English Literature MCQs

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Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the \Long Parliament\ when it convened in 1640 ?


a abolishing extra-legal taxes and courts

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bmounting a revolution and executing the king

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cbringing to trial the king’s hated ministers, Strafford and Laud

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dremaining in session until they themselves agreed to disband

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Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?


a John Lilburne

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bWilliam Laud

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cRoger Williams

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dOliver Cromwell

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View Answer Roger Williams

James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?


aPericles

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bGenghis Khan

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cRichard Lionheart

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dAugustus Caesar

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View Answer Augustus Caesar

Which of the following colonial ventures took place in the reign of James I (1603-25) ?


athe founding of the Jamestown settlement

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bthe founding of the Plymouth colony

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cHenry Hudson’s fruitless search for the Northwest Passage

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dall of the above

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View Answer all of the above

Who served as Protector under England’s first written constitution ?


aGerrard Winstanley

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bOliver Cromwell

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cPraisegod Barebone

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dGeorge Monk

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View Answer Oliver Cromwell

What is the delicate balancing act of Marvell’s\Horatian Ode\ ?


apraising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs

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bpraising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity

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ccelebrating Cromwell’s victories whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king

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dcelebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime

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What was the licensing system ?


aAll royalties from the sale of books went to the crown (hence the name).

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bPoets were required to have a university diploma (the original \poetic license\).

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cAll books had to be dedicated to a noble or royal patron.

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dAll books had to be submitted for official approval before publication.

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Which of the following did Milton not advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s ?


athe disestablishment of the church and the removal of bishops

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bthe right of the people to dismiss and even execute their rulers

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cthe free circulation of ideas without prior censorship

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dthe restoration of the monarchy

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Which poet was a member of the powerful and culturally influential Sidney family ?


aBen Jonson

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bAemilia Lanyer

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cSamuel Daniel

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dMary Wroth

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View Answer Mary Wroth

Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?


awith an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.

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bthrough a system of draconian military courts.

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cwith deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.

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donly a small area around London and Oxford.

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