
Study Guide: History of British Literature

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12th Grade
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Amanda L Galvin
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which period of British literature is characterized by oral tradition, epic poetry, and Christian influence?
Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
Middle English
Renaissance
Romantic
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the notable author of 'The Canterbury Tales' mentioned in the Middle English period?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Thomas Malory
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary period is associated with humanism, individualism, and classical influences?
Neoclassical
Renaissance
Victorian
Modernist
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Name one author associated with the Neoclassical period.
Dryden, Pope, or Swift
William Wordsworth
Geoffrey Chaucer
Emily Dickinson
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Romantic period in British literature is best known for its focus on ________, nature, and imagination.
emotion
logic
technology
commerce
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which authors are associated with the Victorian period?
Dickens, Brontës, Tennyson
Homer, Virgil, Ovid
Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson
Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Edwardian period is known for social criticism and pre-modernist themes.
True
False
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