English Literature Mcqs — Test 113
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Question 1
The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ____________in London in 1625 ?
Question 2
In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?
Question 3
The word “Jacobean” is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?
Question 4
Who applied the term \Romantic\to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
Question 5
Which of the following factors did not contribute to the growth of the reading public in this period ?
Question 6
Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states?
Question 7
According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by \legitimate\ drama ?
Question 8
What is the name for the process of dividing land into privately owned agricultural holdings ?
Question 9
What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: \Men of England\and England in 1819 ?
Question 10
Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?