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literature 1-80

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the last writer of the middle ages & the first of Renaissance

a)

Chaucer

b)

W. Shakespeare

c)

D. Defoe

d)

Thomas More

e)

G. Swift

2.

When was “Utopia” by Th. More first published

a)

In Louvain in 1516

b)

In London in 1515

c)

In Paris in 1717

d)

In Moscow in1717

e)

In Stratford-on Avon

3.

Which of Shakespeare’s tragedies is the most staged, played,& read

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Romeo & Juliet

d)

The King Lear

e)

Julius Caesar

4.

The Renaissance began in --------

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

England

e)

Sweden

5.

“Utopia” consists of -------

a)

Two books

b)

One book

c)

Four books

d)

Five books

e)

Three books

6.

Mores’ famous work of literature is ------

a)

Utopia

b)

The Holly Maid of Kent

c)

Novel

d)

Life of Augustine

e)

Hythloday

7.

Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest -----

a)

Satirists

b)

Novelists

c)

Poets

d)

Artist

e)

Actor

8.

Gulliver’s Travels consists of -------

a)

Four books

b)

Two books

c)

Four books

d)

Three books

e)

Five books

9.

Daniel Defoe got --------- for his book “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”.

a)

100 dollars

b)

20 pounds

c)

100 pounds

d)

1000 dollars

e)

1dollar

10.

The Romantics wanted to return to-----

a)

Nature

b)

Renaissance

c)

Pre-renaissance

d)

Heaven

e)

The middle ages

11.

The fist Romantic poet is -----

a)

William Blake

b)

John Keats

c)

Byron

d)

Walter Scott

e)

Robert Burns

12.

The Romantic era was rich in ------

a)

Non fiction prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Dramas

d)

Literary criticism & nonfiction prose

e)

Comedies

13.

Oscar Wild wrote fairy tales for ------

a)

Both for children & Grown-ups  

b)

Grown-ups

c)

Children

d)

Teenagers

e)

Old people

14.

Oscar Wild didn’t write -----

a)

Historical tragedies

b)

Fables

c)

Stories &essays

d)

Novels & fairy tales

e)

Comedies

15.

Oscar Wild thought art-------

a)

Has no purpose

b)

Has a different purpose

c)

Has an educational purpose

d)

Has a cultural purpose

e)

Has a national purpose

16.

Oscar Wild is famous for ------

a)

Epigrams & paradoxes

b)

Satirical sketches

c)

Theory of literature

d)

Political articles

e)

Satire

17.

The first principle of aestheticism is that art serves no other purpose than --- 

a)

Beauty

b)

Poetry

c)

Love

d)

Nature

e)

Satire

18.

“ The Picture of Dorian Gray was called ------

a)

An immoral book

b)

A wonderful novel

c)

A boring book

d)

A classical novel

e)

Satirical pamphlet

19.

Oscar Wild’s literary career began with the publication of -------

a)

Lord Arthur Savills’s Crime & other stories

b)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

c)

A Woman of no Importance

d)

An ideal Husband

e)

Tales

20.

The literary & spoken Middle English was mostly -----

a)

French

b)

Anglo-Saxon

c)

Germanic

d)

Scandinavian

e)

Norman

21.

Geoffrey Chaucer was not -------

a)

A Ploughman

b)

A soldier

c)

A poet

d)

Diplomat

e)

A writer

22.

“Canterbury Tales are written in ------ 

a)

Middle English

b)

Old English

c)

Modern English

d)

German

e)

French

23.

“Canterbury tales” consists of -----

a)

Stories

b)

Novels

c)

Poems

d)

Tales

e)

Verses

24.

G. Chaucer was buried in London ------

a)

In Westminster Abbey

b)

St. Paul’s Cathedral

c)

In some grave yard

d)

In some churches

e)

In the Tower of London

25.

Thomas More was not a-----

a)

Priest

b)

A lawyer

c)

A writer

d)

Diplomat

e)

Author

26.

Which of these Shakespeare’s literary periods is pessimistic

a)

1601- 1608

b)

1590- 1601

c)

1608-1612

d)

1612-1616

e)

1610- 1611

27.

The period of Romanticism covers approximately-----

a)

30 years beginning from the last decade of the 18 century 10 years beginning from the last decade of the 17 century

b)

5 years beginning from the last decade of the 16 century

c)

30 years from 1830 till 1860

d)

20 years from 1877 till 1900

e)

4 years  

28.

What is typical for Byron’s poetry?

a)

Tragic & fatal end

b)

Comic & fanny end

c)

Tragic- comedy end

d)

Romantic end

e)

Optimistic end

29.

Robert Burn’s poetry was-----

a)

Romantic

b)

Pessimistic

c)

Tragic

d)

Comic

e)

Dramatic

30.

What is typical for W. Blake’s poetry?

a)

Symbolism & Mysticism

b)

Pessimism

c)

Optimism

d)

Romanticism

e)

Comics

31.

The first group of enlighteners as D. Defoe, Alexander Pope & S. Sheridan spoke for -------

a)

Exiting order & stood for reforms

b)

Revolution

c)

Religious changes

d)

Radical measures

e)

Nothing

32.

The other group of enlighteners as Jonathan Swift stood for-------

a)

Revolution & radical measures

b)

Reforms

c)

Religious changes

d)

Nothing

e)

Education of people

33.

The story “Beowulf” was written down in ----

a)

The 10th century

b)

The 9th century

c)

The 5th century

d)

The 11th century 

e)

The 4th century 

34.

The epic “Beowulf” consists of ----

a)

Two parts

b)

Three parts

c)

Four parts

d)

One part

e)

Five parts

35.

The scene in “Beowulf” takes place in ----

a)

Scandinavian Peninsula

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Norway

e)

Germany

36.

What language did Chaucer write?

a)

In the London dialect

b)

In French

c)

In Latin

d)

In some other dialects of England

e)

In German

37.

The word “Renaissance” means -----

a)

Rebirth

b)

Birth

c)

Renovation

d)

Innovation

e)

Nothing

38.

Who was the first English humanist of the Renaissance?

a)

Thomas More

b)

W. Shakespeare

c)

D. Defoe

d)

J. Swift

e)

Ch. Marlowe

39.

The sonnet is a poetical form that appeared in -----

a)

Italy in the 14th century

b)

England in the 14th century

c)

France in 13th century

d)

Germany in the 11th century

e)

Norway in the 11th century

40.

-------was the first Shakespeare’s tragedy.

a)

Romeo & Juliet

b)

Hamlet

c)

The King Lear

d)

King Henry 6

e)

Julius Caesar

41.

Which of Ch. Dickens’s novel is autobiographical?

a)

David Copperfield

b)

Little Dorati

c)

Oliver Twist

d)

Nicholas Nickleby

e)

Our Mutual Friend

42.

Dickens became famous all over the world especially in -----

a)

America & Russia

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Greece

e)

Italy

43.

------ is one of the greatest examples of critical realism.

a)

Vanity Faire

b)

Oliver Twist

c)

Jane Eyre

d)

The Mill on the Floss

e)

David Copperfield

44.

Why did Ch. Dickens want to visit America?

a)

To lecture on his works & to see Washington Irving

b)

To some places of interest

c)

To have a rest

d)

To publish some works

e)

To find a job

45.

In which book did W. Thackeray declare war against snobbery, vanity & selfishness?

a)

The Book of Snobs

b)

Vanity Faire

c)

The Newcomes

d)

Denis Duval

e)

Henry Esmond

46.

Why was Oscar Wild sentenced to a prison?

a)

Because of immorality

b)

Because of being comic

c)

Because of being tragic

d)

Because of being moral

e)

Because of being dramatic

47.

What is the main theme of “The Man of Property” by J. Galsworthy?

a)

The collision between the sense of property & true love

b)

Fame & money

c)

Devotion to a friend

d)

Devotion to  religion

e)

Devotion to beauty

48.

------ was S. Maugham’s first novel.

a)

Liza of Lambert

b)

The Moon & Sixpence

c)

The man with the Scar

d)

Theatre

e)

The Painted Veil

49.

Jane Austin’s novels are concerned with -----

a)

Love & Marriage

b)

Money worship

c)

Historical events

d)

Psychology

e)

Nature

50.

Russian poet Pushkin called Byron ----

a)

A poet of freedom

b)

A poet of love

c)

A poet of sorrow

d)

A poet of revolution

e)

A poet of beauty

51.

Who is the national poet of Scotland ?

a)

Robert Burns

b)

W. Blake

c)

Alexander Pope

d)

R. Sheridan

e)

Keats

52.

Robinson Crusoe spent ------ on a desert island.

a)

28 years

b)

27 years

c)

26 years

d)

25 years

e)

8 years

53.

Robinson Crusoe is a praise to------

a)

Human labor & the triumph of a man over nature

b)

The triumph of nature over a man

c)

The triumph of religion over a man

d)

Ignorance

e)

Liberty

54.

On the first voyage Gulliver finds himself  in-----

a)

Lilliput

b)

Brobdingnan

c)

The Laputans

d)

The Houyhnhnms

e)

The lolula 

55.

Beowulf is the most important poem of -----

a)

The Anglo-Saxon period

b)

The Roman period

c)

The French period

d)

The Norman period

e)

The Pre-Renaissance period

56.

Who was called “the founder of realism”?

a)

Chaucer

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Defoe

d)

Swift

e)

R. Burns

57.

Utopia was written in ---

a)

Latin

b)

French

c)

Germany

d)

English

e)

Italian

58.

“All’s well that ends well” belongs to

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Chaucer

c)

Swift

d)

Defoe

e)

W. Blake

59.

“What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are no use to us!” belongs to ----

a)

Oscar Wild

b)

R. Kipling

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Chaucer

e)

Defoe

60.

“To be or not to be that is the question” belongs to ---

a)

Hamlet

b)

Gulliver

c)

Robinson Crusoe

d)

Dorian Gray

e)

Stevenson

61.

The Forsyte Saga is a great panorama of English life, covering ----

a)

Fifty years

b)

Forty years

c)

Twenty years

d)

One year

e)

Eleven year

62.

John Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for ----

a)

The Fortsyte Saga

b)

The Mob

c)

The Forest

d)

Justice

e)

Over the River

63.

The 17th & 18th centuries are known in the history of European culture as the period of -------

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Critical realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Old period

e)

Renaissance

64.

In the book “Gulliver’s Travel” Swift attacks ----

a)

The social & political system in England

b)

The church

c)

Immorality of people

d)

Judicial power

e)

Education

65.

Burn’s poetry is closely connected with the national struggle of-----

a)

The Scottish people for their liberation from English oppression

b)

Of English people for their liberation

c)

Of French people for their liberation

d)

Of Italian people for their liberation

e)

Of poor for their power

66.

In spite of his poverty , hunger & never – ceasing toil , Burns was—

a)

An optimist

b)

A brave man

c)

A revengeful man

d)

A pessimist

e)

A farmer

67.

Blake shows ----

a)

A contrast between a world of nature & a world of social control

b)

Contradictions in society 

c)

People’s ignorance

d)

Beauty of nature

e)

People’s poverty  

68.

By right of birth he was a member of the House of Parliament

a)

J. Byron

b)

W. Blake

c)

R. Burns

d)

J. Swift

e)

D. Defoe

69.

Byron is called the

a)

Poet of “worlds sorrow”

b)

Poet of liberation

c)

Poet of love

d)

Poet of future

e)

Poet of Italy

70.

Walter Scott was the creator of ---

a)

The historical novel in English literature

b)

Mystical poem

c)

Satire

d)

Humor

e)

Drama

71.

Jane Austen’s novels are concerned with ---

a)

Love & marriage

b)

Nature

c)

Religion

d)

Social problems

e)

Political issues

72.

Critical realism set themselves ---

a)

The task of criticizing of capitalistic system

b)

The task of analyzing people’s behavior

c)

The task of establishing love

d)

The task of establishing equality

e)

The task of establishing peace

73.

The first writer of critical realism is ---

a)

Ch. Dickens

b)

W. Blake

c)

J. Swift

d)

D. Defoe

e)

R. Burns 

74.

William Shakespeare  was born in--- 

a)

1564

b)

1568

c)

1515

d)

1516

e)

1616

75.

William Shakespeare died in ----

a)

1616

b)

1656

c)

1617

d)

1666

e)

1618

76.

William Shakespeare was one of greatest titans of -----

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Romanticism

d)

Critical realism 

e)

Ancient period

77.

Which of Ch. Dickens’s novels is autobiographical?

a)

David Copperfield

b)

Oliver Twist

c)

Nicholas Nickel by

d)

Dombey& Son

e)

Great Expectations

78.

Shaw was interested in -----

a)

Russian Literature

b)

Italian Literature

c)

French Literature

d)

Latin Literature

e)

Ancient Literature

79.

Herbert Wells is often called the great English writer who looked into the

a)

Future

b)

Past

c)

Present

d)

Ancient times

e)

Personal affaires

80.

Hythloday in “Utopia” means ------

a)

Messenger of nonsense

b)

Holy man

c)

No one

d)

Talker of nonsense

e)

Religious man

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