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

August 7, 2021June 22, 2019 by QuizMaster
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

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?

August 7, 2021June 22, 2019 by QuizMaster
In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?

A. Bleak House
B. Great Expectations
C. A Tale of Two Cities
D. The Pickwick Papers

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism ?

August 7, 2021June 22, 2019 by QuizMaster
Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism ?

A. All knowledge is derived from experience.
B. Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power.
C. The search for essential or ultimate principles of reality.
D. The sensory world is an illusion.

Categories English Literature Mcqs, MCQs / Q&A

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

August 7, 2021June 22, 2019 by QuizMaster
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

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

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

August 7, 2021June 22, 2019 by QuizMaster
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

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Who wrote: “Reader, I married him.” ?

August 7, 2021June 20, 2019 by QuizMaster
Who wrote: “Reader, I married him.” ?

A. Jane Austen
B. Charlotte Bronte
C. Edith Wharton
D. Emily Bronte

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

How many children were there in the Bronte family?

August 7, 2021June 20, 2019 by QuizMaster
How many children were there in the Bronte family?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states ?

August 7, 2021June 20, 2019 by QuizMaster
Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states ?

A. opium
B. dreams
C. childhood
D. A, Band C

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was interpreted to mean______________?

August 7, 2021June 20, 2019 by QuizMaster
Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was 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.

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century

Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry ?

August 7, 2021June 20, 2019 by QuizMaster
Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry ?

A. Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. William Wordsworth
C. George Gordon, Lord Byron
D. all of the above

Categories English Literature Mcqs, Restoration and 18th Century
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