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2. Who wrote the famous 1855 poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?

A) Lord Alfred Tennyson
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) Johannes Gutenberg
D) Rene Descarte

ANSWER= (A) Lord Alfred Tennyson
Explain:-

 

1. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned?

A) Investiture
B) Invocation
C) Gala
D) > Coronation

ANSWER= (D) Coronation
Explain:-

 

3. Which work was not originally published in the 20th Century.

A) Henry James's "The Ambassadors"
B) Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
C) E.M Forster's "A Room with A View"
D) Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"

ANSWER= (B) Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
Explain:-

 

4. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?

A) Henry ||
B) Henry V
C) Louis XIV
D) Edward |||

ANSWER= (D) Edward |||
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5. Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century?

A) John Skelton
B) William Shakespeare
C) Sir Thomas Wyatt
D) Thomas Carew

ANSWER= (D) Thomas Carew
Explain:-

 

6. The word "Jacobean" is derived from the ________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James.

A) Samaritan Herbrew language
B) Biblical Herbrew language
C) English language
D) Herbrew language

ANSWER= (D) Herbrew language
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7. What is the book 'Lord of the Flies' about?

A) A round trip around the USA
B) A swarm of killer flies
C) Schoolboys on the desert island
D) None of the above

ANSWER= (C) Schoolboys on the desert island
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8. Who wrote 'The Winter's Tale?'

A) George Bernard shaw
B) John Dryden
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) William Shakespeare

ANSWER= (D) William Shakespeare
Explain:-

 

9. Which school did Milton attend?

A) St Paul's
B) Christ's Hospital
C) Merchant Taylors'
D) Westminster

ANSWER= (A) St Paul's
Explain:-

 

10. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?

A) Bede
B) Sir Thomas Malory
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Caedmon

ANSWER= (C) Geoffrey Chaucer
Explain:-

 

11. William Shakespeare was born in the year:

A) 1564
B) 1544
C) 1578
D) 1582

ANSWER= (A) 1564
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12. Which of the following literary sub-periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period?

A) The Restoration
B) Jacobean Age
C) The Augustan Age
D) The Age of Sensibility

ANSWER= (B) Jacobean Age
Explain:-

 

13. Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period?

A) Charles || Was restored to the throne
B) The French Revolution
C) The Great Fire of London
D) The Exclusion Bill Crisis

ANSWER= (B)The French Revolution
Explain:-

 

14. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?

A) Boer war
B) Second world war
C) Korean War
D) First world war

ANSWER= (D)First World War
Explain:-

 

15. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse?

A) Betjeman
B) Hughes
C) Marvel
D) Larkin

ANSWER= (A) Betjeman
Explain:-

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