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Quiz about English Literature Made Simple No 3

English Literature Made Simple - No. 3 Quiz

This quiz will cover Eighteenth Century English literature up to the Romantic Revolt.

A multiple-choice quiz by rblayer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rblayer

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
177,157

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1734

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who teamed with Joseph Addison to form the famous literary partnership that put out the news sheet "The Tatler" and the daily paper "The Spectator"? Hint

Samuel Richards

Albert Samuels

John Barrington

Richard Steele

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Question 2 of 10

2. Prior to writing "Robinson Crusoe" what was Daniel Defoe's profession? Hint

Sea captain

Journalist

Government worker

Priest

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was Jonathan Swift, the author of "Gulliver's Travels", born? Hint

Malta

England

Ireland

Wales

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Question 4 of 10

4. From what physical deformity did the great poet Alexander Pope suffer? Hint

One arm

One leg

Hunchback

Shrivelled arm

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Question 5 of 10

5. If you wanted to learn about well-bred manners and fashion, which Eighteenth Century critic's work would you read? Hint

Lord Marlboro

Lord Kent

Lord Chesterfield

Lord Winston

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Samuel Johnson publish in 1755 that established his reputation as a scholar and writer? Hint

Planetary study

Book of Poems

Dictionary

Critical essays

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following was not written by Oliver Goldsmith? Hint

The Deserted Village

The Vicar of Wakefield

She Stoops to Conquer

Elizabeth the Queen

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where did Thomas Grey write his famous 'Elegy'? Hint

A seashore

A country churchyard

A boarding house

A prison

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Robert Burns' "luve" like? Hint

A full, full moon

A red, red rose

A springtime morn

A dying ember

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Question 10 of 10

10. In one of William Blake's most famous poems he wrote about what animal "burning bright"? Hint

Lion

Tiger

Dove

Sparrow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who teamed with Joseph Addison to form the famous literary partnership that put out the news sheet "The Tatler" and the daily paper "The Spectator"?

Answer: Richard Steele

The two men were both born in 1672 and were former schoolmates.

2. Prior to writing "Robinson Crusoe" what was Daniel Defoe's profession?

Answer: Journalist

Defoe's "Review" was published three times a week between 1704 and 1713 and is regarded as England's first newspaper.

3. Where was Jonathan Swift, the author of "Gulliver's Travels", born?

Answer: Ireland

It is ironic that "Gulliver's Travels" has become a children's favorite when Swift wrote it as a satirical attack on eighteenth century Englishmen.

4. From what physical deformity did the great poet Alexander Pope suffer?

Answer: Hunchback

Perhaps second only to Shakespeare in being quoted, the phrase "to err is human, to forgive divine" is from Pope, not the Bible.

5. If you wanted to learn about well-bred manners and fashion, which Eighteenth Century critic's work would you read?

Answer: Lord Chesterfield

An influential member of the House of Lords, Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield, regarded the rituals and conventions of society as the sole concern of man. His views were expressed in "Letters" to his son.

6. What did Samuel Johnson publish in 1755 that established his reputation as a scholar and writer?

Answer: Dictionary

Johnson was the son of a penniless bookseller, and spent the first half of his adult life in extreme poverty.

7. Which of the following was not written by Oliver Goldsmith?

Answer: Elizabeth the Queen

"She Stoops to Conquer" was Goldsmith's attempt to revitalize the heavy melodrama style of the eighteenth century English theater.

8. Where did Thomas Grey write his famous 'Elegy'?

Answer: A country churchyard

Grey, a Cambridge professor, is buried in the churchyard at St. Giles at Stoke Poges, where it is supposed that he conceived "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard".

9. What was Robert Burns' "luve" like?

Answer: A red, red rose

"O my luve is like a red, red rose - That's newly sprung in June". Burns was from Scotland, hence his different spelling of 'love'.

10. In one of William Blake's most famous poems he wrote about what animal "burning bright"?

Answer: Tiger

William Blake's poem was entitled "The Tyger". Who can forget "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright - In the forests of the night"?

Source: Author rblayer

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