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LITERARY PERIOD-CLASSIC/ENLIGHTENMENT

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE HOMERIC PERIOD IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ...

a)

ROMAN PERIOD

b)

HEROIC PERIOD

c)

PATRISTIC PERIOD

2.

WHO IS THE ILIAD AND ODESSEY ATTRIBUTED TO?

a)

GORGIAS

b)

AESOP

c)

HOMER

3.

WHO WROTE ON THE NON-EXISTENT?

a)

GORGIAS

b)

EURIPEDES

c)

ARISTOTLE

4.

WHO WROTE THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE?

a)

SOPHOCLES

b)

PLATO

c)

AESOP

5.

WHAT WORK WAS WRITTEN BY PLATO?

a)

THE REPUBLIC

b)

ON THE NON-EXISTENT

c)

EURIPEDES

6.

WHO WROTE METAPHYSICS?

a)

SOCRATES

b)

ARISTOTLE

c)

SOPHOCLES

7.

HOW MANY WORKS DID SOCRATES WRITE?

a)

NONE

b)

THREE

c)

FIVE

8.

WHO WROTE ABOUT SOCRATES?

a)

ARTISTOTLE

b)

EURIPEDES

c)

PLATO

9.

WHO WROTE THE BACCAE?

a)

EURIPEDES

b)

SOPHOCLES

c)

GORGIAS

10.

WHO WROTE OEDIPUS THE KING?

a)

EURIPEDES

b)

SOPHOCLES

c)

AESOP

11.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD?

a)

GREEK PERIOD

b)

ROMAN PERIOD

c)

PATRISTIC PERIOD

12.

WHO WROTE ARS AMATORIA?

a)

OVID

b)

VIRGIL

c)

MARCUS AURELIUS

13.

WHAT DID HORACE WRITE?

a)

ARS AMATORIA

b)

ARS POETICA

c)

DE RERUM NATURA

14.

WHO WROTE BUCOLICS?

a)

TERENCE

b)

VIRGIL

c)

CICERO

15.

WHO WROTE THE MEDITATIONS?

a)

MARCUS AURELIUS

b)

LUCRETIUS

c)

CICERO

16.

WHAT DID CICERO WRITE?

a)

DE RE PUBLICA

b)

INSTITUTIO

c)

DE RERUM NATURA

17.

WHO WROTE CONFESSIONS?

a)

TERTULLIAN

b)

ST. AUGUSTINE

c)

ST. AMBROSE

18.

WHO WROTE ST. JEROME'S LETTERS?

a)

ST. AMBROSE

b)

ST. JEROME

c)

ST. CYPRIAN

19.

WHO WROTE THE EPISTLES OF ST. CYPRIAN?

a)

ST. JEROME

b)

ST. CYPRIAN

c)

ST. AMBROSE

20.

IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, THE FIRST STAGE IS CALLED OLD ENGLISH OR ....

a)

LATE OR HIGH MEDIEVAL

b)

ANGLO-SAXON

c)

MIDDLE ENGLISH

21.

BEOWULF, THE WANDERER, AND THE SEAFARER WERE WRITTEN BY...

a)

CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES

b)

PETER ABELARD

c)

THEY ARE ANONYMOUS

22.

IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, THE THREE ANONYMOUS POEMS BELONG TO THIS STAGE....

a)

OLD ENGLISH/ANGLO-SAXON

b)

MIDDLE ENGLISH

c)

LATE OR HIGH ENGLISH

23.

WHO WROTE LANCELOT, CHEVALIER DE LA CHARRETTE?

a)

MARIE DE FRANCE

b)

JEUN DE MEUN

c)

CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES

24.

WHO WROTE COLLECTION OF LAYS?

a)

MARIE DE FRANCE

b)

PETER ABELARD

c)

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

25.

WHAT DID JEUN DE MEUNG WRITE?

a)

THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE

b)

LANCELOT, CHEVALIER DE LA CHARRETTE

c)

DIALECTICA

26.

WHO WROTE DIALECTICA?

a)

MARIE DE FRANCE

b)

JEUN DE MEUN

c)

PETER ABELARD

27.

WHO WROTE THE CANTERBURY TALES?

a)

WILLIAM LANGLAND

b)

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

c)

GAWAIN OR PEARL POET

28.

WHO WROTE THE TOURNAMENT OF TOTENHAMM?

a)

CHRISTINE DE PIZAN

b)

FRANCESCO PETRARCH

c)

WAKEFIELD MASTER

29.

WHO WROTE THE DECAMERON?

a)

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

b)

DANTE ALIGHIERI

c)

CHRISTINE DE PIZAN

30.

WHAT WORK IS DANTE ALIGHIERI FAMOUS FOR?

a)

THE DECAMERON

b)

THE CANTERBURY TALES

c)

THE DIVINE COMEDY

31.

WHO WAS THE FIRST OUTSPOKEN FEMINIST OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD?

a)

MARIE DE FRANCE

b)

CHRISTINE DE PIZAN

c)

PEARL POET

32.

THE BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

CHRISTINE DE PIZAN

b)

MARIE DE FRANCE

c)

CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES

33.

NAME THE THREE STAGES OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

a)

PATRISTIC, ROMAN, AND GREEK

b)

OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH, HIGH ENGLISH

c)

EARLY TUDOR, ELIZABETHAN, JACOBEAN, CAROLINE AGE

34.

WHO WROTE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER?

a)

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

b)

EDMUND SPENCER

c)

THOMAS KYD

35.

TO WHICH PERIOD DO THESE WRITERS - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE- BELONG TO?

a)

ELIZABETHAN

b)

JACOBEAN

c)

CAROLINE AGE

36.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BELONGED TO TWO RENAISSANCE PERIODS, WHICH ONES?

a)

EARLY TUDOR AND COMMONWEALTH

b)

ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN

c)

JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE AGE

37.

WHO WROTE TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT?

a)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

b)

JOHN MILTON

c)

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

38.

NAME SIX WORKS OF W. SHAKESPEARE

a)

ROMEO AND JULIET, HAMLET, TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, MACBETH, THE SPANISH TRAGEDY, MERCHANT OF VENICE

b)

ROMEO AND JULIET, HAMLET, KING LEAR, MERCHANT OF VENICE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, MACBETH

c)

ROMEO AND JULIET, PSEUDO-MARTYR, KING LEAR, PARADISE LOST, MACBETH, THE SPANISH TRAGEDY

39.

WHAT IS THE LATIN WORD FOR JAMES?

a)

JACOBUS

b)

JAMESUS

c)

JONSON

40.

WHAT IS THE LATIN WORD FOR CHARLES?

a)

JACOBUS

b)

CYPRIUS

c)

CAROLUS

41.

JOHN MILTON APPEARS IN THE ____ AND ____ STAGES OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD.

a)

EARLY TUDOR AND ELIZABETHAN

b)

JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE AGE

c)

CAROLINE AGE AND COMMONWEALTH

42.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WORK OF BEN JONSON?

a)

SALVE DEUS REX JUDAEORUM

b)

EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOR

c)

PSEUD- MARTYR

43.

WHO WROTE PSEUD-MARTYR?

a)

AEMILIA LANYER

b)

BEN JONSON

c)

JOHN DONNE

44.

WHO WROTE EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOR?

a)

AEMILIA LANYER

b)

BEN JONSON

c)

JOHN DONNE

45.

WHAT DID JOHN MILTON WRITE?

a)

PARADISE LOST

b)

LOST PARADISE

c)

PARADISE LOSS

46.

GEORGE HEBERT WROTE....

a)

THE COUNTRY PARSON, HIS CHARACTER AND RULE OF LIFE

b)

THE WORKS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE

c)

PARADISE LOST

47.

ROBERT HERRICK WROTE...

a)

PARADISE LOST

b)

THE COUNTRY PARSON, HIS CHARACTER AND RULE OF LIFE

c)

THE WORKS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE

48.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS WAS WRITTEN BY....

a)

JOHN MILTON

b)

ANDREW MARVELL

c)

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

49.

WHO WROTE RELIGIO MEDICI ?

a)

JOHN MILTON

b)

ANDREW MARVELL

c)

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

50.

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE THREE STAGES OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD?

a)

RESTORATION, AUGUSTAN AGE, AND AGE OF JOHNSON

b)

RESTORATION, FORESTATION, AND AGE OF JOHNSON

c)

AUGUSTUS ERA, JOHNSON ERA, ENLIGHTENMENT ERA

51.

IN THE RESTORATION STAGE, JOHN DRYDEN WROTE....

a)

HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

b)

DIARY

c)

ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL

52.

WHO WROTE AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING?

a)

JOHN DRYDEN

b)

JOHN LOCKE

c)

SAMUEL PEPYS

53.

SAMUEL PEPYS WAS A NAVAL ADMINISTRATOR WHO WROTE...

a)

ANDROMAQUE

b)

OROONOKO

c)

DIARY

54.

ANDROMAQUE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

JEAN RACINE

b)

APHRA BEHN

c)

JEAN BAPTISTE MOLIÉRE

55.

WHO WAS THE FIRST ENGLISHWOMAN KNOWN TO EARN A LIVING BY WRITING?

a)

MARIE DE FRANCE

b)

CHRISTINE DE PIZAN

c)

APHRA BEHN

56.

APHRA BEHN WROTE ...

a)

OROONOKO

b)

TARTUFFE

c)

CATO

57.

JEAN BAPTISTE MOLIÉRE WROTE...

a)

TARTUFFE AND LE MISANTHROPE

b)

CANDIDE AND ANDROMAQUE

c)

GUILLIVER'S TRAVELS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE

58.

JONATHAN SWIFT IS FAMOUS FOR WRITING...

a)

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

b)

ROBINSON CRUSOE

c)

THE DUNCIAD

59.

ROBINSON CRUSOE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

ALEXANDER POPE

b)

JONATHAN SWIFT

c)

DANIEL DEFOE

60.

VOLTAIRE IS FAMOUS FOR WRITING ...

a)

CATO

b)

CANDIDE

c)

COMMON SENSE

61.

A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON

b)

JAMES BOSWELL

c)

THOMAS PAINE

62.

COMMON SENSE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

THOMAS PAINE

b)

BEN FRANKLIN

c)

THOMAS JEFFERSON

63.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WROTE...

a)

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

b)

POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK

c)

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

64.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

BEN FRANKLIN

b)

THOMAS JEFFERSON

c)

EDWARD GIBBON

65.

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS WRITTEN BY...

a)

JAMES BOSWELL

b)

THOMAS PAINE

c)

EDWARD GIBBON