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About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

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  1. Who said, “As regards Restoration Tragedy the Classical formal elements were already there with Ben Johnson, the heroic aspects were adumbrated often in Fletcher and Massinger, and even in Shakespeare. Coriolanous is a figure of heroic tragedy and so indeed is Tamburlaine. Viola is a heroic woman”?Bonamy Dobree
  2. In Restoration Tragedy the main conflict is between: Love and honor
  3. In restoration tragedy Aristotle’s conception of pity and fear has been substituted by: Admiration of love and valor.
  4. Which play of Shakespeare influenced Dryden’s All for Love? Antony and Cleopatra.
  5. Match:
    1. The maiden Queen- John Dryden
    2. Antony and Cleopatra- Shakespeare.
    3. the orphan- Thomas Otway
    4. the Rival Queen- Nat Lee
  6. Ventidius is a character in: Dryden’s All For Love.
  7. Restoration tragedy in Chronology: Tyrannic Love – Nero – The Rival Queens – All For love – The Orphan- Tamberlane.
  8. Dryden used blank verse giving up the heroic couplet in: Wild Gallant, Aurangzeb, The Rehearsal.
  9. Name the play of Shakespeare which anticipates the form of restoration comedy? The merry Wives of Windsor.
  10. Identify the critic who describes the Restoration comedy as ‘Artificial” : Charles lamb.
  11. Millamant, a brilliant woman character, appears in: Congreve’s The Way of the World
  12. In which year Collier condemned in a pamphlet the Restoration Comedy of Manners? 1698.
  13. Who wrote A short View of Profaneness of the English Stage: Collier.
  14. Who defended the Restoration Comedy of Manners against Collier’s charge of immortality? Charles Lamb.
  15. Who collaborated with Dryden in the production of two plays? Nathaniel Settle.
  16. The Provok’d Wife is a comedy by: Sir John Vanbrugh
  17. The words “the coldness of a losing gamester lessens the pleasure of the winner” occur in: The Way of the World
  18. Restoration comedy in correct chronology: The Man of the Modes – The Double Dealer – Love for Love – The Relapse – The provoked Wife – The Way of the World – The Inconstant – Confederacy.
  19. The drama towards the end of the seventeenth century began to feel the rivalry of: the novel and the newspaper.
  20. The Restoration Period is less rich in tragedy than: Comedy.
  21. James I Succeeded the throne of England in: 1603
  22. Chronology: The Age of James I, The Age of Charles II, The Commonwealth period.
  23. The theaters were closed in: 1642.
  24. The leader of the Puritan rebellion of the Civil War of 1642 was: Oliver Cromwell.
  25. The Tudor Dynasty was brought to a close by: the death of Elizabethan in 1603.
  26. The term Metaphysics was coined by: John dryden
  27. “About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed metaphysical poets … The metaphysical poets were men of learning and to show their learning was their whole endeavor.” said: Dr Johnson.
  28. Donne’s poetry chronology: The Progress of the soul – Pseudo Martyr – The Anatomy of the World – Epithalamium – satires – Songs and Sonnets.
  29. Group of Jecobean poets: William Browne – giles Fletcher – phineas Fletcher
  30. Metaphysical poets: John Donne – Robert Herrick – richard Grawshaw – Henry vaughan.
  31. Whoever comes to shroud me: do not harm/ nor question much – / The subtle wreath of hair which crowns my arm / The mystery, the sign, you must not touch!/ For it’s my outward soul – these well known lines occur in: Donne’s The Funeral.
  32. Precursors of Classicism/ Forerunners of augustus Poetry: Weller and Denham.
  33. Milton is regarded as the last of the Elizabethans because: he summed up in himself the learned and artistic influences of the English Renaissance, and handed them up to us.
  34. Milton’s taste was as severe, his verse as polished, his method and language as strict as those of the school of dryden and Pope that grew up when he was old. A literary past and present just met in him, nor did he fail, like the greatest men, to make a cast into the future. – Said Stopford A. Brooke.
  35. Puritanism was a reaction against: the reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I which was regarded as incomplete and it sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
  36. Milton’s poems in chronology: Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity – On Arriving at the Age of Twenty Three. – Paradise Lost – Paradise Regained – Samson Agonistes.
  37. Educated at Christ’s College, cambridge, Milton due to his delicate features known as: The Lady of Christ’s
  38. Milton’s Lycidas is an allegory on: His friend Edward King.
  39. Comus is a Mosque
  40. Milton’s Famous Sonnet On His Blindness’s theme is: Blindness
  41. The line “They also serve who only stand and wait”  occurs in: On His Blindness by Milton.
  42. That to the height of this great argument/ I May assert eternal Providence. / And Justify the ways of God to men – These lines have been extracted from Milton’s: Paradise Lost
  43. John Milton wrote Paradise Lost: During Jacobean Period.
  44. The hero of Paradise Lost is: Man
  45. Who called Milton: “God gifted organ voice of England.” and “the mighty mouthed inventor of harmonies”? ** Lord Tennyson.
  46. The Age of Milton is called: The era of Political unrest and instability.
  47. The character the 17th century writers were influenced by: Theophrastus and Seneca.
  48. Holy War and Profane State was written by: Thomas Fuller.
  49. John Selden’s Table Talk appeared in: 1689.
  50. A Cypress Grove, published in 1623, is written by: William Drummond of Howthornden.
  51. The Authorized Version of Bible, a work of 47 scholars, appeared in: 1611.
  52. Who nominated the 47 scholars who prepared  The Authorized Version of Bible: James I
  53. The Authorized Version of Bible is known as: The first classics in English prose.
  54. S.T. Brown’s work in chronology: Religio Medici – Vulgar Errors – Urn Burial – Garden of Cyrus.
  55. Religio Medici is: A curious mixture of religious faith and scientific skepticism.
  56. In England the theaters were closed in: 1642
  57. Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi appeared in: 1614
  58. Bosola is a character in: The Duchess of malfi.
  59. The memorable line “Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle; she died young” occurs in: The Duchess in Malfi
  60. Who says “Life. Life, eternal life.”? Christian
  61. Beatrice was the woman whose love inspired a man to write an immoral poem. Who was that man? Dante.
  62. Charles I was executed in: 1649
  63. Alexander Pope died in: 1744
  64. Burns was born in: Scotland.
  65. “To a Mountain Daisy” is a poem by: Burns.
  66. Who wrote: “The Devil’s Disciple”? Shaw.
  67. The famous lines “Fair Daffodils, we weep to see/you haste away so soon” occur in the poem To Daffodils. Identify the poet who composed the poem? Robert Herrick
  68. Identify the poet who composed The Davideis, a dreary epic on King David in 1656? Abraham Cowley
  69. The Royalists in the Ages of Milton are also called: Cavaliers.
  70. Arrangement: Eastward Ho – The Knight of Burning Pestle – A Maid’s Tragedy – The White Devil – the Duchess of malfi – The Tragedy of Charlot.
  71. Play by Ben jonson: The Spanish Gipsy.
  72. John Donne’s Pseudo Martyr attacks: The Roman Catholic Recreants.
  73. A Pythagorean theory of metempsychosis influenced Donne’s Pseudo martyr
  74. The decline of British drama began while Shakespeare was alive.
  75. Milton’s Areopagitica is a great an impressioned treatise on: Freedom of the press.
  76. In whose favor the Parliament voted to restore the monarchy after Cromwell’s death in 1656: Charles II
  77. “A foundling” is a part of the name of the novel: Tom Jones.
  78. Who wrote “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”? Edward Gibbon.
  79. Richard Hooker was a prose writer of the Elizabethan period.
  80. Sir Walter Raleign died in: 1618
  81. D’Artagnan is a character n: The Three Musketeers.
  82. Alexander Dumas was: A French writer.
  83. Who said about Wordsworth, “He uttered nothing base”? Tennison.
  84. Lake poets: Wordsworth, Southey, Coleridge.
  85. Emma appeared in: 1817.
  86. Mrs. Browning’s book “Sonnets from the Portuguese” is an inspiring book of: love poems.
  87. D.G. Rossetti was the son of: An Italian Painter
  88. The translation of Geothe’s Wilhelm Meister appeared in: 1824.
  89. In “The Doctor’s Dilemma” Shaw makes fun of: Physicians.
  90. The Theory of Catharsis is associated with: Aristotle.
  91. Who wrote In Defence of Poetry? Shalley
  92. The Playboy of the Western world is a play by: Synge.
  93. For the best condensation of a novel Arnold Bennet won a prize of 20 Pound.
  94. Who wrote: “The year’s in the spring. And day’s at morn”? Robert Browning.
  95. The Ring and the Book contains how many more lines than the Iliad? 2000
  96. In which poem lines occur: ” … Do not all charms fly / At the mere touch of cold philosophy?” Lamia
  97. Boswell was born in 1735
  98. Silent Woman is a play by Ben Johnson
  99. The Duchess of Malfi was published in 1623
  100. Pap is a character in: Huckleberry Finn
  101. A mad Tea Party takes place in: Alice in Wonderland
  102. What was the name of the girl whom Kalidas loved? Kamini
  103. “Kidnapped” was written by: R.L. Stevenson
  104. Mr. Collins is a character in: Pride and Prejudice.
  105. “The Prisoner of Zenda” was written by: Anthony Hope.
  106. What was the full name of  Carventes? Miguel de Carventes
  107. the letter referred to in “The Scarlet Letter” is: A
  108. Robert frost lived sometime in: England
  109. Besides being a poet, Chaucer was a diplomat.
  110. Bacon’s essay was influenced by: Montaigne.
  111. Charles Lamb worked as a clerk.
  112. Who wrote “Keep right on the end of the road.”? Sir Harry Lauder.
  113. Who said: “Two men look out through the same bars: one sees the mud, and the one the stars”? Frederick langbridge.
  114. In which book does the following line appear “What a falling off was there”? hamlet.
  115. King Charles II was restored to the throne of England in 1660.
  116. The Royal society was established in 1662.
  117. James II ascended the throne in: 1685
  118. “It is largely due to Dryden that writers developed a formal style, that precise, almost mathematical elegance, miscalled classicism, which ruled the English Literature  for the next century”.
  119. Identify the correct group of poets who anticipated the importance of colder and more correct phrasing and versification: Walter, Denham, Cowley.
  120. Who applied first the epitaph “Auguston”? Dr. Samuel Johnson.
  121. On the accession of James II in 1685. Dryden changed his faith and became a Roman Catholic.
  122. Dryden’s poem Annus Mirabilis gives a spirited account of: The Great fire and Dutch war.
  123. Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel: Monmouth and Shaftesbury.
  124. dryden in the second part of Absolam and achitophel satirically caricatured Thomas Shadwell and Elkanah Settle as: Og and Doeg respectively
  125. Name Dryden’s poem written in celebration of Charles II’s restoration: Astrale Redux
  126. Dryden expressed his change of religion in his two doctrinal poems: Religio laici and The hind and the Panther
  127. Who is talking about whom in the statement “he found an English brick and left it marble?” Dr Johnson to Dryden
  128. Who described Dryden as one “Who had done his best to improve the language, and escaped the poetry of his country”? Dryden himself.
  129. The Popish Plot is about: The people’s plot to prevent Catholic James from succeeding Charles II and make the Duke of monmouth a king.
  130. Which text deals with a popish plot? Absalom and Achitophel.
  131. Samuel Butler’s Hudibras is a pointed satire on: Puritanism
  132. Who remarked: “The Restoration marks the birth of modern English prose.”? Matthew Arnold.
  133. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is a dream vision allegory
  134. Which arrangement of bunyan’s work is in correct chronology? Grace Abounding – the Pilgrim’s Progress Part I – The Life and death of Mr. Badman – The Holy War – The Pilgrim’s Progress Part II
  135. Christian is a character of : The Pilgrim’s Progress.
  136. The great merit of the pilgrim’s Progress is ” that the most cultivated man can not  find anything to praise more highly, and the child knows nothing more amusing.” identify the critic: Dr Samuel Johnson
  137. Who said “he met Mr.Dryden, the port, and he remained Mr. Dryden, the port till the day of his death”? John Bunyan
  138. The Dryden’s School of Poetry is also known as: the correct school of poetry.
  139. The theaters were reopened in 1660, when they were closed in 1642
  140. In Restoration prose who is superior to Dryden? John Bunyan.
  141. Grace Abounding, a religious biography, is written by: John Bunyan
  142. The Restoration Tragedy is also known as: heroic tragedy or the love and honor drama.
  143. The Heroic tragedy was an elaboration of the romantic plays popularized by: Beaumont and Fletcher
  144. Which play of Shakespeare immensely influenced the Heroic tragedy? Antony and Cleopatra.
  145. John Milton was born in: 1608
  146. In which language John Milton wrote his pamphlets? English and latin.
  147. John Milton wrote 25 pamphlets total, how many pamphlets were written in English? 21.
  148. Which is written by Milton when his wife left him? On Divorce.
  149. Milton wrote of Education while he was teaching. Which of his works is on the liberty of the press? Areopagitica.
  150. Which is Milton’s partly complete work? History of Britain.
  151. Milton’s Comus is a Masque.
  152. Who wrote L’Allegro? John Milton
  153. Milton’s Lycidas is an elegy on the death of his friend: Edward king.
  154. Milton’s On his blindness is a Sonnet.
  155. Milton’s Paradise Lost was begun in 1658 and issued in 1667. It was divided into 10 books
  156. Which is a sequel to Milton’s Paradise Lost: Paradise Regained.
  157. Milton’s Samson Agonistes is a Greek Tragedy.
  158. Which poem justifies the way of God to men? Paradise Lost.
  159. In Samson Agonistes. Samson is a prisoner of the Philistines.
  160. Milton’s paradise lost was reissued in 1674. It was redivided into: 12 books.
  161. The sonnet on the Late massacre in Piedmont was written by: Milton.
  162. Who wrote The Collar? George Herbert
  163. Metaphysical poets: Henry Vaghan, Thomas Carew, George Herbert.
  164. Who wrote Thalia Rediviva? Henry Vaughan
  165. Poems by Henry Vaughan: Thalia Redivia, Olar Iscanus, Silex Scintillan.
  166. best known poem by Abraham Cowley: The Davideis
  167. Who is the writer of Pindarique Odes: Abraham Cowley
  168. Which work of Marvell has vindication of Milton? The Rehearsal Transposed.
  169. Which poem has its allusion in The Waste land? To His Coy Mistress.
  170. Marvell’s Horatian Ode has for its subject: Oliver Cromwell
  171. Who is not a Cavalier poet? Richard Crashaw.
  172. Who wrote A New Way to Pay Old Debts? Philip Massinger.
  173. Which is the best known comedy of Massinger? The City Madam.
  174. The famous character Sir Giles Overreach appears in: A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
  175. Luke Frugal is the character of: Massinger.
  176. Who wrote the grim tragedy Tis Pity She’s a Whore? Ford.
  177. Which is a historical tragedy: Perkin Warbeck
  178. John Ford collaborated with Dekker and Rowley in The Witch of Edmonton.
  179. Sir Thomas Browne’s Religio Medici has a curious mixture of: Religion and Science.
  180. What is the subtitle of Browne’s Epidemica? Vulgar Errors.
  181. Which is considered the best work of Sir Thomas browne? Hydriotaphia: Urne Buriall
  182. Who wrote Christian Morals: Sir Thomas Browne
  183. Which is a book on politics: Leviathan.
  184. Jeremy Taylor’s most popular work is The Liberty of Prophesying.
  185. Who is popular for his historical books: Thomas Fuller.
  186. Which book of Fuller was published after his death? The Worthies of England.
  187. Fuller’s An Alarum to the Countries of England and Wales was published in: 1660
  188. Who said about Dryden: “Dryden did to English Literature what Augustan did to Rome, which he found of brick and left of marble”? Dr Johnson
  189. Dryden’s Astra Redux, which was written in the celebration of Charles II’s return, was published in: 1660
  190. Which poem by Dryden gives an account of the great fire? Annus Mirabilis.
  191. Dryden’s The Medal is a Political Poem
  192. Which poem has the portraits of Thomas Shadwell? Mac Flecknoe
  193. Who composed the Song for St. Cecilia Day? John Dryden.
  194. Dryden’s comedy: The Wild gallant.
  195. Dryden’s dramatic masterpiece is All for Love.
  196. What is the subtitle of All for Love: The World Well Lost.
  197. Dryden’s Essays of Dramatic Poets, a major piece of English Literary Criticism, was published in: 1669
  198. Dryden’s Corpus contains: Letters
  199. Dryden, in the work of criticism, makes a comparison between: French and English drama.
  200. Which are Dryden’s Heroic play? Cleomenes.
  201. Which play of the Dryden has two parts: The Conquest of Granada.
  202. The first comedy of William Congreve.
  203. William Congreve’s masterpiece is: The Way of the World.
  204. Congreve’s Tragedy? The Mourning Bride
  205. Who wrote The Gentleman Dancing Masters? William Wycherley
  206. Which is known the best play of Sycherley? The Country Wife
  207. What is the subtitle of Etheredge’s The Comical Revenge? Love in a Tub.
  208. Who wrote She Would if She Could? George Etheredge.
  209. What is the subtitle of The Man of Mode? Sir Fopling Flutter.
  210. Which are written by Sir John Vanbrugh? The Orphan.
  211. Who is the writer of the Recruiting Officer? Geoge Farquhar.
  212. Written by Thomas Shadwell? The Sullen Lover, The Squire of Alsatia
  213. Thomas Otway’s masterpiece is: Venice Preserved
  214. Comedians: George Etheredge, William Congreve, William Wycherley.
  215. Who wrote The Rival Queens? Nathaniel Lee.
  216. Works of Nathaniel Lee? Mithridates, Nero, Sphonisba.
  217. Samuel Butler was died in: 1680
  218. Who wrote Hudibras? Samuel Butler
  219. Sir Hudibras in Samuel Butler’s Hudibras is a Ralpho
  220. Samuel Butler composed Hudibras in: Octosyllabic Couplet.
  221. Which is Bunyan’s religious autobiography? Grace Abounding.
  222. Vanity Fair has a chapter named: The Pilgrim’s Progress.
  223. Which of Bunyan’s works are allegorical? The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, The Holy War, The Pilgrim’s Progress.
  224. Who wrote Sermons? John Tillotson.
  225. Who is the literary descendent of the great school of Jeremy Taylor and Thomas Fuller? John Tillotson.
  226. Samuel Pepsy and John Evelyn are known for their: Diary.
  227. John Evelyn’s Diary shows the great fire Samuel Pepsy’s Diary shows: The great fire and Great Plague.
  228. Which work contains Bacon’s philosophy? Apophthegms.
  229. Francis Bacon’s Essays first edition appeared in 1597, second in 1612, Third edition in 1624.
  230. Which is a kind of Jest Poetry? Bacon’s Apophthegms.
  231. Which of the Bacon’s works is unfinished? The New Atlantis.
  232. Who wrote the Schoolmaster? Roger Ascham.
  233. The book named Toxophius is written in: dialogue form.
  234. What is the subtitle of Lyly’s Eupheus? The Anatomy of Wit.
  235. Who wrote Characters? Thomas Overbury.
  236. Who is the writer of the Anatomy of Melancholy? Robert Burton
  237. Which poem shows the dissatisfaction of Donne with the world around him? Of the Progress of the Soule.
  238. Who said about Donne “He affects the Metaphysics”? John Dryden.
  239. Which poem Donne composed after his wife’s death in 1617? A Hymn to God the Father.
  240. John Donne composed religious poetry Holy sonnets after: 1610.
  241. Which is the finest prose work of Donne? Sermons.
  242. Who wrote Devotions? John Donne.
  243. Which is a satire on Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits? Ignatius his Conclave.
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