This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Early British > Early British Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early British Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What event signaled the end of the Anglo-Saxon period? A) War of the roses. B) The industrial revolution. C) The norman invasion. D) The roman invasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The norman invasion. 2. When and where is Beowulf set? A) Scotland, 8th century. B) Denmark, 5th / 6th centuries. C) Norway, 8th century. D) England, 6th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark, 5th / 6th centuries. 3. Which city is Wordsworth describing in Composed upon Westminster bridge A) Bristol. B) Winchester. C) London. D) Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 4. Which period has the theme hard work and virtue? A) The Medieval Period. B) Victorianism. C) The Renaissance Period. D) The Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victorianism. 5. William Shakespeare belongs to .....? A) Medieval Period. B) Victorianism. C) Renaissance. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 6. This event in 1381 occurred when farmers and laborers demanded more wealth and rights. A) Woodstock. B) The Hundred Years' War. C) The War of 1812. D) The Peasant's Revolt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Peasant's Revolt. 7. Thebell with which Donne is most concerned in "Meditation 17" is one that signals A) Death. B) A general alarm. C) The top of each hour. D) The time for early morning prayers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 8. Animosity A) Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone. B) Bravely, courageously. C) Twisting and turning in pain. D) Strong dislike; bitter hostility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong dislike; bitter hostility. 9. Why did Geoffrey Chaucer write the Canterbury Tales? A) He wanted to give us a glimpse of English society at the time. B) He wanted us to know about the game they played back then. C) He wanted to give us a glimpse of what he had been through. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to give us a glimpse of English society at the time. 10. Which one wasn't a pre-romantic? Shelley, Blake, Burns, or Scott. A) Blake. B) Shelley. C) Burns. D) Scott. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelley. 11. In A Modest Proposal, Swift is leastconcerned with the problem of A) Poverty. B) Foreign misrule. C) Violent crime. D) Religious discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Violent crime. 12. Which period literature was written in religious context? A) The Medieval Period. B) The Renaissance Period. C) The Enlightenment Period. D) The Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Medieval Period. 13. What did burns take over when his father died? A) A Bank. B) The family farm. C) The family debt. D) A school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The family farm. 14. Literature in Old English period is about ..... A) Epic. B) Nature. C) Tragic romance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 15. The second adversary of Beowulf was .....? ..... A) Grendel. B) Grendel's mother. C) The dragon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel's mother. 16. Thespeaker in "To a Mouse" considers the mouse better off than he is himselfbecause the A) Is just a simple beast. B) Has not broken nature's social union. C) Can, with time and effort, rebuild its burrow. D) Lives only in the present, not in the past or future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lives only in the present, not in the past or future. 17. What period is after Neoclassical Period? A) The Renaissance period. B) The Romantic period. C) The Victorian period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Romantic period. 18. What should be included in the introductory paragraph of an argumentative essay? A) Background information and supporting evidence. B) Supporting evidence and claim. C) Background information and claim. D) Claim and counterclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Background information and claim. 19. What Danish king helped Beowulf? A) Hrothgar. B) Wealthow. C) Wiglaf. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 20. According to "Bookworm, " how does the worm destroy the words of great men? A) By devouring the books they write. B) By burning the books they write. C) By crawling over them and tearing them. D) By dashing them into the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By devouring the books they write. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesEarly British Literature Quiz 1Early British Literature Quiz 2Early British Literature Quiz 3Early British Literature Quiz 4Early British Literature Quiz 5Early British Literature Quiz 6Early British Literature Quiz 7Early British Literature Quiz 8Early British Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books