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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 201. |
The Royalists in the Age of Milton are also called as …….. |
| A. | reformists |
| B. | cavaliers |
| C. | intellectualists |
| D. | brilliant buds |
| Answer» B. cavaliers | |
| 202. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted written constitution assumed the title of |
| A. | lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland |
| B. | lord protector of scotland |
| C. | king of england and ireland |
| D. | duke of england |
| Answer» A. lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland | |
| 203. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in 1658…….. |
| A. | george i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | charles ii |
| D. | charles iii |
| Answer» C. charles ii | |
| 204. |
John Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’ …….. |
| A. | immediately after shakespeare’s death |
| B. | after king charles ii’s restoration* |
| C. | during commonwealth period |
| D. | before the commonwealth |
| Answer» B. after king charles ii’s restoration* | |
| 205. |
Who applied first the epithet “Augustan”? |
| A. | john donne |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | dr. samuel johnson |
| Answer» D. dr. samuel johnson | |
| 206. |
On the accession of James II in 1685, Dryden changed his faith and political persuasion and became ………. |
| A. | a roman protestant |
| B. | a roman catholic |
| C. | a reformer of churches. |
| D. | a court advisor |
| Answer» B. a roman catholic | |
| 207. |
In Dryden’s famous satirical allegory Absalom and Achitophel…… Absalom is …….. |
| A. | the duck of monmouth |
| B. | the counsellor shaftsbury |
| C. | the biblical character |
| D. | oliver cromwell |
| Answer» A. the duck of monmouth | |
| 208. |
Dryden wrote which of the following in celebration of Charles II’s return ……….. |
| A. | the medal |
| B. | religio laici |
| C. | astraea |
| D. | annus mirabilis |
| Answer» C. astraea | |
| 209. |
Dryden’s Religio Laici is ……… |
| A. | an allegorical defence of the roman catholic faith. |
| B. | a thesis in support of the english church. |
| C. | a violent attack on shadwell. |
| D. | a dogmatic assertion and tedious argument of church. |
| Answer» B. a thesis in support of the english church. | |
| 210. |
Which is Dryden’s first play? |
| A. | the wild gallant |
| B. | tyrannick love |
| C. | aureng-zebe |
| D. | the conquest of granada |
| Answer» A. the wild gallant | |
| 211. |
Elizabethan Romanticism had all but spent itself by the year…… |
| A. | 1619 |
| B. | 1590 |
| C. | 1630 |
| D. | 1660 |
| Answer» D. 1660 | |
| 212. |
The Dryden’s School of Poetry is also called as……… |
| A. | the “correct” school |
| B. | tthe “irresponsive” school |
| C. | the “resurrection” school |
| D. | the non-productive” school |
| Answer» A. the “correct” school | |
| 213. |
Which is the last rhyming tragedy written by John Dryden? |
| A. | the rival lady |
| B. | the wild galant |
| C. | tyrannick love |
| D. | aureng-zebe |
| Answer» D. aureng-zebe | |
| 214. |
John Dryden’s ‘The Indian Emperor’ appeared in 1665 is a ……. |
| A. | the blank verse tragedy |
| B. | the first tragi-comedy |
| C. | the heroic play |
| D. | an allegory |
| Answer» C. the heroic play | |
| 215. |
The Restoration Period was less rich in tragedy than in …….. |
| A. | tragi-comedy |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | melodrama |
| D. | tragical histories |
| Answer» B. comedy | |
| 216. |
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted constitution assumed the title of ………. |
| A. | lord protector of england |
| B. | lord protector of italy |
| C. | king of england and ireland |
| D. | duke of england |
| Answer» A. lord protector of england | |
| 217. |
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell’s death in 1658? |
| A. | george i |
| B. | charles i |
| C. | charles ii |
| D. | george ii |
| Answer» C. charles ii | |
| 218. |
Who held the post in Government Administration during The Commonwealth? |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | william congreve |
| Answer» B. john milton | |
| 219. |
Who inspired John Milton to portray the rebel in his epic Paradise Lost? |
| A. | charles i |
| B. | charles ii |
| C. | oliver cromwell |
| D. | queen anne |
| Answer» C. oliver cromwell | |
| 220. |
Who described Restoration Comedy as “artificial”? |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | charles lamb |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | t.s. eliot |
| Answer» B. charles lamb | |
| 221. |
The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701 during the reign of …… |
| A. | mary ii |
| B. | queen anne |
| C. | james ii |
| D. | george i |
| Answer» B. queen anne | |
| 222. |
The Age of Pope is known as …….. |
| A. | the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense. |
| B. | the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity. |
| C. | the age of fever, unrest, and intellectual barrenness. |
| D. | the age of chaos, confusion and conduciveness. |
| Answer» A. the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense. | |
| 223. |
Who is best known as the founder of the Tatler and the Spectator? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | sir richard steele |
| C. | sir roger de coverely |
| D. | daniel defoe. |
| Answer» B. sir richard steele | |
| 224. |
Dr. Johnson’s claim to be called a first-rate writer rests on his………. |
| A. | epics |
| B. | dramas |
| C. | poetry |
| D. | prose works |
| Answer» D. prose works | |
| 225. |
Which of the following is Oliver Goldsmith’s first poem? |
| A. | the deserted village |
| B. | the traveller |
| C. | the hermit |
| D. | elegy on the death of a mad dog |
| Answer» B. the traveller | |
| 226. |
‘Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’ is written by …….. |
| A. | dr. gibson |
| B. | orlando gibbons |
| C. | edward gibbon |
| D. | grinling gibbon |
| Answer» C. edward gibbon | |
| 227. |
‘The Spectator’ discussed moral and social questions, whereas ‘The Tatler’ discussed ………. |
| A. | the gossip, news and literary essays |
| B. | the political scandals exclusively |
| C. | the scientific achievements, philosophical discussions in the clubs |
| D. | the matters of daily human life. |
| Answer» A. the gossip, news and literary essays | |
| 228. |
Who is characteristically known as a Realistic Romanticist? |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | alexander pope |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | lord byron |
| Answer» A. walter scott | |
| 229. |
Which term Alexander Pope used for a literary technique of Romanticists? |
| A. | “nature sensitized” |
| B. | “nature exploited” |
| C. | “nature methodised” |
| D. | “nature naturalized” |
| Answer» C. “nature methodised” | |
| 230. |
In 1789, the year of the French Revolution, William Blake issued his ………. |
| A. | songs of experience |
| B. | political sketches |
| C. | songs of innocence |
| D. | tiriel |
| Answer» C. songs of innocence | |
| 231. |
Which of the following works of Wordsworth was completed on 1805 but not published until 1850? |
| A. | the old cumberland beggar |
| B. | peter bell |
| C. | the prelude |
| D. | michael |
| Answer» C. the prelude | |
| 232. |
S.T. Coleridge, while residing in the Lake District, in 1809 started the magazine …….. |
| A. | the friend |
| B. | the morning post |
| C. | the watchman |
| D. | table talk |
| Answer» A. the friend | |
| 233. |
Lord Byron wrote all his plays in ………. |
| A. | miltonic metre |
| B. | prosaic metre |
| C. | the blank verse |
| D. | trachoic metre |
| Answer» C. the blank verse | |
| 234. |
The Necessity of Atheism, an extra-ordinary pamphlet caused whom to be expelled from Oxford? |
| A. | william hazlitt |
| B. | william godwin |
| C. | percy bysshe shelley |
| D. | lord byron |
| Answer» C. percy bysshe shelley | |
| 235. |
Who preached in his poetry “the human perceptibility and emancipation of the spirit”? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | s.t. coleridge |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | p.b. shelley |
| Answer» D. p.b. shelley | |
| 236. |
Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great. |
| A. | essex |
| B. | kent |
| C. | north umbria |
| D. | wessex |
| Answer» D. wessex | |
| 237. |
Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism: |
| A. | magna carta |
| B. | domesday book |
| C. | magnum concilium |
| D. | curia regis |
| Answer» B. domesday book | |
| 238. |
The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was: |
| A. | henry vii |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | edward vii |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» A. henry vii | |
| 239. |
The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was: |
| A. | john calvin |
| B. | john knox |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | martin luther |
| Answer» B. john knox | |
| 240. |
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................ |
| A. | 1801 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» D. 1901 | |
| 241. |
The phrase Social Darwinism was first used in.............................. |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1865 |
| C. | 1882 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» D. 1887 | |
| 242. |
Social Darwinism was the name given to the theories of......................, an elitist philosopher. |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Dickens, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 243. |
......................coined the phrase “survival of the fittest,” and this was the essence of his thought on society. |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Dickens, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 244. |
..................... justified the mass murder of the Jewish people during World War II as purging inferior genetics. |
| A. | Adolf Hitler |
| B. | Stalin |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Mussolini |
| Answer» A. Adolf Hitler | |
| 245. |
Matthew Arnold is one of the great social voices of the ...................era. |
| A. | Victorian |
| B. | Tudor |
| C. | Stuart |
| D. | Windsor |
| Answer» A. Victorian | |
| 246. |
.......................... wrote his autobiography Apologia (1865–66). |
| A. | John Henry Newman |
| B. | Dickens, |
| C. | Trollope, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» A. John Henry Newman | |
| 247. |
...................... wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light" and "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" (taken from Gerontius). |
| A. | John Henry Newman |
| B. | Dickens, |
| C. | Trollope, |
| D. | Thackeray |
| Answer» A. John Henry Newman | |
| 248. |
................. - was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. |
| A. | John Clare |
| B. | Coleridge |
| C. | , Shelley, |
| D. | Keats |
| Answer» A. John Clare | |
| 249. |
.................... of Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. |
| A. | Alfred Tennyson |
| B. | Carlyle |
| C. | Ruskin |
| D. | Matthew Arnold |
| Answer» A. Alfred Tennyson | |
| 250. |
................. excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". |
| A. | Matthew Arnold |
| B. | Carlyle |
| C. | Ruskin |
| D. | Alfred Tennyson |
| Answer» D. Alfred Tennyson | |
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