This document contains a 25 question multiple choice test about British literature chapters 1-5, including questions about The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Edmund Spenser's works "Prothalamion" and "Epithalamion", Shakespeare's sonnets, and poems by John Donne such as "The Canonization", "The Sun Rising", "Death, Be Not Proud", and "The Relic". The test covers identifying characters, plots, themes, metaphors and analyzing whether statements are true or false about the works.
This document contains a 25 question multiple choice test about British literature chapters 1-5, including questions about The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Edmund Spenser's works "Prothalamion" and "Epithalamion", Shakespeare's sonnets, and poems by John Donne such as "The Canonization", "The Sun Rising", "Death, Be Not Proud", and "The Relic". The test covers identifying characters, plots, themes, metaphors and analyzing whether statements are true or false about the works.
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Test on British Literature from the Greco-Roman period to Chaucer and his contemporaries
This document contains a 25 question multiple choice test about British literature chapters 1-5, including questions about The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Edmund Spenser's works "Prothalamion" and "Epithalamion", Shakespeare's sonnets, and poems by John Donne such as "The Canonization", "The Sun Rising", "Death, Be Not Proud", and "The Relic". The test covers identifying characters, plots, themes, metaphors and analyzing whether statements are true or false about the works.
This document contains a 25 question multiple choice test about British literature chapters 1-5, including questions about The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Edmund Spenser's works "Prothalamion" and "Epithalamion", Shakespeare's sonnets, and poems by John Donne such as "The Canonization", "The Sun Rising", "Death, Be Not Proud", and "The Relic". The test covers identifying characters, plots, themes, metaphors and analyzing whether statements are true or false about the works.
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TEST for DLP British Litt.
Chapters 1-5 Test 1/7
1. Match the characters of The Canterbury Tales with their features: (a) Yeoman (i) seems busier than he really is (b) Prioress (ii) good at borrowing money, but clever enough to keep anyone from knowing that he is in debt (c) Friar (iii) carries an enormous bow and beautifully feathered arrows (d) Merchant (iv) imitates the manners of the royal court (e) Man of Law (v) socially agreeable and popular (f) Wife of Bath (vi) labours for Christs sake (g) Parson (vii) is a good carpenter, and always rides behind everybody else (h) Miller (viii) when drunk, ostentatiously spouts Latin phrases (i) Reeve (ix) able to lift doors off their hinges and able to knock them down with his head by running at them (j) Summoner (x) is always first to the offering at Mass (A) a-vi, b-viii, c-x, d-i, e-iii, f-v, g-ii, h-iv, i-vii, j-ix (B) a-iii, b-iv, c-v, d-ii, e-i, f-x, g-vi, hix, i-vii, j-viii (C) a-vi, b-viii, c-x, d-ii, e-iii, f-vii, g-i, h-iv, i-v, j-ix (D) a-v, b-iv, c-i, d-ix, e-vii, f-iii, g-ii, h-x, i-viii, j-vi 2. The first of the ecclesiastes to be described in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is ___________. (A) Monk (B) Prioress (C) Friar (D) Clerk of Oxford 3. What does the gold thumb of the Miller denote? (A) his greed for gold (B) the expensive gold ring on his thumb (C) his cheating of his customers (D) his skill in his trade 4. Among the Canterbury pilgrims, who is a carpenter? (A) Reeve (B) Franklin (C) Manciple (D) One of the Guildsmen 5. Which of the following statements is not true about the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales? (a) The narrator says that April showers prompt people to want to go on pilgrimages. (b) The narrator wants to go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury because he regrets his deeds of the past year. (c) The narrator was the first to arrive at the Tabard Inn. (d) The narrator concludes his description of the pilgrims by asking them forgiveness for having given any offence. (e) The pilgrims start their journey in the evening. (f) The Knight has to tell the first tale because he drew the longest straw. (A) All are wrong (B) a, b, d, e and f are wrong (C) b, c, e and f are wrong (D) b, d, e and f are wrong 6. Which of the following statements is true about Piers the Plowman? (a) One of the dreams describes a parliament of fowls. (b) Of the three versions of the text, B version is the most accepted. (c) The text is considered to have partly initiated the Peasants Revolt of 1381. (d) In one Passus, the Seven Deadly Sins are personified as allegorical agents who describe themselves and act out their natures. (e) At the end of the text, Piers is identified with God incarnate and crucifies. (A) All are true (B) b, c, d and e are true (C) c, d and e are true (D) d and e are true 7. In the tavern scene in Piers the Plowman, who is enticed into a drinking party, while on the way to Confession? (A) Piers (B) narrator (C) Glutton (D) Sloth 8. In Prothalamion, where do the Worcester daughters get married?
(A) in a lofty bower on the banks of the Thames (B) at the house of Worcester (C) at the house of Sussex (D) at the house of Essex 9. In Prothalamion, why does the poet walk along the banks of River Thames? (A) to watch the beautiful nymphs (B) to take part in the wedding (C) to recuperate from an illness he suffered from recently (D) to forget the cares of his personal life 10. In Prothalamion, the poet says, They stood amazd still, / Their wondering eyes to fill; / Them seemd they never saw a sight so fair Who stood amazed, at seeing which sight? (A) the swans were amazed to see the brides (B) the nymphs were amazed to see the brides (C) the nymphs were amazed to see the swans (D) the swans were amazed to see the nymphs 11. In Prothalamion, who sings the line, Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song? (A) a nymph (B) a swan (C) the poet (D) the brides 12. Which of the following statements is not true about Spensers Epithalamion? (a) The poet marks time by referring to the physical movements of the wedding party. (b) The poem takes its setting and several of its images from Ireland. (c) The poem has twenty-four sections, roughly corresponding to the twenty-four hours of the day. (d) The poem has 365 lines corresponding to the days in a year. (e) The poem uses the blason convention. (f) The ode ends with a prayer to the gods to make his wife conceive on the wedding night. (A) All are true (B) d and e are not true (C) c and f are not true (D) b and c are not true 13. The battles in the Faerie Queene represent the battles between ________ and _______. (A) England and Spain (B) England and Ireland (C) England and Rome (D) England and France 14. Which of the following statements about Faerie Queene is not true? (a) The central hero of the poem is the Redcrosse Knight. (b) Gloriana appears in the poem only once. (c) The name of the Redcrosse Knight is George. (d) In Book I, Prince Arthur kills the giant Orgoglio. (e) When Book I opens, Unas parents are killed by Duessas knights. (A) All are wrong (B) a, b and e are wrong (C) a, c and d are wrong (D) c, d and e are wrong 15. In the Faerie Queene, how many wizards does Lucifera, the mistress of Pride, have? (A) four (B) six (C) seven (D) nine 16. Which of the following are included in Shakespeares procreation sonnets? (a) Sonnets 1, 14, 18 (b) Sonnets 1, 2, 17 (c) Sonnets 5, 10, 15 (d) Sonnets 8, 10, 21 (A) All of these (B) a, b and c (C) b, c and d (D) b and c 17. Complete the following line: But thy eternal summer shall not ________. (A) die (B) wane (C) fade (D) pass 18. In Sonnet 14, Shakespeare says, Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck. From where else does he form his judgement? (A) From experience (B) From the beauty of his beloved (C) From the eyes of his beloved (D) From the knowledge of this world 19. Complete the following lines by John Donne: Well build in _______ pretty rooms; / As well a well-wrought urn becomes / The greatest ashes (A) sonnets (B) poems (C) clouds (D) fancy 20. Which of the following statements is not true about Donnes poem The Canonization? (a) The poem powerfully supports the politics of Donnes day. (b) The poem ridicules religion by equating it with love. (c) The five stanzas of the poem reflect the five stages of canonization. (d) The poem uses rhetorical devices like erotesis.
(e) The first and last lines of all five stanzas end with the word love. (f) Love in the poem can be taken as a religious metaphor. (A) a and b wrong (B) a, b, d and e wrong (C) c, d and e wrong (D) d, e and f wrong 21. Which is the most important metaphor employed in John Donnes poem The Sun Rising? (A) metaphor (B) personification (C) hyperbole (D) synecdoche 22. The following lines occur in the poem The Sun Rising: Look, and to-morrow late tell me, Whether both th Indias of spice and mine Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me. What does mine refer to? (A) the beloved of the poet (B) the British colony of India (C) coal (D) gold 23. Which of the following themes does Donnes Holy Sonnet X Death, Be Not Proud uphold? (A) love is eternal (B) soul is eternal (C) death is a transition (D) death is an illusion 24. Which of the following is not true about Donnes Holy Sonnets? (a) They are also called Personal Meditations. (b) They were all published posthumously. (c) They are 19 in number. (d) They were written in 1609-1610. (e) His anti-Anglican pamphlet Pseudo-Martyr, which was published during the same period, sparked off a pamphlet-war. (A) a, b and d are wrong (B) a and e are wrong (C) b and d are wrong (D) b, d and e are wrong 25. What is meant by relic in Donnes poem The Relic? (A) their love (B) their bodies (C) their remains (D) their memories
