Daniel Defoe MCQs

1. “The Shortest Way with the Dissenters” is a remarkable pamphlet written by

(A) Samuel Richardson

(B) Smollett

(D) Defoe

2. Which book of Defoe made him famous all over Europe?

(A) Moll Flanders

(B) Roxana

(D) Robinson Crusoe

3. Roxana is a fiction by

(A) Defoe

(B) Johnson

(D) Sterne

4. In which work of Defoe are the horrors of a frightful plague minutely recorded?

(A) Journal of the Plague Year

(B) Memoirs of a Cavalier

(D) None of the above

5. Who wrote the book Moll Flanders?

(A) John Gay

(B) Robert Blair

(D) Daniel Defoe

6. What ironical satire on High Church extremism by Defoe led to his arrest?

(A) The Shortest Way with the Dissenters

(B) The Complete English Gentleman Tradesman

(D) A Journal of the Plague

7. Defoe was tried, found guilty of seditious libel, and was imprisoned. He was released from prison in

(A) 1704

(B) 1705

(D) 1707

8. In Robinson Crusoe, Man Friday is a

(A) Hero

(B) Cannibal

(D) Sailor

9. Who has been hailed as ‘the master of illusionist’?

(A) Defoe

(B) Sterne

(D) None of these

Daniel Defoe books names

Robinson Crusoe	1719
Moll Flanders	1722
A Journal of the Plague Year	1722
Colonel Jack	1722
Roxana	1724
The Fortunate Mistress	1724
A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain	1724-1727

Full Name	Daniel Defoe
Birth Date	c. 1660 (Exact date uncertain)
Birthplace	London, England
Occupation	Writer, Journalist
Literary Period	Augustan Age
Notable Works	– “Robinson Crusoe”
	– “Moll Flanders”
	– “A Journal of the Plague Year”
	– “Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress”
Literary Genres	– Novel
	– Journalism
	– Travelogue
Key Themes	– Adventure
	– Survival
	– Morality
	– Individualism
Significant Events	– Imprisonment for political pamphleteering
	– Participation in the Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
	– Writing of “Robinson Crusoe” (1719)
Death Date	April 24, 1731