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1-which kind of poetry was dominant

in te Augustian age?
a-Epic story b) lyric poetry c)
satiric poetry d) romantic poetry
2-who called the Augstan age as the
age of prose and reason?
a-Matthew Arnold b) Dr. Samuel
Johnson c)Joseph Addison d) Charles
lamb
3-The Neo-classical age was divided
into different periods
;a-Uniting spain with England
b) dividing england and Scotland
c-uniting england and Scotland
d) dividing England and great Britain
4-the term classic was first applied
to the works of the great;
a-Anglo saxon writers
b) Roman and Greek writers
c) Elizabethan and French writers
d)Italian and French writers
5-who was the first to call the age oof
pope and Johnson as the Augustian
age?
aSteele b)johnson
c) goldsmith d) addison
6-the English writers of the augustain
age were greatly influenced by;
a-Chaucer and wycliff b) pope and
Dryden
c) Marlowe and
Shakespeare
d) aristole and longinus
7-The first important work of Pope
which appeared in 1711 is:
a-Windsor forest b) The Rape of the
Lock
c) Pastorals
d)Essay on criticism

8-Sham classicism refers to:

a-Ancient classicism b) neo-classicism
c) pseudo classicism d) none of the
above
9-who were the jocobites?
a- The whigs B)the tories
c) the Irish
d)the Scottish
10-who is widely acknowledged for his
She Tragedies in which the sorrows
and sufferings of the female victims
are shown?
a-William Shakespeare b)sir William
temple
c) lord
Halifax d) john locke
11-name the poet and dramatist who
become the poet Laureate in 1715:
a-John Dryden b) John gay
c) Matthew Prior d) Nicholas Rowe
12-In which of the following satires of
Pope does a character Atticus figure?
a- The rape of the lock B)the dunciad
c)epistles of Horace d)an epistle to
Dr.Arbuthnot
13-queen anne died in:
a- 1712 B)1710
c)1716 d)1714
14-The Tatler appeared :
a- Once a week b) twice a week
c) thrice a week d) daily
15-the character atticus is a caricature
of:
aAddison B)steele c) Johnson
d)Hazlitt
16-the tattler was published under the
fictitious name of:
a- Berkley B)isac bickstaff
c)joseph freeport d) sir roger coverley

17-out of the 555 issues of The

Spectator , how many were written by
Addison?
a-269 b) 270
c)274 d) 276
18-how many issues of The Spectator
were written by steele ?
a-232
B)236
c) 238
d)280
19-sir roger de coverley was:
a-An important member of the
spectator club
b-The famous imaginary old man of
Addisons essays
c-The patron of Addison
d-The publisher of coverley papers
20- Addison has often been hailed as
the pioneer of:
a-The essay form b- The modern
novel
c-Prose fiction
d-The middle style
21-Johnathan swift was the cousin of:
a-Johnson b-Thomson
c)cowper d) Dryden
22-Besides Marlowe ,who else wrote a
tradedy by the name Tamerlane?
a-Nicholas rowe b)Addison
c) steele d) john gay
23- which of the following is not the
work of Addison ?
a-The Peace of Ryswick b-The
Campaign
c-Cato
d-Mr.Badman
24-Cato by Joseph Addison is a:
a--Novel b) comedy
c) tragedy d) romance
25-which of the following novels is
written by Richardson?

a- Clarissa harlowe B)humphry clinker

c) Roderick random d) joseph
Andrews
26-who rapes clarissa in Richardsons
novel?
a-Belford b)
howe
c)lovelace d) all of the above
27-who said about Pope if Pope be
not a poet,where is poetry to be
found?
a-Dr.Johnson b) Wordsworth
c) Hazlitt d) Eliot
28-which of the following is a mock
epic?
a-Pilgrims
progress b) robinson crusoe
c) The Rape of the lock d) Gullivers
Travels
29-A mock heroic epic:
a-Is a satire on a real epic
b-Is an imitation of a real epic
c-Is a parody of a real epic
d-Is another version of a real epic
30-a largec number of sylphs are
incharge of Belindas petticoat in The
Rape of the Lock .how many sylphs
are given this charge?
a- 50 B) 60 c) 70 d) 80
31-who said the proper study of
mankind is man?
a-Ben Johnson b)shakespeare
c) dryden d) Pope
32-Moll flanders and Roxana (Daniel
Dofoe) are:
a-Prostitutes b)
fairies c) dancers d) musicians
33-the first novel of Henry fielding is:
a-Tom jones b) Amelia
c) jonathan wild d) Joseph Andrews

34-in joseph Andrews felding

parodise :
aJoseph Andrews B) A journey from this
world to the next c) The life of
Johnathan Wild the great d)
Richardsons Pamela.
35-how many plays did Henry fielding
write?
A-21 b) 23
c) 25 d) 27
36-the champion by fielding is a:
a)novel b) play
c)journal d) poem
37-Johnson started the periodical :
a-Champion b) the bee
c) rambler d) the true patriot
38-which of the following was written
by Samuel Johnson to pay ir his
mothers funeral?
a-Rambler b) rasselas
c) Dictionary d) lives of the poets
39-who wrote the famous novel
Tristam Shandy?
a-Laurence sterne b- fielding
c-Smollett
d- george eliot
40-identify the correct order:
a-Fielding,sterne, Richardson ,Smollett
b- Richardson,Smollett,sterne,fielding
c- Smollett, sterne,Richardson,fielding
d-Richardson,fielding ,smollert ,stterne
41-who is the most important writer of
the Pindaric odes in English?
a-Keats b) Shelley
c) gray d) dyden
42-gray was offered the poet
laureateship
b) 1756
c) 1757 d) 1758

a-1754

43-The paths of glory lead but to the

grave who wrote this famous line?
a)Shelley b) keats
c) collins d) gray
44-when was Samuel Johnson
biographer?
mackenzie b)boswell
c)brook d) walope

a-

45-boswell wrote a series of articles

for:
a-The
London club
b-The London herald
c-The London chronicle d-The London
magazine
46-william Cowper is best known for
his:
a-Elegies
b) satires
c) short poems d) none of the above
47-pope made poetry a mere
mechanic art,and every walker had
tune by heart .who said this about
Pope?
a-William cowper b) William
wordsworth
c)
Matthew Arnold d) lord Byron
48-god made the country and man
made the towns appears in cowpers;
a-Hope b) truth
c) the task d) expostulation
49-which of the following is not
William Collin;s work?
A-Ode to fear b) ode to winter
c)ode to the passions d)ode to
evening
50-Thomas Grays Elegy written in a
country Churchyard begins with the
line
a-The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day.
B-What does the word
curfew mean here c-Time of sunset

b) evening prayer in the church c)

ringing of bells in the evening in the
church
D) dusk time