Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. _, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in _.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. _ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over _, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist _ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the peoples suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen _.A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of _.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacons work: _.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.A. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeares great comedies, _ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following _.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? _A. A Midsummer Nights DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet14. The works of _ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the English language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece of wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” _A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, _ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17. The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: _.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? _A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? _A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is _.A. John Miltons masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against Gods authority21. John Milton is _.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB. an outstanding political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22. From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. _.A. the creationB. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC. their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD. the creation of the death and of adam and EveE. the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF. Satans temptation of EveG. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and _ is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? _A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25. _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD