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


bmounting a revolution and executing the king


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


dremaining in session until they themselves agreed to disband



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


a John Lilburne


bWilliam Laud


cRoger Williams


dOliver Cromwell


View Answer Roger Williams

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


aPericles


bGenghis Khan


cRichard Lionheart


dAugustus Caesar


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


bthe founding of the Plymouth colony


cHenry Hudson’s fruitless search for the Northwest Passage


dall of the above


View Answer all of the above

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


aGerrard Winstanley


bOliver Cromwell


cPraisegod Barebone


dGeorge Monk


View Answer Oliver Cromwell

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


apraising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs


bpraising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity


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


dcelebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime



What was the licensing system ?


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


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


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


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



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


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


cthe free circulation of ideas without prior censorship


dthe restoration of the monarchy



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


aBen Jonson


bAemilia Lanyer


cSamuel Daniel


dMary Wroth


View Answer Mary Wroth

Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?


awith an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.


bthrough a system of draconian military courts.


cwith deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.


donly a small area around London and Oxford.



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