Which was the oldest period in English literature ?

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1. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

   A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
   B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
   C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
   D. Thomas More’s Utopia

2. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?

   A. Iliad
   B. Odyssey
   C. Beowulf
   D. Canterbury Tales

3. The period of English literature from 1660to the end of the century is called_____________?

   A. Renaissance
   B. Jacobean Period
   C. Restoration Period
   D. Romantic Age

4. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

5. Which is called the Golden Period of English Literature?

   A. Elizabethan Age
   B. Victorian Age
   C. Restoration Period
   D. Augustan Age

   Submitted by: Rashid Mehmood

6. Period in English Literature from 1901 to 1910 is called___________?

   A. The Pre-Raphaelites
   B. The Post Modern
   C. The Edwardian Period
   D. The Georgian Period

   Submitted by: Sohail Ahmed Kalhoro

7. This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?

   A. Mimetic
   B. Psychological
   C. Historical/Biographical
   D. Mythological/Archetypal

8. Who is the father of English Literature ?

   A. Roger Bacon
   B. Robert Browning
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. Cynewulf

9. Which of the following periods of English literature came last ?

   A. The Elizabethan Age
   B. The Commonwealth Period
   C. The Jacobean Age
   D. The Middle English Period

10. Who is the first great modernist of English Literature ?

    A. Roger Bacon
    B. Robert Browning
    C. Geoffrey Chaucer
    D. Cynewulf