This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The most literature was written during this period. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 2. Enlightened thinkers wanted change because they felt that society was being governed by A) Religion. B) A Social Contract. C) ScientificExperiments. D) Political philosophers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religion. 3. The first English dramatist was A) William Shakespeare. B) Cristopher Marlowe. C) Flight johnson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cristopher Marlowe. 4. The measured rhythm of a poem A) Meter. B) Octave. C) Parallelism. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 5. The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for protection from their government, was called the A) Scientific Method. B) Magna Carta. C) Enlightenment. D) Social Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social Contract. 6. William Shakespeare will have ..... anniversary this year. A) 300th. B) 400th. C) 500th. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 400th. 7. Adjective:Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details A) Counentance. B) Deign. C) Diligent. D) Scrupulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrupulous. 8. Why was Confucious famous? A) He was really old. B) He was a philosopher. C) He had a great beard. D) He wrote a famous book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a philosopher. 9. What was the Golden Rule that he lived by? A) Treat others how you wish to be treated. B) Love thy neighbour. C) Give charity to all. D) Respect your elders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treat others how you wish to be treated. 10. In which of the following books can you find newly invented words? A) Canterbury Tales. B) Jane Eyre. C) Ulysses. D) Animal Farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulysses. 11. In Chapter 11 of Frankenstein, we learn that the monster has had to learn about the world differently than human babies do. Why? A) Victor used insufficient parts when creating the monster. B) The monster is awakened rather than born, so he already has a lot of knowledge. C) He has had no one to guide him in the process as human babies do. D) He is fully grown but has the mind of an infant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The monster is awakened rather than born, so he already has a lot of knowledge. 12. Graceful in motion, moving and bending with ease A) Lithe. B) Superfluous. C) Venial. D) Goad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithe. 13. Which tone is the poem written? A) Nostalgic and pessimistic tone. B) Regretful and humorous tone. C) Cheerful and pleasant tone. D) Assertive and cheerful tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheerful and pleasant tone. 14. Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, challenged the idea of "the divine right of rule" held by monarchs of the time. They wrote about a government's obligation to uphold people's rights and how the government should be based on the consent of the governed. These ideas encouraged people to A) Remain firm in their support of absolute monarchies. B) Look for leaders who would exercise dictatorial powers. C) Engage in revolutions to establish democratic governments. D) Call for church leaders to create theocracies and replace the monarchs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engage in revolutions to establish democratic governments. 15. Geoffrey Chaucer A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval Period. 16. Name one tragic hero from Shakespeare's plays. A) Romeo. B) Hamlet. C) Macbeth. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 17. A classical love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life, often presenting an idealized concept of rural life. A) Pastoral. B) Paraphrase. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pastoral. 18. Anapest foot A) ( / u u ). B) ( / u ). C) ( u u / ). D) ( u / ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ( u u / ). 19. Which Romantic writer is known for the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ? A) William Blake. B) John Keats. C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 20. During the time King Henry VIII severed England's ties with the Church of Rome and helped establish Protestantism in England A) Elizabethan Playhouse. B) English Renaissance. C) English Reformation. D) An example. 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