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An introduction to #English Literature
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During which period was literature mainly based on facts instead of fiction?
The Romantic
The Enlightenment
The Age of Reason
The Renaissance
2
William Shakespeare is a ..... writer.
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Modern
Romantic
3
Jane Austen is an author from which era?
The Enlightenment
The Romantic
The Renaissance
The Modern
4
Another name for the literary period often referred to as the "Age of Reason"?
The Enlightenment
The New Age
The Age of Reality
The Renaissance
5
The era of the early 20th century is also referred to as the...
Ageism
New Age
Modernism
Populism
6
Which of these persons lived during this period of time?
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allen Poe
Walt Whitman
7
What was the name of one of the very first authors who wrote in English (instead of Latin)?
George Clooney
Geoffrey Rush
George Bush
Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Romantic period took place during which century?
19th century
17th century
20th century
18th century
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Which famous persons do NOT belong to the era of Enlightenment?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire
Immanuel Kant and Sir Isaac Newton
Mary Wollenstonecraft and Jonathan Swift
10
Which of the movements is also called a philosophical one?
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Modernism
Romanticism
11
Which of these ideas was a key characteristic for the Renaissance?
the divine right for queens to rule
the divine right for men to rule
the divine right for women to rule
the divine right of kings to rule
12
During which period was the printing press invented?
The Romantic Period
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Modern times
13
What is the literary period in the 19th century called?
The Raging period
The Red period
The Romantic period
The Revolutionary period
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What does the word Renaissance mean?
regret
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rebirth
15
What is the title of Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous work?
Cambridge Tales
Canterbury Tales
Tales of Charlotteville
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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Which of these famous persons is not a Renaissance celebrity?
John Milton
Elizabeth I
Ernest Hemingway
William Shakespeare
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Which of the following famous persons did NOT live during the early 20th century (Modernism)?
William Shakespeare
William Faulkner
Virginia Woolf
Ernest Hemingway
