English Literature Mcqs — Test 103

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Question 1

What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?

Question 2

Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 ?

Question 3

Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?

Question 4

Who is the author of Aurora Leigh ?

Question 5

Which scientific or technological advance did not take place in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century ?

Question 6

What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?

Question 7

Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?

Question 8

Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?

Question 9

Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?

Question 10

Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?