English Literature Mcqs — Test 114

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Question 1

According to Samuel Johnson, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________?

Question 2

Horace’s doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was interpreted to mean______________?

Question 3

Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill ?

Question 4

Who became the first \prime minister\of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?

Question 5

In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?

Question 6

Who wrote: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?

Question 7

Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him ?

Question 8

The Catcher in the Rye takes place in what city ?

Question 9

Which of the following factors contributed to literature becoming a profitable business ?

Question 10

Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?