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ENGLISH LITERATURE (PERIODS, AUTHORS, & WORKS
ENGLISH LITERATURE (PERIODS, AUTHORS, & WORKS
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This period has a mnemonics "TREP" TRANSITION, REVOLUTION EXPLORATION, PROSE
20th Century
Middle English Period
17th Century
18th Century
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It is the oldest surviving germanic epic in the longest old english poem.
The Faerrie Quenne
Everyman
Beowulf
Dream of the Rood
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What is Caedmon's known surviving work which is basis of our lord's prayer
Caedmon's hymn
The Fate of the Apostles
Juliana
Ecclesiastical History
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The King of Wassex who wrote in his native tongue and encouraged scholarly translation from latin into old english.
Cynewolf
Caedmon
King Alfred The Great
Venerable Bede
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It is a notable work in the middle english period that talks about every man's facing death.
Dr Faustus
Everyman
Samson
Song to Celia
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What story of william shakespeare is the TRAGEDY OF PARENTAL LOVE?
Macbeth
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
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In the 18th century he is the founder of modern scientific methods.
Francis Bacon
Samuel Johnson
Ben Jonson
William Wordsworth
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In the 18th century he introduced the Spenserian stanza (ABAB BCBC C or ABAB BCBC CDCD EE)
Richard Lovelace
Samuel Taylor
Edmund Spencer
Oscar Wilde
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Who is the famous author in VICTORIAN AGE who wrote SONNET FROM THE PORTUGUESE & SONNET 43- feeling of love and devotion
Robert Browning
John Smith
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Oscar Wilde
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It is a period in english literature that emerged as the dominant language work centered on religion.
18th Century
17th Century
Middle English Period
Renaissance
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How many lines and syllables in a SONNET?
14 lines with 10 syllables
13 lines with 14 syllables
10 lines with 8 syllables
12 lines with 10 syllables
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In the renaissance period who is the author of the SONG TO CELIA - "drink to me with thine eyes"
Edmund Spencer
Ben Johnson
Francis Bacon
Christopher Marlowe
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What is the long rumbling love story presenting KNIGHTLY adventures and courtly love?
Metrical plays
Mystery plays
Morality plays
Miracle plays
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The greatest anglo-saxon scholar who wrote the ecclesiastical history of english people.
Venerable Bede
Caedmon
Cynewolf
King alfred the great
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Who is a famous author who wrote "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY" he is also known to often poke fun at victorian society.
Thomas Jefferson
Oscar Wilde
Stephen Carne
Robert Browning
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Author in anglo-saxon and uncleared cowherd humirausly acquired the gift of poetic song
Venerable Bede
Cynewolf
King Alfred The Great
Caedmon
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This period is also called the golden age of british novels that focuses on societal problems.
Victorian age
Romantic movement
Renaissance period
Dark ages
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This period is the age of reason or enlightenment to emphasize reason over superstition and signs over blind faith.
17th century
19th century
20th century
18th century
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What kind of religious dramas when we say VALUES AND VIRTUES are the main characters.
Morality plays
Mystery plays
Metrical plays
Miracle plays
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In the 17th century he was one of the leading figures of the metaphysical poetry movements or serious poetry.
Samuel Johnson
John Donne
Richard Lovelace
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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In the Renaissance Period who is the famous AUTHOR who wrote the "HOLY SONNETS" collection of 19 deeply spiritual poems.
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Johnson
Daniel Defoe
John Donne
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What story of william shakespeare is the TRAGEDY OF YOUNG LOVE?
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
Hamlet
Othello
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What story of William Shakespeare is the TRAGEDY OF JEALOUSY?
King Lear
Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
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Who is the author of the English Novel "Robin Crusoe"- the story of castaway survival on a deserted island.
Daniel Defoe
Robert Browning
Robert Frost
Thomas Jefferson
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This period is characterized by SENSES, RURAL AND NATURAL, SUBJECTIVE POETRY, INTEREST IN THE MYSTERIOUS.
Victorian age
Dark ages
Romantic movement
Renaissance
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In the religious dramas what play if we say SAINTS are the main characters
Morality plays
Metrical plays
Miracle plays
Mystery plays
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This period is an opposition against ROMANTICISM. Shifting from the abstract to addressing social issues.
Victorian age
Renaissance period
20th century
Dark age
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He is the famous LEXICOGRAPHER and the father of modern english dictionary in 18th Century
Daniel Defoe
Elizabeth Browning
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Taylor
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In the RENAISSANCE period Who is the author of the FAERIE QUEENE - one of the longest poems in the english language.
Francis Bacon
Edmund Spencer
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
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An author from an old english period which signed his poems in a kind of cipher or anagram ancient figures called runes.
Caedmon
King Alfred The Great
Venerable Bede
Cynewolf
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In this period fiction no longer followed a forward moving narrative that brought this content and disillusionment.
Medieval
Victorian
Renaissance
After The World Wars
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In this century the authors model the styles of greek and romans writers also called Neoclassicism.
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
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Who wrote the story TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS?
Daniel Defoe
John Donne
Samuel Johnson
Richard Lovelace
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This period believed in the importance of the 3 I's INDIVIDUAL IMAGINATION AND INTUITION.
Romantic movement
Victorian age
20th century
18th century
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"A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Robert Browning
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Johnson
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What story of William Shakespeare is the TRAGEDY OF REVENGE?
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
Macbeth
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In the 18th century he is a famous author in the renaissance period who is also known as the FATHER OF ENGLISH COMEDY.
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson
Francis Bacon
Edmund Spencer
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In the 17th century what kind of poetry if the focus is more on LOVE, LOYALTY, AND CARPE DIEM (SEIZE THE DAY).
Harmonic poetry
Love poetry
Heroic poetry
Cavalier poetry
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It is a period in english literature that focuses on human potential and achievements in the celebration of language.
17th Century
18th Century
Renaissance
Romantic Movement
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He is a famous author in RENAISSANCE PERIOD who is known as the FATHER OF ENGLISH TRAGEDY
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spencer
Francis Bacon
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What play in religious dramas when we say CHRIST is the main character
Mystery plays
Morality plays
Miracle plays
Mythical plays
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In the 18th century he is also known as the greatest writer in the English language and the Bard of Avon.
William Defoe
William Wordsworth
William Shakespeare
William Browning
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What story of William Shakespeare is the TRAGEDY OF AMBITION?
Othello
Macbeth
King Lear
Romeo and juliet
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It is a story that uses a dream vision to narrate the death and resurrection of christ; pagan storytelling
Elene
Beowulf
Dream of the Rood
The Faerie Queene
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Who is the author of DR FAUSTUS - he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power & knowledge.
Edmund Spencer
Christopher Marlowe
Francis Bacon
Ben Johnson
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In this period it became increasingly difficult to find order or pattern in life people focuses on "machine age"
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
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What period in English Literature when we talk about poems are handed down from generation through Oral Tradition
Old english period or anglo-saxon period
Renaissance period
18th century
Medieval period
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Who is the famous author who wrote the poem THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER in the romantic movement period.
John Donne
Richard Lovelace
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Who is the famous author who launched the ROMANTIC AGE his famous poem is DAFFODILS?
William Wordsworth
Robert Browning
Samuel Taylor colerieyge
Elizabeth Browning
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Who is the famous author IN VICTORIAN AGE which is known for his dramatic monologue in the novel MY LAST DUCHESS?
Oscar Wilde
John Smith
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning