A. Thomas Paine
B. James Mackintosh
C. Edmund Burke
D. John Locke
Related Mcqs:
- Which British philosopher of the Romantic era despised monarchies, believed that the best form of government was no government at all, and argued that change can only come from people treating each other with sincerity and benevolence ?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. Edmund Burke
C. William Godwin
D. John Locke - Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War ?
A. Charles I
B. Charles II
C. Queen Anne
D. Henry VIII - 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 of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War?
A. Charles I
B. Charles II
C. Queen Anne
D. Henry VIII - Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called_____________?
A. Following orders.
B. Resisting arrest.
C. Civil disobedience.
D. Mutiny. - The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?
A. Politics
B. Literature
C. Relations with France
D. All of the above - Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue ?
A. Begging
B. Money lending
C. Fortune-telling
D. Wine bottling - 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 - In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the county town of that country, there is a small district of country, thily populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn-out, sandy, deserts-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. What does dilapidation mean ?
A. Hunger or famine
B. Decrease
C. Derivation
D. Neglect or decray - Which of the following was NOT considered a proper form of literary expression in the Neoclassical Period ?
A. The essay
B. Satire
C. Blank verse poetry
D. The rhymed couplet
