This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Early British > Early British Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early British Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Paradise lost" by John Milton is ..... A) About angels. B) A biblical story. C) About the devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A biblical story. 2. This American Harlem Renaissance writer was part of a black expatriate community in England for a few years in the early 1920s. A) W.H. Auden. B) Langston Hughes. C) D.H. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W.H. Auden. 3. What was Geoffrey Chaucer's purpose in writing The Canterbury Tales? A) To entertain during the medieval fairs. B) To inform about pilgrimages to Canterbury. C) To persuade society to change behavior by critiquing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To persuade society to change behavior by critiquing. 4. Which of the following is not one of the archetypal fears that Beowulf faces? A) The fear of dying alone. B) The fear of drowning. C) The fear of being attacked at home. D) The fear of being burned alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fear of dying alone. 5. Who was the founder of English history? A) Beowulf. B) Caedmon. C) Venerable Bede. D) King Edwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venerable Bede. 6. The author's word choice is called .....? A) Allegory. B) Hyperbole. C) Diction. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 7. Paradise Lost is considered? A) Heresy. B) Biographical. C) The finest epic in English Language. D) The most controversial poem in English Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The finest epic in English Language. 8. The idea in Medieval literature that the "sea is a kind of placeless place, a vast nowhere that can separate one from home" is a common ..... A) Song title. B) Notion. C) Theme. D) Name for a homely baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 9. Withwhich of the following is the shepherd in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" most concerned? A) Security. B) Pleasure. C) The constancy of love. D) Achieving immortality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleasure. 10. Why did King Edwin call a council of his chiefs and wise men? A) To declare war on Denmark. B) To defend themselves against the Vikings. C) To decide if they should embrace Christianity. D) To plan a venture sailing to the new world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To decide if they should embrace Christianity. 11. Which year was " A red, red rose" first published? A) 1794. B) 1497. C) 1974. D) 1749. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1794. 12. In "A Poison Tree, " the speaker contrasts astraightforward approach to anger with A) Quietly planning revenge. B) Openly poisoning his enemy. C) Resorting to violence. D) Trying to forget the whole thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quietly planning revenge. 13. What is the period of the rise of William Shakespeare? A) Old English. B) Middle English. C) Renaissance Period. D) Modern Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance Period. 14. The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds A) Parallelism. B) Accent. C) Kenning. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. Taste A) Famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting. B) The quality of being honest or genuine. C) The ability to discern what is excellent or appropriate. D) Strong dislike; bitter hostility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to discern what is excellent or appropriate. 16. What was NOT a typical Anglo-Saxon literature? A) A war. B) Heroic poem. C) A song. D) Chronicle novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronicle novel. 17. In this excerpt from How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the rhyme scheme is:How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. A) ABABAB. B) ABCDDA. C) ABABCCDD. D) ABBAABBA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ABBAABBA. 18. Which period has Anonymity theme? A) Modernism. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance Period. D) Enlightenment Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval Period. 19. Why does the dragon plague Beowulf's kingdom? A) The two kingdoms had a feud for many years. B) The dragon was extremely evil and vicious for no apparent reason. C) Beowulf had killed his son. D) A slave stole a cup from the dragon's gold-hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A slave stole a cup from the dragon's gold-hoard. 20. Why was English literature in Modernism fractured? A) Civil War. B) World War II. C) World War I. D) Napoleon War. 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