This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Early British > Early British Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early British Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which period has the theme "arts for the art's sake" ? A) The Medieval Period. B) The Renaissance Period. C) The Victorianism. D) The Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Modernism. 2. Who wrote in archaic language? A) Wordsworth. B) Coleridge. C) Lord Byron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coleridge. 3. What is the characteristic of literary work during the Romantic period? A) Nature. B) Satire. C) Heroic couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. 4. In what period was theater at its peak? A) The Renaissance. B) The Romantic. C) The Victorian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Renaissance. 5. In a story containing the following events, which would likely occur FIRST? A) Matt decided to enlist in the army. B) Matt spent a few weeks in basic training. C) After basic training, Matt was deployed into battle. D) He packed up his clothes and told his family goodbye. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matt decided to enlist in the army. 6. Which centuries was The Renaissance Period? A) 15th-17th. B) 16th-17th. C) 14th-17th. D) 13th-17th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16th-17th. 7. He never / Dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious / Throne, protected by God-God, / Whose love Grendel could not know ..... " A) Kenning. B) Alliteration. C) Pagan Elements. D) Christian Elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christian Elements. 8. What is often considered the first work of literature in the English language? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) The Canterbury Tales. C) Beowulf. D) The Waste Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 9. In A Journal of the Plague Year, a number ofpeople have jumped into the pits because they A) Are searching for valuables. B) Want to help those not truly dead. C) Want to join their loved ones. D) Are in despair and dying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are in despair and dying. 10. A ..... is a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference. A) Diction. B) Motif. C) Allegory. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 11. This quotation is from .....? ..... "We are now to praise the Maker of the heavenly kingdom, the power of the Creator and his counsel, the deeds of the Father of glory." A) Beowulf. B) Caedmon. C) "The Seafarer". D) "Bookworm". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 12. In "Death Be Not Proud, " the speaker indicates that death's strength is truly A) Romantic. B) Deceptive. C) Mysterious. D) Considerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deceptive. 13. In "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" , the tale of the ill-fated ship is told by the A) Pilot's son. B) Wedding guest. C) Ancient mariner. D) Hermit of the wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient mariner. 14. The narrator in AJournal of the Plague Year is driven to view the great pit in thechurchyard by a sense of A) Guilt. B) Religious devotion. C) Duty to his fellow man. D) Curiosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curiosity. 15. Which novel that we read had Gothic elements? A) Frankenstein. B) Pride and Prejudice. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frankenstein. 16. What is the term for metaphorical phrases wherein two-three words replace a concept? A) Alliteration. B) Kenning. C) Syntax. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kenning. 17. Where was Burns born? A) Scotland. B) England. C) Wales. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scotland. 18. In A ModestProposal, Swift displays the greatest contempt for A) Politicians. B) Absentee landlords. C) Unwed mothers. D) The Catholic clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absentee landlords. 19. In Sonnet 73 (That time of year thou mayst in me behold), Shakespeare's speaker says that the friend's love for him is strengthened by A) Passing time. B) The time of year. C) The fear of abandonment. D) The understanding that the speaker has little time left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The understanding that the speaker has little time left. 20. In which period would you place the interest for the supernatural? A) Victorian. B) Romantic. C) Middle English. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romantic. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesEarly British Literature Quiz 1Early British Literature Quiz 2Early British Literature Quiz 3Early British Literature Quiz 4Early British Literature Quiz 6Early British Literature Quiz 7Early British Literature Quiz 8Early British Literature Quiz 9Early British Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books