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1
Kipling, Dickens, Brontë sisters and Wilde lived in...
Age of Enlightenment
Victorian Age
Elizabethan Age
Edwardian Age
2
Name the most famous poem from the Old English period:
Beowulf
The Battle of Maldon
The Wanderer
Exodus
3
Which of these periods is also called The Golden Age of English literature?
Elizabethan age
Restoration age
Ice age
Queen’s age
4
The Canterbury Tales is the most famous text from the Medieval period, who wrote it?
William Shartland
William Langland
Geoffrey Chaucer
Queen Elizabeth II.
5
What is called the famous novel by Daniel Defoe in which the main character ends up on a desolated island?
Dora the explorer
Robinson Crusoe
The Island adventure
Robin Cruso
6
"Restoration" was...
the form of government Oliver Cromwell established in England
a conflict between Republicans and Royalists at the beginning of Civil Wars
the return of monarchy after 11 years of Republican rule
conservation of cultural heritage
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In which century was The Canterbury Tales written?
15th
14th
13th
12th
8
Is the most popular author of this period W. Shakespeare?
False
True
9
Beowulf makes up 10% of all text preserved in Old English.
False
True
10
Where was Rudyard Kipling born?
Indiana
Indonesia
Paris
India
11
Choose in which century/ies the Restoration age took place:
17th-18th
18th-19th
17th
18th
12
Is his most famous book called The Jungle Cook?
True
False
13
William Congreve is a super-important playwright of the Restoration period
False
True
14
What is NOT one of the main features of Romanticism?
strict rules
love of and worship of nature
creativity and imagination
spontaneity and emotions
15
What is called the next part of English literature (19th century)
The Romantic period
The Roman period
The Colony influence era
The Dark Age of English literature
16
Which of these isn’t Shakespeare’s work?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Quixote
Romeo and Juliet
