A. civilization
B. woman
C. God
D. nature
Related Mcqs:
- What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ?
A. civilization
B. woman
C. God
D. nature - 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 - 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 - How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?
A. 48
B. 50
C. 52
D. 54 - Who is the writer of The Augustan Period ?
A. Robert Herrick
B. Jeremy Taylor
C. Samuel Richardson
D. Thomas Hobbes - 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 - Who wrote: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan /A stately pleasure dome decree…”?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. Robert Browning
C. John Keats
D. Walt Whitman - In which work do you read: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” ?
A. Kubla Khan
B. Hellas
C. The Phoenix and the Turtle
D. The Castaway - The quote “take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide” comes from which text ?
A. Vita Nuova
B. The Convivio
C. De Vulgari Eloquentia
D. The Divine Comedy - The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?
A. Ding Dong theory
B. The Bow__vow theory
C. The Pooh__pooh theory
D. The Gesture theory
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