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English Literature Mcqs

Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance /
Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

A. lycidas
B. Paradise Lost
C. II penseroso
D. none of the above

Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance

The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who ?

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance /
The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who ?

A. FR Leavis
B. Harold Bloom
C. William Empson
D. Mariella Frostrup

The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance

“Milton, thou should’st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee.” Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance /
“Milton, thou should’st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee.” Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?

A. Horatio Herbert Kitchener
B. William Blake
C. William Wordsworth
D. John Keats

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English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance

As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works ?

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance /
As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works ?

A. Of Prelatical Episcopacy
B. The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
C. Of Practical Exorcisme
D. Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, The Renaissance