Interactive Literature MCQs

Q1. In what year were William Blake's 'Poetical Sketches' published?

Q2. What year marks the death of Samuel Johnson?

Q3. In what year were Robert Burns's first poems published?

Q4. Which famous poet was born in 1788?

Q5. Edmund Burke published 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' in which year?

Q6. Who wrote 'The Rights of Man' (1791-92)?

Q7. When was James Boswell's 'Life of Johnson' published?

Q8. Who wrote 'Political Justice' (1793) and 'Caleb Williams' (1794)?

Q9. Matthew Lewis's Gothic novel 'The Monk' was published in:

Q10. What landmark publication occurred in 1798?

Q1. The Age of Wordsworth covers approximately which years?

Q2. The Age of Wordsworth is characterized by the triumph of which two movements in literature?

Q3. The movement in literature was one aspect of a general movement, another aspect of which was:

Q4. At bottom, both the political and literary movements were inspired by an impatience of:

Q5. In the new poetry and revolutionary theories, what principle was everywhere thrust to the front?

Q6. How were the long-accepted rules of art treated by the new movement?

Q7. The reaction against which school of poetry became aggressive?

Q8. Who wrote in the Edinburgh Review that poetry's standards 'were fixed long ago by certain inspired writers'?

Q9. Did Lord Jeffrey's conservative conception represent the dominant spirit of the age?

Q10. What did the revolutionary theorists and poets both crave?

Q1. Who wrote: 'The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man. It cannot be matured by law and precept'?

Q2. Who wrote the couplet: 'Those rules of old discovered, not devis'd, / Are Nature still, but Nature methodis'd'?

Q3. The comparison of Keats's quote with Pope's couplet illustrates the fundamental difference between:

Q4. Did a person have to support the political revolution to be a romanticist?

Q5. Walter Scott was a romanticist, yet in politics he was a:

Q6. The vital connection between the political and literary movements is denoted by the fact that the keynote of both was:

Q7. The great outburst of the French Revolution in 1789 was seen at first as:

Q8. Ardent young souls were kindled with wonderful enthusiasm and gorgeous dreams of:

Q9. Why were men in England ready to catch fire by contact with the passions the French cause aroused?

Q10. The French Revolution promised to translate abstractions into:

Q1. Who wrote: 'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven'?

Q2. The glorious promises of 1789 were eventually:

Q3. Which of the following contributed to the general collapse of faith and hope?

Q4. Following the failure of the great effort initiated by France, what replaced the age of buoyancy and expectation?

Q5. When was William Wordsworth born?

Q6. Where was William Wordsworth born?

Q7. Among whom did Wordsworth spend much of his boyhood?

Q8. What did Wordsworth learn from his familiar intercourse with simple peasant folk?

Q9. Where was Wordsworth educated before going to Cambridge?

Q10. In what years did Wordsworth make his two visits to France?

Q1. Who was Wordsworth's devoted sister who lived with him as a third member of his household?

Q2. What year was Wordsworth made Poet Laureate upon the death of Robert Southey?

Q3. In what autobiographical poem are Wordsworth's relations with the revolutionary movement described?

Q4. Which region is Wordsworth's name now always associated with?

Q5. At Orleans during his second visit to France, Wordsworth formed an intimacy with an officer of Girondist views named:

Q6. Why did Wordsworth not throw in his lot with the Girondist party in Paris?

Q7. To whom did Wordsworth write an open letter defending the French Revolution upon his return to England?

Q8. How did critics initially treat Wordsworth's poetry?

Q9. Who joined Wordsworth in the publication of the Lyrical Ballads in 1798?

Q10. In what year did William Wordsworth die?

Q1. What event finally destroyed Wordsworth's faith in the French cause forever?

Q2. How did Wordsworth's political views change over his life?

Q3. Despite his later conservatism, Wordsworth's work remained a part of which great general movement of his time?

Q4. Which two literary movements did the 'Lyrical Ballads' mark the full development of?

Q5. According to Coleridge, what was the design of the collaborators in 'Lyrical Ballads'?

Q6. In 'Lyrical Ballads', who was primarily responsible for the poems where incidents and agents were to be supernatural?

Q7. Which poem was Coleridge's single contribution to the 'Lyrical Ballads'?

Q8. In 'Lyrical Ballads', Wordsworth's contributions focused on subjects chosen from:

Q9. Which of the following poems is one of Wordsworth's naturalistic contributions to the 'Lyrical Ballads'?

Q10. What element prominent in his thought made Wordsworth an earnest supporter of English institutions and traditions?

Q1. Where did Wordsworth further set forth his aims for the 'Lyrical Ballads'?

Q2. According to Wordsworth's preface, what kind of life was generally chosen for his poems?

Q3. Why did Wordsworth prefer humble rustic life for his themes?

Q4. Which poem is mentioned as a typical example of Wordsworth's choice of humble rustic themes?

Q5. Wordsworth famously attacked the practice of the Augustan school for its:

Q6. Did Wordsworth perfectly adhere to his own principles of using the language of actual life?

Q7. How does Wordsworth guard himself against the accusation of absolute literal realism?

Q8. Wordsworth's use of imagination was a protest against the hard, literal treatment of life by which poet?

Q9. Which feature connects Wordsworth to the radical tendencies of the revolutionary age?

Q10. Wordsworth's theory of poetic diction is another aspect of his general effort to:

Q1. If Pope is the greatest poet of the town, what is Wordsworth?

Q2. Wordsworth claimed he wrote always with his eye:

Q3. What is said to be the most specific and personal quality in Wordsworth's nature poetry?

Q4. For Wordsworth, nature was the embodiment of:

Q5. Which of these poems exemplifies Wordsworth's profound religious feeling in nature?

Q6. A fundamental principle in Wordsworth's philosophy is that the greatest of all teachers is:

Q7. Wordsworth believed that spiritual communion is possible between the soul of man and:

Q8. In what he writes about human life, Wordsworth's greatness is specially apparent as a:

Q9. Wordsworth's greatness as a moralist results largely from his firm hold upon the central facts of:

Q10. Wordsworth's emphasis is everywhere thrown upon:

Q1. Which of the following is considered one of the obvious limitations of Wordsworth's genius?

Q2. In which of his philosophical poems does Wordsworth often indulge in prolix moralisings of the dullest kind?

Q3. Because he wrote an immense amount of perishable matter, it is said that Wordsworth gains by:

Q4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a boy at which school when the Bastille fell?

Q5. Who did Coleridge meet in 1794, later becoming his brother-in-law?

Q6. What was the name of the utopian scheme for an ideal society that Coleridge and Southey planned?

Q7. Where was this ideal society intended to be established?

Q8. Which poem did Coleridge himself call his 'recantation' regarding his revolutionary ideals?

Q9. Like Wordsworth, Coleridge eventually allied himself definitely with which political cause?

Q10. What addiction helped to paralyse Coleridge's energies over many years?

Q1. Which of the following is true about Coleridge's literary work?

Q2. Which of Coleridge's poems are considered to have a pathetic interest in connection with the tragedy of his ineffectiveness?

Q3. Coleridge's historical importance is largely due to which poems that represent the triumph of romanticism?

Q4. Which domain did Coleridge take as his particular province in poetry?

Q5. Romanticism found a less subtle but far more popular and influential interpreter in:

Q6. Where was Walter Scott born?

Q7. Where did Scott spend much of his childhood learning to love the wild landscape and hearing Border stories?

Q8. What book, read by chance at age thirteen, aroused Scott's passionate interest in ancient ballads?

Q9. When Scott made excursions into the Highlands, what was his primary purpose?

Q10. In Scott's time, going into the Highlands was compared to:

Q1. Politically, Walter Scott was a born:

Q2. What effect did the French Revolution have on Walter Scott?

Q3. Scott's first important publication (1802-03) was:

Q4. What was Scott's first long poem, published in 1805?

Q5. Which of the following is one of Scott's romances in verse?

Q6. Which rising poet's dangerous rivalry compelled Scott to seek a fresh outlet for his genius?

Q7. In what year did Scott produce his first novel, Waverley?

Q8. What misfortune overtook Scott in 1825?

Q9. How did Scott react to his adversity?

Q10. Scott's 'romantic tales in verse' represent a natural development of the:

Q1. Which of the following describes Scott's limitations as a poet?

Q2. William Lisle Bowles is known for helping the growth of a love of nature in poetry through which work published in 1789?

Q3. Samuel Rogers, who wrote 'Pleasures of Memory' (1792), had a career outside of poetry as a:

Q4. Did Samuel Rogers' poetry reflect the new movements of literature?

Q5. James Hogg was commonly known by what nickname?

Q6. Hogg is considered the truest poet who has ever sprung direct from the Scottish peasantry after:

Q7. Which of the following poems was written by James Hogg?

Q8. Like Wordsworth and Coleridge, Robert Southey fell as a youth under the spell of:

Q9. Which of these works by Southey were products of his youthful radical ideas?

Q10. What genre is Southey's 'Wat Tyler' (1794)?

Q1. Like Wordsworth, Southey eventually repudiated his early radical ideas and became a:

Q2. Southey's ill-advised and ludicrous eulogy of George III, 'A Vision of Judgment', is remembered today mainly because of:

Q3. Which of the following is one of Southey's immense narrative poems?

Q4. Southey's long narrative poems are historically important because they show the tendency of the romantic movement to:

Q5. 'Thalaba the Destroyer' was written in which form?

Q6. The verse form of Southey's 'Thalaba' served as a model for which famous poem by Shelley?

Q7. Which poet is described as a classic writing in a romantic age, whose classicism was of the genuine Greek kind?

Q8. Did Walter Savage Landor ever become widely popular?

Q9. Which of these works was written by Landor?

Q10. According to Sir Henry Taylor, Landor lived in a past world of heroic thought and passed nearly through the most eventful century:

Q1. Thomas Campbell's early poem 'The Pleasures of Hope' (1799) is written in which style and form?

Q2. Despite its conventional diction, Campbell's 'The Pleasures of Hope' contains a good deal of:

Q3. In which poem did Campbell use the Spenserian stanza and appear 'almost romantic'?

Q4. Which of the following is one of Campbell's vigorous war lyrics?

Q5. Which poet wrote the oriental tale 'Lalla Rookh'?

Q6. 'Lalla Rookh' was written in a style for which public taste had been prepared by Moore's friend:

Q7. Moore is chiefly remembered today and shows his best work in which collection?

Q8. Thomas Moore has been aptly called:

Q9. While Moore had a genuine lyric gift, his verse often lacks:

Q10. Of all the writers named in this section, who is noted as probably the most attractive to the general reader today?

Q1. Did the close of the French Revolution mean the end of the revolutionary movement in European politics?

Q2. Among the younger men, how did the fiery spirits react to the complacency of toryism?

Q3. Which of the following moods did NOT typically result from the collapse of early revolutionary enthusiasm among the younger generation?

Q4. Who are named as the three chief poets of the younger revolutionary group?

Q5. How did the three chief younger poets differ from each other?

Q6. The later revolutionary age was generally characterized by a world that had emerged from long strain:

Q7. The conditions of the later revolutionary age weighed heavily upon:

Q8. Which country did NOT experience repeated disturbances after the close of the French Revolution?

Q9. What had set in among many of the older generation?

Q10. For a time, the principles of progress and popular government suffered:

Q1. Who is described as the eldest and most thoroughly representative of the three younger poets?

Q2. What spirit did Byron express more than any other English writer of his age?

Q3. What was the title of Byron's early volume of verse that was ferociously attacked by the Edinburgh Review?

Q4. How did Byron reply to the attack by the Edinburgh Review?

Q5. Which poem's first two cantos scored an immense success in 1812?

Q6. Who said, 'I woke up one morning and found myself famous'?

Q7. Which of the following is one of Byron's romances in verse?

Q8. Why did Byron leave England as an embittered man?

Q9. During his years of exile on the Continent, which great work did Byron produce?

Q10. Where and how did Byron die?

Q1. Despite the apparent variety of Byron's voluminous work, why is the final impression one of monotony?

Q2. As a critic and theorist, which school did Byron proclaim himself an adherent of?

Q3. Whom did Byron compare to a Greek temple?

Q4. What did Byron compare the poetry of his own time to?

Q5. What was the entire weight of Byron's practical influence on the side of?

Q6. Byron is at his best when he blends description with:

Q7. As a poet of nature, Byron glories in the sea because of:

Q8. In which genre is Byron considered incomparably the greatest of modern English poets?

Q9. What does the term 'Byronism' denote?

Q10. Which side of the revolutionary movement does Byron represent?

Q1. What is the key-note of Byron's philosophy?

Q2. In what terms does Byron conceive liberty?

Q3. The heroes of Byron's romances (pirates, corsairs, outlaws) idealize all who are:

Q4. Which poem is a terrific indictment of God's dealings with men as interpreted by current theology?

Q5. If Byron is the interpreter of revolutionary iconoclasm, what is Percy Bysshe Shelley?

Q6. Why was Shelley expelled from Oxford?

Q7. Who was Shelley's second wife?

Q8. How did Shelley die in 1822?

Q9. Which of the following is Shelley's splendid elegy on the death of Keats?

Q10. What is Shelley's 'The Cenci'?

Q1. Shelley's genius was essentially:

Q2. Which of the following is one of Shelley's famous lyric poems?

Q3. Shelley conceived it to be part of his poetic mission to become:

Q4. As explained in the preface to 'The Revolt of Islam', what did Shelley believe about the conservative reaction?

Q5. Which poem did Shelley write at eighteen, basing it on Godwin's 'Political Justice'?

Q6. In 'Queen Mab', Shelley proclaims an individualistic philosophy that condemns:

Q7. What redeeming quality does 'Queen Mab' possess despite its extravagant diatribe?

Q8. In what verse form is 'The Revolt of Islam' written?

Q9. How does the hero of 'The Revolt of Islam', Laon, differ from Byron's heroes?

Q10. What is 'The Revolt of Islam' charged with?

Q1. In Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound', what does the Titan symbolize? A. The prototype of mankind in its long struggle against despotism B. The beauty of the Greek past C. The exhaustion of revolutionary impulses D. The forces of nature Answer: A

Q2. Who represents the forces of despotism in 'Prometheus Unbound'? A. Prometheus B. Jupiter C. Endymion D. Apollo Answer: B

Q3. John Keats was the last and youngest of which group? A. The early Augustan poets B. The later revolutionary group C. The pre-Raphaelite brotherhood D. The Cavalier poets Answer: B

Q4. Unlike Byron and Shelley, what was Keats's attitude towards his time? A. He was a stormy rebel B. He was a humanitarian reformer C. He had an almost complete detachment D. He was deeply involved in politics Answer: C

Q5. How did Keats conceive of poetry? A. As the vehicle of philosophy B. As religious teaching C. As the incarnation of beauty D. As a tool for social reform Answer: C

Q6. Which poem opens with 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'? A. Lamia B. Hyperion C. Endymion D. The Eve of St. Agnes Answer: C

Q7. Instead of looking to the future land of promise like Shelley, where did Keats seek imaginative escape? A. The past of Greek mythology and medieval romance B. The industrial cities of England C. The philosophical texts of Germany D. The scientific discoveries of his age Answer: A

Q8. Which of the following is a fragmentary poem by Keats? A. Endymion B. Hyperion C. Lamia D. Isabella Answer: B

Q9. How did Keats's treatment of nature differ from Wordsworth's and Shelley's? A. It was full of spiritual messages and meanings B. It was purely scientific and analytical C. There was nothing mystical in it; he loved it for its sensuous beauty D. He disliked nature and preferred urban settings Answer: C

Q1. What phrase did Shelley use to describe Keats due to his early death? A. A stormy rebel B. One of the inheritors of unfulfilled renown C. The incarnation of beauty D. A willing martyr Answer: B

Q2. Which of the following odes is NOT mentioned as being in Keats's volume of 1819? A. To Autumn B. To a Nightingale C. On a Grecian Urn D. To Melancholy Answer: D

Q3. On the side of form and style, how is Keats described? A. The most classical of the romantic poets B. The most romantic of the romantic poets C. The most realistic of his generation D. A strict follower of Hellenic temperance Answer: B

Q4. Which poetic form did Keats reject, following the lead of Leigh Hunt? A. Blank verse B. Spenserian stanza C. The classic couplet D. The sonnet Answer: C

Q5. Historically, Keats represents the exhaustion of impulses generated by what event? A. The Industrial Revolution B. The Renaissance C. The social upheaval of the Revolution D. The Restoration Answer: C

Q6. Who wrote the 'Story of Rimini' (1816)? A. James Henry Leigh Hunt B. Thomas Hood C. John Hamilton Reynolds D. Winthrop Mackworth Praed Answer: A

Q7. What innovation did Leigh Hunt introduce in the 'Story of Rimini'? A. The rejection of the classic couplet in favor of a freer form B. The invention of the dramatic monologue C. The first use of free verse D. The revival of the epic poem Answer: A

Q8. In which early poem of Keats was freedom carried to a degree of licence that Hunt disapproved? A. Hyperion B. Lamia C. Endymion D. The Eve of St. Agnes Answer: C

Q9. Which poet married a sister of Keats's intimate friend, John Hamilton Reynolds? A. James Henry Leigh Hunt B. Thomas or Tom Hood C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Lord Byron Answer: B

Q1. Thomas Hood is perhaps chiefly remembered for what kind of poems? A. Epic narratives B. Humorous poems, mastering verbal wit and punning C. Political satires D. Philosophical epics Answer: B

Q2. Which of the following is a ballad or lyric by Thomas Hood? A. The Song of the Shirt B. Ingoldsby Legends C. The Bride's Tragedy D. Story of Rimini Answer: A

Q3. Which poem by Hood is described as a masterpiece in the gruesome grotesque? A. The Bridge of Sighs B. Miss Kilmansegg C. Fair Inez D. The Haunted House Answer: B

Q4. Who is the author of 'Ingoldsby Legends'? A. Winthrop Mackworth Praed B. Richard Harris Barham C. Thomas Lovell Beddoes D. John Clare Answer: B

Q5. 'Ingoldsby Legends' is a burlesque development of what trend made popular by Scott? A. Classicism B. Realism C. Mediaevalism D. Hellenism Answer: C

Q6. Who wrote 'The Bride's Tragedy' and 'Death's Jest-Book'? A. Thomas Lovell Beddoes B. Winthrop Mackworth Praed C. Letitia Elizabeth Landon D. Felicia Dorothea Hemans Answer: A

Q7. Beddoes' work represents a strange revival of what spirit? A. The romantic optimism of the 19th century B. The morbid and fantastic spirit of the later Elizabethan drama C. The strict rules of Augustan poetry D. The simplicity of early ballads Answer: B

Q8. Letitia Elizabeth Landon was commonly known by what initials? A. L.E.D. B. L.E.L. C. L.E.M. D. L.E.S. Answer: B

Q9. John Clare was known as the last of which type of poets? A. The aristocratic poets B. The peasant poets C. The Cavalier poets D. The metaphysical poets Answer: B

Q1. Who edited 'Selected Poems' by John Clare? A. William Wordsworth B. Grigson C. Leigh Hunt D. Thomas Hood Answer: B

Q2. In what year was Grigson's edition of 'Selected Poems' published? A. 1821 B. 1950 C. 1949 D. 1850 Answer: B

Q3. What is the title of the 1949 collection edited by Grigson? A. The Peasant Poet B. Poems of Clare's Madness C. Rural Life in England D. The Madhouse Poems Answer: B

Q4. John Clare's works represented in the 1950 volume were written during: A. His travels in Italy B. His lifetime C. The Augustan age D. The late 18th century Answer: B

Q5. Which editor is credited with collecting both 'Selected Poems' and 'Poems of Clare's Madness'? A. Lockhart B. Grigson C. Jeffrey D. Brougham Answer: B

Q6. 'Poems of Clare's Madness' was published in which year? A. 1949 B. 1950 C. 1899 D. 1832 Answer: A

Q7. John Clare's poetry in these collections is notable for: A. Being mostly prose B. Reflecting his life experiences including his time of madness C. Discussing urban industrialization D. Focusing on classical Greek myths Answer: B

Q8. The publication of 'Poems of Clare's Madness' highlights what aspect of Clare's life? A. His political career B. His academic achievements C. His period of insanity D. His wealth Answer: C

Q9. In these two collections, Grigson brings attention to the work of which poet? A. John Keats B. Thomas Hood C. John Clare D. Lord Byron Answer: C

Q1. What was an important feature in the history of prose literature during the Age of Wordsworth? A. The decline of the novel B. The rise of the modern review and magazine C. The disappearance of drama D. The start of serialized poetry Answer: B

Q2. When was the Edinburgh Review established? A. 1802 B. 1817 C. 1824 D. 1830 Answer: A

Q3. The Edinburgh Review was established by men of letters associated with which political party? A. The Tory party B. The Whig party C. The Labour party D. The Liberal party Answer: B

Q4. Which of the following was NOT a founder of the Edinburgh Review? A. Jeffrey B. Brougham C. Sydney Smith D. William Gifford Answer: D

Q5. Which publication was started as a Tory counterblast to the Edinburgh Review? A. The London Magazine B. Fraser's C. The Quarterly D. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Answer: C

Q6. Who was the first editor of the Quarterly? A. William Gifford B. Lockhart C. Wilson D. Hogg Answer: A

Q7. Who succeeded William Gifford as the editor of the Quarterly in 1824? A. Brougham B. Scott's son-in-law, Lockhart C. Charles Lamb D. William Hazlitt Answer: B

Q8. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine was launched in what year? A. 1809 B. 1802 C. 1817 D. 1830 Answer: C

Q9. Which magazine included Lamb, Hazlitt, and De Quincey among its early contributors? A. The London Magazine B. The Edinburgh Review C. Fraser's D. The Quarterly Answer: A

Q1. The rise of the modern review and magazine gave great encouragement to what form of writing? A. The epic poem B. Essay-writing C. The dramatic monologue D. The three-volume novel Answer: B

Q2. The literature of criticism divided critics of the age into which two groups? A. The conservative/classical and the radical/romantic B. The optimists and the pessimists C. The realists and the naturalists D. The political and the philosophical Answer: A

Q3. How is the prose of the eighteenth century (like that of Addison and Goldsmith) characterized? A. It lacked lucidity and charm B. It had strong passion and deep feeling C. It had lucidity, grace, and charm, but lacked variety, warmth, and color D. It was highly complex and deeply structural Answer: C

Q4. What did the romantic movement bring to prose? A. A return to strict classical rules B. A complete lack of emotion C. Strong passion, deep feeling, and a love of variety, warmth, and color D. A purely scientific and analytical approach Answer: C

Q5. The new movement in prose was partly connected with a revival of interest in which authors? A. The early Augustan authors B. The pre-Augustan authors C. The contemporary French authors D. The ancient Roman authors Answer: B

Q6. The prose writers of this era are grouped into three categories. Which is NOT one of these? A. The Edinburgh men B. The London men C. The Lake District men D. Miscellaneous writers falling under neither head Answer: C

Q7. Who was called by his admirers the 'Archcritic' and by his victims 'Judge Jeffrey'? A. Francis Jeffrey B. Sydney Smith C. John Wilson D. John Gibson Lockhart Answer: A

Q8. To which periodical did Francis Jeffrey contribute some 200 articles? A. The Quarterly B. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine C. The Edinburgh Review D. The London Magazine Answer: C

Q9. The nickname 'Judge Jeffrey' references a notorious 'bloody judge' of which century? A. The sixteenth century B. The seventeenth century C. The eighteenth century D. The nineteenth century Answer: B

Q1. Which of the following is described as a limitation of Francis Jeffrey's criticism today? A. He had too much sympathy for the romantics B. He lacked breadth of sympathy and flexibility of judgment C. He focused too much on subject-matter and neglected form D. He was too deeply concerned with the large human aspects of literature Answer: B

Q2. Who was an exceedingly clever clergyman better known for his witticisms than his literature? A. Francis Jeffrey B. John Wilson C. Sydney Smith D. Thomas De Quincey Answer: C

Q3. What is the title of Sydney Smith's brilliant satire on the Irish question (1807)? A. Noctes Ambrosianae B. Peter Plymley's Letters C. Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts D. The Bride's Tragedy Answer: B

Q4. Why are Sydney Smith's writings now little read? A. They are too complex to understand B. They deal mostly with dead abuses and forgotten controversies C. They are written in difficult Latin D. They lack humor and are too serious Answer: B

Q5. Which 'Blackwood's man' was famous under the pen-name of Christopher North? A. Thomas De Quincey B. John Gibson Lockhart C. John Wilson D. Sydney Smith Answer: C

Q6. Which position did John Wilson hold while also being a devotee of the prize ring? A. Editor of the Edinburgh Review B. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh C. Prime Minister D. Poet Laureate Answer: B

Q7. What is considered John Wilson's best work? A. Noctes Ambrosianae B. Peter Plymley's Letters C. Confessions of an English Opium Eater D. The English Mail Coach Answer: A

Q8. In what format are the 'Noctes Ambrosianae' written? A. Formal essays B. Dialogues C. Epic poetry D. Tragic drama Answer: B

Q9. What makes 'Noctes Ambrosianae' difficult for the southern reader to appreciate today? A. Their heavy use of Latin B. Their broad Scotch language and largely local/temporary interest C. Their lack of humor and dash D. Their focus on deep theological arguments Answer: B

Q1. Thomas De Quincey is considered one of our chief masters of what kind of prose? A. Augustan rational prose B. Romantic impassioned prose C. Scientific descriptive prose D. Neoclassical satire Answer: B

Q2. Which of the following is NOT listed as a defect in De Quincey's writing? A. A habit of abusing his extraordinary learning B. Sinking into obscurity and pedantry C. Lacking any sense of humor D. Indulging in huge unwieldy digressions Answer: C

Q3. In which work did De Quincey achieve remarkable success combining grim humor with the horrible? A. The English Mail Coach B. Dream Fugue C. Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts D. Joan of Arc Answer: C

Q4. By what work will Thomas De Quincey always be best remembered? A. Confessions of an English Opium Eater B. Life of Scott C. The English Comic Writers D. Spanish Ballads Answer: A

Q5. Which writer acts as a connecting link between Edinburgh and London, editing the Quarterly from 1826? A. Thomas De Quincey B. John Gibson Lockhart C. Charles Lamb D. William Hazlitt Answer: B

Q6. Who wrote the powerful study of a good man's sin and remorse in the novel 'Adam Blair'? A. John Wilson B. Thomas De Quincey C. John Gibson Lockhart D. Charles Lamb Answer: C

Q7. What is Lockhart's principal title to fame? A. His Life of Burns B. His Spanish Ballads C. His magnificent Life of Scott D. His novel Adam Blair Answer: C

Q8. Lockhart was romantic with Scott and sympathized with Wordsworth, but how did he treat the younger generation (Shelley, Keats, Tennyson)? A. With great admiration B. With indifference C. With hostility D. By imitating their style Answer: C

Q9. Lockhart is known to have written an almost equally savage criticism of whose 1833 volume in the Quarterly? A. John Keats B. Percy Bysshe Shelley C. Lord Byron D. Alfred Tennyson Answer: D

Q1. What nickname was given to John Gibson Lockhart due to his special gift of sarcasm used with deadly effect? A. The Serpent B. The Scorpion C. Judge Jeffrey D. The Archcritic Answer: B

Q2. Who is described as 'first among these in our affections' when discussing the London men? A. William Hazlitt B. Leigh Hunt C. Charles Lamb D. Thomas De Quincey Answer: C

Q3. According to Southey, whose memory 'will retain its fragrance as long as the best spice expended on the Pharaohs'? A. Charles Lamb B. John Keats C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. William Wordsworth Answer: A

Q4. What is the most widely-known portion of Charles Lamb's work? A. Tales from Shakespeare B. John Woodvil C. Essays of Elia D. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Answer: C

Q5. In his essays, Charles Lamb is compared to which other great egotist writer? A. Francis Bacon B. Michel de Montaigne C. Samuel Johnson D. Thomas Browne Answer: B

Q6. How is Charles Lamb's unique blending of tenderness and quaint fancies described? A. Swiftian B. Lambish C. Byronic D. Shakespearian Answer: B

Q7. Lamb's romanticism was largely retrospective and nourished itself on the literature of which age? A. The Augustan age B. The pre-Augustan age (Elizabethan and 17th century) C. The Middle Ages D. The Romantic revival in Germany Answer: B

Q8. Which work by Lamb did much to spread the knowledge of older English playwrights? A. John Woodvil B. Tales from Shakespeare C. Essays of Elia D. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Answer: D

Q9. Lamb's style is flavored by constant contact with his favorite writers. Which of the following is NOT one of them? A. Burton B. Fuller C. Sir Thomas Browne D. Alexander Pope Answer: D

Q1. William Hazlitt is a capital illustration of how the popularity of magazines turned literature into the channels of: A. Novel-writing B. Epic poetry C. Journalism D. Scientific treatises Answer: C

Q2. Hazlitt's fine catholicity enabled him to do justice to the romantic school without being unjust to which other group? A. The pre-Raphaelites B. The Augustans C. The Metaphysicals D. The Victorians Answer: B

Q3. Which of the following is NOT one of Hazlitt's collections of lectures or essays? A. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays B. The English Poets C. The Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth D. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Answer: D

Q4. Because of his insight, discrimination, and sureness of taste and touch, what has Hazlitt been called? A. The Scorpion B. Judge Jeffrey C. The critic's critic D. The Archcritic Answer: C

Q5. What limitation is noted about Hazlitt's criticism? A. It is too deeply focused on historical backgrounds B. It makes no attempt to connect the author with the life and spirit of his age C. It heavily relies on Latin and Greek sources D. It is too romantic and rejects all classical literature Answer: B

Q6. Leigh Hunt is included among the periodical prose writers, but what did he lack that made his books largely fragmentary? A. The power of sustained effort B. Basic literacy skills C. Knowledge of pre-Augustan writers D. Connections with magazine publishers Answer: A

Q7. What quality does Leigh Hunt's genius possess, according to the text? A. A heavy, moralistic tone B. A butterfly quality C. A scorpion-like sarcasm D. A deep philosophical rigor Answer: B

Q8. Which book of Leigh Hunt's did Thomas Carlyle call 'a pious, ingenious, altogether human and worthy book'? A. Story of Rimini B. The English Comic Writers C. His Autobiography D. His essays on Keats Answer: C

Q9. Who was the coarse, vigorous, independent political reformer, journalist, and pamphleteer mentioned at the end of the page? A. Charles Lamb B. Thomas De Quincey C. William Cobbett D. John Gibson Lockhart Answer: C

Q1. Which book is considered William Cobbett's most characteristic and of most permanent interest? A. Imaginary Conversations B. Rural Rides C. English Grammar D. The Pentameron Answer: B

Q2. Why is Cobbett's 'English Grammar' considered unique among grammars? A. It is written entirely in verse B. It is thoroughly entertaining C. It includes no rules D. It is written in broad Scotch Answer: B

Q3. Who is presented as an antithesis to Cobbett in almost every conceivable particular? A. Walter Savage Landor B. Robert Southey C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Thomas De Quincey Answer: A

Q4. Landor is unsurpassed in which style of prose writing? A. Vernacular and colloquial B. Severe, sententious, sculpturesque C. Passionate and rhetorical D. Easy-going and irresponsible Answer: B

Q5. What is the title of Landor's principal prose work consisting of dialogues between great characters of the past? A. Rural Rides B. Biographia Literaria C. Imaginary Conversations D. Peter Plymley's Letters Answer: C

Q6. Which of the following works is a tale of the golden age of Athens told in letters by Landor? A. The Citation of William Shakespeare B. The Pentameron C. Pericles and Aspasia D. Life of Nelson Answer: C

Q7. The 'Pentameron' is a series of dialogues between which two historical figures? A. Pericles and Aspasia B. Petrarch and Boccaccio C. Dante and Beatrice D. Shakespeare and Jonson Answer: B

Q8. What is Robert Southey's prose masterpiece? A. Life of Scott B. Life of Nelson C. Rural Rides D. Biographia Literaria Answer: B

Q9. Which prose work by Coleridge is rambling and unequal but contains profound analytical and interpretative power? A. Imaginary Conversations B. Rural Rides C. Biographia Literaria D. Table Talk Answer: C

Q1. The text notes that this chapter could be extended considerably by the inclusion of writers in which fields? A. Science and mathematics B. History and philosophy C. Astronomy and geography D. Law and medicine Answer: B

Q2. During the period discussed, many writers did excellent work in history and philosophy. How does the author choose to handle them? A. By providing a detailed catalogue of their names B. By analyzing their major works in depth C. By excluding them from discussion here D. By devoting a separate chapter to them Answer: C

Q3. What reason does the author give for not discussing the historical and philosophical writers? A. Their works are lost B. This is not the place to discuss the value of their contributions to their special subjects C. They are not considered part of English literature D. Their works were written in Latin Answer: B

Q4. How does the author view a 'mere catalogue of their names and writings'? A. As highly beneficial to students B. As a necessary evil C. As serving no useful purpose D. As the best way to summarize the era Answer: C

Q5. The omission of historians and philosophers indicates the book's primary focus is on: A. General literature (poetry, fiction, essays, criticism) B. Political theory C. Hard sciences D. Theological debates Answer: A

Q6. The decision not to list the philosophers and historians is a matter of: A. Ignorance B. Space constraints and narrative focus C. Censorship D. Academic disagreement Answer: B

Q7. While the romantic era produced great poetry and essays, it is implied that it also produced substantial work in: A. Greek drama B. History and philosophy C. Modern physics D. Classical sculpture Answer: B

Q8. The phrase 'contributions to the literature of their special subjects' suggests that: A. Their writing is only technical B. They are important in their fields but may not belong in a general literary history C. They were bad writers D. They were mostly novelists in disguise Answer: B

Q9. The author skips these writers to maintain the flow of the book towards which upcoming topic in the next chapter? A. The Augustan Age B. The Novel in the Age of Wordsworth C. The Victorian Drama D. The Renaissance Answer: B

Q1. Chapter 21 focuses on which literary form during the Age of Wordsworth? A. The Epic Poem B. The Essay C. The Novel D. The Drama Answer: C

Q2. For how long did Sir Walter Scott enjoy great success as a writer of romances in verse before turning to prose fiction? A. Five years B. Ten years C. Fifteen years D. Twenty years Answer: B

Q3. Which of the following is given as a reason for Scott turning from verse to prose romance? A. He lost his ability to write rhyming verse B. The original vein he had opened up was getting exhausted C. The government banned verse romances D. He wanted to write history books instead Answer: B

Q4. Whose sudden rise threatened the supremacy Scott had long enjoyed in poetry? A. Keats B. Shelley C. Wordsworth D. Byron Answer: D

Q5. With which work in 1814 did Scott strike out definitely into a new line of prose fiction? A. Rokeby B. Waverley C. The Lay of the Last Minstrel D. The Lady of the Lake Answer: B

Q6. Which of Scott's later narrative poems is described as 'to all intents and purposes a novel in verse'? A. The Lay of the Last Minstrel B. Marmion C. Rokeby D. The Lord of the Isles Answer: C

Q7. In 'Rokeby', what did Scott perceive about the focus of the interest for the first time? A. It centered on character rather than incident B. It centered entirely on incident C. It was purely historical facts D. It was based on supernatural elements Answer: A

Q8. How did verse function for Scott's powers when writing 'Rokeby'? A. As a perfect medium B. As an aid C. As a hindrance D. As an inspiration Answer: C

Q9. Before writing Waverley, Scott had entertained the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry in the style of which book? A. The Castle of Otranto B. Robinson Crusoe C. Pamela D. Tom Jones Answer: A

Q1. The reception accorded to which poem convinced Scott that there was a large English reading public interested in the Highlands? A. The Lay of the Last Minstrel B. Rokeby C. The Lady of the Lake D. Marmion Answer: C

Q2. Whose 'Irish Tales' gave Scott a fresh stimulus to write a prose romance? A. Jane Austen's B. Fanny Burney's C. Maria Edgeworth's D. Mary Shelley's Answer: C

Q3. What particularly struck Scott about Maria Edgeworth's Irish Tales? A. Their supernatural elements B. Their detailed pictures of the characters and manners of the Irish people C. Their strict classical structure D. Their deep philosophical digressions Answer: B

Q4. What did Scott aim to do for Scotland inspired by Maria Edgeworth? A. Write epic poetry about its ancient kings B. What Miss Edgeworth had done for Ireland C. Write a comprehensive political history D. Create a dictionary of the Scottish dialect Answer: B

Q5. How did Scott accidentally rediscover the draft of the first chapters of Waverley? A. While moving houses B. While hunting in a drawer for some fishing tackle C. A friend found it and sent it to him D. He found it in an old book of poetry Answer: B

Q6. How long did it take Scott to complete Waverley after finding the draft? A. Three weeks B. Three months C. A year D. Three days Answer: A

Q7. Scott's work in fiction represents the amalgamation of the 18th century historical romance and what else? A. The 18th century essay B. The 18th century novel of manners C. The 17th century epic D. The Gothic horror story Answer: B

Q8. What unique combination of interests did Waverley bring together for the first time? A. Romance and realism B. Philosophy and science C. Politics and economics D. Poetry and drama Answer: A

Q9. What did Scott do for the story of manners for the first time? A. Set it in a futuristic framework B. Set it in an historical framework C. Wrote it entirely in dialect D. Combined it with fairy tales Answer: B

Q1. How many novels and tales make up the Waverley Novels? A. Twenty-seven novels and five tales B. Twenty novels and ten tales C. Thirty novels and two tales D. Fifteen novels and fifteen tales Answer: A

Q2. The Waverley Novels were the result of how many years of extraordinary creative activity? A. Ten years B. Eighteen years C. Twenty-five years D. Thirty years Answer: B

Q3. Which century does 'Count Robert of Paris' cover? A. Eleventh century B. Twelfth century C. Fourteenth century D. Fifteenth century Answer: A

Q4. 'Ivanhoe' and 'The Talisman' are set in which century? A. Eleventh century B. Twelfth century C. Fourteenth century D. Fifteenth century Answer: B

Q5. In which setting is Scott always at his best? A. Medieval England B. The Scotland of the 17th and 18th centuries C. 15th century France D. 11th century Byzantium Answer: B

Q6. What is Scott's regular practice in his historical novels regarding the hero? A. The hero is always a famous historical king B. The hero is a private individual whose fortunes become involved in great public movements C. The hero is a mythological figure D. The hero never interacts with real historical events Answer: B

Q7. In 'Waverley', the hero Edward Waverley gets entangled in which historical event? A. The Wars of the Roses B. The Jacobite rising of 1745 C. The French Revolution D. The English Civil War Answer: B

Q8. What famous historical figure does Edward Waverley meet in the novel? A. Queen Elizabeth I B. The Young Pretender C. Oliver Cromwell D. Richard the Lionheart Answer: B

Q9. Who noted that Scott's novels taught all men that bygone ages were filled by living men, not by abstractions? A. Jeffrey B. Hazlitt C. Carlyle D. Macaulay Answer: C

Q1. Which of Scott's novels is described as brilliant as a romance but totally untrustworthy as a picture of life in the middle ages due to fundamental anachronisms? A. Waverley B. Rob Roy C. Ivanhoe D. The Antiquary Answer: C

Q2. How is Scott's method of characterization described in contrast to the modern psychological novelist? A. He indulges in elaborate analysis B. He paints in broad, bold outlines with a big brush C. He uses stream of consciousness D. He avoids characterizing people completely Answer: B

Q3. With which kind of characters does Scott achieve remarkable success? A. Complex psychological cases B. Tragic aristocratic heroes C. Simple characters drawn directly from Scottish life D. Foreign royalty Answer: C

Q4. Which strong passions are the notable exception to Scott's lack of power over the stronger passions? A. Romantic love and jealousy B. Greed and ambition C. Patriotism and loyalty D. Religious fanaticism Answer: C

Q5. How is Scott's humor characterized? A. Bitter and sarcastic B. Racy, full-blooded, and always genial and wholesome C. Dark and macabre D. Intellectual and dry Answer: B

Q6. What does the text note about Scott's general treatment of life? A. He had profound spiritual insight and grasp B. He takes the reader deep beneath the surface of things C. His lack of spiritual insight and grasp gives us little more than the external panorama of history D. He focused too heavily on philosophical debates Answer: C

Q7. Despite his shortcomings, what qualities ensure permanence in Scott's literature? A. His delicate lyrical poetry B. Creative energy, touch with large currents of human life, and a manly, robust sound C. His precise historical accuracy D. His psychological depth Answer: B

Q8. According to the text, Scott was marvelously successful in reproducing at least the externals of the periods he described and breathing life into: A. The dead poets B. The dry bones of history C. The mythological gods D. The scientific discoveries Answer: B

Q9. Did Scott write his novels slowly and meticulously? A. Yes, he spent years revising each one B. No, he wrote rapidly and often carelessly C. He dictated them slowly to an amanuensis D. He relied on ghostwriters Answer: B

Q1. Who wrote 'Castle Rackrent', 'The Absentee', and 'Ormond'? A. Susan Edmonstone Ferrier B. Maria Edgeworth C. Jane Austen D. Mary Shelley Answer: B

Q2. Susan Edmonstone Ferrier was a clever painter of characters and manners from which country? A. Ireland B. England C. Scotland D. Wales Answer: C

Q3. Which of the following works was NOT written by Jane Austen? A. Sense and Sensibility B. Pride and Prejudice C. Marriage D. Mansfield Park Answer: C

Q4. Jane Austen achieved an even level of perfection because she never ventured beyond: A. Her own experience and powers B. The historical records of her time C. The Gothic tradition D. The political events of London Answer: A

Q5. Jane Austen's books are characterized by their lack of: A. Everyday occurrences B. The elements of great passion and strong action C. Subtle humor D. Life-like characterization Answer: B

Q6. Who carried on the wildest traditions of the romance of fantasy and horror with 'Melmoth the Wanderer'? A. Charles Robert Maturin B. Theodore Hook C. John Galt D. Thomas Love Peacock Answer: A

Q7. Who was considered one of the fun-makers of his generation, producing loosely written novels that greatly amused the public? A. John Galt B. Theodore Hook C. Thomas Love Peacock D. William Harrison Ainsworth Answer: B

Q8. John Galt's 'Annals of the Parish' contains admirable pictures of contemporary life in: A. Ireland B. London C. Scotland D. Paris Answer: C

Q9. For Thomas Love Peacock, fiction became the vehicle of: A. Gothic horror B. Witty satiric commentary C. Deep psychological analysis D. Religious instruction Answer: B

Q1. George Payne Rainsford James and William Harrison Ainsworth are mentioned as followers of Scott in what genre? A. The domestic novel B. The psychological thriller C. The historical romance D. Satiric commentary Answer: C

Q2. Which novel by William Harrison Ainsworth gives a wonderfully vivid description of London during the Plague and the Great Fire? A. Henry Masterton B. Richelieu C. Old Saint Paul's D. The Tower of London Answer: C

Q3. According to the chronological table, in what year was 'Lyrical Ballads' published? A. 1789 B. 1798 C. 1800 D. 1802 Answer: B

Q4. In what year did William Cowper die, as noted in the table? A. 1798 B. 1799 C. 1800 D. 1802 Answer: C

Q5. The Edinburgh Review was founded in which year? A. 1800 B. 1802 C. 1809 D. 1817 Answer: B

Q6. Maria Edgeworth's 'Castle Rackrent' was published in: A. 1798 B. 1800 C. 1804 D. 1811 Answer: B

Q7. In what year did Byron's 'Hours of Idleness' appear? A. 1805 B. 1807 C. 1809 D. 1812 Answer: B

Q8. The Quarterly Review was founded in what year? A. 1802 B. 1807 C. 1809 D. 1817 Answer: C

Q9. Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' was published in which year? A. 1811 B. 1812 C. 1814 D. 1817 Answer: A

Q1. According to the chronological table, in what year was Charles Dickens born? A. 1809 B. 1811 C. 1812 D. 1820 Answer: C

Q2. Shelley's 'Queen Mab' was published in which year? A. 1813 B. 1816 C. 1820 D. 1821 Answer: A

Q3. Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Waverley' was published in: A. 1812 B. 1813 C. 1814 D. 1816 Answer: C

Q4. Which poem by Wordsworth is listed as being published in 1814? A. Lyrical Ballads B. The Excursion C. Christabel D. Alastor Answer: B

Q5. In what year did Jane Austen die? A. 1814 B. 1816 C. 1817 D. 1820 Answer: C

Q6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine and the London Magazine were both founded in what year? A. 1809 B. 1817 C. 1820 D. 1824 Answer: B

Q7. Keats's first poems were published in what year? A. 1816 B. 1817 C. 1818 D. 1820 Answer: B

Q8. George Eliot was born in which year? A. 1811 B. 1812 C. 1819 D. 1820 Answer: D

Q9. Which two major poets both died between 1821 and 1824 according to this page of the table? A. Wordsworth and Coleridge B. Keats and Shelley C. Byron and Scott D. Crabbe and Keats Answer: B

Q1. In what year were Tennyson's 'Poems' and Mrs. Hemans' 'Songs of the Affections' published? A. 1824 B. 1830 C. 1831 D. 1832 Answer: B

Q2. Moore's 'Life of Byron' was published in: A. 1824 B. 1830 C. 1832 D. 1833 Answer: B

Q3. Which of Browning's early works is listed as being published in 1831 and 1833? A. Pauline B. Sordello C. Paracelsus D. Strafford Answer: A

Q4. Which poet is noted as dying in 1832 alongside Sir Walter Scott? A. George Crabbe B. Lord Byron C. William Wordsworth D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Answer: A

Q5. Sir Walter Scott's death occurred in what year? A. 1824 B. 1830 C. 1832 D. 1850 Answer: C

Q6. The publication of Tennyson's 'Poems' in 1830 marked the early career of a major poet of which upcoming era? A. The Augustan era B. The Romantic era C. The Victorian era D. The Edwardian era Answer: C

Q7. The timeline of this chapter effectively ends around the year: A. 1815 B. 1824 C. 1832 D. 1850 Answer: C

Q8. The juxtaposition of Scott's death and Tennyson/Browning's first publications illustrates: A. The end of prose B. The transition from the Romantic to the Victorian literary period C. The end of all romantic writing D. A dark age in English literature Answer: B

Q9. Which table column is Moore's 'Life of Byron' listed under? A. Verse B. General Prose C. The Novel D. Drama Answer: B

Q1. Chapter 22 deals with the Age of Tennyson, covering which years? A. 1798-1832 B. 1832-1887 C. 1887-1914 D. 1850-1900 Answer: B

Q2. The period called the Age of Tennyson corresponds very closely in general history with which era? A. The Elizabethan Age B. The Augustan Age C. The Victorian Age D. The Romantic Age Answer: C

Q3. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in what year? A. 1832 B. 1837 C. 1850 D. 1887 Answer: B

Q4. Which year is taken as marking the close of the Age of Tennyson in this survey? A. 1887 (the year of Victoria's jubilee) B. 1901 (the year of Victoria's death) C. 1892 (the year of Tennyson's death) D. 1850 (the year Tennyson became Laureate) Answer: A

Q5. How does the author describe the literature of the Age of Tennyson? A. Monotonous and purely classical B. Wonderfully rich and varied in personal quality C. Highly imitative of the Augustans D. Lacking in all social awareness Answer: B

Q6. The literature of the Age of Tennyson everywhere embodies the spirit of: A. The French Revolution B. Victorian England C. The Renaissance D. The Protestant Reformation Answer: B

Q7. The Victorian Age was an era of surprising change along many lines. What makes its literature unique? A. It was written exclusively by women B. It could not conceivably have been produced at any other time in history C. It rejected the printing press D. It focused only on the medieval past Answer: B

Q8. The enormous complexity of the Victorian period makes what impossible within brief limits? A. Exhaustive analysis B. Reading the poetry C. Naming the authors D. Understanding the language Answer: A

Q9. Which two spheres are identified as containing the great dominant movements of the time? A. Military and naval B. Political/social and intellectual C. Artistic and musical D. Agricultural and industrial Answer: B

Q1. Which Reform Bill had already destroyed the political supremacy of the landed aristocracy by the start of the Victorian era? A. The Reform Bill of 1867 B. The Reform Bill of 1884 C. The Reform Bill of 1832 D. The Reform Bill of 1918 Answer: C

Q2. Why did the Reform Bill of 1832 fail to satisfy those pushing for a radical measure? A. It left the greater part of the laboring classes still un-enfranchised B. It abolished the monarchy C. It gave too much power to the King D. It banned trade unions Answer: A

Q3. What great popular movement kept England in a state of political unrest for some ten years? A. Luddism B. Chartism C. Jacobitism D. Methodism Answer: B

Q4. What term is used to describe the widespread misery of the 1840s? A. The roaring forties B. The hungry forties C. The golden forties D. The bleak forties Answer: B

Q5. The first decade of the Queen's reign is described as an anxious time, but it stirred the social consciousness and gave impetus to: A. Imperial conquests B. Philanthropic energy and the spirit of humanitarianism C. The rise of the slave trade D. Military dictatorship Answer: B

Q6. The repeal of which laws ushered in an era of much improved industrial conditions? A. The Poor Laws B. The Navigation Acts C. The Corn Laws D. The Test Acts Answer: C

Q7. After what year did the Chartist movement die out? A. 1832 B. 1837 C. 1848 D. 1867 Answer: C

Q8. Tennyson sang the praises of England as a 'crown'd republic' due to what peaceful revolution? A. The execution of Charles I B. The Reform Bills of 1867 and 1884-85 C. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 D. The French Revolution Answer: B

Q9. Beyond any other period in history, the Victorian Age was an age of: A. Epic poetry and tragedy B. Social interests and practical ideals C. Extreme political apathy D. Pure aestheticism Answer: B

Q1. During the fifty years of the Victorian Age, the progress of science kept pace with the progress of what? A. Monarchy B. Democracy C. Feudalism D. Romanticism Answer: B

Q2. How did the amount of positive knowledge added during this time compare to previous eras? A. It was less than the Renaissance B. It matched the Augustan age C. It was far more than in all the preceding eighteen centuries D. It declined significantly Answer: C

Q3. How were the facts and speculations of experts spread to the public at large? A. By wandering minstrels B. Through popular education, newspapers, magazines, and cheap books C. Through royal decrees D. By traveling theatre troupes Answer: B

Q4. What is identified as the greatest of all modern generalizations? A. The theory of relativity B. The doctrine of evolution C. The germ theory of disease D. The laws of thermodynamics Answer: B

Q5. Which three names are specially associated with the doctrine of evolution in this text? A. Newton, Galileo, Kepler B. Darwin, Wallace, and Herbert Spencer C. Lyell, Faraday, Maxwell D. Huxley, Tyndall, Kelvin Answer: B

Q6. What was the consequence of the rapid progress and popularization of knowledge on thought? A. Universal peace and religious harmony B. A vast upheaval in thought and shaking of the ancient intellectual order C. A return to medieval scholasticism D. The complete abandonment of science Answer: B

Q7. The Victorian Age was marked throughout by the prominence of which spirit? A. Unquestioning religious faith B. Inquiry, criticism, scepticism, and spiritual struggle C. Absolute political conformity D. Classical mythology Answer: B

Q8. The analytical and critical habit of mind fostered by science resulted in a marked development of what in literature? A. Realism B. Fantasy C. Epic tragedy D. Pure romanticism Answer: A

Q9. Which mechanical agencies are mentioned as breaking down barriers between town and country, and nation and nation? A. The printing press and the telescope B. The railway, the steamship, and the telegraph C. The automobile and the airplane D. The spinning jenny and the power loom Answer: B