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1.What is the total number of chapters contained in the Quran?

2.Who authored works during the Augustan literary era?

Robert HerrickJeremy TaylorSamuel RichardsonThomas Hobbes

3.Who is the renowned Irish poet and playwright?

W.B. YeatsLeo TolstoyAlexander PopeH.G. Wells

4.Who is the author of the poem 'The Excursion'?

Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWilliam BlakePercy Bysshe ShelleyNone of the above

5.What defines an epistolary novel?

A novel that is brief in lengthA novel focusing on individual emotionsA short novel or novellaA novel composed of letters exchanged between characters

6.What do you call a written work where someone narrates their own life story?

a journala life story written by anotheran autobiographya historical record

7.Who was named Poet Laureate in the year 1813?

8.Which literary movement is William Wordsworth associated with?

9.According to the Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1988, which is considered Shakespeare's earliest written play?

The Taming of the ShrewAs You Like ItThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaTitus Andronicus

10.What does the word 'Renaissance' mean?

A period of renewal or revivalAn act of depicting or portrayingThe act of displaying or showingA person who resists authority

11.Which individual is famously known as the Bird of Avon?

John DrydenWilliam ShakespeareJohn MiltonNo one from the above

12.Who famously described Shakespeare as 'not of an age, but for all time'?

13.From which play is the famous line, "To be, or not to be, that is the question," taken?

MacbethHamletAs You Like ItOthello

14.Who is the author of the poem 'The Revolt of Islam'?

William WordsworthSamuel Taylor ColeridgePercy Bysshe ShelleyNone of the above

15.From which play is the line 'The quality of mercy is not strained' taken?

16.What type of poem is 'Hyperion' classified as?

A mournful elegyA lengthy epicA lyric poemNone of the above

17.Which poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson was especially favored by Queen Victoria?

The Idylls of the KingThe Charge of the Light BrigadeIn MemoriamNone of the above

18.What does the term 'Hellenism' in relation to Keats signify?

His admiration for poetryHis appreciation for ancient civilizationsHis passion for Greek art and cultureNone of the above

19.What is the definition of hyperbole?

an extended line of poetrya lengthy story told in versea dominant perspectivean exaggerated statement used for emphasis

20.How would you best describe Hardy's temperament?

AffectionateUnconcernedSpitefulNot applicable

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