1. "The attribution of Moll Flanders to Daniel Defoe" was made in 1770 by:
A. Samuel Richardson
B. John Murray
C. Francis Noble
D. Thomas Cadell
2. Daniel Defoe died in:
A. 1725
B. 1731
C. 1740
D. 1745
3. "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe is partly based on the life of:
A. Mary Carleton
B. Moll King
C. Fanny Hill
D. Roxana
4. Which literary rivalry is central to "Mac Flecknoe?"
A. Dryden vs Pope
B. Dryden vs Milton
C. Dryden vs Shadwell
D. Dryden vs Jonson
5. Sentimentalism in 18th-century English literature emphasized:
A. Reason and logic
B. Satire and wit
C. Emotion and moral feeling
D. Supernatural terror
6. The writer most closely associated with introducing sentimentalism into English fiction is:
A. Henry Fielding
B. Tobias Smollett
C. Laurence Sterne
D. Daniel Defoe
7. The only novel written by Oliver Goldsmith is:
A. Clarissa
B. Pamela
C. The Vicar of Wakefield
D. Rasselas
8. "The Vicar of Wakefield" was published in:
A. 1759
B. 1761
C. 1766
D. 1771
9. "She Stoops to Conquer" is a:
A. Tragedy
B. Sentimental comedy
C. Comedy of manners
D. Farce
10. "She Stoops to Conquer" was written in:
A. 1766
B. 1771
C. 1775
D. 1780
11. 'Idyllic poetry' flourished mainly during the:
A. Elizabethan Age
B. Restoration Age
C. Georgian Era
D. Victorian Age
12. “Every person has two educations…” is a quote by:
A. John Locke
B. Edward Gibbon
C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D. Samuel Johnson
13. "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was written by:
A. Thomas Carlyle
B. Edward Gibbon
C. David Hume
D. Adam Smith
14. The publication period of "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is:
A. 1750–60
B. 1776–1788
C. 1789–1800
D. 1801–10
15. The figure of Achitophel in "Absalom and Achitophel" represents:
A. Charles II
B. Duke of Monmouth
C. Earl of Shaftesbury
D. Oliver Cromwell
16. William Godwin was an early exponent of:
A. Romanticism
B. Marxism
C. Utilitarianism
D. Existentialism
17. The immediate historical context behind "The Hind and the Panther" is Dryden’s:
A. Support for Puritan ideology
B. Conversion to Anglicanism
C. Conversion to Roman Catholicism
D. Opposition to monarchy
18. "Caleb Williams" is subtitled:
A. Or the New Prometheus
B. Things as They Are
C. The Rights of Man
D. A Vindication
19. William Godwin’s second wife was:
A. Mary Wollstonecraft
B. Mary Jane Clairmont
C. Harriet Westbrook
D. Claire Clairmont
20. The 'Juvenile Library' was established by William Godwin along with:
A. His daughter
B. His publisher
C. His second wife
D. Coleridge
21. The daughter of William Godwin was:
A. Fanny Burney
B. Mary Shelley
C. Jane Austen
D. Letitia Landon
22. "The Castle of Otranto" (1764) is regarded as the first:
A. Historical novel
B. Sentimental novel
C. Gothic novel
D. Psychological novel
23. "The Mysteries of Udolpho" was written by:
A. Clara Reeve
B. Mary Shelley
C. Ann Radcliffe
D. Charlotte Dacre
24. The heroine of "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is:
A. Isabella
B. Emily St. Aubert
C. Matilda
D. Victoria
25. “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day” opens:
A. Lycidas
B. Tintern Abbey
C. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
D. Adonais
26. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" was first published in:
A. 1742
B. 1751
C. 1764
D. 1770
27. Thomas Gray’s Elegy was partly inspired by the death of:
A. Milton
B. Pope
C. Richard West
D. Collins
28. A Pindaric ode is characterized by:
A. Strict stanza form
B. Sonnet structure
C. Irregular stanzas
D. Blank verse
29. "Grongar Hill" is a poem by:
A. Thomas Gray
B. John Dyer
C. William Collins
D. James Thomson
30. “To Autumn” by Keats is a:
A. Ballad
B. Sonnet
C. Ode
D. Elegy
31. The poem by Emily Dickinson celebrating spring is:
A. Because I could not stop for Death
B. “A light exists in Spring”
C. I heard a Fly buzz
D. Hope is the thing with feathers
32. The first English Romantic poet is generally considered to be:
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. William Blake
D. Byron
33. Joseph Andrews was written as a parody of:
A. Clarissa
B. Pamela
C. Tom Jones
D. Robinson Crusoe
34. "Joseph Andrews" is a:
A. Gothic novel
B. Sentimental novel
C. Picaresque novel
D. Epistolary novel
35. “O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies” is from Tennyson’s poem:
A. Ulysses
B. In Memoriam
C. Milton
D. The Lotos-Eaters
36. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive…” appears in:
A. Tintern Abbey
B. The Prelude
C. The Excursion
D. Michael
37. “Hell is a city much like London” appears in:
A. Queen Mab
B. Peter Bell the Third
C. Alastor
D. Adonais
38. "An Essay of Dramatic Poesy" is written in the form of:
A. Monologue
B. Epistle
C. Dialogue
D. Sonnet
39. “The Vision of Judgement” is a satire on:
A. Napoleon
B. Milton
C. Robert Southey
D. Wordsworth
40. Which English poet died by drowning?
A. Byron
B. Keats
C. Percy Bysshe Shelley
D. Coleridge
41. "All for Love" by Dryden is a reworking of:
A. Hamlet
B. King Lear
C. Antony and Cleopatra
D. Othello
42. "Mac Flecknoe" is best described as a:
A. Romantic elegy
B. Heroic tragedy
C. Mock-heroic satire
D. Pastoral poem
43. "Absalom and Achitophel" is mainly a:
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Epic
D. Political satire
44. The Panther in "The Hind and the Panther" represents the:
A. Roman Catholic Church
B. Puritan faction
C. Church of England
D. Presbyterian Church
45. In "The Hind and the Panther", the Hind symbolizes:
A. Church of England
B. Puritan Church
C. Roman Catholic Church
D. Anglican clergy
46. "The Hind and the Panther" (1687) is primarily a:
A. Pastoral poem
B. Epic poem
C. Allegorical poem
D. Ballad
47. The Restoration Age in England began in:
A. 1649
B. 1660
C. 1688
D. 1702
48. 'The coffee-house culture' flourished mainly during which literary age?
A. Elizabethan Age
B. Jacobean Age
C. Restoration Age
D. Romantic Age
49. Which feature distinguishes "To Autumn" from Keats’s other great odes?
A. Presence of mythological figures
B. Expression of personal sorrow
C. Absence of the poet’s personal “I”
D. Use of dramatic dialogue
50. The three stanzas of "To Autumn" correspond respectively to:
A. Birth – Life – Death
B. Morning – Noon – Night
C. Early autumn – Mid-autumn – Late autumn
D. Spring – Summer – Autumn