English 1 - Literature Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Shariful Islam Zinna english livemcq95 quiz 1. Periods of English Literature 2. The Old & Middle Englsih Period 3. The Renaissance Period 4. The Neoclassical Period "Serial No","Question","Correct Answer","Wrong Option 1","Wrong Option 2","Wrong Option 3","Explanation" "1","'Paradise Lost' attempted to -","Justify the ways of God to men","Glorify Satan’s rebellion","Defend human actions before God","Prove the necessity of good and evil", "2","The Edwardian age is considered a sub-age of which literary period?","Modern period","Middle English period","Old English period","Neoclassical period", "3","Which of the following is the most recent period of English literature?","The Georgian period","The Commonwealth period","The Age of Sensibility","The Pre-Raphaelites", "4","The Elizabethan tragedy Gorboduc was authored by —","Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville","Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe","Thomas Norton and Christopher Marlowe","John Lyly and Thomas Sackville", "5","""Hell is just a frame of mind."" - Who quoted this?","Christopher Marlowe","William Shakespeare","John Milton","Ben Jonson", "6","The end of the Romantic period occurred in —","1832","1822","1812","1852", "7","When did William Shakespeare die?","1616 AD","1636 AD","1626 AD","1516 AD", "8","""It is impossible to love and be wise"" — This is quoted by -","Francis Bacon","George Bernard Shaw","John Milton","Geoffrey Chaucer", "9","'Troilus and Criseyde' is written by -","Geoffrey Chaucer","Alfred the Great","William Shakespeare","Thomas Moore", "10","The famous creation, The Taming of the Shrew, is -","comedy","tragedy","novel","poem", "11","The famous poetic work 'Absalom and Achitophel' was written by -","John Dryden","John Bunyan","Jonathan Swift","Alexander Pope", "12","The Way of the World is a -","Comedy of Manner","Satire","Historical drama","Tragedy", "13","Pamela is an example of which type of novel?","Epistolary Novel","Picaresque Novel","Gothic Novel","Regional novel", "14","Who created the famous character 'Robinson Crusoe'?","Daniel Defoe","Henry Fielding","William Congreve","Jonathan Swift", "15","Marlowe's tragedy ""Tamburlaine the Great"" is a ________ play.","five-act","one-act","three-act","four-act", "16","Who authored the allegorical prose The Pilgrim's Progress?","John Bunyan","Daniel Defoe","C.S. Lewis","Jonathan Swift", "17","Jonathan Swift's famous creation, ""A Tale of a Tub"" is -","Satire","Epic poem","Play","Short story", "18","Which of the following is known as Shakespeare's Swan Song?","The Tempest","Twelfth Night","Measure for Measure","The Winter's Tales", "19","Thomas Gray is known as -","Graveyard Poet","Poet of nature","Rebel poet","Poet of love", "20","In the title The Rape of the Lock, what does ""the lock"" signify?","A lock of hair","A door lock","A treasure chest","A secret letter", "21","Ben Jonson introduced -","Comedy of Humours","The Comedy of Errors","Comedy of Reality","Comedy of Manners", "22","Who said, ""To err is human, to forgive, divine.""?","Alexander Pope","Thomas Gray","Francis Bacon","William Congreve", "23","Choose the correct literary time frame of the Victorian period.","1832-1901","1832-1921","1732-1901","1852-1901", "24","Sir Thomas More wrote ""Utopia"" in -","Latin","Greek","French","English", "25","Who created the famous character ""Red Cross Knight""?","Edmund Spenser","Geoffrey Chaucer","Ben Jonson","Henry Fielding", "26","Nicholas Udall's ""Ralph Roister Doister"" is known as -","The first English Comedy","The first English Poetry","The first English Novel","The first English Tragedy", "27","The Duchess of Malfi was written by _______.","John Webster","Christopher Marlowe","Thomas Kyd","Francis Bacon", "28","""Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove."" - This famous quote is from -","The Passionate Shepherd to His Love","Romeo and Juliet","To His Coy Mistress","Doctor Faustus", "29","Which of the following is written by Thomas Kyd?","The Spanish Tragedy","The Maid's Tragedy","The Atheist's Tragedy","The Revenger's Tragedy", "30","Romeo and Juliet was set in -","Verona","London","Venice","Denmark", "31","Who is the author of the poetic work The Shepherd's Calendar?","Edmund Spenser","Sir Philip Sidney","John Milton","Geoffrey Chaucer", "32","Who is referred to as the merchant in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice?","Antonio","Shylock","Bosola","Bassanio", "33","Lycidas was written in memory of —","A friend of Milton named Edward King","Milton’s father","A political leader","A fellow poet of Chaucer", "34","The famous frame story The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer contains —","24 stories","14 stories","34 stories","28 stories", "35","Who is the author of Volpone?","Ben Jonson","William Shakespeare","Christopher Marlowe","Thomas Kyd", "36","A Dictionary of the English Language, the pioneering English dictionary, was completed by —","Samuel Johnson","Noah Webster","James Murray","Thomas Sheridan", "37","Tom Jones is a famous character created by -","Henry Fielding","Tobias Smollett","Daniel Defoe","Thomas Gray", "38","Which period of English literature is called the 'Golden Period of English Literature'?","Elizabethan Period","Modern Period","Romantic Period","Victorian Period", "39","Who wrote the satirical poem The Dunciad?","Alexander Pope","John Dryden","Samuel Johnson","Jonathan Swift", "40","Who is the author of the first prose romance Le Morte d’Arthur?","Sir Thomas Malory","John Wycliffe","Caedmon","Edmund Spenser",