English Literature Mcqs For Lecturers Test 501 To 520

 Mcqs For Lecturers Test 501 to 520

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501)Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on “The Literature of the British Empire”?

a)Rudyard Kipling

b)Edward Fitzgerald

c)Charlotte Bronte

d)Any of these

502)World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event?

a)T.S. Eliot

b)Siegfried Sassoon

c)Wilfred Owen

d)Oscar Wilde

503)The period of maturation, intellectual growth and social graces during the Renaissance is called the:

A) aristocracy

B) New Age

C) Reformation

D) Enlightenment

504)The most popular French playwright, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, is known as:

A) Caleron

B) Corneille

C) Couperin

D) Moliere

505)The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was:

A) Nell Gwynn

B) Aphra Behn

C) Lady Teazle

D) Ann Hathaway

The Life Of John Milton(Caroline Period-The Renaissance)

(1608-1674)

506.In which city was Milton?

a)Norwich

b)York

c)London

d)Canterbury

507. When was John Milton born?

a) 22 April 1600

b) 19 August 1604

c) 6 June 1606

d) 9 December 1608

508. Which school did Milton attend?

a)St Paul's

b)Christ's Hospital

c)Merchant Taylors'

d)Westminster

509. Milton continued his studies at Cambridge. Which college of the university did he attend?

a) Pembroke College

b) Trinity College

c) Christ’s College

d) St. Xavier’s College

510. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton's at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem?

a)lycidas

b)Paradise Lost

c)Il penseroso

511. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time?

a)Germany

b)France

c)Italy

d)Spain

512. How many times did Milton marry?

a)2

b)0

c)1

d)3

513. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she?

a) 48

b) 34

c) 22

d) 17

514. Milton was a royalist?

True or False

515. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton?

a)'L'Allegro'

b)'Lycidas'

c)'Il Penseroso'

d)'Absolom and Achitophel'

516. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What's the name of that masque?

a)'Il Penseroso'

b)'Lycidas'

c)'Comus'

d)'The Masque of Blackness'

517. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin?

a)Space – used to mean “outer space”

b)Unaccountable

c)Pandemonium

d)Blatant

518. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What was his title?

a)Heresy tsar

b)Poet laureate

c)Secretary to the Admiralty

d)Secretary for Foreign Tongues

519. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works?

a)Of Prelatical Episcopacy

b)The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church

c)Of Practical Exorcisme

d)Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

520. When did John Milton die?

a) 4 February 1702

b) 2 June 1700

c) 17 April 1688

d) 8 November 1674