1. “The Hundred Years War” was fought between ______ during the age of Chaucer: England and France
2. Joan of Arc supported ______ during “The Hundred Years War”: France
3. A type of literature, art or music characterized by its particular subject or style is called______: Genre
4. During the reign of ______ the people of England suffered terribly from the plague called “Black Death”: Edward III
5. Petrarch and Boccacci were ______ writers: Italian
6. The enthusiastic addiction to the study of the writers of Greek and Roman antiquity led to ______: Humanism
7. “The Praise of Folly” was written by a famous Humanist Writer named______: Erasmus
8. A Philosopher who had deep impact on mental attitudes during “Renaissance” was an Englishman named______: Bacon
9. Prospero is the protagonist of______: The Tempest
10. In Medieval times “Nature” was held to be originally from______: God
11. ______ literary fame rests on his book universally known as “Utopia”: Thomas More’s
12. The period of “University Wits” was little more than______ years: 10
13. Forty Eight “Miracle plays” were written by______: Chester
14. Christopher Marlowe was killed in______: 1593
15. Four “History Plays” were written by______: Marlowe
16. “Feste” plays a role of fool in______: Twelfth Night
17. Wily Shakespeare combined myth with English folklore in his play______: Romeo and Juliet
18. The poem “The First Anniversary” was composed by______: John Donne
19. The age of Alexander Pope is also called _______ age: Augustan
20. Novel “Pamela” was written by_______: Richardson
21. John Keats died of______: Tuberculosis
22. Maggie is the heroine of______: Mill on the Floss
23. “Wuthering Heights” is a______: Romantic Novel
24. Full name of T.S. Eliot is______: Thomas Stearns Eliot
25. The line “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” occurs in Keats’s______: Ode to Grecian Urn
26. “The Metaphysical Poets” is a critical essay by______: None of these
27. “Importance of Being Earnest” was written by______: Oscar Wilde
28. “On Liberty” is a treatise by______: J.S. Mill
29. A figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis is called______: Hyperbole
30. “Preface to Shakespeare” is a critical treatise by______: Dr. Johnson
31. “Feminine Ending” is a______: Metrical Device
32. “A winter’s Tale” by Shakespeare is a______: Comedy
33. “The Quarterly Review” was founded by______: Walter Scott
34. “Adonis” is an elegy on the death of______: John Keats
35. “Poetry is the criticism of life” is a view about poetry by______: Arnold
Choose the Antonyms of:
36. SKEPTICAL: Ready to believe
37. NEOLOGISM: Archaic Expression
38. DIATRIBE: Eulogize
39. EMBROIL: Disengage
40. REPUGNANCE: Attraction
Choose the SYNONYMS of:
41. ARTIFICE: Clever trick