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English Literature Mcqs

Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ?

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Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ?

A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake
B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy B. Shelley
C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt

Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

In the late seventeenth century, a battle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?

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In the late seventeenth century, a battle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?

A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”

A. William Shakespeare
B. John Donne
C. Abraham Cowley
D. John Dryden

Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.” Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ____________?

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Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ____________?

A. Jane Austen’s Emma
B. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesiswas interpreted to mean______________?

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Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesiswas interpreted to mean______________?

A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time ?

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time ?

A. Ben Jonson
B. Alexander Pope
C. Robert Herrick
D. John Dryden

He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century