Restoration Literature

Where did social life take place in the Restoration period?

• in the coffeehouses

• in the alehouses

• in the coffeehouses and in the alehouses

• in the court

Which was the population of London in 1650?

• One million

• Half a million

• Three millions

• Two and a half million

Who closed the theatres in 1642?

• Tories

• church

• Puritans

• Whigs

After the reestablishment of the monarchy, these major events occurred in the arts and sciences:

• Literary tastes turned to wit and satire to expose excesses and moral corruption

• People married later and so had few babies

• The power of the husband and father increased

• In journalism, the periodical essay developed, commeting on public manners and values.

How is the new literary style that prevailed during the Restoration period called:

• Enlightenment

• Neoclassicism

• Romanticism

• Renaissance

What did neoclassical wtiters believe?

• Writers of Greece and Rome had discovered the universal truth or rules informing life and literature

• Writers of Latin and Roman had discovered the universal truth or rules informing life and literature

• Writers of Greece and Italian had discovered the universal truth or rules informing life and literature

• Writers of Franch and English had discovered the universal truth or rules informing life and literature

With whom was Charles II compared to in 1660?

• Isaac Newton

• Augustus Caesar

• Robert Boyle

• James II

Which was the second literary period from Age of Reason?

• The Restoration Age

• The Augustan Age

• The Age of Johnson

Who were the foremost playwrights of Restoration Drama?

• John Dryden, George Farquhar

• Oliver Goldsmith, William Congreve

• John Milton, John Locke

• Alexander Pope,Geoffrey Chaucer

Who wrote the "Paradise Lost"?

• John Milton

• John Dryden

• Alexander Pope