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ENGLISH 10 – Long Quiz #1

Name: __________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Date: _________

A. Periods of Literature
Identification: Choose the answer inside the box. And write it on the space provided each number.

Two Greek and Roman poets Robert Frost Early Period

Medieval Period Renaissance Period Later Period Five

Romantic Period Victorian Period Queen Victoria Modern Period

Post Modern Period William Shakespeare Geoffrey Chaucer Anglo-Saxon

_____________1. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period or Old English Period.


_____________2. In what period does the first printing press was invented?
_____________3. It is the Great Age of Novels and it emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and
Individualism.
_____________4. It referred to as the Age of Reason and known as neoclassical period.
_____________5. It is the Golden Age of Literature and Arts.
_____________6. “The Road not Taken” was written by _________.
_____________7. He is considered as the “Father of English Literature”.
_____________8. Victorian Period was the reign of ________.
_____________9. William Wordsworth is one of the significant authors of what literary period?
_____________10. Later period of literature was divided into ____ sub-periods of literature.

B. Ancient Greek Literature


True or False: Write True if the statement is true and if the statement is false write the correct word on
the space provided.

_____________11. Greek Literature become prominent during the Classical Period.


_____________12. Plato is the best-known writer of Greek New Comedy.
_____________13. Homer wrote two great epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey.
_____________14. Aeschylus, Sophocles and Aristotle were the three greatest tragic playwrights.
_____________15. Sappho composed the melic narrative, a special type of lyric poem that was sung,
not recited.
_____________16. The Hellenistic Age was the rise of pastoral poetry.
_____________17. Encyclopedias came into existence during the Medieval and Early Modern Period.
_____________18. The most important literary form that the Greeks invented was the novel.
_____________19. Sophists is a group of Greek philosophers.
_____________20. The unique characteristic of Greek literature is that it was written, meant to be
delivered by mouth and be heard.

C. Essay: Explain your thoughts. (5 points)

What makes Greek Literature unique and influential than other literatures?
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