A. Roger Bacon
B. Robert Browning
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Cynewulf
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?
A. Iliad
B. Odyssey
C. Beowulf
D. Canterbury Tales - “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 - Which of the following was NOT a prominent theme of American and English modernist poetry ?
A. The search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be reinvented by poets
B. The quest to describe objects with precision and without emotion
C. The idea that the self is neither unitary nor permanently stable
D. The approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture - 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 - 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 - Which was the oldest period in English literature ?
A. Anglo-Norman
B. Anglo-Saxon
C. Chaucer’s period
D. Middle Age - Who is the father of English Literature ?
A. Roger Bacon
B. Robert Browning
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Cynewulf - 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 - Who called Chaucer the father of English literature?
A. M ArnaldB
B. John Dryden
C. Dr johson
D. T S EliotSubmitted by: Mahfooz Ahmad