Poetry in The Age of Pope Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is a ‘mock heroic’ poem of Pope?
- The Rape of the Lock
- Essay on Criticism
- The Essay on Ma
Answer: A
2. Who is considered as the greatest poet of the Classical period?
- Edward Young
- Alexander Pope
- John Gay
Answer: B
3. Pope is ‘prince of classicism’ who gave this title to Pope?
- Swift
- Addison
- Prof. Etton
Answer: C
4. At which age, Pope published his ‘Essay on Criticism’ (1711)?
- 23
- 24
- 25
Answer: A
5. Those rules of old discovered, not devised
Are Nature still, but Nature methodised.
The above lines are taken from Pope’s which literary work?
- The Rape of the Lock
- Essay on Criticism
- The Essay on Man
Answer: B
6. Who had perfected the heroic couplet, and made use of his technical skill in translating Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey?
- Pope
- John Gay
- James Thomas
Answer: A
7. Which is Pope’s greatest satire in which he attacked all sorts of literary incompetence?
- The Rape of the Lock
- The Dunciad
- The Essay on Man
Answer: B
8. Literary work of Pope includes:
- The Essay on Man
- Imitations of Horace and Epistle
- Both a and b
Answer: C
9. Who is the supreme master of the epigrammatic style of condensing an idea into a line or couplet?
- Thomas Parnell
- Alexander Pope
- James Thomas
Answer: B
10. Who was a diplomat and active politician?
- John Gay
- Pope
- Matthew Prior
Answer: C
11. Matthew Prior wrote long poem/poems which was/were?
- Solomon on the Vanity of The World
- Alma or the Progress of the Mind
- Both a and b
Answer: C
12. Who was the master of vivid description or rural scenes as well of the delights of the town?
- Shakespeare
- John Gay
- Matthew Prior
Answer: B
13. Like whom, John Gay is full of humour and good temper?
- Thomas Parnell
- Edward Young
- Matthew Prior
Answer: C
14. John Gay best-known works are:
- Rural Sports; Trivia and some Fables
- The Art of Walking the Streets of London; Black-Eyed Susan
- Both a and b
Answer: C
15. Who were the followers of Pope, and after Pope, they are the two excellent guides to the life of Eighteenth Century London?
- Matthew Prior and John Gay
- John Gay and Edward Young
- Thomas Parnell and Matthew Prior
Answer: A
16. In his Universal Passions, who showed himself as skillful a satirist as Pope?
- Edward Young
- Thomas Parnell
- John Gay
Answer: A
17. Edward Young best-known work is:
- The Rape of the Lock
- The Seasons
- The Night Thoughts
Answer: C
18. “The Night Thoughts” by Edward Young is written in:
- Heroic Couplet
- Blank Verse
- An Epic poem
Answer: B
19. Thomas Parnell’s best-known work is/are:
- The Rape of the Lock
- The Seasons
- The Night-Piece on Death and Hymn to Contentment
Answer: C
20. Lady Winchelsea, though a follower of ______________, showed more sincerity and genuine feeling for nature than any other poet of the Augustan Age.
- Alexander Pope
- Matthew Prior
- Edward Young
Answer: A
21. Which work of Lady Winchelsea, may be considered as the pioneer of the nature poetry of the new Romantic age?
- The Night Thoughts
- The Night-Piece on Death
- Nocturnal Reverie
Answer: C
22. James Thomas wrote a long blank verse nature poem, was very popular for well over a century was:
- The Seasons
- The Night-Piece on Death
- Essay on Criticism
Answer: A