This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The period starts with French as the official language. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval Period. 2. What do you call a two-line stanza that often concludes a Shakespearean sonnet with a rhyming pair? A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Octave. D) Tercet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 3. One of the most remarkable characteristics of ..... is its ability to change over time. A) Speaking. B) Writing. C) Language. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language. 4. There are ..... types of people in the Canterbury Tales. A) Many. B) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many. 5. The suffix ..... ? ..... means tending to, having the quality of. A) -ar, -ary1. B) -ar, ary2. C) -ive1. D) -ive2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ive1. 6. The root word ..... ? ..... means to rule, to keep straight. A) PLAC. B) SENS, SENT. C) VOL, VOL. D) REG, RECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) REG, RECT. 7. It was this philosopher, through his study of government, who first devised the idea of a separation of powers A) John Locke. B) Thomas Hobbes. C) Voltaire. D) Baron de Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baron de Montesquieu. 8. Characterized by a positive attitude toward life, an awakening to feeling, a love for nature, and an emphasis on personal expression A) Lyrical poetry. B) English Reformation. C) English Renaissance. D) Irish Literary Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyrical poetry. 9. Upon whose philosophy is America's Bill of Rights based? A) John Locke. B) Thomas Hobbes. C) Voltaire. D) Baron de Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voltaire. 10. Lyricists interested in the things of the mind, the soul, and eternity. Used rich imagery and elaborate conceits to express devotional themes ..... A) Metaphysical poets. B) Lyricists. C) Neoclassicism. D) Oxford Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysical poets. 11. "London's Summer Morning" talks about what? A) The beauty and chaos in a typical London morning. B) Why morning is a better time of day than evening. C) Why morning is a bad time of day compared to evening. D) How enjoyable the day can be if you use your morning wisely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beauty and chaos in a typical London morning. 12. Theatre was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the 17th century. A) No clue. B) Yes. C) No. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 13. It appears that the major contribution of the Enlightenment philosophers was introduction of new ideas about A) Government. B) Religion. C) Science. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government. 14. Bildungsroman is A) A literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to maturity. B) A literary genre, namely a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism. C) A work of fiction depicting a setting and events remote from everyday life, especially one of a kind popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to maturity. 15. Who was a spy, satirist, journalist, merchant, and writer? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daniel Defoe. 16. A critic A) Poignant. B) Impunity. C) Propriety. D) Pundit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pundit. 17. ..... brought the Anglo Saxon Era to a close. A) Vikings. B) Romans. C) Battle of Hastings. D) Battle of Briton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battle of Hastings. 18. The root word ..... ? ..... means to roll, to turn, to wind. A) PLAC. B) PHOTO, PHOS. C) VOL, VOL. D) REG, RECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VOL, VOL. 19. Christianity was introduced by the Romans in the ..... century A) An offer. B) Item. C) 5th. D) Ch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ch. 20. A figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory or incongruous ideas. A) Epiphany. B) Memoir. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBritish Literature Quiz 1British Literature Quiz 2British Literature Quiz 3British Literature Quiz 4British Literature Quiz 5British Literature Quiz 6British Literature Quiz 7British Literature Quiz 8British Literature Quiz 9British Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books