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Early British Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which element is a feature of an epic poem?
2. Which poem includes the irony:in spite of the many hardships of life at sea, the speaker still longs for it?
3. In "The Tyger" , the speaker questions
4. How did Geoffrey Chaucer choose to structure The Canterbury Tales?
5. Which list puts 3 literary movements in the correct order?
6. Age of Reason is also the name of .....
7. The creature compares himself to Adam in ..... because of his loneliness.
8. Which period has the theme "deconstruction" ?
9. The earliest invaders to the British Isles were .....
10. Who or what was at the top of the pyramid in feudalism?
11. Why do we not know who wrote Beowulf?
12. William Shakespeare had ..... anniversary in 2016.
13. Which words describes the Englightenment best?
14. Which period of English literature starts from 1950's?
15. The greatest flaw in the "modest proposal" is that itignores
16. Who is the leader during the Renaissance period?
17. What is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem and oldest Germanic Epic?
18. In "The Tyger" , Blake creates a metaphor that comparesthe stars to
19. Which famous poet was friends with the Shelleys?
20. Why did Shelley get expelled from Oxford?
21. Who wrote "The Tyger" and "The Lamb" ?
22. One out of Three Europeans died from this in the 1300s
23. Which of the following countries is not a part of Great Britain?
24. In the medieval period, an exchange of property for personal service between the king and his supporters
25. What color flower represented the romantic era?
26. Who invaded England in 1066 that marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon time period?
27. Which of the following best describes the overallattitude of the speaker of "Death Be Not Proud" toward death?
28. What was the name of the Bennet estate?
29. What period was the Baroque style of writing popularized?
30. What was the first type of Anglo-Saxon literature?
31. This is what women want, according to the Wife of Bath's tale .....
32. The system of government, social order, and land tenure from 1100-1485.
33. In what period did the novel really become the dominant literary form?
34. The fate of the speaker's foe in "A Poison Tree" suggeststhat anger can be A. Deadly
35. What are the characteristics of a Renaissance man?
36. Geoffrey Chaucer was known as the .....
37. What elements in Frankenstein are Romantic?
38. The poets expressed what in poems?
39. From what book do we get our facts about early English history?
40. How old was Robert Burn when he died?
41. Which literary period points outs refinement, clarity, elegance, and balance of judgment?
42. In the excerpt, when the hero, Beowulf says in the red lines below:"Give me leave, O king! Let me go to Hrothgar and free his land of this monster so wicked and fearsome."
43. Who did Charlotte Lucas marry?
44. Old English period ended when .....
45. ..... refers to the practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
46. Where did Southey's aunt send him?
47. Whose bodies does the narrator indicate were buried incoffins during this period in A Journalof the Plague Year.
48. The plague, or Black Death, ravaged the British Isles during which century?
49. The Old English period is also known as .....
50. Who is in this picture?
51. What was the conclusion of the council King Edwin called together?
52. The emphasis of certain syllables or words
53. In which period were philosophers important?
54. Which of the following is NOT a Scandinavian Country?
55. Who among the English writers was NOT from Romantic Period?
56. Where was Shelley Born?
57. What year was Frankenstein published?
58. Which three languages have a big influence on middle and modern English?
59. What happened in 1170
60. The third adversary of Beowulf was .....? .....
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