1. The ______ century is the most important epoch in the intellectual history of Europe: 13th
2. During the age of Chaucer, England passed through the first stages of her long journey out of______: Medievalism
3. Marlowe’s primitive tragedy was______: Tamburlaine
4. Shakespeare’s most formidable rival as a comedy writer was______: Ben Jonson
5. One remarkable feature of Shakespearean comedy is that it contains continental and ______ background: Mediterranean
6. Shakespeare’s heroines have ______ characteristics: Masculine
7. In “Merchant of Venice”, ______ emerges before us as a philosopher: Portia
8. ______ begins with the incident of shipwreck: Tempest
9. Norman conquest took place in ______: 1066
10. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knit” is a representative poem of ______ age: Renaissance
11. Chaucer is a______ poet: None of these
12. In ______ poetry we find the gap between the Christian ideals and the reality of life: Donne’s
13. Renaissance approximately dates between______: 1550-1660
14. “King Lear” was written in the year______: 1605
15. The central historical event in the 17th century is the______ of 1642-51: Civil war
16. Milton wrote “Paradise Lost” in ______: 1667
17. The period from 1660-1790 is characterized by the rise of______: Novel
18. Towards the end of the ______ century the focus of literature become; almost entirely secular: 18th
19. Repetition of the acre vowel sound a line of poetry is called______: Alliteration
20. The poet who makes extensive use of alliteration is______: Spencer
21. ______ is the use of old or antiquated words in poetry: Archaism
22. Hopkins is a late ______ century poet and main theme of his poetry is the wonder he finds in God's world: 19th
23. Separate sections in a blank verse poem are called______: Cantos
24. “Wuthering Heights”, a representative of English fiction was written by______: Emily Bronte
25. A farfetched metaphor is called______: Conceit
26. Byzantium is a poem about______: A country
27. Carl Sandburg, a modern poet was born at_____: Ilinois
28. T.S. Eliot was a/an ______ poet: American
29. The poem “I could not stop for death” was written by______: Emily Dickenson
30. T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land” is dedicated to______: Ezra Pound
31. Some of ______ candid novels were banned in England and America: D.H. Lawrence’s
32. Fielding seems to be most influenced by______: Daniel
33. Shakespeare acted in one of ______ plays: Peele’s
34. Well known modern poet Elizabeth Sewell was born in______: America
35. Linguistics is the combination of ______ words: Two
36. Sound produced with the obstruction of air in the mouth are called______: Consonants
37. The word semantics means_______: Study meaning
38. ______ is the process of making new words: Coinage