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Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

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Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

A. Too many of its readers were women.
B. It required less skill than other genres.
C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
D. all of the above

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?

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Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?

A. William Godwin’s Inquiry Concerning Political Justice
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s England in 1819
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. all of the above

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to “’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!” ?

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What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to “’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!” ?

A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following women exposed themselves to scandal by writing racy stories for the popular press ?

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Which of the following women exposed themselves to scandal by writing racy stories for the popular press ?

A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary
B. Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood
C. Anne Finch, Anne Killigrew, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
D. Rachel Speght, Katherine Philips, and Frances Burney

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness,a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike ?

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness,a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike ?

A. wit
B. sprezzatura
C. naturalism
D. gusto

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking ?

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John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking ?

A. King David’s son
B. A Judge of Israel
C. Bathsheba’s first husband
D. Absalom’s advisor

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?

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Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?

A. snide indifference
B. biblical reverence
C. condemning censure
D. satirical derision

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel” ?

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Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel” ?

A. The Duke of Monmouth
B. Charles II
C. The Earl of Shaftesbury
D. Cromwell

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century