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One Liner on All The Ages of English Literature

About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
Ph.D in English (GITAM, India), M.A. and B.A. in English (B.C.C., B.K.U, India), P.G.D.E. -I by Research (B.C.U, UK), TESOL Prof. Certification (Arizona State University, USA)

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  1. jkjk: 700 CE
  2. The first Roman Emperor who sent the forces to colonize the British isle, was Julius Caesar
  3. According to Bede, Hengest and Horsa arrived in Britain from Jutland
  4. The Treaty of Wedmore was signed between: King Alfred and Guthrun
  5. In 597 CE the Christian missionaries arrived in England. They were sent by Pope Gregory I
  6.  Which of the following is not true about the Insular art form? It was only used in decorating manuscripts
  7. Hadrian’s wall was erected to demarcate the: The northern boundary of the British isle
  8. Witan are the: Assembly of wise men
  9. The Treaty of Wedmore was signed between: King Alfred and Guthrun
  10. During the reign of which monarch did Chaucer live? Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV
  11. Chaucer lived during: 1340-400
  12. The Hundred Years’ War began in the – 14th Century
  13. In which century the Norman Conquest takes place: 11th Century.
  14. ‘Black death’ is the name given to: The epidemic of plague that occured in the Chaucerian age.
  15. The War of Roses figures in the works of: Shakespeare.
  16. The Hundred Years’ War was fought between – England and France
  17. Cardmon and Cynewulf were two famous poets. They were Chaucer’s predecessors.
  18. The War of roses was fought between: The House of York and the House of Lancaster.
  19. In which year was the Globe Theatre built? 1599
  20. Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne of England in: 1558
  21. The jacobean age covers the period of: 1603-1625
  22. The Caroline age covers the period of: 1625- 1649
  23. The Commonwealth age covers the period of: 1649-1660
  24. charles II was restored to the throne of England in: 1660
  25. Charles I was executed in: 1649
  26. Whose age is called the Jacobean Age? James I
  27. Whose Age is called Caroline Age? The Age of Charles I
  28. Who headed the Commonwealth regime after the execution of Charles I? Cromwell
  29. Who was appointed the Latin Secretary during the Puritan Government? Milton
  30. The Age of Restoration is so called because the King was restored to the throne. Who? Charles II
  31. The theaters were closed down during the Commonwealth regime in England. In which year were they reopened? 1660
  32. “The restoration marks the real moment of birth of our Modern English Prose” who said this? Matthew Arnold.
  33. The term ‘Augustan’ was first applied to a school of Poets by: Dr. Johnson
  34. The 18th century in English literature is also called:  the Age of reason.
  35. Who called the 18th century “our admirable and indispensable 18th century”? Matthew Arnold.
  36. The epithet ‘Augustan’ was first applied to Dryden by: Dr Johnson.
  37. The Neo-Classical Age in English Literature follows the model of: Greek and Roman literature.
  38. The “Coffee House Culture” flourished in: The Age of Dr. Johnson
  39. The ‘Coffee House Culture’ flourished in: The Age of Dr. Johnson
  40. Why is the year 1798 taken to be the year of the beginning of the Romantic Movement? Because it was the year in which Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads was published.
  41. “But Europe at that time  was thrilled with joy, / France standing on the top of golden hours/ And human nature seeming born again.” Which ‘time’ is Wordsworth referring to in these lines? the period of the French Revolution.
  42. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven.” These lines occur in Wordsworth’s: The Prelude
  43. Who was the intellectual father of the French revolution? Rousseau.
  44. After whom did Wordsworth become the Poet Laureate of England? Robert Southey
  45. After whose refusal the Poet Laureateship was conferred on Robert Southey? Walter scott
  46. Why is the year 1837 taken as the closing year of the Romantic period and beginning of the Victorian Age? Because Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne this year.
  47. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne after – William IV
  48. the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in 1887
  49. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in 1876.
  50. Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Natural Selection challenges: Biblical concept of the creation of the world.
  51. Tennyson was appointed the poet Laureate after William Wordsworth.
  52. The Dynasts is an epic drama written by Hardy. It deals with: The Napoleonic Wars
  53. In Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, the two cities referred to are: London and Paris
  54. The theme of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King is: The story of King Arthur and His Round Table
  55. Who succeeded Robert Bridges as the Poet Laureate of England? John Masefield
  56. “Oh, East is East, and West is West, And never the twin can meet.” Who holds this view? Rudyard Kipling.
  57. In which year was Bernard Shaw awarded the Nobel Prize? 1925
  58. E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India deals with: Relationship between the Britishers and Indians
  59. Who was believed to be ‘a classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and Anglocatholic in religion’? T.S. Eliot
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