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An introduction to #English Literature
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1
During which period was the printing press invented?
The Renaissance
Modern times
The Enlightenment
The Romantic Period
2
Another name for the literary period often referred to as the "Age of Reason"?
The New Age
The Age of Reality
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
3
What is the literary period in the 19th century called?
The Romantic period
The Raging period
The Revolutionary period
The Red period
4
The Romantic period took place during which century?
17th century
18th century
20th century
19th century
5
Which of these persons lived during this period of time?
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allen Poe
Walt Whitman
6
Which of the following famous persons did NOT live during the early 20th century (Modernism)?
Virginia Woolf
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
William Shakespeare
7
William Shakespeare is a ..... writer.
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Modern
Romantic
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Which of the movements is also called a philosophical one?
Modernism
Romanticism
Enlightenment
Renaissance
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What does the word Renaissance mean?
regret
rebirth
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10
Jane Austen is an author from which era?
The Modern
The Romantic
The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
11
During which period was literature mainly based on facts instead of fiction?
The Romantic
The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
12
Which of these ideas was a key characteristic for the Renaissance?
the divine right for queens to rule
the divine right for women to rule
the divine right of kings to rule
the divine right for men to rule
13
What was the name of one of the very first authors who wrote in English (instead of Latin)?
George Clooney
George Bush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Chaucer
14
Which famous persons do NOT belong to the era of Enlightenment?
Mary Wollenstonecraft and Jonathan Swift
Immanuel Kant and Sir Isaac Newton
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens
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Which of these famous persons is not a Renaissance celebrity?
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth I
Ernest Hemingway
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What is the title of Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous work?
Canterbury Tales
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cambridge Tales
Tales of Charlotteville
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The era of the early 20th century is also referred to as the...
New Age
Modernism
Ageism
Populism