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101. |
Who was Founder of the Hannoverian dynasty? |
A. | henry i |
B. | elizebeth i |
C. | george i |
D. | james i |
Answer» C. george i |
102. |
Whose accession marked the beginning of Hanoverian Dynasty in England? |
A. | george i |
B. | george ii |
C. | edward vi |
D. | william iii |
Answer» A. george i |
103. |
Who was considered the first "prime minister’ of England? |
A. | margarett thatcher |
B. | wolsey |
C. | george iii |
D. | robert walpole |
Answer» D. robert walpole |
104. |
…………..was actually the child of the American War of Independence. |
A. | the french revolution of 1789 |
B. | glorious revolution |
C. | seven years war |
D. | boston massacre |
Answer» A. the french revolution of 1789 |
105. |
Who was the leader of the American War of Independence? |
A. | robert walpole |
B. | tomas jefferson |
C. | thomas paine |
D. | george washington |
Answer» D. george washington |
106. |
‘Rights of Man’is the work of …………… |
A. | montesque |
B. | rousseau |
C. | voltaire |
D. | thomas paine |
Answer» D. thomas paine |
107. |
Who wrote ‘Reflexions on the Revolution’? |
A. | carlyle |
B. | rousseau |
C. | voltaire |
D. | edmund burke |
Answer» D. edmund burke |
108. |
Who is the author of the “Age of Reason?” |
A. | carlyle |
B. | rousseau |
C. | edmund burke |
D. | thomas paine |
Answer» D. thomas paine |
109. |
French Revolution occurred in …………… |
A. | 1789 |
B. | 1795 |
C. | 1799 |
D. | 1889 |
Answer» A. 1789 |
110. |
Who said “man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”? |
A. | montesque |
B. | voltaire |
C. | tilak |
D. | rousseau |
Answer» D. rousseau |
111. |
………….’s Social Contract made a profound impact on the reading and thinking community of France. |
A. | voltaire |
B. | edmund burke |
C. | carlyle |
D. | rousseau |
Answer» D. rousseau |
112. |
The ………….mob stormed the Bastille (the state Prison) and all the prisoners were set free. |
A. | vienna |
B. | london |
C. | bologna |
D. | paris |
Answer» D. paris |
113. |
The Peninsular War was the last of the wars the English fought against ………………… |
A. | napolean bonoparte |
B. | wellington |
C. | washington |
D. | louis xvi |
Answer» A. napolean bonoparte |
114. |
At the Battle of Waterloo ………. in Napolean was completely crushed by the Duke of Wellington. |
A. | 1815 |
B. | 1825 |
C. | 1835 |
D. | 1855 |
Answer» A. 1815 |
115. |
On 21 January 1793, ……….was executed and the Jacobins set up a dictatorship through the Committee of Public Safety. |
A. | louis xvi |
B. | louis xvii |
C. | louis xviii |
D. | louis xv |
Answer» A. louis xvi |
116. |
……………….. wrote ‘The French Revolution: A History’, |
A. | thomas carlyle |
B. | edward gibbon |
C. | austen |
D. | toynbee |
Answer» A. thomas carlyle |
117. |
Who wrote ‘The History of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’? |
A. | edward gibbon |
B. | thomas carlyle |
C. | toynbee |
D. | churchill |
Answer» A. edward gibbon |
118. |
………'s longest poem, THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, appeared in 1749. |
A. | johnson |
B. | wordsworth |
C. | t. s. eliot |
D. | coleridge |
Answer» A. johnson |
119. |
Who wrote 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798? |
A. | william wordsworth |
B. | t. s. eliot |
C. | bunyan |
D. | austen |
Answer» A. william wordsworth |
120. |
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a famous poem of …………….. |
A. | samuel taylor coleridge |
B. | dr. samuel johnson |
C. | t. s. eliot |
D. | austen |
Answer» A. samuel taylor coleridge |
121. |
Sense and Sensibility is the novel of ………….. |
A. | austen |
B. | richardson |
C. | fielding |
D. | smollett |
Answer» A. austen |
122. |
Who wrote the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’? |
A. | austen |
B. | milton |
C. | bunyan |
D. | dryden |
Answer» A. austen |
123. |
The Black Death was ……. |
A. | a literary intellectual movement |
B. | a social movement. |
C. | the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest. |
D. | a revolt against edward iii. |
Answer» C. the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest. |
124. |
King Richard II Succeeded to the Crown in ……… |
A. | 1377 |
B. | 1378 |
C. | 1379 |
D. | 1380 |
Answer» A. 1377 |
125. |
Chaucer’s The Romaunt of the Rose is |
A. | a ballad |
B. | a lengthy allegorical poem |
C. | a satire on society. |
D. | an ode on transition. |
Answer» B. a lengthy allegorical poem |
126. |
Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s long poem adopted from ……. |
A. | lazamon |
B. | dan michel |
C. | annonymous |
D. | boccaccio |
Answer» D. boccaccio |
127. |
Chaucer’s poem ‘The House of Fame’ is written in ……. |
A. | lambic pentameter |
B. | octosyllabic couplet |
C. | free verse |
D. | blank verse |
Answer» B. octosyllabic couplet |
128. |
Chaucer’s first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the following poems. |
A. | prologue to the canterbury tales |
B. | tale of melibeus |
C. | the legend of good women |
D. | the lack of steadfastness |
Answer» C. the legend of good women |
129. |
The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of …….. |
A. | st. john francis |
B. | st. nicholas |
C. | st. thomas a becket |
D. | st. joseph |
Answer» C. st. thomas a becket |
130. |
Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ……… |
A. | france |
B. | italy |
C. | greece |
D. | ireland |
Answer» A. france |
131. |
Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as ………… |
A. | decasyllabic lines |
B. | octosyllabic lines |
C. | rime royale |
D. | heroic couplet |
Answer» C. rime royale |
132. |
The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its …… |
A. | urbanity |
B. | crudity |
C. | triviality |
D. | sanctity |
Answer» A. urbanity |
133. |
The Hundred Years’ War was originated in |
A. | the conquest of 1066. |
B. | the conquest of 1067. |
C. | tthe conquest of 1068. |
D. | the conquest of 1069 |
Answer» A. the conquest of 1066. |
134. |
The sole cause of the Hundred Years’ War was ……… |
A. | the commercial rivalry between france and england. |
B. | the commercial rivalry between france and italy. |
C. | the social rivalry between france and greece. |
D. | the cultural rivalry between england and ireland. |
Answer» A. the commercial rivalry between france and england. |
135. |
The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in …….. |
A. | 1348 |
B. | 1349 |
C. | 1350 |
D. | 1351 |
Answer» D. 1351 |
136. |
The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is also called ………. |
A. | tyler’s rebellion |
B. | tyler’s mutiny |
C. | tyler’s strike |
D. | tyler’s war |
Answer» A. tyler’s rebellion |
137. |
The Peasants’ Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text ……….. |
A. | wat tyler |
B. | john cairne |
C. | king richard ii |
D. | king edward ii |
Answer» A. wat tyler |
138. |
Who are called Lollards? |
A. | john tyler and his followers. |
B. | john wyclif and his followers |
C. | jack straw and his followers. |
D. | john ball and his followers. |
Answer» B. john wyclif and his followers |
139. |
Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism? |
A. | john wyclife |
B. | john ball |
C. | william langland |
D. | wat tyler |
Answer» A. john wyclife |
140. |
John Wyclif is called……………… |
A. | the morning star of reformation. |
B. | the morning star of resurrection. |
C. | the morning star of restoration. |
D. | tthe morning star of redemption. |
Answer» A. the morning star of reformation. |
141. |
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within one narrative is …….. |
A. | oriental in origin. |
B. | european in origin. |
C. | scandinavian in origin |
D. | latinic in origin. |
Answer» A. oriental in origin. |
142. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride to Canterbury in the month of ……. |
A. | march |
B. | april |
C. | may |
D. | june |
Answer» B. april |
143. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characters told the first tale on their way to Canterbury……….. |
A. | shipman |
B. | cook |
C. | knight |
D. | reeve |
Answer» C. knight |
144. |
The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales was a prose sermon on ……… |
A. | penintence, with emphasis upon the seven sins. |
B. | a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy |
C. | a fable of why the crow is black. |
D. | a tragic story of appius and virginia. |
Answer» A. penintence, with emphasis upon the seven sins. |
145. |
The War of the Roses took place during the period ……. |
A. | 1380 – 1410 |
B. | 1455 – 1485 |
C. | 1400 – 1430 |
D. | 1425 – 1455 |
Answer» B. 1455 – 1485 |
146. |
The War of the Roses is a thirty-year struggle between the houses of ………. |
A. | york and tudor. |
B. | lancaster and surrey. |
C. | lancaster and lancashire. |
D. | lancaster and york. |
Answer» D. lancaster and york. |
147. |
The fifteenth century is traditionally described as……. |
A. | the barren period of english literature. |
B. | tthe wholesome period of english literature. |
C. | tthe inferior period of english literature. |
D. | tthe dark period of english literature. |
Answer» A. the barren period of english literature. |
148. |
Who was imprisoned for participation in the War of the Roses? |
A. | sir david lindsay |
B. | sir john mandeville |
C. | william caxton |
D. | sir thomas malory |
Answer» D. sir thomas malory |
149. |
Who was led to imprisonment in 1534 for his refusal to accept the Act of Supremacy? |
A. | lord barners |
B. | william tyndale |
C. | sir thomas more |
D. | cranmer |
Answer» C. sir thomas more |
150. |
Utopia is a fine description of “Imaginative Ideal State” written by |
A. | edmund spenser |
B. | thomas occleve |
C. | geoggrey chaucer |
D. | sir thomas more |
Answer» D. sir thomas more |
151. |
Who succeeded Wyclife as a Leader of Lollard Movement? |
A. | fortescue |
B. | john purvey |
C. | lord barners |
D. | john rogers |
Answer» B. john purvey |
152. |
W.H. Hudson’s statement “essentially the poet of the people” reveals the personality of ………. |
A. | william langland |
B. | geoggrey chaucer |
C. | alexander barclay |
D. | edmund spenser |
Answer» A. william langland |
153. |
What was the name of Edmund Spenser’s father? |
A. | william spenser |
B. | edward spenser |
C. | reginald spenser |
D. | john spenser |
Answer» D. john spenser |
154. |
Edmund Spenser’s Epithalamion is ……….. |
A. | a lyric in petrarchan form. |
B. | a dirge in the greek form. |
C. | a nuptial hymn modelled upon the catullan form, influenced by the italian or provencal canzone. |
D. | a song to be sung in the festival. |
Answer» C. a nuptial hymn modelled upon the catullan form, influenced by the italian or provencal canzone. |
155. |
Who was apostrophized by Shakespeare in As You Like It? |
A. | sir philip sideny |
B. | edmund spenser |
C. | christopher marlowe |
D. | sir thomas wyatt |
Answer» C. christopher marlowe |
156. |
What is the period of Queen Elizabeth’s reign? |
A. | 1550 – 1600 |
B. | 1545 – 1590 |
C. | 1567 – 1599 |
D. | 1558 – 1603 |
Answer» D. 1558 – 1603 |
157. |
Humanism is a term ………. |
A. | strictly applies to the revival of interest in the classic literature of greece and rome. |
B. | strictly applies to the nature of humanitarian approach to literature. |
C. | strictly applies to the nature of human-ki |
Answer» A. strictly applies to the revival of interest in the classic literature of greece and rome. |
158. |
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia is ……. |
A. | a tragic history of king henry viii. |
B. | a political essay-romance describing an imaginary commonwealth. |
C. | a love song for the queen elizabeth. |
D. | a hymn sung at the court of king henry viii. |
Answer» B. a political essay-romance describing an imaginary commonwealth. |
159. |
What is the meaning of Utopia? |
A. | “no place” in greek language. |
B. | “imaginary kingdom” in latin language. |
C. | “welfare state” in english language |
D. | “complete liberty” in french language. |
Answer» A. “no place” in greek language. |
160. |
The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was ……… |
A. | its emphasis on humanism |
B. | its emphasis on high imagination |
C. | its refusal of cultural progress |
D. | its refusal of scientific achievements |
Answer» A. its emphasis on humanism |
161. |
Philip Sidney wrote Arcadia……… |
A. | in the form of the short story |
B. | in the form of fiction |
C. | in the form of farce |
D. | in the form of poetry |
Answer» A. in the form of the short story |
162. |
The most important anti-dramatic book of Elizabethan period was……….. |
A. | sidney’s apologie for poetrie |
B. | spenser’s the shepheards calendar |
C. | gosson’s school of abuse |
D. | donne’s pseudo-martyr |
Answer» C. gosson’s school of abuse |
163. |
Which of the following works was left unfinished by Christopher Marlowe? |
A. | the tragedy of dido, queen of carthage |
B. | the massacre at paris |
C. | edward ii |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. the massacre at paris |
164. |
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella brought out in 1591 is |
A. | a sequence of 108 sonnets |
B. | a sequence of 208 sonnets |
C. | a sequence of 350 sonnects |
D. | a sequence of 1350 sonnects. |
Answer» A. a sequence of 108 sonnets |
165. |
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is inspired by ………. |
A. | penelope devereux |
B. | sir walter railegh |
C. | phillipe de mornay |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. penelope devereux |
166. |
In Astrophel and Stella, Astrophel has a name…….. |
A. | star-love |
B. | star-king |
C. | star-heaven |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. star-love |
167. |
Stella means ……….. |
A. | star |
B. | king |
C. | constellation |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. star |
168. |
Shakespeare wrote his poem Venus and Adonis in a pattern of |
A. | six-line stanzas |
B. | seven-line stanzas |
C. | eight-line stanzas |
D. | ten-line stanzas |
Answer» A. six-line stanzas |
169. |
The name of Shakespeare’s birth place is ………. |
A. | stratford-on avon |
B. | stratford down-avon |
C. | winchester avon |
D. | somerset-avon |
Answer» A. stratford-on avon |
170. |
Who affirmed that Shakespeare knew “small Latin and less Greek”? |
A. | ben jonson |
B. | francis beaumont |
C. | thomas heywood |
D. | john webster |
Answer» A. ben jonson |
171. |
In 1609, a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets was printed by |
A. | thomas thorpe |
B. | ben jonson |
C. | john shakespeare |
D. | john marston |
Answer» A. thomas thorpe |
172. |
Shakespeare played the roles of Adam and Ghost in his plays |
A. | as you like it and hamlet respectively. |
B. | much ado about nothing and hamlet respectively. |
C. | measure for measure and king lear respectively. |
D. | as you like it and king henry v respectively. |
Answer» A. as you like it and hamlet respectively. |
173. |
Which is the Last Play written by Shakespeare? |
A. | tempest |
B. | henry viii (in parts |
C. | the winter’s tale |
D. | cymbeline |
Answer» B. henry viii (in parts |
174. |
Shakespeare borrowed the plot for his ‘The Comedy of Errors’ from |
A. | gargantua by rabelais |
B. | metamorphoses by ovid |
C. | menaechmi by plautus |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. menaechmi by plautus |
175. |
Shakespeare borrowed the formula of Romantic Comedy from |
A. | george peele |
B. | john lyly |
C. | robert greene |
D. | aristophanes |
Answer» C. robert greene |
176. |
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night also has a little |
A. | what you wish? |
B. | what you like? |
C. | what you will? |
D. | what you speak? |
Answer» C. what you will? |
177. |
Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is called a |
A. | alow romantic comedy |
B. | a high romantic comedy |
C. | a problem comedy |
D. | a sentimental comedy |
Answer» C. a problem comedy |
178. |
Who has been called England’s “National Homer”? |
A. | thomas cranmer |
B. | john rogers |
C. | richard hakluyt |
D. | john wycliff |
Answer» C. richard hakluyt |
179. |
Renaissance means………… |
A. | the revival of life |
B. | tthe revival of learning |
C. | the revival of science |
D. | the revival of essence |
Answer» B. tthe revival of learning |
180. |
The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was its……….. |
A. | emphasis on traditionalism |
B. | emphasis on humanism |
C. | emphasis on classicism |
D. | emphasis on individual talent |
Answer» B. emphasis on humanism |
181. |
What was the name of Shakespeare’s father? |
A. | thomas shakespeare |
B. | joseph shakespeare |
C. | john shakespeare |
D. | jonathan shakespeare |
Answer» C. john shakespeare |
182. |
What was the name of Shakespeare’s mother? |
A. | mary adam |
B. | mary eden |
C. | mary arden |
D. | mary hyden |
Answer» C. mary arden |
183. |
The private theatres in Elizabethan period were designed on the model of …………. |
A. | the greek theatres |
B. | the guild halls |
C. | the babylonian structures |
D. | the royal theatres |
Answer» B. the guild halls |
184. |
In Elizabethan theatres there was a jester to dance between the acts ……… |
A. | to tell the story |
B. | tto introduce the actors |
C. | to keep up the spirits of the audience |
D. | to examine audience’s responses |
Answer» C. to keep up the spirits of the audience |
185. |
In which of the following tragedies did Shakespeare act a part? |
A. | the device is an ass |
B. | the new inne |
C. | catiline |
D. | sejanus his fall |
Answer» D. sejanus his fall |
186. |
Who is regarded as “the first great English Neolithic-Classicist”? |
A. | ben jonson |
B. | francis beaumont |
C. | thomas heywood |
D. | john webster |
Answer» A. ben jonson |
187. |
When was the Tudor Dynasty brought to close? |
A. | by the death of henry i. |
B. | by the death of elizabeth in 1603. |
C. | by the death of james i. |
D. | by the dominance of civil war. |
Answer» B. by the death of elizabeth in 1603. |
188. |
Who amongst the following prose writers was appointed tutor to Queen Elizabeth and Latin secretary to Queen Mary? |
A. | roger ascham |
B. | lord francis bacon |
C. | john lyly |
D. | richard hooker |
Answer» A. roger ascham |
189. |
The Phrase Jacobean Drama is related to ………. |
A. | the drama of the age of james iv |
B. | the drama of the age of james i |
C. | the drama of the age of charles i |
D. | the drama of the age of elizabeth. |
Answer» B. the drama of the age of james i |
190. |
Who is called the originator of the “Comedy of Manners”? |
A. | ben jonson |
B. | william congreve |
C. | richard hooker |
D. | john earle |
Answer» B. william congreve |
191. |
Ben Jonson is famous for his Comedy of Humours; William Congreve is known today for his………. |
A. | comedy of ideas |
B. | comedy of intrigue |
C. | comedy of manners |
D. | comedy of errors |
Answer» C. comedy of manners |
192. |
Puritanism was a reaction against ………… |
A. | the renaissance advocacy and admittance of strict rules. |
B. | the thematic devices used by the elizabethan dramatists. |
C. | the excesses of the post- shakespearean dramatists and the reaction the theaters were closed in 1642. |
D. | both a & b. |
Answer» C. the excesses of the post- shakespearean dramatists and the reaction the theaters were closed in 1642. |
193. |
John Milton’s Lycidas (1637) is an elegy on …….. |
A. | king james i |
B. | his friend edward king |
C. | his first wife |
D. | his father |
Answer» B. his friend edward king |
194. |
Milton was educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, where his delicate features earned him the name of |
A. | “the delicate flower of christ’s” |
B. | “the incarnation of christ’s” |
C. | “the lady of christ’s” |
D. | “exotic fruit of eden” |
Answer» C. “the lady of christ’s” |
195. |
In his “Every Man out of His Humour” Ben Jonson attacked which of the following contemporary dramatists. |
A. | john webster |
B. | john marston |
C. | philip bourke marston |
D. | cyril tourneur |
Answer» B. john marston |
196. |
Thomas Hobbes wrote …….. |
A. | gondibert (1650 |
B. | the history of holy war (1639 |
C. | holy dying (1651 |
D. | leviathan (1651 |
Answer» D. leviathan (1651 |
197. |
The age of Milton has been called …….. |
A. | “the golden age of the english pulpit” |
B. | the era of mythological lyrics |
C. | the age of lyrics |
D. | the era of pastoral poetry |
Answer» A. “the golden age of the english pulpit” |
198. |
During the Age of Milton, Drama was ……….. |
A. | refused by the people |
B. | developed to the peak |
C. | declined |
D. | making gradual progress to enrich the standards. |
Answer» C. declined |
199. |
Queen Elizabeth belonged to ………. |
A. | lancastrian dynasty |
B. | tudor dynasty |
C. | hanoverian dynasty |
D. | stuart |
Answer» B. tudor dynasty |
200. |
King Charles I dissolved the Parliament in 1640 is known as ….. |
A. | long parliament |
B. | dissolute parliament |
C. | irresolute parliament |
D. | short parliament |
Answer» D. short parliament |
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