What was “restored” in 1660 ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What was \restored\in 1660 ?

   A. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
   B. the dominance of the Tory Party
   C. the \Book of Common Prayer\
   D. toleration of religious dissidents

2. Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?

   A. with an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.
   B. through a system of draconian military courts.
   C. with deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.
   D. only a small area around London and Oxford.

3. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?

   A. Addison
   B. Bunyan
   C. Crabbe
   D. Dryden

4. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?

   A. Addison
   B. Bunyan
   C. Crabbe
   D. Dryden

5. In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ?

   A. He was imprisoned.
   B. His left index finger was chopped off.
   C. He was placed in the stocks for a week.
   D. A and B

6. The period between 1660 to 1750 is known as___________________?

   A. The Age of Classicism
   B. The Restoration
   C. The age of Milton
   D. None of these

7. 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

8. In which work do you read: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ” ?

   A. The Canturbury Tales
   B. The Dark Angel
   C. The Wild Swans of Coole
   D. The Second Coming

9. Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was interpreted to mean______________?

   A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
   B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
   C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
   D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

10. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?

    A. the Behnites
    B. the bluestockings
    C. the coteries of plenty
    D. the Pre-Raphaelites