1. Which was the oldest period in English literature?
a) Anglo-Norman
b) Anglo-Saxon
c) Chaucer's period
d) Middle Age
Answer: Anglo-Saxon
2. The period from AD 1066 to 1500 is known as-
a) The Victorian period
b) The Anglo Saxon Period
c) The Middle English Period
d) The Old English Period
Answer: The Middle English Period
3. 'Restoration period' in English literature refers to-
a) 1560
b) 1760
c) 1660
d) 1866
Answer: 1660
4. Which one of the following is the first long poem in English ?
a) The Wanderer
b) The Seafarer
c) Dream of the Road
d) Beowulf
Answer: Beowulf
5. Beowulf is-
a) an epic poem
b) an elegy
c) a novel
d) a burlesque
Answer: an epic poem
6. How many lines does the poem 'Beowulf' contain ?
a) 4000 lines
b) 3000 lines
c) 25000 lines
d) 1850 lines
Answer: 3000 lines
7. Choose the right Answer: Chaucer is the representative poet of-
a) 17th century
b) 16th century
c) 14th century
d) 18th century
Answer: 14th century
8. Who is considered to be the father of English poem ?
a) William Langland
b) Thomas More
c) Roger Bacon
d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
9. Who translated ‘The New Testament' ?
a) Langland
b) John Wycliffe
c) Layaman
d) Touci
Answer: John Wycliffe
10. Chaucer first used his rhyme-royal stanza in which literature ?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) The Book of Duchess
c) The House of Fame
d) Troilus and Criseyde
Answer: Troilus and Criseyde
11. What is the meaning of 'Renaissance' ?
a) The revival of life
b) The revival of learning
c) The revival of hard work
d) The revival of new county
Answer: The revival of learning
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12. The 'Utopia' is a/an-
a) play
b) epic
c) story
d) novel
Answer: novel
13. In which style did Sir Thomas Wyatt write sonnet ?
a) Shakespeare
b) Petrarch
c) Spenser
d) All
Answer: Petrarch
14. Which period is known as the 'golden age' of English Literature
a) The Eighteenth Century
b) The Restoration age
c) The Victorian age
d) The Elizabethan Age
Answer: The Elizabethan Age
15. ‘Faerie Queene' is a/an-
a) Play
b) Short story
c) Epic
d) Novel
Answer: Epic
16. Who is an essayist ?
a) J. S. Mill
b) Charles Dickens
c) W. H. Newman
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: Francis Bacon
17. Francis Bacon is an illustrious---
a) Essayist
b) Novelist
c) Dramatist
d) Poet
Answer: Essayist
18. Who is called the father of English essays ?
a) Francis Bacon
b) Robert Browning
c) Ted Hughes
d) O' Henry
Answer: Francis Bacon
19. Who is considered to be the father of English prose ?
a) Francis Bacon
b) Henry Fielding
c) King Alfred the Great
d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: King Alfred the Great
Explanation: King Alfred the Great (Old English): Known for translating books from Latin to English and establishing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
20. Who wrote 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, a some few to be chewed and digested ?
a) Francis Bacon
b) Joseph Addison
c) Dr. Johnson
d) Charles Lamb
Answer: Francis Bacon
