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1.
Who is the author of the book titled "Zest for Life"?
Leo Tolstoy
Alexander Pope
Émile Zola
Khaled Hosseini
None of the above
2.
Which poet famously said that he woke up one morning to find himself famous following the release of his poem?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Lord George Byron
William Wordsworth
John Keats
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
3.
Who criticized Hazlitt as part of the so-called 'Cockney School of Poetry'?
Alfred Tennyson
Charles Lamb
John Gibson Lockhart
None of the above
William Wordsworth
4.
Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Christopher Marlowe
5.
Which of the following was the debut play written by Ben Jonson?
Every Man in His Humour
Cynthia Revels
The Alchemist
Epicene or The Silent Woman
Every Man in His Humour, originally staged in 1598 by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the same troupe associated with Shakespeare.
6.
Who was recognized as the first official Poet Laureate in English literature?
Thomas Carlyle
Alexander Pope
John Dryden
John Ruskin
7.
What term describes the non-verbal elements of speech that accompany spoken language?
Metalanguage
Paralanguage
Protolanguage
None of the above
Nonverbal language
8.
Which monarch was removed from the English throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
Queen Elizabeth I
King James II
King George II
William III and Mary II
None of the above
9.
Who is credited with being the earliest user of blank verse?
Thomas Wyatt
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Sir Thomas More
None of these
William Shakespeare
10.
In which language was Thomas More's Utopia first composed?
Ancient Roman
Latin
English
Spanish
French
11.
Who is the author of the well-known book titled "The Conquest of Happiness"?
Francis Bacon
Bertrand Russell
Rudyard Kipling
None of the above
12.
Who authored the novel titled 'The Alchemist'?
Napoleon Hill
Isaac Newton
Paulo Coelho
Helen Frowe
None of the above
13.
Who is the writer of the novel "The Lord of the Rings"?
Thomas Hardy
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mary Shelley
Ian Fleming
Charles Dickens
14.
Select the option that is NOT a play written by Shakespeare.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
15.
Who is the author of the book titled 'The Alchemist'?
Ben Jonson
Paulo Coelho
Christopher Marlowe
None of the above
16.
Which play written by Christopher Marlowe depicted the historical events of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572?
The Berlin Massacre
Massacre in Rome
Copenhagen Massacre
The Paris Massacre
None of the above
17.
Which one of the following is a traditional form of Japanese poetry?
Jintishi
Villanelle
Ode
Tanka
18.
Who is credited with coining the term 'Pathetic fallacy'?
John Milton
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Thomas Carlyle
John Ruskin
William Wordsworth
19.
To whom did Keats dedicate his poem Endymion?
Leigh Hunt
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Thomas Chatterton
Percy Shelley
20.
Which character in Sons and Lovers advocates for women's rights?
Mrs. Morel
Annie
Miriam
Clara Dawes
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