1. Who is considered the “Father of Romanticism”?
A. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Byron
D. Blake
2. Which poet is known as the “Prophet of Nature”?
A. Keats
B. Shelley
C. Wordsworth
D. Byron
3. William Blake is associated with:
A. Songs of Innocence and Experience
B. Endymion
C. Don Juan
D. Alastor
4. Which poet is known as the “Satanic Poet”?
A. Byron
B. Shelley
C. Coleridge
D. Keats
***The two poets most often associated with the label "Satanic Poet" are the English Romantic poet Lord Byron and the French poet Charles Baudelaire***
5. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” features which supernatural element?
A. Fairy Queen
B. Ghost ship
C. Talking bird
D. Magic tree
6. Which Romantic poet died at the age of 25?
A. Byron
B. Keats
C. Shelley
D. Blake
7. Which poet is known for mysticism and symbolism?
A. Byron
B. Blake
C. Shelley
D. Keats
8. “The Solitary Reaper” celebrates:
A. Heroism
B. Labour
C. Nature & rustic life
D. Revolution
9. “Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!” begins which poem?
A. To a Skylark
B. Nightingale
C. The Brook
D. The Cloud
10. “Ode to the West Wind” is written by:
A. Keats
B. Blake
C. Byron
D. Shelley
11. What is the theme of “The Chimney Sweeper” (Blake)?
A. War
B. Child labour & exploitation
C. Love
D. Nature
12. In which year did the Great Fire of London take place, recorded vividly by Pepys?
A. 1660
B. 1665
C. 1666
D. 1672
13. In which year did "Tottel’s Miscellany"—the first printed anthology of English poetry—appear?
A. 1532
B. 1557
C. 1572
D. 1580
14. The Licensing Act, which severely controlled printing and publication during the Restoration, was passed in:
A. 1662
B. 1671
C. 1685
D. 1695
15. The year 1796 is important in relation to Coleridge because:
A. “Dejection: An Ode”
B. “Kubla Khan”
C. “The Ancient Mariner”
D. The Watchman periodical
16. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously in:
A. 1815
B. 1817
C. 1820
D. 1822
17. The Yellow Book, a key magazine of Aestheticism/Decadence, began in which year?
A. 1888
B. 1890
C. 1894
D. 1896
18. "Poems on Various Subjects" was co-authored by Samuel Taylor Coleridge with which of the following writers?
A. Wordsworth & Robert Southey
B. Charles Lamb & Robert Southey
C. John Keats & Percy Shelley
D. William Blake & Lord Byron
19. In which year did Jane Austen die?
A. 1815
B. 1816
C. 1817
D. 1818
20. The magazine that famously lent its name to the “Yellow Nineties” of the 1890s was:
A. The Yellow Book
B. The Savoy
C. The Strand
D. Punch
21. The Preface to Shakespeare by Dr. Johnson was published in the year:
A. 1753
B. 1755
C. 1765
D. 1770
22. William Poel is best remembered in theatre history for:
A. Establishing the Royal Shakespeare Company
B. Reviving Elizabethan drama with original performance techniques
C. Introducing Victorian melodrama
D. Writing plays for the Globe Theatre
23. "The Battle of the Books" was published posthumously along with:
A. Gulliver’s Travels
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. The Drapier’s Letters
D. The Journal to Stella
24. The “Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns” referenced by Swift originated from the ideas of:
A. Sir William Temple
B. John Dryden
C. Alexander Pope
D. Samuel Johnson
25. Which literary form uses humor and gentle mockery to criticize human follies?
A. Political allegory
B. Juvenalian satire
C. Horatian satire
D. Pastoral poetry
26. Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" is an example of:
A. Political allegory
B. Juvenalian satire
C. Horatian satire
D. Pastoral poetry
27. A poem idealizing rural life and nature is called:
A. Political allegory
B. Juvenalian satire
C. Horatian satire
D. Pastoral poetry
28. Which type of satire is more bitter, harsh, and critical, often targeting societal corruption?
A. Political allegory
B. Juvenalian satire
C. Horatian satire
D. Pastoral poetry
29. Alexander Pope’s "The Rape of the Lock" is an example of:
A. Political allegory
B. Juvenalian satire
C. Horatian satire and mock epic
D. Pastoral poetry
30. The year 1600 is important in literature because:
A. Hamlet was first performed
B. Elizabethan drama was officially banned
C. The Globe Theatre was built
D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus was first performed
31. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was published in:
A. 1701
B. 1710
C. 1726
D. 1730
32. The full title of Jonathan Swift’s famous work Gulliver’s Travels is:
A. Travels in the Imaginary Lands of the World
B. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
C. Voyages and Adventures Across the Globe
D. A Journey through Distant Lands
33. The death of Geoffrey Chaucer, marking the end of the formative phase of Middle English literature, occurred in:
A. 1397
B. 1400
C. 1405
D. 1410
34. The Edwardian Age in literature, named after King Edward VII, started in:
A. 1900
B. 1901
C. 1905
D. 1910
35. The first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is around:
A. 1597
B. 1600
C. 1602
D. 1603
36. "Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" began publication in:
A. 1772
B. 1776
C. 1778
D. 1781
37. Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist was published in:
A. 1836
B. 1837
C. 1838
D. 1839
38. The original cast list of "Every Man in His Humour" is confirmed by which publication?
A. Jonson’s Volpone (1606)
B. Jonson’s Sejanus (1605)
C. Jonson’s 1616 folio edition
D. Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623)
39. In which year was Ben Jonson’s play "Every Man in His Humour" first performed?
A. 1596
B. 1597
C. 1598
D. 1600
40. Where was "Every Man in His Humour" first performed?
A. The Globe Theatre
B. The Rose Theatre
C. The Curtain Theatre
D. The Swan Theatre
41. Which acting company staged the first performance of "Every Man in His Humour?"
A. The Admiral’s Men
B. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
C. The King’s Men
D. The Queen’s Men
42. Which famous novelist was the first editor of Bentley's Miscellany (magazine) and published some of his early works there?
A. William Makepeace Thackeray
B. Charles Dickens
C. George Eliot
D. Anthony Trollope
43. Bentley’s Miscellany was a literary magazine founded in:
A. 1828
B. 1837
C. 1840
D. 1850
44. In which year was the first series of Essays of Elia published?
A. 1818
B. 1820
C. 1823
D. 1825
45. The Hartford Wits group is primarily associated with which century?
A. 17th century
B. 18th century
C. 19th century
D. 20th century
46. "The Woman in White", a defining sensation novel, was published in:
A. 1857
B. 1859
C. 1860
D. 1862
47. "The Rape of the Lock" appeared first in a shorter, two-canto version in:
A. 1712
B. 1714
C. 1717
D. 1720
48. Which American writer arranged the first book publication of Sartor Resartus in 1836?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
D. Henry David Thoreau
49. Which Victorian essay by Thomas Carlyle introduced the concept of the “Great Man Theory”?
A. Sartor Resartus
B. Heroes and Hero-Worship
C. Past and Present
D. Signs of the Times
50. Matthew Arnold’s concept of “culture as a study of perfection” is elaborated in:
A. The Function of Criticism at the Present Time
B. Culture and Anarchy
C. Essays in Criticism (First Series)
D. The Study of Poetry