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Quiz on English Literature
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Part
2
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I. Fill in the
blanks. (27%)
1. Renaissance, as a
great _________ and ___________ movement, first
started in _________ and
then swept all
over Europe.
2. __________________ is
the key note and essence of the Renaissance.
3. Renaissance, means “rebirth” or
“revival”, marked by a reawakening of interest in
__________, in
the __________ and in
the world of nature.
4. As a
Renaissance giant, ________________ was both a
great and terrible king.
5. Thomas
More’s masterpiece _________ gives a profound and
truthful picture of people’s suffering
and put forward his ideal of a future
happy society.
6. In Elizabethan
Period, ___________ wrote more than fifty
excellent essays, which made him one
of
the best essayists in English literature.
7. ____________ is often referred to as
“the poets’ poet”. His masterpiece is
___________.
8.
The Tragic History of Doctor
Faustus
is one of
___________________’s best plays.
9. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s
day” is one of _______________’s bes
t
known sonnets.
10. The bourgeois
Revolution is also called ___________________,
because the English Revolution
was
carried out under a religious cloak.
11. The Puritan literature produced one
of the most important poets in English literature.
His name is
_____________, a man of
thought that towers over his age, second only to
____________.
12.
The
Puritan
Revolution
brought
about
great
changes
in
the___________
structure
of
English
society.
Before
the
Revolution,
______________
are
highly
valued,
while
after
the
Revolution,
_____________became the core of value
system.
13. Two schools of poetry are
popular during the 17
th
c
English literature. They are ____________
headed by ________, and the other is
______________ Poets headed by ____________.
14. ______________ wrote his
masterpiece
The Pilgrim’
s
Progress
during his second
imprisonment.
It gives a vivid and
satirical description of ______________ which is
the symbol of London at the
time of the
Restoration.
15.
“
When
in
disgrace
with
fortune
and
men’
s
ey
es
”
is
the
beginning
line
of
sonnet
_________
written by
____________.
II. Decide
whether the following statements are true or
false. Write T for true and
F for
false.
(
) 1. In 1649, James I was sentenced to
death and Cromwell became the leader of the
country.
(
)
2.
Renaissance
was
slow
in
reaching
England
because
of
its
domestic
unrest
and
separation
from the Continent.
(
) 3. King
James
’
Bible is considered
as the most authoritative version of the
Scripture.
(
)
4. After the Glorious Revolution in 1685, England
has become a constitutional monarchy.
(
) 5. Thomas
More
’
s Utopia was written in
Latin.
(
) 6.
Elizabethan Drama is the chief claim of the
English writers to world attention.
(
) 7.
“
He was not of an age, but
for all time
”
is
Shakespeare
’
s comment on Ben
Jonson.
(
) 8.
Maxims of the Law
was
written in Latin because its author believed that
Latin would make
him immortal, but
ironically, it
’
s his written
English that made him so.
(
) 9. The Metaphysical poets mainly
wrote to show off their erudite knowledge.
(
) 10.
Paradise
Lost
took its material from Greek
mythology.
(
)
11.
The
Pilgrim
’
s
Progress,
John
Donne
’
s
masterpiece,
is
an
allegory,
a
narrative
in
which
general
concepts
such
as
sins,
despair,
and
faith
are
represented
as
people
o
as
aspects
of
the
natural world.
(
) 12. The Cavalier poets stood on the
side of the King and produced great literary
works.
III. Multiple choice
(15%)
1.
___________ wrote
many excellent essays such as “Of Studies”, “Of
Youth and Age”, “of High
Places
” etc.
A. Edmund Spencer
B. Francis Bacon
C. Philip Sydney
D. Thomas
Wyatt
2.
Shakespeare’s four
great tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, and
__________.
A.
Romeo and Juliet
B. Macbeth
C. King Lear
D. As You Like
It
3. In 1649, _________ was beheaded
as a result of civil war, England became a
commonwealth.
A. James I
B. James II
C. Charles I
D. Charles II
4. It was
_____ who made blank verse the principal vehicle
of expression in drama.
A.
Christopher Marlowe B. Thomas More
C.
Edmund Spencer
D. Ben Jonson
5.
Great popularity was won
by John Lily’s prose romance ______ which gave
rise to the term
“euphuism”,
designating an affected style of court
speech.
A.
Cymbeline
B. Venus and Adonis
C. Lucrece
D. Euphues
6. English Renaissance period was an
age of _______________.
A.
prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D.
ballads and songs
7.
England
in Elizabethan Age became “a nest of singing
birds”. The famous poets of the period
were __________.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. Henry
Howard
C. Philip Sydney
D.
Edmund Spencer
8.
“Liberty,
fraternity and equality” was first uttered in the
book ____________.
A. The Shepherd’s Calendar
B. Utopia
C. The
Rights of Man
D. The Declaration of
Independence
9.
Which of the
following is NOT Francis Bacon’s work?
__
______.
A.
Essays
B. The Advancement of Learning
C. The New Atlantis
D. The New Instrument
E.
Venus and Adonis
1
0. Which
are Ben Jonson’s main comedies?
________.
A.
Every Man In His Humor
B. Volpone
C. The Alchemist
D. The Merchant of Venice
11. Which play is Not a comedy?_______.
A. A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
B. The Merchant of
Venice
C. Twelfth Night
D. Romeo and Juliet
E. As
You Like It
12. Which was NOT written
by Milton? _________
A.
Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Samson Agonistes
D.
Volpone
13. John Milton was
___________.
A. one of the
giants of the 17th c.
B. blind in his
later life
C. a
distinguished Revolutionary writer
D.
the author of Samson Agonistes
E. the greatest poet and pamphleteer in
his age.
14. While John Milton spoke
for the educated class, John Bunyan spoke for ___.
A. the Nobles
B.
the Feudal Lords
C. the common people
D. the London city
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