English Literature Quiz

Who is known for propounding social contract theory?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Roger Bacon

• Thomas Cranmer

• Thomas Woolf

Which empiricist philosopher wrote An enquiry concerning the principles of morals?

• John Locke

• David Hume

• Phillis Wheatly

• None of the above

The first coffee house in London was established by Pasqua Rosee in?

• 1650

• 1652

• 1655

• 1666

The first English dictionary is called?

• A Table Alphabeticall

• Dictionarium Anglo Britanicum

• Universal Etymological Dictionary

• None of the Above

Who among the following died while learning the role of snow in the preservation of meat?

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Francis Bacon

• Philip Sidney

• Thomas Kyd

Which novel of Walter Scott is set against the background of the Jacobite uprising of 1745?

• Waverley

• Ivanhoe

• Tis Sixty Years since

• Both a and b

The Wanderer, the last novel of Frances Burney is subtitled?

• Female Difficulties

• A peep at the society

• Difficulties of 18th century

• Life in 18th century

The Libertine novel was a predominant genre during the Augustan period. What does it mean?

• A novel advocating anti-establishment and immoral views

• A novel advocating Enlightenment ideals

• A novel advocating political ideals supporting the King

• None of the above

The History of Mrs Beaumont—A Fragment is the unfinished work of?

• Daniel Defoe

• Samuel Richardson

• Henry Fielding

• Jonathan Swift

Who among the following was born in the year of the glorious revolution?

• Jonathan Swift

• Daniel Defoe

• Alexander Pope

• Samuel Johnson