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The document provides a set of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to the Neoclassical period in English literature, covering topics such as historical phases, notable poets, and literary devices. It includes questions about the origins of Neoclassicism, characteristics of the 18th-century novel, and the impact of the Licensing Act of 1737. Additionally, it offers an answer key for the questions presented.

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The document provides a set of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to the Neoclassical period in English literature, covering topics such as historical phases, notable poets, and literary devices. It includes questions about the origins of Neoclassicism, characteristics of the 18th-century novel, and the impact of the Licensing Act of 1737. Additionally, it offers an answer key for the questions presented.

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Neoclassical Period (MCQs Set 1)
Historical Phases
English Literature
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01

(a) Rome

(d) Persia
(b) Atlanta
(c) Greece
Where did the Neoclassicism movement start?
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(a) The Tyger

(d) The Raven


(c) A Poison Tree
(b) The Sick Rose
Which of the following poems is NOT written by William Blake?
03 Which period of classic antiquity inspired Neoclassicism directly?
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(a) Renaissance movement


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(b) Classical period


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(c) Ancient times


(d) Medieval period
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(d) 1750-1798
(c) 1660-1700
(b) 1660-1798
(a) 1700-1750
The Neoclassical age in literature covered the years ______.
05 The Neoclassical period in literature ended in 1798 when ______.
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(a) people were recovering from the shock of the French


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Revolution.
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(b) people tired of wit and satire.


(c) people wanted to start writing poetry with emotion.
(d) All of these.
06 Which of the following centuries was the neoclassical school of
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poetry active?
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(a) 15th and 16th century


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(b) 17th and 18th century


(c) 18th and 19th century
(d) 14th and 15th century
07 Which one of the following poets was popular during the
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Restoration Age of the Neoclassical period?
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(a) John Milton


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(b) Alexander Pope


(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Oliver Goldsmith
08 Which one of the following literary devices was very popular with
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neoclassical poets?
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(a) Heroic couplets


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(b) Triplets
(c) Alliteration
(d) Hyperbole
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09

(d) None of these


(a) Rape of the Lock

(c) The Faerie Queen


(b) The Paradise Lost
Name of Alexander Pope’s famous mock epic
10 School of poetry that came after the neoclassical school of poetry?
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(b) Elizabethan Poetry


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(c) Romantic Poetry


(d) Classical Poetry
11 How did the Licensing Act of 1737 contribute to the rise of the novel
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in the 18th century?

(a) It censored what could be said in theatres, so many


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playwrights became more interested in writing novels.


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(b) It made it easier to collect profits from books, so many


writers became more interested in writing novels.
(c) It provided more grant money for the arts, so many people
became more interested in writing novels.
(d) It provided more grant money for prose writing, so many
people became more interested in writing novels.
12 What factors led to the rise of the Novel in the 18th century in
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(b) The rise of the readers’ number


(c) The discovery of America
(d) The improvement of Industry
13 What was the writers’ main aim in writing novels?
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(a) To satisfy the standards of patrons.


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(b) To become members of a literary elite.


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(c) To write in a simple way that middle-class men and women


understand.
(d) To support the trade and manufacturing industry.
14 What was not a characteristic from the 18th century novel?
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(a) Affordable for Middle Class


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(b) Relatable for the Lower Class


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(c) The main character acts rational


(d) Characters from the Upper Class are written as arrogant
15 The eighteenth century has gifted English literature with two
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entirely new forms.

(a) Drama and poetry


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(b) novel and drama


(c) The periodical essay and Novel
(d) poetry and the periodical essay
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(b) Irish

(d) Italian
(c) French
(a) Spanish
The present English word Novel is derived from ______.
17 In the 18th century, many readers from the middle class were
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attracted in the appearance of ______.
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(a) Drama and Poetry


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(b) Poetry and Magazines


(c) Newspaper and Magazines
(d) Newspaper and Drama
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(a) Poetry
(b) Drama

(d) one-act play


(c) Both poetry and drama
The novel makes life easier to understand than in ______.
19 Songs of Innocence, short lyric poems embodying Blake’s view of
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human society's original state, symbolized the joy and happiness
of ______.
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(a) children
(b) men
(c) women
(d) animals
20 The beginning of this transition is first marked with James
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(a) French Revolution


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(b) The Seasons


(c) Elegy written in a country Churchyard
(d) None of these
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02 d 07 b 12 b 17 c
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03 b 08 a 13 c 18 c
04 b 09 a 14 b 19 a
05 d 10 c 15 c 20 b

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