In which century was Piers Plowman written ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following genres applies to Langland’s “Piers Plowman” ?

   A. Allegory
   B. Social satire
   C. Dream vision
   D. All of these answers

2. Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?

   A. Sir Thomas Malory
   B. Margery Kempe
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. William Langland

3. Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?

   A. Sir Thomas Malory
   B. Margery Kempe
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. William Langland

4. In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?

   A. The focus on the middle and working classes
   B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
   C. Plots taken from everyday life
   D. The exploration of cultural taboos

5. The 18th century work ’Tom Jones” was written by whom ?

   A. Samuel Johnson
   B. Henry Fielding
   C. John Donne
   D. Tobias Smollett

6. ____________is a late 20th century play written by a woman ?

   A. Queen Cristina
   B. Top Girls
   C. Camille
   D. The Homecoimg

7. In what century and in what literary era was the first Gothic novel written ?

   A. 17th century; Enlightenment
   B. 18th century; Enlightenment
   C. 18th century; Romanticism
   D. 19th century; Romanticism

8. This literary critic warned: “We must remember that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people who have no real belief in a supernatural order . . . And the greater part . . . is coming to be written by people who not only have no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so ’backward’ or so ’eccentric’ as to continue to believe.” ?

   A. C.S. Lewis
   B. T.S. Eliot
   C. G.K. Chesterton
   D. Matthew Arnold

9. The period of English literature from 1660to the end of the century is called_____________?

   A. Renaissance
   B. Jacobean Period
   C. Restoration Period
   D. Romantic Age

10. Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published until the 20th century ?

    A. Christina Rossetti
    B. Gerard Manley Hopkins
    C. Elizabeth Barret Browning
    D. Ted Hughes