Definition of what genre is given?
It is a short poem that conveys intense feeling or profound thought. In ancient Greece, it was sung or recited to the accompaniment of the lyr
A) Lyric
B) Legend
C) Parable
D) Epic
E) Folklore
Definition of what genre is given?
It is a traditional narrative or collection of related narratives, popularly regarded as historically factual but actually a mixture of fact and fiction. The medieval Latin word of this genre means “things for reading.” It is set in a specific place at a specific time; the subject is often a heroic historical personag It differs from a myth by portraying a human hero rather than one who is a go
A) Legend
B) Myth
C) Fable
D) Parable
E) Epic
137. Definition of what genre is given?
It typically dates from a time before the introduction of writing, when they were passed orally from one generation to the next. It deals with basic questions about the nature of the world and human experience, and because of its all-encompassing nature, it can illuminate many aspects of a culture
A) Myth
B) Fable
C) Lyric
D) Romance
E) Ballad
Definition of what genre is given?
It is a short literary composition in prose or verse, conveying a universal cautionary or moral truth. The moral is usually summed up at the end of the story, which generally tells of conflict among animals that are given the attributes of human beings.
A) Fable
B) Fabliau
C) Legend
D) Epic
E) Myth
Definition of what genre is given?
It is a name given originally by Greek rhetoricians to a literary illustration. It signifies a short, fictitious narrative, designed to illuminate a spiritual truth. It has been used similarly by later writers to convey a moral point.
A) Parable
B) Fabliau
C) Epic
D) Legend
E) Folklore
140. Fill in the necessary word
emerged as a literary movement in Europe in the 1850s. In reaction to romanticism, it emphasized the everyday and through detailed description re-created specific locations, incidents, and social classes.
A) Realism
B) Enlightenment
C) Sentimentalism
D) Romanticism
E) Renaissance
141. Jane Austen
A) Pride and Prejudice focuses on the Bennet family and the search of the Bennet daughters for suitable husbands. The author illuminates the topic of husband hunting and marriage in an acquisitive society and shows most of its aspects and consequences.
B) In 1809, 19th-century English romantic poet ostracized by English society left England for Albania, where he began work on the poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimag
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C) He is the first major historical novelist. In his portraits of Scotland, England, and the Continent from medieval times to the 18th century, he showed a keen sense of political and traditional forces and of their influence on the individual.
D) The term loosely applied to three English poets, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth. E) The works of these poets had little relationship to one another, although each exemplified romantic principles in poetry.
English poet, painter, and engraver, who created a unique form of illustrated verse; his poetry, inspired by mystical vision, is among the most original, lyric, and prophetic in the language
Definition of what genre is given?
It is a fictional literary narrative or artistic expression that conveys a symbolic meaning parallel to but distinct from, and more important than, the literal meaning. The symbolic meaning is usually expressed through personifications and other symbols.
A) Allegory
B) Myth
C) Fable
D) Lyric
E) Romance
143. War, adventure, treasure, kingship, and the arrival of Christianity are all themes during which literary period?
A) anglo-saxon
B) renaissance
C) Victorian
D) Romantic
E) Modernism
144. “A Frere (friar) there was, a wanton and a merry, A Limitour, a ful solmpne man”
A) The Canturbury Tales
B) Paradise Lost
C) Gulliver’s Travels
D) Pride and Prejudice
E) Hamlet
145. Modernist poet who wrote beautiful poetry rich in Irish mythology
A) Yeats
B) Keats
C) Wordsworth
D) Tennyson
E) Eliot
146. The novel reached its peak during the Victorian period, but when did writers begin experimenting with its form?
A) modernism
B) renaissance
C) romantic
D) 17th century
E) 18th century
147.Concerns about people’s souls / heaven appear in poetry during this period
A) Victorian
B) Renaissance
C) Romantic
D) Modernism
E) Enlightenment
148. Another term for Anglo-Saxon
A) Old English
B) Middle English
C) Modern English
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D) Arthurian English
E) Romantic English
149. The Middle Aged of English literature began from ......
A) 499-1500
B) 1500-1640
C) 1640-1688
D) 1688-1789
E) 1789-1835
150. The Renaissance period of English literature began from.........
A) 1500-1640
B) 499-1500
C) 1688-1789
D) 1835-1880
E) 1880-1917
151.The literature of English revolution and Restorian began from........
A) 1640-1688
B) 1835-1880
C) 1880-1917
D) 1688-1789
E) 490-1500
152.Modern English literature began from...........
A) 1917
B) 1880
C) 1915
D) 1900
E) 1835
153.Romanticism in English literature began from...........
A) 1789-1835
B) 1835-1880
C) 1900-1917
D) 1640-1688
E) 1500-1640
154. The age Of Enlightenment of English literature began from...........
A) 1688-1789
B) 1789-1835
C) 1500-1640
D) 1835-1880
E) 1910-1917
155. The Renaissance period of English literature began from.........
A) 1500-1640
B) 499-1500
C) 1688-1789
D) 1835-1880
E) 1880-1917
156.The literature of English revolution and Restorian began from........
A) 1640-1688
B) 1835-1880
C) 1880-1917
D) 1688-1789
E) 490-1500
157.Criticial realism in the 19th century began from..........
A)1835-1880
B) 1789-1835
C) 1500-1640
D) 1688-1789
E) 449-1500
158. The written Anglo-Saxon literature developed on the basis of.........
A) Latin Alphabet
B) Celtic Alphabet
C) French Alphabet
D) German Alphabet
E) Jutes Alphabet
159. The early Anglo-Saxon poets..........
A) Caedmon and Cynewulf
B) Archiloh and Kallin Efensky
C) Sophoke and Aristophan
D) Dero and Swift
E) Goldsmit and Stern
160. “Oliver Twist” is written by.........
A) Charles Dickens
B) Virginia Woolf
C) W.Zhakeray
D) O.Wild
E) B.Shaw
161. Charles Dickens is an English...........
A) novelist
B) poet
C) historian
D) play writer
E) critic
162. Charles Dickens developed a .........novel
A) realistic
B) romantic
C) naturalistic
D) Renaisance
E) intellectual
163. “Domney and Son” is written by.......
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A) Charles Dickens
B) S.Mougham
C) H.Wells
D) O.Wilde
E) W.Shakespeare
164.“Domney and Son” is .......
A) a novel
B) a poem
C) a short story
D) a ballad
E) a comedy
165. “Oliver Twist” is a .......
A) tragedy
B) historical novel
C) ballad
D) scientific observation
E) poem
166.Romanticism reflects ..... between a person and a society
A) separation
B) cooperation
C) unification
D) understanding
E) disappoiting
167. The novel “Oliver Twist” ...a bourgeous society
A) criticizes
B) describes
C) admires
D) justifies
E) defends
168. Helbert Wells develops English....
A) realism
B) sentimentalism
C) naturalism
D) decadence
E) romanticism
169.Realists concentrate on the ..........
A) positive hero
B) negative character
C) nature
D) love
E) sentiments
170. “Vanity Fair” is a .....
A) novel
B) song
C) poem
D) ballad
E) short story
171. O.Wild represents .....
A) aesthetism
B) realism
C) sentimentalism
D) “lake school”
E) naturalism
172. Age of reasons followed .......
A) Middle ages
B) Age of Englightenment
C) Old English
D) Modern English
E) no right answer
173. Age of Reason movement took place in .....
A) 18th century
B) 17th century
C) 16th century
D) 19th century
E) 20th century
174. Age of reason included.......
A) The age of Englightenement
B) Middle ages
C) Old English
D) Modern English
E) no right answer
175.The Restoration took place in ......
A) 1660
B) 1780
C) 1540
D) 1645
E) 1765
176.The Englightenment is characterized ........
A) great changes in...
B) scientific thought
C) civil war
D) crime
E) punishment
177. English revolution started in .......
A) 1642
B) 1756
C) 1674
D) 1800
E) 1707
178. Oliver Cromwel
A) defeated Charles I
B) was defeated
C) is a poet
D) is a historian
E) is Charles Dickens’ book
179.The Englightenment and The Age of Reason expressed
A) faith in nature and human progress
B) interest to love matters
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C) interest to negative problems
D) faith in friendship
E) interest to be free
180. The Englightenment reflected the interest to
A) to Utopian reform schemes
B) to the revolution
C) a remarkable rise of literature
D) world war
E) birth of Shakespeare
181.The human progress through education was the idea of
A) Englightenment
B) Shakespeare
C) Oliver Cromwel
D) revolution of 1688
E) liberty
182. The “Glorious Revolution” was
A) the revolution of 1688
B) the revolution of 1757
C) the revolution of 1599
D) the revolution of 1697
E) the revolution of 1702
183.The Revolution of 1688 was
A) a compromise between the king and the bourgeoisie
B) liberty
C) human progress through education
D) a remarkable rise of literature
E) to Utopian reform schemes
184.England was becoming the commercial centre of Europe in.....
A) 18th century
B) 16th century
C) 17th century
D) 19th century
E) 20th century
185.Englightenment is known for ........
A) a remarkable rise of literature
B) world war
C) the revolution of 1688
D) liberty
E) birth of Shakespeare
186.The writers started a public movement for enlighting the people in
A) 18th century
B) 16th century
C) 17th century
D) 19th century
E) 20th century
187. Englightenment believed in improving the world by..........
A) Teaching
B) Helping
C) faith human progress
D) interest to love matters
E) interest to negative problems
188. The movement of the Englightenment was led by .......
A) The middle class
B) The high class
C) Shakespeare
D) bourgeoisie
E) The first representatives of the English Englightenment
189. The movement of Englightenment was intended for ......
A) the good of all
B) God’s sake
C) The middle class
D) The high class
E) poets
190. A deep hatred for feudalism was typical for......
A) The Englightenment
B) The middle class
C) The high class
D) bourgeoisie
E) The first representatives of the English Englightenment
191. The writers of the age of the Englightenment fought for.....
A) liberty
B) war
C) world war
D) bourgeoisie
E) The first representatives of the English Englightenment
192. The movement of the Enlightenment demonstrates the transition from........
A) poetry to prose of essayists
B) song
C) prose
D) ballad
E) essay
193.The Englightenment literature met the interests of.......
A) bourgeoisie
B) The middle class
C) The high class
D) The first representatives of the English Englightenment
E) feudals
194. Satire become popular in......
A) The Age of Englighenment
B) 20th century
C) 17th century
D) 19th century
E) 20th century
195. The first weekly newspaper was established in.......
A) 1702
B) 1602
C) 1502
D) 1902
E) 1802
196. The leading form of literature in the age of the Englighenment was a ....
A) novel
B) song
C) poem
D) ballad
E) short story
197. Laurence Sterne worked in he
A) age of Engligtenment
B) 20th century
C) 17th century
D) 19th century
E) 20th century
198. Henry Fielding and Foboas George Smollet are
A) founders of the bourgeois realistic novel
B) founders of the bourgeois realistic song
C) founders of the bourgeois realistic poem
D) founders of the bourgeois realistic ballad
E) founders of the bourgeois realistic short story
199. J. Swift is known for .......
A) satire
B) lyrics
C) novels
D) stories
E) songs
200.Joseph Addison and Richard Steele are.....
A) The first representatives of the English Englightenment
B) lyric
C) novelist
D) story writer
E) artist
201. “Robinson Crusoe” is written by
A) D.Defoe
B) Charles Dickens
C) Virginia Woolf
D) W.Zhakeray
E) O.Wild
202. One of the forerunners of the English 18th century realistic novel is ....
A) “Robinson Crusoe”
B) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
C) Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare
D) King Lear by W. Shakespeare
E) The Tempest
203. The most outstanding personality of the epoch of the Englighenment in England was .....
A) Jonathan Swift
B) Daniel Defoe
C) Charles Dickens
D) Virginia Woolf
E) Oscar Wild
204. Sentimentalism appeared as a result of enlighteners’ ......
A) discouragement in social life
B) feudalism
C) bourgeolism
D) liberty
E) no right answer
205. Sentimentalism came into being in ...
A) the middle of 18th century
B) the middle of 15th century
C) the middle of 16th century
D) the middle of 17th century
E) the middle of 19th century
206. The philosophy of enlighteners was ....
A) rational and materialitic
B) feudalism
C) bourgeolism
D) liberty
E) no right answer
207. The later enlighteners found the power of reason to be
A) insufficient
B) feudal
C) bourgeos
D) liberty parties
E) no right answer
208. Sentimentalism is based on sentiments as a means of achieving .........
A) happiness and social justice
B) freedom
C) social reforms
D) discrimination
E) no right answer
209.Sentimentalists believed in the
A) call of a person’s heart
B) God
C) friendship
D) king
E) non of them
210. “Utopia” is a ........... word
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) French
D) German
E) English
211. “Utopia” is a .....
A) non-existent island
B) person’s name
C) king
D) book’s name
E) island
212. “Utopia” consists of ...... books
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6
213. At present the word “utopia” means
A) an unattainable ided
B) a perfect social system
C) childhood
D) educational problems
E) freedom
214. “Utopia” describes......
A) a perfect social system
B) love affair
C) childhood
D) educational problems
E) freedom
215. “Utopia” is written by......
A) Tomas More
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Charles Dickens
E) Oscar Wild
216. “Utopia” was written in .......
A) Latin
B) Greek
C) French
D) German
E) English
217. The most essential feature in “Utopia” is ......
A) labour
B) piece
C) war
D) discrimination
E) social reforms
218. Thomas More started a tendency of writing fantastic novels on .....
A) social reforms
B) labour
C) world war
D) discrimination
E) social reforms
219. Iris Murdoch is an Irish
A) novelist
B) satiric
C) writer
D) artist
E) painter
220. Iris Murdoch is an ..... writer
A) Irish
B) German
C) French
D) English
E) Australian
221. The subject if Iris Murdoch’s novels are
A) different shapes of love
B) friendship
C) a perfect social system
D) childhood
E) educational problems
222. “The Black Prince” is written by ......
A) Iris Murdoch
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Charles Dickens
E) Virginia Woolf
223. “The Black Prince” describes
A) the erotic obsessions
B) friendship
C) a perfect social system
D) childhood
E) educational problems
224. “Under the Net” is written by
A) Iris Murdoch
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Charles Dickens
E) Virginia Woolf
225. “Under the Net” stresses that.......
A) creation of art is a part to success
B) friendship
C) a perfect social system
D) childhood
E) educational problems
226. One-sided or unbalanced love is the subject of ....
A) Iris Murdoch
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Charles Dickens
E) Virginia Woolf
227. G.G.Byron is a national hero of ....
A) Greece
B) France
C) Russia
D) Italy
E) India
228........was a member of the House of Lords
A) G.G.Byron
B) Iris Murdoch
C) Jonathan Swift
D) Daniel Defoe
E) Charles Dickens
229. “Don Juan” is written by....
A) G.G.Byron
B) Iris Murdoch
C) Jonathan Swift
D) Daniel Defoe
E) Charles Dickens
230. G.G.Byron is a
A) poet
B) novelist
C) historian
D) play writer
E) critic
231. “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is written by....
A) John Bunyan
B) G.G.Byron
C) Iris Murdoch
D) Daniel Defoe
E) Charles Dickens
232. Robert Southey is a
A) lake poet
B) novelist
C) historian
D) play writer
E) critic
233. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a leader of the ....
A) romantic movement
B) friendship
C) a perfect social system
D) childhood
E) educational problems
234. William Wordsworth is a
A) lake poet
B) novelist
C) historian
D) play writer
E) critic
235. Lake poet lived in
A) the lake district
B) the mountains
C) by the sea
D) in France
E) in Italy
236. Thomas Hardy was
A) a great poet and a great novelist
B) play writer
C) essayist
D) historian
E) critic
237. “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” is a
A) novel
B) poem
C) ballad
D) short story
E) song
238.The main direction in XIX century literature is ....
A) romanticism
B) revolutionary romantics
C) a perfect social system
D) the social obsessions
E) non of them
239.Romanticism came into being at the end of the ....
A) XIX century
B) XX century
C) XVIII century
D) XVI century
E) XVII century
240. What poets raised their voices against European reaction in the XIX century?
A) Byron and Shelley
B) Shakespeare and Stem
C) Green and Marlowe
D) Swift and Rowling
E) Chaucer and Wild
241.Whose ideas dealt with “pure art” and “eternal beauty”
A) John Reats
B) Oskar Wild
C) Iris Murdoch
D) Daniel Defoe
E) Charles Dickens
242. Byron and Shelley are
A) revolutionary romantics
B) play writers
C) essayists
D) historians
E) critics
243. The romantic writers centre their attention on ....
A) the wealth of spiritual and emotional life of man
B) the history of pedagogy
C) the scientific description of nature
D) the investigating detective stories
E) humour
244. H.G.Wells is ....
A) an innovator of science fiction
B) a humourist story-teller
C) historian
D) king
E) poet
245. “The picture of Dorian Gray” describes .....
A) moral decadence
B) optimistic girl
C) tragedy
D) comedy
E) non of them
246. Bernard Shaw is significant British ....
A) dramatist
B) poet
C) historian
D) king
E) humourist
247. “The man of Destiny” is written by ....
A) B.Shaw
B) O. Wild
C) I. Murdoch
D) D. Defoe
E) Ch. Dickens
248. “Pigmalion” is written by ....
A) B.Shaw
B) O. Wild
C) I. Murdoch
D) D. Defoe
E) Ch. Dickens
249. “The Jungle Books” is written by ....
A) R.Kipling
B) B.Shaw
C) O. Wild
D) I. Murdoch
E) D. Defoe
250. R.Kipling is an ....
A) English writer
B) French poet
C) American dramatist
D) German writer
E) English poet
251. The plot of R.Kipling’s literary works is usually developed in ....
A) India and Burma
B) China
C) Scotland
D) Australia
E) Korea
252. “The Invisible man” is written by ....
A) H.G.Wells
B) R.Kipling
C) B.Shaw
D) O. Wild
E) I. Murdoch
253. H.G.Wells is a .... writer
A) XX century
B) XIX century
C) XVIII century
D) XVI century
E) XVII century
254. Shelley is a .... poet
A) XIX century
B) XX century
C) XVIII century
D) XVI century
E) XVII century
255. The first regular theatre in London was built in ....
A) 1576
B) 1546
C) 1556
D) 1566
E) 1536
256. James Burbage built the first regular theatre in
A) London
B) Paris
C) Great Britain
D) Scotland
E) New Zealand
257. The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was ....
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) John Reats
C) Oskar Wild
D) Iris Murdoch
E) Daniel Defoe
258. The message of “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” is ....
A) love for mankind
B) optimistic man
C) tragedy
D) comedy
E) non of them
259. W.Shakespeare wrote ....sonnets
A)154
B) 200
C) 310
D) 189
E) 214
260. Caedmon and Cynewulf are early .... poets
A) Anglo-Saxon
B) Italian
C) French
D) Greek
E) Danish
261. An attempt to describe human behaviours exactly as it appear in life is called ....
A) realism
B) optimism
C) pessimism
D) comedy
E) tragedy
262. The decline that follows a time of great cultural achievement is called ....
A) decadence
B) optimism
C) pessimism
D) a year
E) annual meeting
263. Donne, Marvell, and Herbert are among those known as the ______ poets.
A) metaphysical
B) realist
C) imagist
D) impressionist
E) surrealist
264. Which of the following was NOT considered one of the four humours in medieval England?
A) black bile
B) phlegm
C) yellow bile
D) blood
E) tears
265. Why does Iago hate the title figure in Shakespeare's Othello?
A) He despises Desdemona's father.
B) He is in love with Desdemona.
C) Othello put Iago's father in prison.
D) Othello accidentally killed Iago's brother.
E) He has been passed over for promotion.
266. Which of the following novelists wrote Middlemarch?
A) Jane Austen
B) Charles Dickens
C) George Eliot
D) Herman Melville
E) Walter Scott
267. What is Swift's Modest Proposal?
A) The Irish should win their independence.
B) England should invade Ireland.
C) All of the Irish should be sold into slavery.
D) The Protestant and Catholic churches should combine.
E) Irish children should be fattened and eaten by their parents.
268. What is the name given to a humorous poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA?
A) sonnet
B) limerick
C) panegyric
D) epigram
E) paean
269. Who is the author of "Jane Eyre"?
A) Charlotte Bronte
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Thomas More
D) Jane Austen
E)Emily Bronte
270. What major obstacle stands in the way of Jane Eyre marrying Mr. Rochester?
A) Mr. Rochester is married.
B) Mr. Rochester lost his money.
C) Jane doesn't love Mr. Rochester.
D) Mr. Rochester is not married.
E) Jane is in love with another man.
271. What was the name with which Mark Twain was born?
A) Samuel Clemens
B) Leon Clemons
C) John Clum
D) Samuel Langhorne
E) Arthur Moras
272. This famous event is said to have punctuated the beginning and end of Mark Twain's life. What was it?
A) Halley's Comet
B) The Great Mississippi Flood
C) Civil War
D) The deaths of loved ones.
E) There was no famous event.
273. In what year was Mark Twain born?
A) 1835
B) 1830
C) 1846
D) 1837
E)1899
274. From whence did he derive his pen name of Mark Twain?
A) It represents two fathoms of water on the river
B) It was his nickname as a child.
C) He imagined it, and thought it would be a great way to represent the representations of his mind.
D) The term is a famous literary term.
E) non of them
275. In which state was Mark Twain born?
A) Missouri
B) Connecticut
C) Chicago
D) Florida
E) California
276. Mark Twain volunteered in which great American war?
A) Civil War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Spanish American War
E) War of 1812
277. For which side did Mark Twain volunteer in the Civil War?
A) Confederates
B) Union
C) Citizens
D) Pirates
E) Prisoners
278. What was the title of Mark Twain's first novel, which he wrote with Charles Dudley Warner?
A) The Gilded Age
B) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C) My motherland
D) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
E) The Innocents Abroad
279. Mark Twain used this invention when he was writing his books, short stories, and other works. What was it?
A) Typewriter
B) Special paper
C) Ballpoint pen
D) The earliest computer
E) Pen
280. This Mark Twain was the most famous book during his lifetime. What is the title?
A) The Innocents Abroad
B) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C) Life on the Mississippi
D) My motherland
E) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
281. When was the Globe Theatre destroyed?
A) 1644
B) 1820
C) 1640
D) 1565
E) 1856
282. Do most readers agree that Milton's last work, "Paradise Regained", was his masterpiece?
A) Yes
B) No
C) it was painting
D) no correct answer
E) Paradise Lost was his masterpiece
283. Until when did George Bernard Shaw Write?
A) Until 1950
B) Until 1820
C) Until 1930
D) Until 1562
E) Until 1953
284. Who was Alfred the Great?
A) Saxon king
B) Monk
C) Danish king
D) Actor
E) Poet
285. What did John Masefield write
A) Poetry
B) Prose
C) Essay
D) Novel
E) Ballad
286. Who was realistic about the heroism and idealism of the soldier?
A) Rupert Brooke
B) Wilfred Owen
C) Siegfried Sassoon
D) Oscar Wilde
E) Thomas More
287. Which year was Charles Dickens born?
A) 1812
B) 1810
C) 3005
D) 1756
E) 1654
288. Which is one of the most popular ballad of Middle English Literature?
A) Philipp
B) Oskar
C) Edward
D) Thomas
E) Gardon
289. When was the original Globe Theatre built?
A) in 1598
B) in 1999
C) in 1400
D) in 1785
E) in 1986
290. Who encouraged the traslations from Latin into old English?
A) Alfred the Great
B) Guthrum
C) Ethelred
D) W. Shakespeare
E) O. Wilde
291. Who wrote "Peter Pan"?
A) James M.Barrie
B) John Buchan
C) Walter de la Mare
D) W. Shakespeare
E) O. Wilde
292. James Joyce thought that people who let their spoken language fly were:
A) Civilized
B) Natural
C) Rude
D) Crucial
E) non of them
293. What kind of work was Milton's last work?
A) Tragedy
B) Comedy
C) Drama
D) Ballad
E) Sonnet
294. Who wrote Thrysis in 1867?
A) Thomas Duchess
B) William Cartenbury
C) Arthur Hugh Clough
D) Arnold Matthew
E) Alfred Tennyson
295. Who wrote Empedocles on Etna?
A) Rudolph Browning
B) Arnold Matthew
C) Alfred Tennyson
D) William Cartenbury
E) Thomas Duchess
296. What is Shakespeare known as?
A) The poet
B) The genious
C) The bard
D) The actor
E) The artist
297. Who wrote David Copperfield?
A) Charles Dickens
B) George Eliot
C) Wilkie Collins
D) W. Shakespeare
E) O. Wilde
298. What did he wrote Anthony Trollope?
A) Silas Marner
B) Barchester Towers
C) Jane Eyre
D) David Copperfield
E) non of them
299. What was the best novel by Tobias Smollett in 1748?
A) "The first war"
B) "Humphry Clinker"
C) "A sentimental Journey"
D) "The tragical history of doctor Faustus"
E) "The people in the church"
300. Which is Christopher Marlow's famous poem?
A) "the old clock"
B) "The tragical history of doctor Faustus"
C) "The people in the church"
D) "The first war"
E) "Humphry Clinker"
301. Aldous Huxley thought that external world was:
A) Inhuman
B) Perfect
C) Happy
D) Love
E) no right answer
302. Which year did Christopher Marlow die?
A) in 1593
B) in 1592
C) in 1590
D) in 1758
E) in 1895
303. How many novels did Agatha Christie write?
A) 79
B) 54
C) 45
D) 2
E) 96
304. Who wrote In Memoriam?
A) Alfred Tennyson
B) Rudolph Smith
C) Charles Dickens
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
305. Where was Christopher Marlow born?
A) Scotland
B) England
C) Ireland
D) USA
E) France
306. What feeling can we find in Aldous Huxley novels?
A) Cyniscism
B) Scepticism
C) Happiness
D) Love
E) no right answer
307. When did Jane Austen write the best seller "Pride and Prejudice"?
A) 1775
B) 1811
C) 1813
D) 1902
E) 1752
308. Who wrote Vanity Fair?
A) William Makepeace Thackeray
B) Antonio Machado
C) Anne Bronte
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
309. Where were the miracle plays often staged?
A) In little pubs
B) In larger towns, on wagons that moved from place to place
C) in big theatres
D) in cinema
E) no right answer
310. Who wrote " Vindication of the Rights of woman"?
A) Ann Radcliffe
B) Mary Godwin's
C) Robert Burns
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
311. When was the beginnings of English Literature?
A) 6th or 7th century
B) 10th or 11th century
C) 7th or 8th century
D) 5th or 8th century
E) 9th or 14th century
312. What were the names of the Bronte sisters?
A) Anne, Mariah and Jane
B) Sarah, Mary and Sophy
C) Charlotte, Emily and Anne
D) Jane, William and Walter
E) no right answer
313. Who wrote "Ivanhoe" (1819)?
A) Walter Scott
B) William Blake
C) Jane Austen
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
314. Which poem didn't Robert Browing write?
A) How to be an alien
B) Andrea del Sarto
C) Fra Lippo Lippi
D) A Midsummer Night's Dream
E) no right answer
315. Who wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
A) Shakespeare
B) Milton
C) Pope
D) Spenser
E) Tyler
316. Who wrote Cynara?
A) Ernest Dowson
B) Wat Tyler
C) Roal Dhal
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
317. Which year was Edmund Spenser born?
A) in 1549
B) in 1551
C) in 1552
D) in 1456
E) in 1689
318. What year was Shakesperare born in?
A) 1558
B) 1564
C) 1616
D) 1789
E) 1569
319. What did Shaw write?
A) Pigmalion
B) Harry Potter
C) Shakespeare in love
D) Liberty
E) World war
320. Where was David Hume born?
A) In Wales
B) In Northern Ireland
C) In Scotland
D) In USA
E) In Great Britain
321. Who wrote "Auld Lang Syne"?
A) Robert Burns
B) Mary Godwin's
C) Horace Walpole
D) Agatha Christie
E) Christopher Marlow
322. Who examines a range of Victorian poems?
A) Christina Rossetti
B) Rose Becker
C) Mikel Smith
D) John Fleming
E) Peter Fleming
323. Who is the brother of Ian Fleming?
A) John Mour
B) John Fleming
C) Peter Fleming
D) Rose Becker
E) Christina Rossetti
324. Bernard Shaw's plays...
A) Were very well received
B) Were not well received
C) Were not received
D) Were received
E) no right answer
325. What novel did John Galsworthy write?
A) "The Forsyte Saga"
B) "Tono-Bungay"
C) "The Admirable Crichton"
D) "The first war"
E) "Humphry Clinker"
326. What popular story wrote Geoffrey Chaucer?
A) Canterbury Tales
B) Sir Gaiwan
C) Green Knight
D) The King of the world
E) Me and the others
327. When did Joseph Conrad write "Heart of Darkness"?
A) 1875
B) 1899
C) 1902
D) 1789
E) 1796
328. What is the most famous novel of Arthur Conan Doyle?
A) "Sherlock Holmes"
B) "The King of the world"
C) "Me and the others"
D) " Frankenstein"
E) no right answer
329. Who wrote "Empedocles on Etna"?
A) Arnold Mathew
B) Alfred Tennyson
C) Rudolph Browning
D) Mary Wolldtonecraft Shelly
E)Horace Walpole
330. Who were the first English dramatists to attempt the "New drama"?
A) Shaw and Henry Smith
B) Henry Arthur Jones and Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
C) Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw
D) Mary Wolldtonecraft Shelly
E)Horace Walpole
331. Who wrote " Frankenstein"?
A) Mary Wolldtonecraft Shelly
B) Horace Walpole
C) Godwin's
D) Rise Becker
E) Mikel Smith
332. Who examinies a range of Victorian poems?
A) Rise Becker
B) Mikel Smith
C) Christina Rosseti
D) Mary Wolldtonecraft Shelly
E) Horace Walpole
333. Why are the old stories often difficult to understand? (0 correct answers)
Who was Alexander Pope?
A) A famous poet
B) The inventor of penicilin
C) A famous scientist
D) A famous story writer
E) A famous essayist
334. What was Milton's greatest early poem?
A) Il Penseroso
B) L'Allegro
C) Lycidas
D) " Frankenstein"
E) no right answer
335. Who did Shakespeare marry?
A) Anne Hathaway
B) Mary queen of Scots
C) Judith Sadler
D) Anne Addison
E) no right answer
336. What periodical did Steel and Addison found in 1711-1712?
A) The Spectator
B) The Review
C) The Tatler
D) Frankenstein
E) no right answer
337. How many people fitted in the original Globe Theatre?
A) 300
B) 3000
C) 30000
D) 5000
E) 50000
338. Who wrote "The Man with the Golden Gun"?
A) John Arthur
B) J.K. Rowling
C) Ian Fleming
D) William Wordsworth
E) William Blake
339. Who wrote "Lyrical Ballads" with Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
A) Jane Austen
B) William Wordsworth
C) William Blake
D) John Arthur
E) J.K. Rowling
340. When is victorian poets age?
A) in 1500-1899
B) in 1500-1899
C) in 1837-1906
D) in 1854-1915
E) in 1789-1879
341. In what year was Shakespeare born?
A) 1564
B) 1545
C) 1616
D) 1625
E) 1596
342. Which is the name of the company that worked in the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's times?
A) The royal Shakespeare company
B) Lord Chamberlain's Men
C) Dagoll dagom
D) Baker
E) no right answer
343. What was Milton's occupation?
A) Poet
B) Scientist
C) Baker
D) Artist
E)
344. Who wrote "Room with a View"?
A) J. Conrad
B) E.M. Forster
C) H.G. Wells
D) William Blake
E) John Arthur
345. Which was the name of the newspaper produced by Defoe between 1704-1713?
A) The Review
B) The Life
C) The Week
D) The Year
E) no right answer
346. What other Scottish and English literary achievement was created?
A) Canterbury Tales
B) the poem
C) the ballad
D) the song
E) the sonnet
347. The monk, was written when Lewis was:
A) 15
B) 19
C) 37
D) 56
E) 45
348. Who wrote "Murder on the Orient Express"?
A) Agatha Christie
B) J.K Rowling
C) Charles Browns
D) William Blake
E) John Arthur
349. Who wrote "An Enquirity Concering Politial Justice"?
A) Horace Walpole
B) Godwin's
C) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly
D) William Blake
E) John Arthur
350. Shakespeare was born in which town or city?
A) Stratford
B) London
C) Oxford
D) Scotland
E) France
351. The names of Shakespeare's father and mother was:
A) John and Mary
B) Abraham and Sara
C) William and Anne
D) George
E) Charles
352. Who wrote "Pamela" in 1740?
A) Samuel Richardson
B) Daniel Defoe
C) Henry Fielding
D) Charles Dickens
E) Anthony Trollope
353. Who wrote Adam Bede?
A) George Eliot
B) Charles Dickens
C) Anthony Trollope
D) Henry Fielding
E) Daniel Defoe
354. Which poem didn't Robert Browning write?
A) How to be an alien
B) Fra Lippo Lippi
C) Andre del Sarto
D) Sherlock Holmes?
E) no right answer
355. Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?
A) Arthur Conan Doyle
B) Agatha Christie
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Henry Fielding
E) Daniel Defoe
356. When was the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre re-opened?
A) 1997
B) 1497
C) 2007
D) 1589
E) 1892
357. Who sent Augustine to turn the British to the Chistianity?
A) Pope John XVII
B) Pope Gegory
C) Pope Joseph
D) Pope Daniel
E) Pope John I
358. Which W. Somerset Maugham's book is based on Paul Gauguin's life?
A) "Cakes and Ale"
B) "Of Human Bondage"
C) "The Moon and Sixpence"
D) "Point Counter Point"
E) "Mrs Dalloway"
359. Which writer died in World War I?
A) Rupert Broke
B) Siegfried Sassoon
C) DH Laurence
D) Bertrand Russell
E) Robert Owen
360. Who won the Nobel price of literature in 1950?
A) Adam Smith
B) Bertrand Russell
C) Robert Owen
D) Rupert Broke
E) Siegfried Sassoon
361. What did he wrote Wilkie Collins?
A) The Moonstone
B) Oliver Twist
C) Doctor Thorne
D) Rupert Broke
E) James Joyce
362. What are the Pre-Raphaelites?
A) group of painters and poets
B) group of music
C) a religious sect
D) group of artist
E) group of people
363. Who said "No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth"?
A) David Hume
B) Isaac Newton
C) Francis Bacon
D) Rupert Broke
E) Siegfried Sassoon
364. Which English writer tries to find himself and be reborn?
A) DH Laurence
B) Rupert Broke
C) James Joyce
D) Oliver Twist
E) Doctor Thorne
365. The correspondence of Horace Walpole was more than:
A) 4000 letters
B) 3000 letters
C) 5000 letters
D) 6000 letters
E) 7000 letters
366. Who wrote Sister Helen?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
C) William Morris
D) Oliver Twist
E) Doctor Thorne
367. Who is the most quoted poet in English literature except for Shakespeare?
A) Joseph Addison
B) Alexander Pope
C) Richard Steel
D) Oliver Twist
E) Doctor Thorne
368. When was William Blake born?
A) On Nov. 28, 1757
B) On Juanuary 10, 1782
C) On July 29, 1758
D) On Juanuary 15, 1875
E) On July 19, 1789
369. Which of these books was written by Virginia Woolf?
A) "Point Counter Point"
B) "Mrs Dalloway"
C) "Brave New world"
D) "The Lord of the Rings"
E) "The Mousetrap"
370. What is the most imortant novel of Agatha Christie?
A) "The Lord of the Rings"
B) "The Mousetrap"
C) "Trip Around the World"
B) "Mrs Dalloway"
C) "Brave New world"
371. Who Wrote "Cynara"?
A) Wat Tyler
B) Roal Dhal
C) Ernest Dowson
D) Oliver Twist
E) Doctor Thorne
372. James Joyce thought that people who controlled their spoken language were:
A) Natural
B) Civilized
C) Romantic
D) Friendship
E) no right answer
373. Who did Milton dictate his masterpiece, "Paradise Lost", to?
A) To his daughters
B) To his wife
C) To his son.
D) To his father
E) To his mother
374. Who wrote Thyrsis in 1867?
A) Thomas Duchess
B) Arthur Hugh Clough
C) William Cartenbury
D) Oliver Twist
E) Doctor Thorne
375. Which of these books did Aldous Huxley write?
A) "To the Lighthouse"
B) "Mrs Dalloway"
C) "Brave New World"
D) "The Lord of the Rings"
E) "The Mousetrap"
376. Who wrote the great collection of stories about King Arthur?
A) Thomas Malory
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) William Langland
D) Thomas Duchess
E) Arthur Hugh Clough
377. Who wrote Sister Helen?
A) William Morris
B) William Shakespeare
C)Dante Gabriel Rossetti
D) John Gower
E) Thomas More
378. Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) William Shakespeare
C) William Langland
D) John Gower
E) Thomas More
379. How many tales did Geoffrey Chaucer intend to write?
A) 120
B) 34
C) 49
D) 104
E) 99
380. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in this type of English. What is it?
A) Middle English
B) Old English
C) Norman French
D) British English
E) Anglo-Saxon
381: In which tale does Virginius cut off the head of his chaste daughter? (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A) The Physician’s Tale
B) The Friar's Tale
C) The Shipman's Tale
D) The Miller's Tale
E) The Cook's Tale
382. Absalom and Nicholas are both in love with Alison in which of the tales? (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A) The Miller's Tale
B) The Cook's Tale
C) The Man of Law's Tale
D) The Knight's Tale
E) The Shipman's Tale
383. Aurelius releases Dorigen from her promise in this tale. Which tale is it? (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A) The Franklin's Tale
B) The Squire's Tale
C) The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
D) The Clerk's Tale
E) The Cook's Tale
384. Chaucer's apology appears in this section of "The Canterbury Tales." (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A) The Retraction
B) The Apology
C) The Prologue
D) The Manciple's Tale
E) None of them
385. Make a Love Connection: match the maid with her beau. Elizabeth Bennet loves: (Jane Austen)
A) Fitzwilliam Darcy
B) Henry Tilney
C) Frank Churchill
D) Captain Frederick Wentworth
E) Thomas Darvin
386. In which work can Elizabeth Bennet be found? (Jane Austen)
A) Pride and Prejudice
B) Persuasion
C) Northanger Abbey
D) Sense and Sensibility
E) Fall in love
387. In which work can Anne Elliot be found? (Jane Austen)
A) Persuasion
B) Mansfield Park
C) Emma
D) Pride and Prejudice
E) Northanger Abbey
388. In which work can Emma Woodhouse be found? (Jane Austen)
A) Emma
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Persuasion
D) Sense and Sensibility
E) Northanger Abbey
389. In which work can Marianne Dashwood be found? (Jane Austen)
A) Sense and Sensibility
B) Persuasion
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) Mansfield Park
E) Emma
390. In which work can Elinor Dashwood be found? (Jane Austen)
A) Sense and Sensibility
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Mansfield Park
D) Persuasion
E) Emma
391. Jane Austen was known for writing novels that focused on:
A) Behavior
B) Romance
C) Adventure
D) Religion
E) Tradition
392. What was Jane Austen's marital status?
A) She never married
B) She married young.
C) She was widowed at a young age.
D) She was married for more than 20 years.
E) She married when she was 16 years old
393. How long was Jane Austen's engagement to Harris Bigg-Wither?
A) one day
B) one week
C) one month
D) one year
E) two weeks
394. "Sense and Sensibility" was first printed as being written by:
A) "a lady"
B) J.E. Austen
C) James Austen
D) Anonymous
E) Oscar Wilde
395. How old was Jane when she died?
A) 41
B) 87
C) 52
D) 27
E) 90
396.Who painted the only authenticated portrait of Jane Austen?
A) Her sister, Cassandra
B) Joshua Reynolds
C) Unknown Artist
D) James Stanier Clarke
E) Thomas More
397.What kind of a life did Jane Austen live:
A) She led a quiet life of domesticity.
B) She was a recluse.
C) She had a very active social life.
D) She preferred the company of children.
E) She was very poor
398. In which year was Jane Austen born?
A) 1775
B) 1700
C) 1750
D) 1880
E) 1799
399. From what was Jane Austen recovering when she wrote the original draft of 'Pride and
Prejudice'?
A) A broken heart
B) Pneumonia
C) 
Tuberculosis
D) A broken leg
E) Broken arm
400. Which was Jane Austen's first published novel in 1811?
A) Sense and Sensibility
B) Mansfield Park
C) Emma
D) Pride and Prejudice
E) The river God
401. How many characters die in the final scene of Hamlet?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Five
D) Two
E) One
402. How did Hamlet's uncle murder his father?
A) By pouring a via 
l of poison into his ear
B) In a sword fight
C) By pushing him from a battlement
D) By poisoning his drink
E) None of them
403. Complete the famous quote from Hamlet, spoken by Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: 'I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a.... '
A) Handsaw
B) Herring
C) Pigeon
D) Hippopotamus
E) None of them
404. Who wrote the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead', based on the two minor characters from Hamlet?
A) Tom Stoppard
B) Alan Bennett
C) William Shakespeare
D) Samuel Beckett
E) Thomas More
405. What are Hamlet's last words before he dies?
A) 'The rest is silence'
B) 'To be or not to be, that is the question'
C) 'The King, the King's to blame'
D) 'Go, bid the soldiers shoot'
E) 'The River God'
406. Where is Beowulf from?
A) Geatland
B) Angle-Land
C) Denmark
D) Heorot
E) Venice
407.Who is Beowulf's father?
A) Ecgtheow
B) Breca
C) Hrothgar
D) Hygelac
E) Arthur
408.Who rules Geatland at the beginning of the poem?
A) Hygelac
B) Beow
C) Ecgtheow
D) Offa
E) Type
409. What is a scop?
A) A poet
B) A ship
C) A type of necklace
D) A weapon
E) A river
410. Who are the Scyldings?
A) Hrothgar's warriors
B) Demigods
C) Enemies of Geatland from Norway
D) Swamp monsters
E) Unknown poeple
411. The first night that Grendel attacked the mead-hall, Heorot, how many Scyldings did he kill?
A) Thirty
B) Two
C) Seven
D) Fourteen
E) ten
412. How did Hrothgar know of Beowulf?
A) Hrothgar had done a favor for Beowulf's father
B) Beowulf had saved Hrothgar's daughter from a dragon
C) Hrothgar was Beowulf's uncle
D) A scop had written a poem about Beowulf that made him famous
E) They met each other in a train
413.What jealous character taunts Beowulf during the festivities in Heorot?
A) Unferth
B) Aeschere
C) Hrothulf
D) Offa
E) Beow
414. In Heorot, Beowulf relates the tale of how he defeated his childhood friend, Breca, in what kind of competition?
A) A swimming race*
B) hneftafl game
C) A foot race
D) A wrestling match
E) A horse race
415. How does Beowulf kill Grendel?
A) He tears off Grendel's arm at the shoulder with his bare hands
B) He buries an axe in Grendel's head.
C) He chops off Grendel's head with his sword.
D) He runs his sword through Grendel's heart.
E) He does not kill him
416.What is Grendel's mother's name?
A) She is never named
B) Gretyl
C) Hygd
D) Modthryth
E) Rita
417. Grendel's mother abducted and decapitated Aeschere. Who was Aeschere?
A) Hrothgar's most trusted advisor
B) Beowulf's closest companion
C) Hrothgar's nephew
D) Unferth's brother
E) Hrothgar's father
418. Who lends Beowulf a sword to fight Grendel's mother?
A) Unferth
B) Aeschere's son
C) Hrothgar's son
D) His son
E) Hrothgar
419.What does Hrothgar's wife, Wealhtheow, give Beowulf?
A) A torque
B) A ring
C) A sword
D) A kiss
E) A smile
420. How does Beowulf become King of the Geats?
A) He takes the throne when Hygelac's son dies
B) He overthrows Hygelac
C) He takes the throne when Hygelac dies, having been named his heir
D) He's never King of the Geats
E) No right answer
421.Why did the dragon threaten Geatland?
A) A bejeweled cup was stolen from its hoard
B) A party of adventurers tried to kill it
C) Beowulf ceased paying its annual tribute
D) Its food supply was cut off when all the local virgins moved away
E) None of them
422. What was the name of the sword Beowulf used to fight the dragon?
A) Naegling
B) Caliburn
C) Hrunting
D) Ted
E) Deg
423. Who was the only one of Beowulf's retainers that didn't run away when he fought the dragon?
A) Wiglaf
B) Heardred
C) Hrethen
D) Sigemund
E) none of them
424. Beowulf's body was burned on a funeral pyre. What happened to his ashes?
A) They were buried in a barrow on the headland of the coast
B) They were kept in an urn in the palace of Geatland
C) They were placed in the family crypt
D) They were scattered in the lake where he'd faced Grendel's mother
E) none of them
425. The Beowulf poem is believed to have been composed sometime in the seventh century, but it wasn't written down until when?
A) About the year 1000
B) Sometime in the late eighth century
C) bout 920 or 930
D) Sometime between 1166 and 1179
E) About 10000
426. How many copies of the Beowulf manuscript survive from the 11th century?
A) Only one
B) Three
C) Seven, including two fragments
D) There is no surviving original; we only have later copies
E) none of them
427. Scholars believe the original Beowulf manuscript was inscribed by how many different people?
A) Two
B) Only one
C) Three or more
D) Five
E) There's no way to tell
428. What happened to the Beowulf manuscript in 1731?
A) It was damaged in a fire
B) It was purchased by the Vatican
C) It was stolen
D) It was taken to America
E) It was burned
429.The first transcription of the Beowulf poem was made by Icelandic scholar Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin in 1818. At this time, Thorkelin translated the poem from Old English into what language?
A) Latin
B) Icelandic
C) Danish
D) Swedish
E) Scottish
430.Where is the Beowulf manuscript today?
A) In the British Library
B) At Cambridge University
C) At Oxford University
D) In the Tower of London
E)It is disappeared
431. What happened to Henry's brother Arthur?
A) He died in a very unfortunate accident
B) He was executed for treason
C) He ran away to America
D) He refused to be King
E) He ran away to Italy
432. Who became monarch after Henry VIII?
A) Edward VI
B) James I
C) Elizabeth I
D) Jane Seymour
E) Catherine of Aragon
433. How many wives had Henry VIII?
A) 6
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1
E) 10
434. Who was the mother of Henry VIII’s son Prince Edward?
A) Jane Seymour
B) Elizabeth of York
C) Elizabeth of Bosworth
D) Catherine of Aragon
E) Elizabeth of Aragon
435. Who were Henry VIII's parents?
A) King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
B) King Richard III and Catherine of Aragon
C) King Edward and Anne Boleyn
D) King Edward V and Elizabeth of Bosworth
E) King Henry V and Catherine of Aragon
436. Which act of Parliament declared Henry the Head of the Church of England?
A) Act of Supremacy
B) Act of Supplication
C) Act of Succession
D) Act of Submission
E) Act of Pontificates
437. Henry gave himself which title in 1540?
A) King of Ireland
B) King of America
C) King of Italy
D) King of Africa
E) King of the world
438. Henry VIII
A) King of England
B) King of America
C) King of Italy
D) King of Africa
E) King of the world
439. Which pope refused to grant Henry his divorce from Queen Catherine?
A) Clement VII
B) Julius II
C) Leo X
D) Leo I
E) Innocent III
440. Which of Henry's six wives were beheaded?
A) Second and fifth
B) First and fourth
C) Firth and sixth
D) Sixth and third
E) Second and eights
441. 1608-1674
A) John Milton
B) John Martin
C) E.Hemingway
D) O.Henry
E) James I
442. Which of the following is Milton’s purpose for writing Paradise Lost?
A) He wants to explain man’s behavior to God.
B) He wants to explain why Satan rebelled.
C) He wants to explain importance of love
D) He wants to write on a lofty subject.
E) He wants to write the second Bible
443. Paradise lost
A) John Milton
B) Hamlet
C) Henry VIII
D) J.Chaucer
E) Bunyan
444. Paradise lost
A) 12 books
B) 20 books
C) 3 books
D) 1 book
E) 6 books
445. Lycidas
A) Milton wrote to the Edward King
B) Milton wrote to the wife
C) Milton wrote to the son
D) Milton wrote to the daughter
E) Milton wrote to the friend
446. Who was known as the "Lady of Christ's".
A) John Milton
B) Hamlet
C) Henry VIII
D) J.Chaucer
E) Bunyan
447. English poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England
A) John Milton
B) W. Shakespeare
C) Henry VIII
D) J.Chaucer
E) Bunyan
448. Mary Powell
A) Wife of John Milton
B) Sister of Shakespeare
C) Wife of O. Wilde
D) Daughter of James I
E) Sister of Hamlet
449. Secretary for Foreign Tongues
A) John Milton
B) W. Shakespeare
C) Thackery
D) J.Chaucer
E) Bunyan
450. John Milton 1667
A) Paradise Lost
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) Beowulf
D) Hamlet
E) Dorian Gray
451. John Milton 1667
A) Paradise Regained
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) Beowulf
D) Hamlet
E) Dorian Grey
452. Paradise Lost
A) Epic poem in blank verse
B) Sonnet
C) Drama
D) Essay
E) Fairy tale
453. Paradise lost concerns
A) The Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
B) Love story
C) Horror story
D) The story of War
E) The story of Dorian Gray
454. Milton's story contains two arcs:
A) One of Satan (Lucifer) and another of Adam and Eve.
B) One of Hamlet and another of Romeo and Juliet
C) One of Hamlet and another of Othello and Desdemona
D) One of Dorian Gray and another of Satan
E) One of Satan and another of Romeo and Juliet
455. 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900
A) Oscar Wilde
B) John Martin
C) E.Hemingway
D) O.Henry
E) James I
456. An Irish writer and poet was born in 16 October of 1854
A) Oscar Wilde
B) John Martin
C) E.Hemingway
D) O.Henry
E) W. Shakespeare
457. Oscar Wilde 1890
A) The Picture of Dorian Gray
B) Paradise lost
C) Paradise regained
D) Hamlet
E) Oliver Twist
458. Was educated in the Portora Royal School (1864 to 1871) and in the Oxford College (1874-1878)
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Dorian Gray
C) W.Shakespear
D) Robinson Crusoe
E) Oliver Twist
459. In 1890 wrote his only novel that caused many critics among the readers titled The Picture of Dorian Gray
A) Oscar Wilde
B) O. Henry
C) Hamlet
D) E. Hemingway
E) Oliver Twist
460. Oscar Wilde took idea from:
A) From a painter he met in a studio in London named Basil Ward and in gratitude he named the painter in his novel Basil Hallward.
B) From friend
C) From father
D) From a musician he met in America
E) From a sailor he met in Italy
461. During what period lived Oscar Wilde?
A) Oscar Wilde lived during the eighteen century, a Victorian epoch
B) Oscar Wilde lived during the third century
C) Oscar Wilde lived during the second century
D) Oscar Wilde lived during the fifth century
E) Oscar Wilde lived during the eights century
462. The enemy of Oscar Wilde
A) Marquess of Queensberry
B) E. Hemingway
C) O. Henry
D) A. Pushkin
E) Lermontov
463. The Ballad of Reading Gaol
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Oliver Twist
C) Dorian Gray
D) James I
E) Othello
464. In 1891 Wilde wrote fairy tales named
A) A House of Pomegranates
B) Oliver Twist
C) Hamlet
D) Romeo and Juliet
E) Robinson Crusoe
465. Marquess of Queensberry
A) The enemy of Oscar Wilde
B) The wife of Oscar Wilde
C) The best friend of Oscar Wilde
D) The nephew of Oscar Wilde
E) The teacher of Oscar Wilde
466. Who took the idea of the novel from a painter he met in a studio in London named Basil Ward and in gratitude he named the painter in his novel Basil Hallward
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Oliver Twist
C) Dorian Gray
D) James I
E) Othello
467. In 1892, a successful play named Lady Windermere’s Fan showed a different point of view of love. The author of play:
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Oliver Twist
C) Dorian Gray
D) James I
E) Othello
468. Dorian Gray
A) The novel written by Oscar Wilde
B) The author of The Romeo and Juliet
C) The famous writer
D) The best friend of W.Shakespear
E) The author of Beowulf
469. Paradise lost. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?
A) Uriel
B) Moloch
C) Mammon
D) Beelzebub
E) Belial
470. Paradise lost. Which of the following forms does Satan not take?
A) He takes all of these forms
B) Angel
C) Toad
D) Cormorant
E) Satan
471. Paradise lost.In what book does the fall take place?
A) Book IX
B) Book I
C) Book II
D) Book III
E) Book IV
472. Paradise lost. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur?
A) Genesis
B) Leviticus
C) Exodus
D) Deuteronomy
E) No correct answer
473. Paradise lost. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?
A) Moloch
B) Uriel
C) Raphael
D) Abdiel
E) Michael
474. Paradise lost.What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost?
A) To justify the ways of God to men
B) To make his story hard to understand
C) To argue against the doctrine of predestination
D) To assert his superiority to other poets
E) E) No correct answer
475. Paradise lost. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost?
A) Agony
B) Night
C) Discord
D) Death
E) Day
476. Paradise lost. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan?
A) Michael
B) Moloch
C) Mammon
D) Beelzebub
E) Belial
477. Paradise lost. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to?
A) A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
B) A snake slithering up a tree
C) A germ infecting a body
D) A fish leaping out of water
E) No correct answer
478. Paradise lost. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII?
A) Michael
B) Moloch
C) Mammon
D) Beelzebub
E) Belial
479. Paradise lost. Which of the following is not found in Hell?
A) Oil
B) Minerals
C) Gems
D) Gold
E) E) No correct answer
480. Paradise lost. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost?
A) Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
B) It was created before God the Son
C) The Earth is a lotus flower
D) The Earth revolves around the sun
E) E) No correct answer
481. Paradise lost. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?
A) Mulciber
B) Michael
C) Raphael
D) Abdiel
E) Azriel
482. Paradise lost. How many times does Milton invoke a muse?
A) Three
B) Ten
C) twenty
D) thirty
E) Fourty
483. Paradise lost. Who leads Adam and Eve out of Paradise?
A) Michael
B) The Son
C) Mammon
D) Beelzebub
E) Belial
484. Paradise lost. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate?
A) Both Virgil and Homer
B) Virgil
C) Homer
D) O.Henry
E) E. Hemingway
485. Paradise lost. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost?
A) Adam and Eve’s disobedience
B) The creation of the universe
C) Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall
D) The fight between good and Son
E) No correct answer
486. Paradise lost. Which devil is Satan’s second-in-command?
A) Beezelbub
B) Michael
C) Raphael
D) Abdiel
E) Ariel
487. Paradise lost. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam?
A) Raphael
B) Virgil
C) Homer
D) O.Henry
E) E. Hemingway
488. Paradise lost. Which scene happens first chronologically?
A) The Son is chosen as God’s second-in-command
B) Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell
C) God and the Son create the universe
D) The angels battle in Heaven
E) No norrect answer
489. Paradise lost. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?
A) Abdiel
B) Moloch
C) Mammon
D) Beelzebub
E) Belial
490. Paradise lost. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make?
A) A cannon
B) fortress
C) catapult
D) A large sword
E) No correct answer
491. Paradise lost. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create?
A) He creates everything
B) Paradise
C) Adam and Eve
D) The Son
E) No correct answer
492. Paradise lost. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse?
A) Urania
B) Titania
C) Virgil
D) Ariel
E) No correct answer
493. Paradise lost. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious?
A) Look at her reflection in a stream
B) Go in search of her mate
C) Talk to the animals
D) Eat of the Tree of Knowledge
E) Talk to the trees
494. What famous phrase appears in the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray?
A) “All art is quite useless”
B) “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”
C) “The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it”
D) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
E) No correct answer
495. The picture of Dorian Gray. What is Basil Hallward’s occupation?
A) Painter
B) Famous English writer
C) Famous American writer
D) Chef
E) Teacher
496. The picture of Dorian Gray. Why does Basil not wish to exhibit his portrait of Dorian?
A) He feels he has put too much of himself into it
B) Dorian Gray has asked him not to
C) He thinks it is a poor work of art
D) He plans to put it over his own mantelpiece
E) No correct answer
497. The picture of Dorian Gray. How does Basil first meet Dorian?
A) At a party hosted by Lady Brandon
B) Through a newspaper advertisement
C) In exhibition
D) On the market
E) When Lord Henry introduced them
498. The picture of Dorian Gray. What is the name of Sibyl’s brother?
A) James
B) Michael
C) Elizabeth
D) Catherine
E) Bryan
499. The picture of Dorian Gray. When Dorian arrives at his studio, what request does Basil make of Lord Henry?
A) He begs Lord Henry not to influence Dorian
B) He asks Lady Brandon not to mention the painting to Dorian
C) He asks Lady Brandon NOT to tell Dorian his real name
D) He suggests that Lady Brandon leave without meeting Dorian
E) He asks Lady Brandon to speak with Dorian
500. The picture of Dorian Gray. What best describes the philosophy that Lord Henry espouses?
A) Hedonistic
B) Devoutly religious
C) Altruistic
D) Existential
E) No correct answer
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