Literary Works and Their Authors

Literary Works and Their Authors

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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The video provides a chronological overview of British literature, starting with the Anglo-Saxon epic 'Beowulf' and moving through the Middle Ages with 'The Canterbury Tales'. It covers the Renaissance period, highlighting Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The 17th century is marked by John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. The Romantic period features poets like Wordsworth and Keats, while the Victorian era includes Dickens and Gothic fiction by the Bronte sisters and Oscar Wilde. The video also discusses detective fiction with Sherlock Holmes, modernism with Joyce and Woolf, and concludes with dystopian and fantasy literature, including works by Orwell, Tolkien, and Rowling.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Anglo-Saxon epic 'Beowulf' primarily about?

A farmer's life in medieval England

A king's struggle to maintain his kingdom

A Viking warrior battling monsters

A knight's quest for the Holy Grail

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

John Milton

Daniel Defoe

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a play by William Shakespeare?

Hamlet

Macbeth

King Lear

Paradise Lost

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the theme of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'?

The life of a Victorian orphan

The adventures of a sailor

The journey of a knight

The fall of Lucifer and the Genesis story

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which novel by Daniel Defoe was presented as a true story?

Gulliver's Travels

Robinson Crusoe

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Eyre

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following poets is NOT associated with the Romantic Period?

William Wordsworth

John Keats

Lord Byron

Charles Dickens

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which novel by Charles Dickens was a social criticism of the Victorian era?

Wuthering Heights

Great Expectations

Frankenstein

Oliver Twist

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