WorksheetsEnglish Literature 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The poem that may be called the foundation-stone of all British poetry is called
a)
Robin Hood
b)
Beowulf
c)
Romeo and Juliet
d)
The Canterbury Tales
2.
Three languages were used during the 7th-14th centuries except
a)
English
b)
French
c)
Greek
d)
Latin
3.
The Canterbury Tales were written by
a)
Cynewulf
b)
John Wyclif
c)
William Langland
d)
Geoffrey Chaucer
4.
The stories about Robin Hood were by genre
a)
poems
b)
ballads
c)
novels
d)
tales
5.
Sir Thomas More wrote the work
a)
Paradise Lost
b)
Gulliver's Travels
c)
The Canterbury Tales
d)
Utopia
6.
The Renaissance perion in Britain lasted in the
a)
15-16 centuries
b)
14-17 centuries
c)
12-13 centuries
d)
17-18 centuries
7.
William Shakesreare was born in
a)
1675
b)
1289
c)
1564
d)
1432
8.
William Shakespeare did not write
a)
Twelfth Night
b)
The Mercahnt of Venice
c)
Antony and Cleopatra
d)
The Silent Woman
9.
William Shakespeare wrote ... love poems
a)
146
b)
154
c)
183
d)
131
10.
One of the main heroes in this poem was Satan
a)
Beowulf
b)
Hamlet
c)
Utopia
d)
Paradise Lost
11.
Gulliver made ... voyages in the Gulliver's Travels
a)
4
b)
3
c)
6
d)
5
12.
Gulliver's Travels were written by
a)
Daniel Defoe
b)
John Milton
c)
Jonathan Swift
d)
Thomas More
13.
Robinson Crusoe lived on the deserted island for ... years.
a)
35
b)
28
c)
19
d)
21
14.
Robert Burns is the greatest poem of ...
a)
Scotland
b)
Wales
c)
England
d)
USA
15.
Robert Burns wrote
a)
realistic novels
b)
lyric poems
c)
satiric verses
d)
historic plays
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