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Category: Ages, era, period
Who served as Protector under England’s first written constitution ?
A. Gerrard Winstanley
B. Oliver Cromwell
C. Praisegod Barebone
D. George Monk
The churchyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral was well-known for its____________?
A. ruinous condition.
B. performing bears.
C. graffiti.
D. bookshops.
Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
A. the Irish National Theatre
B. the Globe Theatre
C. the Abbey Theatre
D. both A and C
Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?
A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
Which statement(s) about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true ?
A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
D. both A and C
Who applied the term Romanticto the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien r´gime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. The Satanic Schoolof Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
Who succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, establishing the Stuart dynasty ?
A. James IV of Scotland
B. James VI of Scotland
C. Mary, Queen of Scots
D. Anne Boleyn
Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry ?
A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
B. An effort to represent human nature
C. Use of the rhymed couplet
D. Fantastic comparisons
Which of the following acts were not passed during the Victorian era ?
A. a series of Factory Acts
B. the Custody Act
C. the Women’s Suffrage Act
D. the Married Women’s Property Rights Acts
Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?
A. Too many of its readers were women.
B. It required less skill than other genres.
C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
D. all of the above
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