Question 1

In Dryden's famous satirical allegory 'Absalom and Achitophel' , _______________   is Absalom.

Accepted Answer

A)  Earl of Shaftsbury
B)  The Duke of Monmouth
C)  Zimri
D)  None B

Question 2

_______________has been called 'the Shakespeare of divines'.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Milton
B)  George Herbert
C)  Andrew Marvell
D)  Jeremy Taylor D

Question 3

_______________is recognised as the 'father of English prose'.

Accepted Answer

A)  Geoffrey Chaucer
B)  John Milton
C)  John Dryden
D)  Richard Steele C

Question 4

As Alexander Pope said _______________metrical form had brought perfection to the poetry of the neo classical period.

Accepted Answer

A)  Heroic Couplet
B)  Free Verse
C)  Blank Verse
D)  Rhymed Verse

Question 5

_______________does Dryden satirise in MacFlecknoe.

Accepted Answer

A)  Duke Buckingham
B)  Earl of Shaftsbury
C)  Thomas Shadwell
D)  Alexander Pope

Question 6

The 18th century in English Literature was also called _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Age of Reason
B)  Age of Excessive Passion
C)  Age of Sentimentalism
D)  Age of Religion

Question 7

Dryden's critical work 'The Essay of Dramatick Poesie' got published in _______________

Accepted Answer

A)  1668
B)  1678
C)  1663
D)  1687

Question 8

Dryden satirised _______________   contemporary poet in his work Mac Flecknoe.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Shadwell
B)  Samuel Butler
C)  James Shirley
D)  William Congreve

Question 9

_______________was the admirer of Pope in these words 'If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found'.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dr. Samuel Johnson
B)  Richard Steel
C)  Joseph Addison
D)  William Black

Question 10

The period of 1625 to 1660 of English history is also recognised as _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jacobean period
B)  Caroline period
C)  Georgian period
D)  Elizabethan period

Question 11

The Restoration marks the real moment of birth of our Modern English Prose; _______________     has mades this observation.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Dryden
B)  Mathhew Arnold
C)  Joseph Addison
D)  Ben Jonson

Question 12

In the periodical Spectator, out of 555 essays _______________     essays were written by Joseph Addison.

Accepted Answer

A)  274
B)  287
C)  234
D)  224

Question 13

Royal Society of London Was established in _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1656
B)  1658
C)  1660
D)  1662

Question 14

_______________     restored to the throne of England in Restoration Age.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles I
B)  Charles II
C)  James I
D)  James II

Question 15

_______________  was appointed the Latin Secretary during the Puritan Government.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Dryden
B)  Ben Jonson
C)  Francis Bacon
D)  John Milton

Question 16

The form of heroic tragedy was introduced by _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  William Davenant
B)  James Shirley
C)  Nathaniel Lee
D)  Thomas Fuller

Question 17

"Here lies my wife, here let her rest! Now she is at rest, and so am I"- this epitaph was engraved on the tomb stone of _______________   wife

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander Pope's
B)  Samual Butler's
C)  John Dryden's
D)  Ben Jonson's

Question 18

_______________was deposed from the English throne in the Bloodless Revolution of 1688.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles II
B)  James II
C)  William the Orange
D)  Anna I

Question 19

The 'Coffee House Culture' flourished in _______________    .

Accepted Answer

A)  Augustan Age
B)  Caroline Age
C)  Romantic Age
D)  Restoration Age

Question 20

In honour of welcoming Charles - Il to the English throne,Dryden wrote _______________     work.

Accepted Answer

A)  Astrae Redux
B)  Annus Mirabilis
C)  Religio Laici
D)  The Hind and The Panther

Exam 1: Notable People and Events in English Literature and History

In Dryden's famous satirical allegory 'Absalom and Achitophel' , _______________ is Absalom.

_______________has been called 'the Shakespeare of divines'.

_______________is recognised as the 'father of English prose'.

As Alexander Pope said _______________metrical form had brought perfection to the poetry of the neo classical period.

_______________does Dryden satirise in MacFlecknoe.

The 18th century in English Literature was also called _______________.

Dryden's critical work 'The Essay of Dramatick Poesie' got published in _______________

Dryden satirised _______________ contemporary poet in his work Mac Flecknoe.

_______________was the admirer of Pope in these words 'If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found'.

The period of 1625 to 1660 of English history is also recognised as _______________.

The Restoration marks the real moment of birth of our Modern English Prose; _______________ has mades this observation.

In the periodical Spectator, out of 555 essays _______________ essays were written by Joseph Addison.

Royal Society of London Was established in _______________.

_______________ restored to the throne of England in Restoration Age.

_______________ was appointed the Latin Secretary during the Puritan Government.

The form of heroic tragedy was introduced by _______________.

"Here lies my wife, here let her rest! Now she is at rest, and so am I"- this epitaph was engraved on the tomb stone of _______________ wife

_______________was deposed from the English throne in the Bloodless Revolution of 1688.

The 'Coffee House Culture' flourished in _______________ .

In honour of welcoming Charles - Il to the English throne,Dryden wrote _______________ work.