Mcq series in English Net Exam👇👇👇
The Norman Conquest occurred in 1066.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales begins with Knight’s tale and ends with Parson’s tale.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is based on Boccaccio’s Decameron.
The name of the poet who was born during the reign of Edward III, lived through that of Richard II and died in the reign of Henry IV was Chaucer.
The Black Death which occurred during the time of Chaucer is also called the Great Plague.
The Peasants Revolt took place in the year 1381 and resulted in the end of serfdom.
The Hundred Years War which occurred during the reign of Edward III began in 1337.
Chaucer’s The Book of the Duchess is an allegory on the death of his patron John of Gaunt’s wife, Blanche. Chaucer’s The House of Fame has close resemblance to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Chaucer’s Troilus and Cresyde was influenced by Boccaccio’s Filastrato. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was influenced by Boccaccio’s Decameron.
The first group of pilgrims to come to the Tabard Inn was The Knight, The Squire and the Yeoman.
The name of the Prioress in The Canterbury Tales is Eglentyne.
The character represented by Chaucer as a scorner of books and interested in fine clothes, hunting and full-blooded horses—Monk.
The words Amor Vincit Omnia was engraved on the brooch of the Prioress.
The gat-tooth of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is a sign of her boldness, gluttony and lasciviousness. The Miller’s wart on the nose, wide black nostrils, and mouth as big as a furnace are physiognomic details pointing to his greed, vulgarity and coarseness.
The characterization of the monk, the prioress, the summoner and pardoner reveal the corruption of the church.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales begins in April, at the height of Spring. Piers the Plowman was written by William Langland.
Piers the Plowman is divided into visio and vita.
John Gower’s Speculum Meditantis is written in French; Vox Clamantis in Latin and Confessio Amantis in English.
Morte d’ Arthur is a prose romance by Thomas Malory.
Heroic Couplet was used for the first time in English literature in Chaucer’s The Legend of Good Women. Chaucer was called “The well of English undefiled” by Spenser. Rhyme Royal was introduced into English by—Chaucer.
The Miracle plays dates back to the 12th Century.
Harrowing of Hell, St. Nicholas and Raising of Lazarus are examples of Miracle plays.
Mystery plays and Morality plays were in vogue from the 14th century.
Mystery plays deal with the themes of creation, fall and redemption.
The Second Shepherd’s play by Wakefield Master is an example of Mystery play.
Interludes are short dramatic pieces filling intervals, that grew under the patronage of Henry VIII.
The four P’s by John Heywood is an example of an Interlude.
The Morning star of the Renaissance is Chaucer.
The first book to be printed in English is History of Troy (1474) The first translator of Bible into English is John Wycliffe.
Caxton set up the first printing press of England in 1476 at Westminister.
Everyman is an example of a Morality play. More’s Utopia was published in 1551.
Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588.
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is a sonnet sequence addressed to Penelope Devereaux.
Sidney’s Arcadia is a prose treatise. Queen Elizabeth ascended the English throne in 1558.
The famous educationist and reformer who wrote The School Master is Roger Ascham.
The Sonnet form was introduced into England by Wyatt.
The Shepherd’s Calendar consisting of 12 ecologues a work is by Spenser.
Faerie Queen is an allegory by Spenser. Gloriana in Faerie Queen represents Queen Elizabeth.
Spenser’s Prothalamion (1596) celebrates the marriage of the daughters of Earl of Worcester.
Spenser’s Epithalamion describes his own marriage with Elizabeth Boyle.
Tottel’s Miscellany was published in 1557. Euphuism, the formal, elaborate and stylized prose was introduced by John Lyly.
Euphues: Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England are by John Lyly.
Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy is subtitled Hieronimo is Mad Again.
Lodge’s Rosalynde serves as the source for Shakespeare’s As You Like it.
Nash’s The Unfortunate Traveller or The Life of Jack Wilton is the first picaresque novel in English.
The play Doctor Faustus by Marlowe portrays a scholar hungry for more knowledge, who sells his soul to the Devil for twenty-four years of unlimited power and pleasure.
The hero of Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta is the Jewish moneylender Barabas.
The hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene is Prince Arthur. Charles Lamb called Spenser ‘the poets’ poet.’ Spenser’s Amoretti consists of 88 sonnets.
The Old Wives Tale is a play by George Peele. Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay, Orlando Furioso and James the Fourth are plays by Robert Greene.
Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is an answer to Gosson’s The School of Abuse.
The Renaissance period in English Literature is also called the Elizabethan period.
The first comedy Ralph Roister Doister is written by Nicholas Udall.
The first tragedy Gorboduc subtitled Ferrex and Porrex was written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton.
Marlowe, Lyly, Greene, Peele, Lodge and Nashe were called University Wits.
The University Wits were influenced by the Latin playwright Seneca. Senecan tragedy of blood is about the theme of revenge.
The father of English dramatic poetry is Christopher Marlowe. The ‘blood and thunder’ element was introduced into English drama by Kyd.
Every Man in his Humour is a work by Ben Jonson. Shakespeare addressed his sonnets to a handsome young man called W.H. and a dark lady.
Shakespeare’s swan song (last play) is believed to be The Tempest.
The Rape of Lucrece is a long poem by Shakespeare.
Titania is the queen of fairies in A Mid Summer Night’s Dream.
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Two Gentlemen of Verona are examples of Early comedies.
Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice and As you Like It are examples of Mature Comedies. Enobarbus is a character in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
The lines ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ appears in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
The lines ‘one may smile and smile and be a villain’ occurs in Hamlet.
The lines “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale, Her infinite variety….’ are spoken by Enobarbus about Cleopatra. Iago is the villain in Othello. Shakespearean Roman plays such as Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus are based on North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives.
The play Julius Caesar begins with Caesar’s victorious parade after having defeated Pompey.
The line “Beware the Ides of March” appears in Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was succeeded by Octavius Caesar.
The Tempest is a Shakespearean Romance.
All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida are Shakespeare’s Dark Comedies or Problem Plays.
The famous book called Shakespearean Tragedy was written by A. C. Bradley.
The forest of Arden appears in As You Like It.
The characters Antonio, Bassanio, Portia & Shylock appear in The Merchant of Venice.
The identical twins Sebastian and Viola are characters in Twelfth Night.
The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil are tragedies by Webster.
Bacon’s The New Atlantis is modeled on Utopia.
Bacon introduced the inductive method of reasoning in Novum Organum.
The Jacobean Era refers to the reign of King James I.
The term metaphysical in connection with Donne’s poetry was first used by Dryden.
Holy Sonnets are religious poems written by John Donne.
The paradox of the death and the rebirth is exploited in Donne’s poem Batter my heart.
Dr. Samuel Johnson called the metaphysical conceit, “heterogeneous ideas yoked by violence together.” The Metaphysical poets used the carpe diem philosophy which means “seize the day.” Henry Vaughan’s poem dealing"......
The Norman Conquest occurred in 1066.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales begins with Knight’s tale and ends with Parson’s tale.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is based on Boccaccio’s Decameron.
The name of the poet who was born during the reign of Edward III, lived through that of Richard II and died in the reign of Henry IV was Chaucer.
The Black Death which occurred during the time of Chaucer is also called the Great Plague.
The Peasants Revolt took place in the year 1381 and resulted in the end of serfdom.
The Hundred Years War which occurred during the reign of Edward III began in 1337.
Chaucer’s The Book of the Duchess is an allegory on the death of his patron John of Gaunt’s wife, Blanche. Chaucer’s The House of Fame has close resemblance to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Chaucer’s Troilus and Cresyde was influenced by Boccaccio’s Filastrato. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was influenced by Boccaccio’s Decameron.
The first group of pilgrims to come to the Tabard Inn was The Knight, The Squire and the Yeoman.
The name of the Prioress in The Canterbury Tales is Eglentyne.
The character represented by Chaucer as a scorner of books and interested in fine clothes, hunting and full-blooded horses—Monk.
The words Amor Vincit Omnia was engraved on the brooch of the Prioress.
The gat-tooth of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is a sign of her boldness, gluttony and lasciviousness. The Miller’s wart on the nose, wide black nostrils, and mouth as big as a furnace are physiognomic details pointing to his greed, vulgarity and coarseness.
The characterization of the monk, the prioress, the summoner and pardoner reveal the corruption of the church.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales begins in April, at the height of Spring. Piers the Plowman was written by William Langland.
Piers the Plowman is divided into visio and vita.
John Gower’s Speculum Meditantis is written in French; Vox Clamantis in Latin and Confessio Amantis in English.
Morte d’ Arthur is a prose romance by Thomas Malory.
Heroic Couplet was used for the first time in English literature in Chaucer’s The Legend of Good Women. Chaucer was called “The well of English undefiled” by Spenser. Rhyme Royal was introduced into English by—Chaucer.
The Miracle plays dates back to the 12th Century.
Harrowing of Hell, St. Nicholas and Raising of Lazarus are examples of Miracle plays.
Mystery plays and Morality plays were in vogue from the 14th century.
Mystery plays deal with the themes of creation, fall and redemption.
The Second Shepherd’s play by Wakefield Master is an example of Mystery play.
Interludes are short dramatic pieces filling intervals, that grew under the patronage of Henry VIII.
The four P’s by John Heywood is an example of an Interlude.
The Morning star of the Renaissance is Chaucer.
The first book to be printed in English is History of Troy (1474) The first translator of Bible into English is John Wycliffe.
Caxton set up the first printing press of England in 1476 at Westminister.
Everyman is an example of a Morality play. More’s Utopia was published in 1551.
Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588.
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is a sonnet sequence addressed to Penelope Devereaux.
Sidney’s Arcadia is a prose treatise. Queen Elizabeth ascended the English throne in 1558.
The famous educationist and reformer who wrote The School Master is Roger Ascham.
The Sonnet form was introduced into England by Wyatt.
The Shepherd’s Calendar consisting of 12 ecologues a work is by Spenser.
Faerie Queen is an allegory by Spenser. Gloriana in Faerie Queen represents Queen Elizabeth.
Spenser’s Prothalamion (1596) celebrates the marriage of the daughters of Earl of Worcester.
Spenser’s Epithalamion describes his own marriage with Elizabeth Boyle.
Tottel’s Miscellany was published in 1557. Euphuism, the formal, elaborate and stylized prose was introduced by John Lyly.
Euphues: Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England are by John Lyly.
Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy is subtitled Hieronimo is Mad Again.
Lodge’s Rosalynde serves as the source for Shakespeare’s As You Like it.
Nash’s The Unfortunate Traveller or The Life of Jack Wilton is the first picaresque novel in English.
The play Doctor Faustus by Marlowe portrays a scholar hungry for more knowledge, who sells his soul to the Devil for twenty-four years of unlimited power and pleasure.
The hero of Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta is the Jewish moneylender Barabas.
The hero of Spenser’s Faerie Queene is Prince Arthur. Charles Lamb called Spenser ‘the poets’ poet.’ Spenser’s Amoretti consists of 88 sonnets.
The Old Wives Tale is a play by George Peele. Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay, Orlando Furioso and James the Fourth are plays by Robert Greene.
Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is an answer to Gosson’s The School of Abuse.
The Renaissance period in English Literature is also called the Elizabethan period.
The first comedy Ralph Roister Doister is written by Nicholas Udall.
The first tragedy Gorboduc subtitled Ferrex and Porrex was written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton.
Marlowe, Lyly, Greene, Peele, Lodge and Nashe were called University Wits.
The University Wits were influenced by the Latin playwright Seneca. Senecan tragedy of blood is about the theme of revenge.
The father of English dramatic poetry is Christopher Marlowe. The ‘blood and thunder’ element was introduced into English drama by Kyd.
Every Man in his Humour is a work by Ben Jonson. Shakespeare addressed his sonnets to a handsome young man called W.H. and a dark lady.
Shakespeare’s swan song (last play) is believed to be The Tempest.
The Rape of Lucrece is a long poem by Shakespeare.
Titania is the queen of fairies in A Mid Summer Night’s Dream.
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Two Gentlemen of Verona are examples of Early comedies.
Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice and As you Like It are examples of Mature Comedies. Enobarbus is a character in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
The lines ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ appears in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
The lines ‘one may smile and smile and be a villain’ occurs in Hamlet.
The lines “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale, Her infinite variety….’ are spoken by Enobarbus about Cleopatra. Iago is the villain in Othello. Shakespearean Roman plays such as Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus are based on North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives.
The play Julius Caesar begins with Caesar’s victorious parade after having defeated Pompey.
The line “Beware the Ides of March” appears in Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was succeeded by Octavius Caesar.
The Tempest is a Shakespearean Romance.
All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida are Shakespeare’s Dark Comedies or Problem Plays.
The famous book called Shakespearean Tragedy was written by A. C. Bradley.
The forest of Arden appears in As You Like It.
The characters Antonio, Bassanio, Portia & Shylock appear in The Merchant of Venice.
The identical twins Sebastian and Viola are characters in Twelfth Night.
The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil are tragedies by Webster.
Bacon’s The New Atlantis is modeled on Utopia.
Bacon introduced the inductive method of reasoning in Novum Organum.
The Jacobean Era refers to the reign of King James I.
The term metaphysical in connection with Donne’s poetry was first used by Dryden.
Holy Sonnets are religious poems written by John Donne.
The paradox of the death and the rebirth is exploited in Donne’s poem Batter my heart.
Dr. Samuel Johnson called the metaphysical conceit, “heterogeneous ideas yoked by violence together.” The Metaphysical poets used the carpe diem philosophy which means “seize the day.” Henry Vaughan’s poem dealing"......
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