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History of English Literature
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1. Sans Foy and Sans Loy in the Fairy Queen are ______________.
2. The drama in England evolved through four well-marked stages till the end of 16th Century. Which of the following was not one of them?
3. One of the elements that Marlowe introduced into English tragedy is ______________.
4. A letter of cupid and the Regimine of princes are 15th century works of _______________.
5. The Contemporary of Chaucer who is regarded the most original and powerful prose writer of his time is _____
6. Who is the hero in the Spencer's fairy Queen?
7. The poet who was born in the reign of Edward III, lived through that of Richard II and died in the reign in the reign of Henry IV was___________.
8. Thomas Browne, the greatest prose writer of the puritan age, was by profession.
9. Everyman (1490) is an important extant example of _______________.
10. Which characters of Spencer represents Queen Mary of Scots?
11. In Prologue and Canterbury Tales Chaucer employed the ______________.
12. 'To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield-this famous statement is an extract from Tennyson's poem."
13. Who called Milton's The Almighty - mouthed in ventor of harmonies"?"
14. Hudson has rightly said that under influence of Chaucer in English poetry, the rhyme gradually Displaced ___________.
15. Who remarked that Chaucer's found English a dialect and left it a language?"
16. Alfred Tennyson wrote In Memoriam" on he death of ___________."
17. Bacon had Barrowed the term Essay from the French writer _____________.
18. What was the prize for the best Story-teller Among The pilgrims in Caterbury Tales?
19. In the Canterbury Tales the fictional inn where the pilgrims meet is___________.
20. 'In Memoriam was published in _____________."
21. Which of the following statements is correct regarding medieval literature?
22. In the fairy Queen Elizabeth and the Red-Cross Knight stands for _____________.
23. Name the longest Tale in the Canterbury Tales.
24. The Definition of Love and To His Coy Mistress are the famous poems of ____________.
25. Who is referred to as the pioneer of Picaseque novel in English?