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Practice Set 14

December 19, 2025
Questionnaire

1. Which thinker of the Jacobean era is known for philosophical and scientific prose?

A. Robert Herrick

B. Francis Bacon

C. Edmund Spenser

D. Philip Sidney

 

2. The Jacobean era marks a transition between:

A. Medieval and Renaissance styles

B. Renaissance and Baroque styles

C. Baroque and Neo-classical styles

D. Gothic and Romantic styles

 

3. Which Shakespearean tragedies belong to the Jacobean period?

A. Hamlet and Othello

B. King Lear and Macbeth

C. Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar

D. The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing

 

4. The play Volpone was first performed around:

A. 1590

B. 1598

C. 16051606

D. 1620

 

5. Which theme is most dominant in Ben Jonson's Volpone?

A. Romantic love

B. Heroism

C. Greed and corruption

D. Religious devotion

 

6. James I of England was also known as:

A. James II of Scotland

B. James VI of Scotland

C. James IV of Scotland

D. James I of Ireland

 

7. Which major religious text was published in 1611?

A. Book of Common Prayer

B. Geneva Bible

C. King James Version of the Bible

D. Coverdale Bible

 

8. John Donne was born in which city?

A. Oxford

B. Cambridge

C. London

D. Canterbury

 

9. John Donne is primarily known as the:

A. Founder of Cavalier Poets

B. Leader of Romantic Poets

C. Founder of the Metaphysical Poets

D. Pioneer of Pastoral Poetry

 

10. Which poet is closely associated with religious metaphysical poetry?

A. John Cleveland

B. George Herbert

C. Andrew Marvell

D. John Dryden

 

11. Which of the following is NOT a Metaphysical poet?

A. George Herbert

B. Andrew Marvell

C. Richard Crashaw

D. Edmund Spenser

 

12. The poetry of the Victorian Age is best characterized by:

A. Romantic optimism

B. Neo-classical restraint

C. Conflict between faith and doubt

D. Pure aestheticism

 

13. Samuel Johnson belonged to which century?

A. Seventeenth

B. Eighteenth

C. Nineteenth

D. Twentieth

 

14. "The Scholar-Gipsy” is written by:

A. Matthew Arnold

B. Robert Browning

C. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

D. William Morris

 

15. William Morris is often compared with which contemporary for shared medieval interests?

A. Matthew Arnold

B. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

C. Robert Browning

D. Gerard Manley Hopkins

 

16. Which writer bridges Elizabethan and Jacobean literary traditions?

A. John Milton

B. Ben Jonson

C. Thomas Gray

D. Andrew Marvell

 

17. Milton’s sonnet “When I consider how my light is spent” reflects his:
A. Political disillusionment
B. Religious doubt
C. Blindness and faith
D. Loss of patronage

 

18. Thomas Gray’s "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" belongs to the tradition of:
A. Neo-classical satire
B. Graveyard poetry
C. Pastoral romance
D. Epic poetry

 

19. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is an example of:
A. Pastoral elegy
B. Romantic lyric
C. Metaphysical love poem
D. Epic satire

 

20. Which play by John Osborne is considered a landmark in post-war British theatre?
A. The Entertainer
B. Look Back in Anger
C. Luther
D. Look Back in Anger

 

21. Which Lake Poet was appointed Poet Laureate of England?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Robert Southey
D. William Blake

 

22. The group of poets known as the Lake Poets includes:
A. Shelley, Keats, Byron
B. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey
C. Blake, Gray, Collins
D. Pope, Swift, Dryden

 

23. The carpe diem argument in poetry is usually addressed to:
A. Society
B. Nature
C. A reluctant beloved
D. God

 

24. Which pair is correctly matched?
A. Milton – Metaphysical poetry
B. Jonson – Romantic lyric
C. Gray – Graveyard poetry
D. Marvell – Gothic novel

 

25. What literary device is central to the characterization in Ben Jonson's Volpone?

A. Allegory

B. Animal symbolism

C. Metaphysical conceits

D. Pastoral imagery

 

26. William Morris was closely associated with the:

A. Lake Poets

B. Cavalier Poets

C. Pre-Raphaelite Movement

D. Metaphysical Poets

 

27. Which element is absent in the society depicted in "News from Nowhere?"

A. Private property

B. Class hierarchy

C. Industrial pollution

D. All of the above

 

28. In literary theory, “Binary Opposition” is a key concept of:

A. Marxism

B. Structuralism

C. Feminism

D. Postcolonialism

 

29. "The Earthly Paradise" was written by:

A. Alfred Tennyson

B. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

C. William Morris

D. Matthew Arnold

 

30. Which statement about "The Earthly Paradise is correct?"

A. It is a single short narrative poem

B. It focuses on contemporary Victorian life

C. It is a collection of mythological retellings

D. It was written in prose form

 

31. Which event challenged royal authority during the Jacobean period?

A. Armada defeat

B. English Civil War

C. Gunpowder Plot

D. Glorious Revolution

 

32. Which statement about John Donne is correct?

A. He was born in the 16th century

B. He was a Romantic poet

C. He coined the term “Metaphysical Poets”

D. He belonged to the Victorian age

 

33. A poem that tells a story is a:

A. Lyric

B. Epic

C. Narrative poem

D. Sonnet

 

34. "Onomatopoeia” refers to words that:

A. Describe feelings

B. Imitate sounds

C. Contrast ideas

D. Create imagery

 

35. A long narrative poem dealing with heroic deeds is called:

A. Ballad

B. Epic

C. Elegy

D. Ode

 

36. The famous line, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," was written by

A. Thomas Gray

B. Alexander Pope

C. William Cowper

D. Samuel Johnson

 

37. Samuel Johnson died in:

A. 1774

B. 1784

C. 1798

D. 1801

 

38. Alexander Pope died in:

A. 1720

B. 1737

C. 1744

D. 1751

 

39. Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets" was published in:

A. 1755

B. 1765

C. 1779

D. 1784

 

40. The turning point of a sonnet is called the:

A. Climax

B. Caesura

C. Volta

D. Refrain

 

41. Which of the following poets is discussed in Johnson’s "Lives of the Poets?"

A. William Wordsworth

B. John Milton

C. Percy Bysshe Shelley

D. Alfred Tennyson

 

42. Which major philosophical work was written by David Hume?

A. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

B. A Treatise of Human Nature

C. Critique of Pure Reason

D. The Social Contract

 

43. A fourteen-line Petrarchan sonnet is divided into:

A. Two quatrains and a sestet

B. Three quatrains and a couplet

C. An octave and a sestet

D. One octave only

 

44. “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” -- Who said this?

A. John Donne

B. William Wordsworth

C. William Shakespeare

D. Alfred Tennyson

 

45. "Hyperbole” means:

A. Understatement

B. Indirect comparison

C. Exaggeration for effect

D. Moral teaching

 

46. Match the author with the correct work and year:

A. William ShakespeareHamlet1601

B. Alexander Pope – The Rape of the Lock – 1726

C. Samuel Johnson – The Vanity of Human Wishes – 1765

D. John Milton – Paradise Lost – 1704

 

47. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ---- Who said this?

A. John Milton

B. Alexander Pope

C. William Shakespeare

D. Samuel Johnson

 

48. Pope’s translation of The Iliad was published between:

A. 1690–1695

B. 1700–1705

C. 17151720

D. 1730–1735

 

49. Select the correct Author–Work–Year set:

A. William ShakespeareOthello1604

B. Alexander Pope – Essay on Man – 1720

C. Samuel Johnson – Preface to Shakespeare – 1775

D. John Dryden – Absalom and Achitophel – 1700

 

50. Choose the correct combination:

A. Shakespeare – King Lear – 1595

B. PopeThe Iliad (translation) – 17151720

C. Johnson – Rasselas – 1765

D. Milton – Areopagitica – 1650