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Literary periods - What do we remember?

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Literary periods in Birtish and American literature.

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1
What was most important during the Enlightenment?
Nature
Feelings
Reason
Society
2
What was the Romantic period about?
Order and restraint
Individuality and imagination
Society and classes
Religion and chivalry
3
From which period dates the painting in the picture?
The Medieval period
The Renaissance
The Romantic period
The Enlightenment
4
What is the language like in Beowulf ?
Rather close to modern English
Rather close to modern German
Rather close to Latin
Rather close to modern Swedish
5
During which period were reason and equality emphasized?
The Medieval period
The Romantic period
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
6
Which alternative is correct?
Medieval period = Ann Radcliffe
The Enlightenment = Voltaire
The Renaissance = Chaucer
Romantic period = Shakespeare
7
What of the following is correct about the literature from the Middle Ages?
It was often emotional.
It was often about the supernatural.
It often had a fun twist in the end.
It often had a religious message.
8
Why was most of the literature from the English renaissance primarily plays?
Most people could not read.
Authors were tired of writing poems, they wanted a new form.
A lot of people liked the theatre.
To entertain people, after the dull medieval period.
9
From which period dates Beowulf ?
The Renaissance
Medieval period
The Romantic period
Old English period