The Neoclassical Period
Total Questions: 89
1) Who wrote the famous poetic line ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’?
- A: Pope
- B: Shelley
- C: Keats
- D: Dryden
2) A work which has a meaning behind the surface meaning is__
- A: an epic
- B: an allegory
- C: a metaphor
- D: personification B
3) What is the meaning of the word ‘Dirge’?
- A: a kind of sonnet sequence
- B: a son expressing patriotic sentiment
- C: a long verse telling about an adventure
- D: a song expressing grief lamentation and mourning
4) A novel in the form of letters is called ___
- A: picaresque novel
- B: novelette
- C: non-fiction novel
- D: epistolary novel
5) The narrator of a novel written in the third person is called narrator.
- A: a dedicated
- B: an evanscent
- C: a ubiquitous
- D: an omniscient
6) . An epic is based on__ performed by a hero.
- A: heroic deeds
- B: a narrative
- C: intervention
- D: trifle subjects
7) A ‘canto’ is –
- A: an act of a play
- B: a part of play
- C: a chapter of a novel
- D: a division of an epic
8) ‘A critic and lexicographer’ applies to __
- A: Bradly
- B: Coleridge
- C: Johnson
- D: Hazlitt
9) A mornful poem written on the death of someone’s love is called__
- A: homage
- B: ode
- C: elegy
- D: saga
10) Addison and Steele are known for__
- A: Lyrical Ballad
- B: The Mirror
- C: The Spectator
- D: Biographia Literaria
11) ‘Restoration period’ in English literature refers to –
- A: 1560
- B: 1660
- C: 1760
- D: 1866
12) Who is considered to be the father of English novel?
- A: Francis Bacon
- B: Geoffrey Chaucer
- C: King Alfred the Great
- D: Henry Fielding
13) Who has written the poem
- A: Thomas Gray
- B: P.B Shelley
- C: Robert Frost
- D: W.B Yeats
14) Paradise Regained is an epic written by–
- A: Homer
- B: Tagore
- C: Dante
- D: Milton
15) Who was the famous mock-heroic poet in English literature?
- A: Lord Byron
- B: John Milton
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Lord Tennyson
16) A lexicographer is a person who writes–
- A: Novels
- B: Dictionaries
- C: Graphs
- D: Medical books
17) Poet Alexander Pope’s famous work–
- A: The Rape of the Lock
- B: Spectator
- C: The Deserted Village
- D: Man was made to mourn
18) Full many a flower is…
- A: Shelly
- B: Wordsworth
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: Keats
19) Who wrote first English dictionary?/ Who is the author of the first English dictionary?
- A: Boswell
- B: Ben Jonson
- C: Samuel Johnson
- D: Milton
20) Goethe is the greatest poet of___
- A: Germany
- B: Russia
- C: England
- D: France
21) Who is considered to be the father of English novel?
- A: Francis Bacon
- B: Geoffrey Chaucer
- C: King Alfred the Great
- D: Henry Fielding
22) Alexander Pope’s
- A: Novel
- B: Treatise
- C: Short Story
- D: Poem
23) ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ is a quotation from-
- A: Oscar wilds
- B: Alfred Tennyson
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Voltaire
24) The First English novel, Pamela has been written by-
- A: Daniel Defoe
- B: Henry Fielding
- C: Samuel Richardson
- D: Sir Walter Scott
25) Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was first published in-
- A: the t half of th century
- B: the d half of th century
- C: the t half of th century
- D: the th century
26) ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’ is written by-
- A: Tennyson
- B: W. Blake
- C: Milton
- D: Pope
27) Who was the famous mock-heroic poet in English literature?
- A: Lord Byron
- B: John Milton
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Lord Tennyson
28) The Romantic Age began with the publication of-
- A: Lyrical Ballads
- B: My Last Duchess
- C: A Tale of Two Cities
- D: Canonization
29) Edmund Burke belonged to-
- A: th century
- B: th century
- C: th century
- D: th century
30) The first English Dictionary was compiled by–
- A: Izaak Walton
- B: Samuel Johnson
- C: Samuel Butler
- D: Sir Thomas Browne
31) Jonathan Swift is the author of-
- A: The Old man and the Sea
- B: A Doll's House
- C: Robinson Crusoe
- D: Gulliver's Travels
32) Who wrote ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?
- A: R. L. Stevenson
- B: Daniel Defoe
- C: Jonathan Swift
- D: D.H Lawrence
33) ‘A Voyage of Lilliput’ is written by–
- A: R. L Stevenson
- B: Thomas Hardy
- C: Jonathan Swift
- D: William Wordsworth
34) Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise’?
- A: Robert Frost
- B: George Orwell
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: John Milton
35) Who is famous for his elegies?
- A: Robert Browning
- B: Lord Byron
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: Thomas Paine
36) ‘Paradise Regained’ is an epic by-
- A: John Keats
- B: P.B Shelly
- C: John Milton
- D: William blake
37) Who wrote “Lycidas”?
- A: Thomas Gray
- B: Alfred Tennyson
- C: John Milton
- D: John Keats
38) ‘Paradise Lost’ is a/an —-
- A: short story
- B: epic poem
- C: play
- D: lyrical poem
39) Who is the composer of ‘Paradise Lost’?
- A: John Keats
- B: Lord Byron
- C: S.T. Coleridge
- D: John Milton
40) ‘Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.’ Who said this and where?
- A: Satan in "Paradise Lost"
- B: Stain in "Paradise Regained"
- C: Adam in 'Paradise Lost'
- D: Adam in 'Paradise Regained'
41) ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is written by-
- A: William Wordsworth
- B: Thomas Gray
- C: John Keats
- D: W.B Yeats
42) ‘Paradise Lost’ attempted to—-
- A: Justify the ways of man to God
- B: Justify the ways of God to man
- C: Show that the Satan and god have equal power
- D: Explain why good and evil are necessary.
43) Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?
- A: Alexander Pope
- B: Jonathan Swift
- C: William Wordsworth
- D: Butler
44) Who wrote the famous poetic line ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’?
- A: Pope
- B: Shelley
- C: Keats
- D: Dryden
45) Who of the following is a famous epic poet in English literature? / Of the following authors who wrote an epic?
- A: Jane Mansfield
- B: John Milton
- C: William Cowper
- D: William Shakespeare
46) A work which has a meaning behind the surface meaning is__
- A: an epic
- B: an allegory
- C: a metaphor
- D: personification B
47) What is the meaning of the word ‘Dirge’?
- A: a kind of sonnet sequence
- B: a son expressing patriotic sentiment
- C: a long verse telling about an adventure
- D: a song expressing grief lamentation and mourning
48) The narrator of a novel written in the third person is called narrator.
- A: a dedicated
- B: an evanscent
- C: a ubiquitous
- D: an omniscient
49) A ‘canto’ is –
- A: an act of a play
- B: a part of play
- C: a chapter of a novel
- D: a division of an epic
50) A novel in the form of letters is called ___
- A: picaresque novel
- B: novelette
- C: non-fiction novel
- D: epistolary novel
51) ‘A critic and lexicographer’ applies to __
- A: Bradly
- B: Coleridge
- C: Johnson
- D: Hazlitt
52) . An epic is based on__ performed by a hero.
- A: heroic deeds
- B: a narrative
- C: intervention
- D: trifle subjects
53) Addison and Steele are known for__
- A: Lyrical Ballad
- B: The Mirror
- C: The Spectator
- D: Biographia Literaria
54) ‘Restoration period’ in English literature refers to –
- A: 1560
- B: 1660
- C: 1760
- D: 1866
55) A mornful poem written on the death of someone’s love is called__
- A: homage
- B: ode
- C: elegy
- D: saga
56) Who is considered to be the father of English novel?
- A: Francis Bacon
- B: Geoffrey Chaucer
- C: King Alfred the Great
- D: Henry Fielding
57) Who has written the poem
- A: Thomas Gray
- B: P.B Shelley
- C: Robert Frost
- D: W.B yeats
58) Who was the famous mock-heroic poet in English literature?
- A: Lord Byron
- B: John Milton
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Lord Tennyson
59) A lexicographer is a person who writes–
- A: Novels
- B: Dictionaries
- C: Graphs
- D: Medical books
60) Paradise Regained is an epic written by–
- A: Homer
- B: Tagore
- C: Dante
- D: Milton
61) Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness in the desert air.-
- A: Shelly
- B: Wordsworth
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: Keats
62) Poet Alexander Pope’s famous work–
- A: The Rape of the Lock
- B: Spectator
- C: The Deserted Village
- D: Man was made to mourn
63) Who wrote first English dictionary?/ Who is the author of the first English dictionary?
- A: Boswell
- B: Ben Jonson
- C: Samuel Johnson
- D: Milton
64) Goethe is the greatest poet of___
- A: Germany
- B: Russia
- C: England
- D: France
65) Who is considered to be the father of English novel?
- A: Francis Bacon
- B: Geoffrey Chaucer
- C: King Alfred the Great
- D: Henry Fielding
66) Alexander Pope’s
- A: Novel
- B: Treatise
- C: Short Story
- D: Poem
67) ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ is a quotation from-
- A: Oscar wilds
- B: Alfred Tennyson
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Voltaire
68) The First English novel, Pamela has been written by-
- A: Daniel Defoe
- B: Henry Fielding
- C: Samuel Richardson
- D: Sir Walter Scott
69) Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was first published in-
- A: the t half of th century
- B: the d half of th century
- C: the t half of th century
- D: the th century
70) Who was the famous mock-heroic poet in English literature?
- A: Lord Byron
- B: John Milton
- C: Alexander Pope
- D: Lord Tennyson
71) The Romantic Age began with the publication of-
- A: Lyrical Ballads
- B: My Last Duchess
- C: A Tale of Two Cities
- D: Canonization
72) ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’ is written by-
- A: Tennyson
- B: W. Blake
- C: Milton
- D: Pope
73) The first English Dictionary was compiled by–
- A: Izaak Walton
- B: Samuel Johnson
- C: Samuel Butler
- D: Sir Thomas Browne
74) Edmund Burke belonged to-
- A: th century
- B: th century
- C: th century
- D: th century
75) Jonathan Swift is the author of-
- A: The Old man and the Sea
- B: A Doll's House
- C: Robinson Crusoe
- D: Gulliver's Travels
76) Who wrote ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?
- A: R. L. Stevenson
- B: Daniel Defoe
- C: Jonathan Swift
- D: D.H Lawrence
77) ‘A Voyage of Lilliput’ is written by–
- A: R. L Stevenson
- B: Thomas Hardy
- C: Jonathan Swift
- D: William Wordsworth
78) Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise’?
- A: Robert Frost
- B: George Orwell
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: John Milton
79) Who is famous for his elegies?
- A: Robert Browning
- B: Lord Byron
- C: Thomas Gray
- D: Thomas Paine
80) ‘Lycidas’ was written by
- A: Thomas Gray
- B: Alfred Tennyson
- C: John Milton
- D: John Keats
81) ‘Paradise Lost’ is a/an —-
- A: short story
- B: epic poem
- C: play
- D: lyrical poem
82) ‘Paradise Regained’ is an epic by-
- A: John Keats
- B: P.B Shelly
- C: John Milton
- D: Williams blake
83) ‘Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.’ Who said this and where?
- A: Satan in "Paradise Lost"
- B: Stain in "Paradise Regained"
- C: Adam in 'Paradise Lost'
- D: Adam in 'Paradise Regained'
84) ‘Paradise Lost’ attempted to—-
- A: Justify the ways of man to God
- B: Justify the ways of God to man
- C: Show that the Satan and god have equal power
- D: Explain why good and evil are necessary.
85) Who is the composer of ‘Paradise Lost’?
- A: John Keats
- B: Lord Byron
- C: S.T. Coleridge
- D: John Milton
86) ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is written by-
- A: William Wordsworth
- B: Thomas Gray
- C: John Keats
- D: W.B Yeats
87) Who of the following is a famous epic poet in English literature? / Of the following authors who wrote an epic?
- A: Jane Mansfield
- B: John Milton
- C: William Cowper
- D: William Shakespeare
88) Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?
- A: Alexander Pope
- B: Jonathan Swift
- C: William Wordsworth
- D: Butler
89) The Rape of the Lock, by Alexander Pope?
- A: epic
- B: ballad
- C: Mock Heroic poem
- D: elegy
Time: 60s |
Correct: 0 |
Wrong: 0