at Westminster Abbey?
20. Which sentence about J. R. R. Tolkien is not true:
21. What is meant by popular literature?
22. ..... is a repeated line in a group of lines
23. The arrangement of events in a story or play; the sequence of related action.
24. Works out though characters and incidents some central problem dealing with a special social, political, economic, or moral issue or problem and often strongly advocates a specific solution.
25. The root word ..... ? ..... means to carry.
26. In what year was the first The Lord of The Rings film released?
27. Which of the following is not effective imagery?
28. Who was the primary writer for the 'London Gazette'?
29. Why is Early Modern English still somewhat readable?
30. The Black Plague
31. One who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs
32. Poetry of the mid-eighteenth century used the ..... of spoken language for rhyme.
33. The root word ..... ? ..... means to please, to appease.
34. When characters say one thing but mean something else is an example of ..... (1) ..... irony ..... (2) ..... irony is when the reader or audience expects one thing to happen but something else happens instead. When the reader or audience knows something the character(s) does not know, often creating tension or surprise is ..... (3) ..... irony.
35. Read the paragraph. Point:Gilgamesh is an epic hero because of his great strength and bravery. Illustration: ..... Explanation:Because Gilgamesh succeeds in such a challenging and frightful task, he proves himself to be notably strong and brave. Which is the best example from the text to illustrate this point?
36. What is the correct order of poetry's period of transitions in the Victorian period?
37. Antonym:meticulous
38. What author founded 'The Rambler' a magazine?
39. Menceritakan tentang apa The Lord of The Ring ini?
40. Which of the following is an example of a motif in the novel?
41. The main characters of The Nightingale and the Rose are:
42. Recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger
43. In this period of British Literature all genres are represented.
44. Who was the philosopher who FIRST suggested dividing the government into separate powers?
45. To clear of quilt, to declare innocent
46. Strong feelings and attachment to the poet's love are conveyed in the poem.
47. An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one
48. The language was highly inflected.
49. Which version of English did Shakespeare write in?
50. A lyric poem in which a single character engages in conversation with a silent listener, revealing a dramatic situation
51. Sound similarities that occur between words but which are not true rhymes.
52. Lydia and Wickham ran off together and spent the night together, but only married after Darcy hunted them down in London and ..... Wickham to marry her.
53. The period starts with French as the official language.
54. What do you call a two-line stanza that often concludes a Shakespearean sonnet with a rhyming pair?
55. One of the most remarkable characteristics of ..... is its ability to change over time.
56. There are ..... types of people in the Canterbury Tales.
57. The suffix ..... ? ..... means tending to, having the quality of.
58. The root word ..... ? ..... means to rule, to keep straight.
59. It was this philosopher, through his study of government, who first devised the idea of a separation of powers
60. Characterized by a positive attitude toward life, an awakening to feeling, a love for nature, and an emphasis on personal expression
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