British Literature Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. Name one Shakespearean hero and their play.
2. 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.
3. Not essential; not constituting a vital part
4. The Canterbury Tales
5. What was Confucious's book called?
6. One source of Elizabethan drama was
7. What author was buried at Westminster Abbey?
8. Which sentence about J. R. R. Tolkien is not true:
9. What is meant by popular literature?
10. ..... is a repeated line in a group of lines
11. The arrangement of events in a story or play; the sequence of related action.
12. 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.
13. The root word ..... ? ..... means to carry.
14. In what year was the first The Lord of The Rings film released?
15. Which of the following is not effective imagery?
16. Who was the primary writer for the 'London Gazette'?
17. Why is Early Modern English still somewhat readable?
18. The Black Plague
19. 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
20. Poetry of the mid-eighteenth century used the ..... of spoken language for rhyme.