A. John Milton
B. Thomas Otway
C. Sir Walter Scott
D. John Dryden
Related Mcqs:
- Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period ?
A. Charles II was restored to the throne
B. The French Revolution
C. The Great Fire of London
D. The Exclusion Bill Crisis - Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
A. Robert Herrick
B. Jeremy Taylor
C. John Dryden
D. Thomas Hobbes - Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
A. Aphra Ben
B. Robert Herrick
C. Jeremy Taylor
D. Thomas Hobbes - Which of the following monarchs was “restored” to the British throne during the Restoration ?
A. Charles I
B. Charles II
C. Henry VIII
D. Charles III - Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century ?
A. John Skelton
B. William Shakespeare
C. Sir Thomas Wyatt
D. Thomas Carew - dominated English literature from the Restoration until the end of the 18th century with the emergence of Romanticism ?
A. Medievalism
B. Modernism
C. Victorianism
D. Neoclassicism - With which literary form or movement is the Restoration most closely associated ?
A. Familiar essays
B. Comedies of manners
C. Romanticism
D. Medievalism - Why were coffee-houses important in the Restoration ?
A. They enabled discussion about important literary texts.
B. They created a space for the exchange of pamphlets.
C. They offered people a private place in which they could plan political revolts.
D. Both A and B - Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode
B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife
C. Behn’s The Rover
D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus - What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration ?
A. Gay’s Beggar’s Opera
B. Butler’s Hudibras
C. Fielding’s Jonathan Wild
D. Pope’s Dunciad
