Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London ?

   A. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
   B. Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
   C. Behn’s Oroonoko
   D. Pope’s The Rape of the Lock

2. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?

   A. Elephant and Castle
   B. Grub Street
   C. Covent Garden
   D. Cheapside

3. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?

   A. Elephant and Castle
   B. Grub Street
   C. Covent Garden
   D. Cheapside

4. Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?

   A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.
   B. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.
   C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.
   D. all of the above

5. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ____________in London in 1625 ?

   A. Cholera
   B. Tuberculosis
   C. Bubonic plague
   D. Plague (disease)

6. Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growing–and the most prominent of all was London. While Londoners were considered wealthy and arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did people primarily dispose of their trash and wastes ?

   A. Dump sites in the nearby country
   B. The streets
   C. The underground drains
   D. Designated “trash” areas

7. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age ?

   A. As an astronomical observation deck
   B. As a storage place for grain
   C. As a prison
   D. As a school for the royal children

8. After ____________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London?

   A. two
   B. three
   C. four
   D. five

9. Between what time period did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor ?

   A. between1579 and 1583
   B. between1585 and 1592
   C. between1579 and 1587
   D. between1580 and 1591

10. Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christ’s Hospital School, London ?

    A. Charles Lamb
    B. William Wordsworth
    C. Leigh Hunt
    D. S. T. Coleridge