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Practice Set 23

January 5, 2026
Questionnaire

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