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Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?

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Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?

A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. a lyric poem written in the first person
C. a comedy of manners
D. a political tract demanding labor reform

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?

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Who wrote The Life and Oions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?

A. Henry Fielding
B. Laurence Sterne
C. Samuel Richardson
D. Tobias Smollett

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?

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John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?

A. William Wordsworth
B. Alexander Pope
C. Ben Jonson
D. George Herbert

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was_____________?

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was_____________?

A. The closing of theatres
B. The return of the King.
C. King Arthurs’ dead
D. King to exile

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” ?

English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century /
Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” ?

A. the lyric poem written in the first person
B. the sonnet
C. doggerel rhyme
D. the political tract

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

The crisis over the Exclusion Bill effectively divided the country into which two political parties ?

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The crisis over the Exclusion Bill effectively divided the country into which two political parties ?

A. the Republicans and the Royalists
B. the Royalists and the Whigs
C. the Tories and the Whigs
D. the Royalists and the Tories

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university ?

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Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university ?

A. He lived in Italy until the age of 27
B. Asthma, headaches, and sal deformity made him an invalid
C. He was a Catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
D. He just wasn’t bright enough

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English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century