Ages, era, period – MCQs

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1.Which institution or group regained power in the year 1660?

2.Which term did authors of this era use to describe sharp mental agility, creativity, the ability to create vivid images and metaphors, and to recognize similarities between seemingly unrelated things?

3.Which of the following literary works depict and explore the theme of a social outcast?

4.Which character type would be unsuitable as the main protagonist in a Romantic literary work?

5.Which literary figure is known as the 'Morning Star of the Renaissance'?

6.From which literary piece is the line “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” taken?

7.Which of the following poets are known as representatives of the 'peasant poet' tradition?

8.Which poet advocated both in his writings and in practice the importance of depicting rural life and dialect, along with marginalized individuals and criminals, not only within the traditional pastoral genre but also as central themes and forms for poetry overall?

9.What was the name of the only brother of the Brontë sisters?

10.Which historic figure did numerous Romantic poets often associate themselves with when reflecting on earlier times?

11.What was a key contributor to Great Britain's extraordinary economic prosperity in the 1700s?

12.What is the total number of lines typically found in a sonnet?

13.Which substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge known to be addicted to?

14.In which novel does the character Becky Sharp play the leading role?

15.Which literary work satirizes the superficiality of fashionable London society?

16.Which literary piece most effectively reflects the political unrest, especially concerning religious matters, immediately following the Restoration period?

17.Which ancient Gaelic warrior-poet was praised by both Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson as surpassing Homer in greatness?

18.Which two poets joined forces to produce the 1798 collection Lyrical Ballads, embodying the "spirit of the age" by embracing the boundless potential of poetic creativity during a time of revolutionary ideals?

19.Which poetic structure is Alexander Pope credited with mastering to its highest level?

20.Which of the following works does not draw influence from the Gothic literary tradition?