British Literature Quiz 2nd Block

During which period of British literature were heroic themes and alliterative verses prominent?

• The Modern Period

• Romantic Period

• Neoclassical Period

• Anglo-Saxon Period

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Who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist?

• William Shakespeare

• Giorgio Vasari

• Christopher Marlowe

• John Milton

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Which period of British literature has contributed French and Latin vocabulary in the English language, including the simplification of grammar?

• The Anglo-Norman Period

• Neoclassical Period

• Anglo-Saxon Period

• The Contemporary Period

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Who is known for writing 'Paradise Lost'?

• John Milton

• Alexander Pope

• Jonathan Swift

• John Dryden

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Which period of British literature emphasized individualism and the use of new technologies in art and literature?

• The Victorian Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Contemporary Period

• The Modern Period

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Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?

• William Wordsworth

• William Blake

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• John Keats

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Which period of British literature was characterized by an emphasis on aesthetic beauty, nature, and celebration of isolation?

• The Contemporary Period

• The Modern Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Neoclassical Period

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Who is known for writing 'The Waste Land'?

• Clement Greenberg

• T.S. Eliot

• Virginia Woolf

• James Joyce

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Which period of British literature reflects the current political, social, and broader personal issues of the time?

• The Modern Period

• The Contemporary Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Neoclassical Period

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Who wrote 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'?

• John Milton

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Gawain Poet

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