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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.”

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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 ?

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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

This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

A. Alexander Pope
B. William Collins
C. Thomas Gray
D. Ben Jonson

This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world effected by the creative capacity of the human mind ?

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Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world effected by the creative capacity of the human mind ?

A. Coleridge’s Dejection: An Ode
B. Blake’s “Prophetic Books”
C. Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman
D. all but C

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century