1. The earliest period of English Literature is the

Renaissance;

Victorian Period;

Anglo-Saxon Period;

Modern Period

2. The framework of the Anglo-Saxon Period is

1702-1798;

450-1066;

1901-1945;

1485-1625

3. Christianity was brought to England in the

9th century;

6th century;

12Th century;

4th century

4. ‘Beowulf’ was composed about

500;

400;

700;

900

5. ‘Hymn’, ‘The Seafarer’, ‘Fight at Finnsburgh’, ‘The Christ’ are

Old English poems;

Medieval ballads;

Renaissance plays;

Postmodern novels

6. ‘Beowulf’ was written by

Cædmon;

Charles Dickens;

an unknown writer;

Geoffrey Chaucer

7. ‘Beowulf’ is a/an

folk ballad;

novel;

legend;

epic poem

8. They are all the old English poets except

Cynewulf;

Homer;

Cædmon;

the Venerable Bede

9. The Venerable Bede wrote

‘The Seafarer’;

‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’;

‘Fight at Finnsburgh’;

‘Beowulf’

10. The repetition of identical consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words is a/an

anapest;

alliteration;

stanza;

aphorism

11. ‘Beowulf’ consists of

12 parts;

10 parts;

2 parts;

1 part

12. Alfred the Great is best known for

‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’;

‘Deor's Lament’;

‘The Christ’;

‘Widsith’

13. The earliest Anglo-Saxon literature was oral and would be performed by a

knight;

scop;

Viking;

chorus

14. In Old English literature the pause in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line is a

blank verse;

caesura;

simile;

satire

15. They are all the characters from ‘Beowulf’ except

Wiglaf;

Gulliver;

Grendel;

Hygelac

16. A long narrative poem in grave and stately language about the achievements of a national heroic figure is a/an

epic poem;

sonnet;

madrigal;

epitaph

17. In Old English poetry kenning is a/an

internal speech;

formalized metaphorical phrase;

stanzaic form;

regular interval

18. ‘Beowulf’ was written in

Latin;

Anglo-Saxon;

German;

French

19. These are the characteristics of the poetic form of ‘Beowulf’ except a/an

alliteration;

caricature;

caesura;

kenning

20. The framework of the Medieval Period is

1798-1837;

450-1066;

1702-1798;

1066-1485

21. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ were written by

William Langland;

Geoffrey Chaucer;

Thomas Malory;

an unknown writer

22. The pilgrims in ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer fall into

10 groups;

4 groups;

3 groups;

12 groups

23. Geoffrey Chaucer’s poetry is divided into these 3 periods

French, Italian, English;

Spanish, Polish, English;

German, Swiss, English;

Latin, Portuguese, English

24. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer is a long poem made up of

‘The Prologue’ and 100 stories;

24 stories;

‘The Prologue’ and 24 stories;

100 stories

25. Geoffrey Chaucer was buried in

Paris;

Westminster Abbey in London;

Rome;

Buckingham Palace in London

26. They are all the characters from ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer except

Knight;

Pardoner;

Squire;

Queen

27. ‘Sir Patrick Spens’, ‘The Wife of Usher’s Well’ are medieval English

novels;

folk ballads;

fairy tales;

legends

28. The first printing press was established in England in 1476 by

Geoffrey Chaucer;

King Arthur;

William Caxton;

William Shakespeare

29. All the stories in ‘The Canterbury Tales’ by Geoffrey Chaucer are

legends;

fables;

of different kinds;

romances

30. To portray the pilgrims as individuals in ‘The Canterbury Tales’ Geoffrey Chaucer used

metaphors, similes, epithets;

allusions, aphorisms;

epigrams, anecdotes;

interior monologues

31. ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ was written in the Middle Ages by an English writer

William Langland;

Geoffrey Chaucer;

Alfred the Great;

Thomas Malory

32. The magician Merlin is a character from

‘Beowulf’;

‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare;

‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ by Thomas Malory;

the Bible

33. The morality play, the mystery play, the folk ballad, the romance are typical of English

Victorian Literature;

Anglo-Saxon Literature;

Medieval Literature;

Postmodern Literature

34. ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ refers to English

Medieval Literature;

Victorian Literature;

Anglo-Saxon Literature;

Postmodern Literature

35. William Langland wrote ‘The Vision of Piers the Ploughman’ which is a/an

morality play;

fable;

allegorical narrative poem;

tragedy

36. ‘The Vision of Piers the Ploughman’ was written in the 14th century by an English writer

William Langland;

Geoffrey Chaucer;

Alfred the Great;

Thomas Malory

37. ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ tells of the adventures of

King Arthur;

King Arthur’s knight;

Merlin;

Queen Elisabeth I

38. A traditional tale, handed down from generation to generation, believed to be based on history is a/an

myth;

legend;

ode;

sonnet

39. A figure of speech that compares two seemingly different things is a/an

allusion;

metaphor;

kenning;

irony

40. A figure of speech that states a comparison directly, often by using the word like or as is a/an

anecdote;

simile;

symbol;

parallelism

41. The framework of the Renaissance is

1485-1625;

450-1066;

1702-1798;

1066-1485

42. Thomas Wyatt, Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Henry Howard Surrey are English Renaissance

novelists;

dramatists;

poets;

comedians

43. ‘The Faerie Queene’, ‘The Shepherd’s Calendar’ were written by an English poet

Philip Sidney;

Edmund Spenser;

William Shakespeare;

Henry Howard Surrey

44. Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene’ was tend to glorify

Queen Elisabeth I;

Queen Elisabeth II;

Queen Mary I;

Queen Anne

45. This English Renaissance poet was the first to bring the sonnet to England

Thomas Wyatt;

Philip Sidney;

Edmund Spenser;

Henry Howard Surrey

46. A sonnet is a poem of

9 lines;

12 lines;

10 lines;

14 lines

47. The English sonnet consists of

octave and sestet;

3 quatrains and a couplet;

2 sestets;

5 couplets

48. Thomas Kyd, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, etc. are a group of young Renaissance writers known as

Angry Young Men;

the University Wits;

Stream of Consciousness;

Troubadours

49. All the plays belong to Christopher Marlowe except

‘Tamburlaine the Great’;

‘Doctor Faustus’;

‘The Merchant of Venice’;

‘The Jew of Malta’

50. William Shakespeare was born on April 23 in

1616;

1564;

1578;

1601

51. William Shakespeare died on April 23 in

1616;

1564;

1578;

1601

52. William Shakespeare was buried in

Stratford-upon-Avon;

Westminster Abbey in London;

Manchester;

Liverpool

53. William Shakespeare wrote

120 sonnets;

154 sonnets;

199 sonnets;

100 sonnets

54. William Shakespeare wrote all in all about

37 plays;

50 plays;

20 plays;

154 plays

55. The following William Shakespeare’s plays are called Roman Plays except

‘Julius Caesar’;

‘Richard III’;

‘Coriolanus’;

‘Anthony and Cleopatra’

56. ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘The Rape of Lucrece’ are William Shakespeare’s earliest

sonnets;

narrative poems;

historical plays;

comedies

57. The following William Shakespeare’s plays are called romances except

‘Cymbeline’;

‘The Winter’s Tale’;

‘The Tempest’;

‘Henry V’

58. The following are called William Shakespeare’s great tragedies except

‘Othello’;

‘The Taming of the Shrew’;

‘King Lear’;

‘Hamlet’

59. In his sonnets William Shakespeare addresses

‘The Dark Lady’;

the ghost;

his wife;

his parents

60. They are all the characters from William Shakespeare’s plays except

Desdemona;

Volpone;

Caliban;

Cordelia

61. The King James Bible was made by 47 scholars and published in

1616;

1600;

1611;

1601

62. The revival of ancient Greek and Roman art, science and learning during the 15th century in England is the

Restoration;

Renaissance;

Modernism;

Romanticism

63. ‘Utopia’ was written in Latin by an English writer

Thomas More;

Francis Bacon;

John Lyly;

Ben Jonson

64. Francis Bacon is best known for his

essays;

pamphlets;

ballads;

sonnets

65. This play belongs to Ben Jonson

‘Cymbeline’;

‘Tamburlaine the Great’;

‘Every Man in his Humour’;

‘Doctor Faustus’

66. The following are the parts of a play except

climax;

resolution;

rising and falling actions;

atmosphere

67. The sequence of events in a short story, novel, or play is a

climax;

plot;

setting;

conflict

68. Characters in a literary work can be the following except

static;

dynamic;

flat;

alliterative

69. The struggle between two opposing forces, the centre of a plot is a

setting;

conflict;

diction;

dialogue

70. William Shakespeare wrote the following except

plays;

sonnets;

fables;

poems

71. The framework of the 17th century is

1485-1625;

1625-1702;

1702-1798;

1066-1485

72. John Donne, John Milton, John Bunyan are the writers of the

Renaissance;