This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Augustan > Augustan Age – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Augustan Age Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Several women started writing popular novels during that period. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Defoe started writing prose at the age of ..... A) 56. B) 57. C) 58. D) 59. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 59. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. In 1642 the Civil War broke out between Royalists or Cavaliers and Parliamentarians or Roundheads A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Robinson Crusoe is ..... A) Comic novel. B) A realistic novel. C) An epistolary novel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A realistic novel. 7. The reign of Science meant that religion and faith were questioned. There were some who adhered to DEISM, which ..... A) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which had created the universe. B) Advocated a personal God who appeared in the Scriptures or in Church services. C) Advocated a personal God who revealed himself to us through miracles, the Church, the Bible, etc. D) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which didn't interfere in your life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advocated an impersonal God / force, which didn't interfere in your life. 8. The Petition of Rights stated that taxes could only be imposed with Parliament's approval A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Anne became queen after her sister Mary A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Accord between Charles I and the Parliament lasted for 11 years A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. 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. 12. But by the 18-19th century, the romance was eventually replaced by the novel A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 13. 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. 14. George I of Hanover was German and couldn't speak English A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Terrible events marked reign of Charles II:there was the great plague and the great fire A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Moll Flanders was published in A) 1720. B) 1721. C) 1722. D) 1723. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1722. 20. The army appointed Oliver Cromwell 'Lord Protector of the Realm' A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesAugustan Age Quiz 1Augustan Age Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books