QUIZ 2: WORLD LITERATURE

Which period is known as the Old English or Anglo-Saxon period? 

• A) 5th to 11th centuries

• B) 11th to 15th centuries

• C) 15th to 1660

• D) 1660 to 1800

Answer explanation

What is "Beowulf" primarily about?

• A) A knight's quest for love

• B) A hero battling monsters and a dragon

• C) The history of England

• D) Medieval court life

Who is credited with writing the first Old English poetry?

• A) John Milton

• B) Caedmon

• C) Geoffrey Chaucer

• D) William Shakespeare

The Canterbury Tales was written by which famous author?

• A) William Shakespeare

• B) John Milton

• C) Geoffrey Chaucer

• D) Charles Dickens

In which literary period did William Shakespeare write?

• A) Restoration Period

• B) Renaissance

• C) Middle English

• D) Victorian Era

The Restoration period is known for what literary characteristic?

• A) Emphasis on emotion

• B) Satirical Comedies of Manners

• C) Stream-of-consciousness technique

• D) Exploration of abstract ideas

Which of the following is a notable work of John Milton?

• A) Hamlet

• B) Paradise Lost

• C) Wuthering Heights

• D) The Hobbit

Which author is known for pioneering the novel format in English literature?

• A) Daniel Defoe

• B) Virginia Woolf

• C) Emily Brontë

• D) Zadie Smith

What is the major theme of Romantic literature?

• A) Political ideology

• B) Humanism

• C) Emotion and individualism

• D) Morality and ethics

In which era did Charles Dickens primarily write?

• A) Victorian Era

• B) Romanticism

• C) Modernism

• D) Restoration Period