Deck 9: John Dryden and the Restoration Period Literature
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Deck 9: John Dryden and the Restoration Period Literature
1
The Royalists in the Age of Milton are also called as ……..
A)reformists
B)cavaliers
C)intellectualists
D)brilliant buds
A)reformists
B)cavaliers
C)intellectualists
D)brilliant buds
cavaliers
2
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted written constitution assumed the title of
A)lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland
B)lord protector of scotland
C)king of england and ireland
D)duke of england
A)lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland
B)lord protector of scotland
C)king of england and ireland
D)duke of england
lord protector of england, scotland, and ireland
3
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell's death in 1658……..
A)george i
B)charles i
C)charles ii
D)charles iii
A)george i
B)charles i
C)charles ii
D)charles iii
charles ii
4
John Milton wrote 'Paradise Lost' ……..
A)immediately after shakespeare's death
B)after king charles ii's restoration
C)during commonwealth period
D)before the commonwealth
A)immediately after shakespeare's death
B)after king charles ii's restoration
C)during commonwealth period
D)before the commonwealth
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5
Who applied first the epithet "Augustan"?
A)john donne
B)john milton
C)john dryden
D)dr. samuel johnson
A)john donne
B)john milton
C)john dryden
D)dr. samuel johnson
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6
On the accession of James II in 1685, Dryden changed his faith and political persuasion and became ……….
A)a roman protestant
B)a roman catholic
C)a reformer of churches.
D)a court advisor
A)a roman protestant
B)a roman catholic
C)a reformer of churches.
D)a court advisor
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7
In Dryden's famous satirical allegory Absalom and Achitophel…… Absalom is ……..
A)the duck of monmouth
B)the counsellor shaftsbury
C)the biblical character
D)oliver cromwell
A)the duck of monmouth
B)the counsellor shaftsbury
C)the biblical character
D)oliver cromwell
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8
Dryden wrote which of the following in celebration of Charles II's return ………..
A)the medal
B)religio laici
C)astraea
D)annus mirabilis
A)the medal
B)religio laici
C)astraea
D)annus mirabilis
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9
Dryden's Religio Laici is ………
A)an allegorical defence of the roman catholic faith.
B)a thesis in support of the english church.
C)a violent attack on shadwell.
D)a dogmatic assertion and tedious argument of church.
A)an allegorical defence of the roman catholic faith.
B)a thesis in support of the english church.
C)a violent attack on shadwell.
D)a dogmatic assertion and tedious argument of church.
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10
Which is Dryden's first play?
A)the wild gallant
B)tyrannick love
C)aureng-zebe
D)the conquest of granada
A)the wild gallant
B)tyrannick love
C)aureng-zebe
D)the conquest of granada
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11
Elizabethan Romanticism had all but spent itself by the year……
A)1619
B)1590
C)1630
D)1660
A)1619
B)1590
C)1630
D)1660
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12
The Dryden's School of Poetry is also called as………
A)the "correct" school
B)tthe "irresponsive" school
C)the "resurrection" school
D)the non-productive" school
A)the "correct" school
B)tthe "irresponsive" school
C)the "resurrection" school
D)the non-productive" school
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13
Which is the last rhyming tragedy written by John Dryden?
A)the rival lady
B)the wild galant
C)tyrannick love
D)aureng-zebe
A)the rival lady
B)the wild galant
C)tyrannick love
D)aureng-zebe
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14
John Dryden's 'The Indian Emperor' appeared in 1665 is a …….
A)the blank verse tragedy
B)the first tragi-comedy
C)the heroic play
D)an allegory
A)the blank verse tragedy
B)the first tragi-comedy
C)the heroic play
D)an allegory
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15
The Restoration Period was less rich in tragedy than in ……..
A)tragi-comedy
B)comedy
C)melodrama
D)tragical histories
A)tragi-comedy
B)comedy
C)melodrama
D)tragical histories
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16
Oliver Cromwell under an adopted constitution assumed the title of ……….
A)lord protector of england
B)lord protector of italy
C)king of england and ireland
D)duke of england
A)lord protector of england
B)lord protector of italy
C)king of england and ireland
D)duke of england
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17
In whose favour the Parliament voted to restore the Monarchy after Cromwell's death in 1658?
A)george i
B)charles i
C)charles ii
D)george ii
A)george i
B)charles i
C)charles ii
D)george ii
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18
Who held the post in Government Administration during The Commonwealth?
A)dr. johnson
B)john milton
C)john dryden
D)william congreve
A)dr. johnson
B)john milton
C)john dryden
D)william congreve
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19
Who inspired John Milton to portray the rebel in his epic Paradise Lost?
A)charles i
B)charles ii
C)oliver cromwell
D)queen anne
A)charles i
B)charles ii
C)oliver cromwell
D)queen anne
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20
Who described Restoration Comedy as "artificial"?
A)dr. johnson
B)charles lamb
C)mathew arnold
D)t.s. eliot
A)dr. johnson
B)charles lamb
C)mathew arnold
D)t.s. eliot
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21
The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701 during the reign of ……
A)mary ii
B)queen anne
C)james ii
D)george i
A)mary ii
B)queen anne
C)james ii
D)george i
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22
The Age of Pope is known as ……..
A)the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense.
B)the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity.
C)the age of fever, unrest, and intellectual barrenness.
D)the age of chaos, confusion and conduciveness.
A)the age of tolerance, moderation, and common sense.
B)the age of scholarship, vain-gloriousness and shrewed political activity.
C)the age of fever, unrest, and intellectual barrenness.
D)the age of chaos, confusion and conduciveness.
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23
Who is best known as the founder of the Tatler and the Spectator?
A)joseph addison
B)sir richard steele
C)sir roger de coverely
D)daniel defoe.
A)joseph addison
B)sir richard steele
C)sir roger de coverely
D)daniel defoe.
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24
Dr. Johnson's claim to be called a first-rate writer rests on his……….
A)epics
B)dramas
C)poetry
D)prose works
A)epics
B)dramas
C)poetry
D)prose works
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25
Which of the following is Oliver Goldsmith's first poem?
A)the deserted village
B)the traveller
C)the hermit
D)elegy on the death of a mad dog
A)the deserted village
B)the traveller
C)the hermit
D)elegy on the death of a mad dog
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