Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?

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1. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

   A. Sexuality
   B. Criticism of the queen
   C. Murder
   D. Witchcraft

2. John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?

   A. Romantic
   B. Victorian
   C. Cavalier
   D. Enlightenment

3. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?

   A. Puritan movement
   B. Romantic revival
   C. Neo-classical age
   D. Metaphysical school

4. How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?

   A. 48
   B. 50
   C. 52
   D. 54

5. 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

6. John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?

   A. William Wordsworth
   B. Alexander Pope
   C. Ben Jonson
   D. George Herbert

7. His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?

   A. Sir John Denham
   B. Ben Jonson
   C. Thomas Carew
   D. John Dryden

8. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?

   A. John Dryden
   B. Henry Vaughan
   C. Alexander Pope
   D. Ben Jonson

9. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

   A. Alexander Pope
   B. William Collins
   C. Thomas Gray
   D. Ben Jonson

10. Which of the following literary sub periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period ?

    A. The Restoration
    B. Jacobean Age
    C. The Augustan Age
    D. The Age of Sensibility