This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Renaissance is A) A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. B) The revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries. C) A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries. 2. What author wrote 'The Life of Samuel Johnson'? A) James Boswell. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Boswell. 3. What is the literary term for the genre of drama that often ends with the downfall of the main character, often due to a tragic flaw? A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) Romance. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 4. Two accented syllables A) Monosyllabic. B) Spondee. C) Iamb. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spondee. 5. When did the renaissance begin? A) At the beginning of the 15th century. B) In the late 15 th century. C) At the beginning of the 16th century. D) At the end of the 14 century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the late 15 th century. 6. The traditional moral values of the middle class based on Christian principles; often used by liberals as a derogatory term. A) Middle-class morality. B) Metonymy. C) Oxford movement. D) Deism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle-class morality. 7. In Shakespearean plays, what is a brief remark or comment made by a character to the audience, unheard by other characters on stage? A) Monologue. B) Aside. C) Soliloquy. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 8. Lacking flavor; dull A) Pensive. B) Insipid. C) Felonious. D) Extraneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insipid. 9. What language did William the Conqueror bring from Normandy? A) Latin. B) French. C) Old English. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French. 10. Antonym:abet A) Conceal. B) Impede. C) Compel. D) Attribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impede. 11. Who was considered as the founder of English poetry in the Medieval Period? A) Shakespeare. B) Homer. C) Chaucer. D) King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaucer. 12. Who created the sonnet? A) Petrarch. B) Wyatt. C) Shakespeare. D) Burbage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petrarch. 13. The suffix ..... ? ..... means one who. A) -ar, -ary1. B) -ar, ary2. C) -ive1. D) -ive2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ar, ary2. 14. Daniel Defoe wrote the first adventure book. It was ..... A) Orient Express. B) The Lord of Rings. C) Hamlet. D) Robinson Crusoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robinson Crusoe. 15. This same philosopher preached the idea of TOLERANCE and the freedoms of religion and speech. Before him, these freedoms did not exist. His philosophy greatly influenced America's ..... A) Civil Rights. B) Natural Rights. C) Bill of Rights. D) Miranda Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill of Rights. 16. What language did the clerics, the religious people, speak? A) Latin. B) German. C) French. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. 17. The oral tradition A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo Saxon Period. 18. "(A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said:) LOVE ONE ANOTHER!" A) You can take someone away from the place where they belong but you cannot take away what they truly believe or who they truly are. B) Always be loyal and truthful. C) When you love, you give love, and love brings good things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you love, you give love, and love brings good things. 19. A work of moderate length in which the writer tries to develop his own thoughts on some subject A) Essay. B) Elegy. C) Dramatic monologue. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Essay. 20. Below were the social background of English Renaiisance, except: A) Hunder Years' War and civil wars. B) Wars; the weakening of nobility and the rising of bourgeoisie. C) The Reformation and the weakening of the power of church. D) The mark of establishment of feudalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mark of establishment of feudalism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesBritish Literature Quiz 1British Literature Quiz 2British Literature Quiz 3British Literature Quiz 4British Literature Quiz 6British Literature Quiz 7British Literature Quiz 8British Literature Quiz 9British Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books