English Literature Mcqs — Test 105
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Question 1
Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
Question 2
the word renaissance means______________?
Question 3
Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to____________________?
Question 4
What is blank verse ?
Question 5
Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?
Question 6
Who wrote: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall / looking as if she were alive.” ?
Question 7
How would “Natural Supernaturalism” be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ?
Question 8
Who were the \Two Nations\referred to in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845) ?
Question 9
In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?
Question 10
Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?