A. He lived in Italy until the age of 27
B. Asthma, headaches, and spinal deformity made him an invalid
C. He was a Catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
D. He just wasn’t bright enough
Related Mcqs:
- Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him ?
A. To err is human, to forgive divine
B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
C. A little learning is a dangerous thing
D. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread - Poet Alexander Pope’s famous work_________________?
A. The Rape of Lock
B. The Deserted Village
C. Spectator
D. Man was made to mourn - “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 - Milton continued his studies at Cambridge. Which college of the university did he attend ?
A. Pembroke College
B. Trinity College
C. Christ’s College
D. St. Xavier’s College - Pope made money by selling subscriptions to his translation of this classical epic ?
A. The Bahagavad Gita
B. The Odyssey
C. The Illiad
D. The Aeneid - Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
A. the heroic couplet
B. blank verse
C. free verse
D. the ode - Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
A. the heroic couplet
B. blank verse
C. free verse
D. the ode - What Pope poem begins, “In these deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where heav’nly-pensive contemplation dwells, / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal’s veins ?”
A. The Rape of the Lock
B. Solitude: An Ode
C. The Dunciad
D. Eloisa to Abelard - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Sir Thomas Malory
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Caedmon
D. John Gower - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Bede
B. Sir Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Caedmon
