This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Augustan > Augustan Age – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Augustan Age Quiz 1 (20 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) Charles III. B) James II. C) George I of Hanover. D) George II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Charles I (1625-1649) succeeded his brother James I A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Cromwell established a parliamentary democracy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) 1721. B) 1722. 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) 1702. C) 1703. D) 1704. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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. Next →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesAugustan Age Quiz 2Augustan Age Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books