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ENGLISH HISTORY & LITERATURE QUIZ - 4TH YEAR

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, the new king was...

a)

Charles I Stuart

b)

Charles II Stuart

c)

James I Stuart

d)

James II Stuart

2.

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" is a famous line from.....

a)

The Satanic Verses

b)

Satan's Rebellion

c)

Paradise Lost

d)

Paradise Regained

3.

The Bill of Rights was signed in 1689 and it established

a)

religious toleration

b)

universal suffrage

c)

a Constitutional Monarchy

d)

the birth of the Parliament

4.

During the 17th century the supporters of the king were also called...

a)

Roundheads

b)

Puritans

c)

Lords

d)

Cavaliers

5.

The first English novel was...

a)

Gulliver's Travels

b)

Robinson Crusoe

c)

Frankenstein

d)

A Modest Proposal

6.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was issued in..

a)

1945

b)

1946

c)

1947

d)

1948

7.

Before becoming a novelist, Daniel Defoe founded his journal. The name was...

a)

The Tatler

b)

The Spectator

c)

The Review

d)

The Daily Mail

8.

Robinson Crusoe remained in the desert island for....

a)

27 years

b)

28 years

c)

29 years

d)

30 years

9.

Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?

a)

Robinson is taken prisoner by pirates

b)

Robinson buys a plantation in Brazil

c)

Robinson abandons his wife in search for adventure

d)

Robinson kills a few savages to rescue Friday

10.

Gulliver visits the Academy of Lagado during his...

a)

first voyage

b)

second voyage

c)

third voyage

d)

fourth voyage

11.

Which of the following is NOT true about the series of pictures "Mariage à la Mode" by William Hogarth?

a)

It is about an arranged marriage

b)

Both husband and wife suffer from syphilis

c)

The wife's lover kills the husband

d)

The husband dies in prison

12.

Unlike the Romantic poets of the second generation, the poets of the first generation....

a)

travelled extensively

b)

died young

c)

became more conservative as they grew older

d)

opposed the society of the time

13.

Which of the following is NOT true about the story of Frankenstein?

a)

The novel does not follow a chronological order

b)

The characters are flat

c)

There is a first person narrator

d)

There is more than one narrator

14.

In the Romantic Age the poet is

a)

a recorder

b)

a teacher

c)

an ordinary man

d)

a mirror of his time

15.

In Worsdworth's Composed Upon Westminster Bridge...

a)

it is early morning

b)

it is midday

c)

it is afternoon

d)

it is night

16.

Which of the following poems contain Wordsworth's idea of poetic composition?

a)

I wandered Lonely as a Cloud

b)

My Heart leaps Up

c)

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

d)

The Solitary Reaper

17.

Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner is different from the traditional ballad because...

a)

it tells a story

b)

there is a morale

c)

there are a lot of repetitions

d)

there are supernatural events and characters

18.

Besides being a poet, William Blake was

a)

an engraver

b)

a teacher

c)

a politician

d)

an Anglican priest

19.

Byron takes the character of Don Juan from a work by....

a)

Mozart

b)

Molière

c)

Cervantes

d)

Tirso de Molina

20.

Which of these adjectives do NOT apply to the Byronic hero:

a)

easy going

b)

arrogant

c)

solitary

d)

mysterious