English and American Literary History

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1
William Wordsworth is a
Modernist poet
Victorian poet
Renaissance poet
Romantic poet
2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a
comedy of manners
gothic novel
realist novel
sensational novel
3
"The Black Cat" (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe is from which literary movement?
The Victorian Era
American Romanticism
Post-modernism
Modernism
4
Which text is often regarded as the first novel in English Literature
Robinson Crusoe
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Utopia
The Castle of Otranto
5
Beowulf (ca. 700) was written down in
the Restoration
the Middle English Period
the Old English Period
the Renaissance
6
"The Yellow Wallpaper" (1891) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman belongs to which litereray movement?
Realistic Period
Naturalistic Period
Earl National Period
Romantic Period
7
The predominant genre of the Renaissance is
the drama
the ballad
the novel
the ode
8
Brave New World, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are
robinsonades
utopias
dystopias
gothic novels
9
In a Gothic Novel
the victim is very often a woman
the hero is always the most interesting character
the villain is always ugly and despicable
the setting is often England
10
Literary Criticism is based on
theory and history
analysis and interpretation
art and entertainment
mimesis and didactic function
11
In 1066
Geoffrey Chaucer was born
Beowulf was printed for the first time
the Romans left England
William the Conqueror invaded England
12
1837-1901 is the period of
Victorianism
Modernism
Romanticism
Edwardianism
13
Ernest Hemingway is an author of
Romanticism
Victorianism
Postmodernism
Modernism
14
The Middle English Period ended in
1066
1642/49
1660
1500
15
The Renaissance is primarily dominated by
The Georgian Age
The Elizabethan Age
The Augustan Age
The Jacobean Age
16
Elizabeth I. was a rival of
Mary I.
Mary de Guise
Mary Shelley
Mary Stuart
17
The predominant genre of Romanticism is
crime novels
drama
poetry
prose
18
During the Commonwealth Period
the Great Fire destroyed London
theatres closed
England had a king
England ruled over 70% of the world
19
Jane Austen wrote
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Love's Labour's Lost
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Eyre

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English and American Literary History

19 termsStudBud Administration17 plays

Revision of literary periods, important authors, main events

Flashcards19 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 19

Answers

1
William Wordsworth is a
Modernist poet
Victorian poet
Renaissance poet
Romantic poet
2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a
comedy of manners
gothic novel
realist novel
sensational novel
3
"The Black Cat" (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe is from which literary movement?
The Victorian Era
American Romanticism
Post-modernism
Modernism
4
Which text is often regarded as the first novel in English Literature
Robinson Crusoe
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Utopia
The Castle of Otranto
5
Beowulf (ca. 700) was written down in
the Restoration
the Middle English Period
the Old English Period
the Renaissance
6
"The Yellow Wallpaper" (1891) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman belongs to which litereray movement?
Realistic Period
Naturalistic Period
Earl National Period
Romantic Period
7
The predominant genre of the Renaissance is
the drama
the ballad
the novel
the ode
8
Brave New World, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are
robinsonades
utopias
dystopias
gothic novels
9
In a Gothic Novel
the victim is very often a woman
the hero is always the most interesting character
the villain is always ugly and despicable
the setting is often England
10
Literary Criticism is based on
theory and history
analysis and interpretation
art and entertainment
mimesis and didactic function
11
In 1066
Geoffrey Chaucer was born
Beowulf was printed for the first time
the Romans left England
William the Conqueror invaded England
12
1837-1901 is the period of
Victorianism
Modernism
Romanticism
Edwardianism
13
Ernest Hemingway is an author of
Romanticism
Victorianism
Postmodernism
Modernism
14
The Middle English Period ended in
1066
1642/49
1660
1500
15
The Renaissance is primarily dominated by
The Georgian Age
The Elizabethan Age
The Augustan Age
The Jacobean Age
16
Elizabeth I. was a rival of
Mary I.
Mary de Guise
Mary Shelley
Mary Stuart
17
The predominant genre of Romanticism is
crime novels
drama
poetry
prose
18
During the Commonwealth Period
the Great Fire destroyed London
theatres closed
England had a king
England ruled over 70% of the world
19
Jane Austen wrote
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Love's Labour's Lost
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Eyre