Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university ?

A. He lived in italy until the age of 27
B. Asthma, headaches, and spinal deformity made him an invalid
C. He was a catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
D. He just wasn’t bright enough

Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

A. William blake
B. Alfred lord tennyson
C. Samuel johnson
D. William wordsworth

Cocktown is an imaginary industrial town in the novelfirst_____________?

A. Cranford
B. Hard times
C. Ruth
D. Vanity fair

What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century ?

A. Atheism
B. Protestantism
C. Catholicism
D. Ancestor-worship

What was \restored\in 1660 ?

A. The monarchy, in the person of charles ii
B. The dominance of the tory party
C. The \book of common prayer\
D. Toleration of religious dissidents

Which setting could you not imagine a work of Romantic literature employing ?

A. A field of daffodils
B. The “orient”
C. A graveyard
D. All of the above would be appropriate settings for romantic literature.

Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688 ?

A. Elizabeth i
B. James ii
C. George ii
D. William and mary

Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?

A. King henry viii
B. Queen elizabeth i
C. Queen victoria
D. King john

What was the significance of the voyage of the Empire Windrush ?

A. It brought the last group of english convicts to australia in 1901.
B. It was sunk by the german navy in 1914, bringing the united states into world war i.
C. It brought the first group of immigrants from jamaica to england in 1948.
D. It delivered a small dog into space in 1959, and returned it to earth.

Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?

A. Tenth
B. Twelfth
C. Thirteenth
D. Fourteenth