Precursors Of Romanticism MCQsBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 8, 2025 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : Who is considered to be the first of the women novelists? (A) Jane Austen (B) Virginia Woolf (C) F. Burney (D) George Eliot 2. : “Timon” is a poem by (A) Rochester (B) Goldsmith (C) Pope (D) Smart 3. : “The Spleen” is a (A) Short story (B) Essay (C) Pindaricode (D) Play 4. : Which age is considered to be the golden age of political pamphleteering? (A) Restoration (B) Victorian (C) Augustan (D) None of A, B, and C 5. : Who said: “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”? (A) Francis Bacon (B) J.J. Rousseau (C) Socrates (D) E. Burke 6. : The concept of “Royal divine right” was supported by (A) Whig party (B) Tory party (C) Dryden (D) None of A, B, and C 7. : The Wealth of Nations is a prose work on economics, written by (A) Addison (B) Adam Smith (C) Burke (D) Gibbon 8. : The eighteenth century in English literature is also called (A) The age of excessive passion (B) The age of reason (C) The age of puritanism (D) The age of sentimentalism 9. : “Song to David” is a poem by (A) C. Smart (B) Gay (C) Matthew Prior (D) Pope 10. : Evelina is a novel by (A) Fielding (B) G. Eliot (C) Austen (D) Burney 11. : The Biography of Johnson was proudly written by (A) Sheridan (B) Goldsmith (C) James Boswell (D) George Eliot 12. : Douglas is a tragedy by (A) John Home (B) Dr. Johnson (C) Collins (D) None of A, B, and C 13. : Which poem is known as a “rhymed gazette”? (A) “London” (B) “The Wasteland” (C) “The Campaign” (D) None of A, B, and C 14. : Which following is a characteristic of the Augustan Age? (A) Moderation (B) Tolerance (C) Common sense (D) All of A, B, and C 15. : The Scribbler’s Club was an association of (A) Tory wits (B) Whig wits (C) Pope and Swift (D) None of A, B, and C 16. : The Critic, a Tragedy Rehearsed is a (A) Sentimental comedy (B) Farce (C) Tragedy (D) Restoration tragedy 17. : Matthew Prior’s Alma is an imitation of (A) Paradise Lost (B) Hudibras (C) Emma (D) None of A, B, and C 18. : Jack of Newbury is a novel about (A) The weaver’s craft (B) A farmer (C) The shoemaker’s trade (D) Washerman 19. : Ulysses, the hero of Homer’s Odyssey, was the king of (A) Sparta (B) Rome (C) Athens (D) Ithaca 20. : The Gentle Craft is about (A) Washerman (B) The art of farming (C) The weaver’s craft (D) The shoemaker’s trade 21. : “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” was written by (A) Thomas Gray (B) Oliver Goldsmith (C) William Cowper (D) Thomas Parnell 22. : “She Stoops to Conquer” is a famous comedy by (A) Sheridan (B) Goldsmith (C) Steele (D) Fielding 23. : The father of English novel is considered to be (A) Samuel Richardson (B) Henry Fielding (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Jonathan Swift 24. : “Robinson Crusoe” is a novel by (A) Jonathan Swift (B) Henry Fielding (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Samuel Richardson 25. : “Pamela” is a novel by (A) Samuel Richardson (B) Daniel Defoe (C) Henry Fielding (D) Laurence Sterne 26. : “Tom Jones” was written by (A) Samuel Richardson (B) Henry Fielding (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Laurence Sterne 27. : “A Sentimental Journey” is a novel by (A) Oliver Goldsmith (B) Jonathan Swift (C) Laurence Sterne (D) Henry Fielding 28. : The first regular English novel is (A) Pamela (B) Robinson Crusoe (C) Tom Jones (D) Clarissa 29. : “The School for Scandal” is a famous play by (A) Richard Steele (B) Oliver Goldsmith (C) Richard Brinsley Sheridan (D) Henry Fielding 30. : The term “comedy of manners” is associated with (A) Goldsmith (B) Sheridan (C) Steele (D) Fielding 31. : “The Deserted Village” is a poem by (A) Thomas Gray (B) William Cowper (C) Oliver Goldsmith (D) James Thomson 32. : “The Task” is a poem written by (A) Thomas Gray (B) William Cowper (C) James Thomson (D) Oliver Goldsmith 33. : “The Seasons” is a long poem by (A) William Cowper (B) James Thomson (C) Thomas Gray (D) Oliver Goldsmith 34. : “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” was written by (A) Edward Gibbon (B) Samuel Johnson (C) James Boswell (D) Edmund Burke 35. : “The Lives of the English Poets” was authored by (A) James Boswell (B) Edward Gibbon (C) Samuel Johnson (D) Oliver Goldsmith 36. : “The Dictionary of the English Language” was compiled by (A) Jonathan Swift (B) Samuel Johnson (C) Joseph Addison (D) Alexander Pope 37. : Who is the author of “The Life of Samuel Johnson”? (A) Edward Gibbon (B) James Boswell (C) Thomas Gray (D) William Cowper 38. : “The Rambler” is a famous periodical work by (A) Joseph Addison (B) Richard Steele (C) Samuel Johnson (D) Oliver Goldsmith 39. : “The Spectator” was started by (A) Samuel Johnson (B) Alexander Pope (C) Joseph Addison and Richard Steele (D) Oliver Goldsmith 40. : “The Tatler” was founded by (A) Joseph Addison (B) Richard Steele (C) Jonathan Swift (D) Alexander Pope 41. : The hero of “The Vicar of Wakefield” is (A) Dr. Primrose (B) Sir Roger (C) Joseph Surface (D) Tom Jones 42. : “The Citizen of the World” is written by (A) Richard Steele (B) Oliver Goldsmith (C) Samuel Johnson (D) Joseph Addison 43. : “She Stoops to Conquer” is a (A) Novel (B) Poem (C) Play (D) Short story 44. : “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is a poem by (A) Thomas Gray (B) William Cowper (C) James Thomson (D) Oliver Goldsmith 45. : Who said “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise”? (A) Thomas Gray (B) William Blake (C) Alexander Pope (D) Samuel Johnson 46. : “Ode on the Spring” is a poem by (A) William Cowper (B) Oliver Goldsmith (C) Thomas Gray (D) James Thomson 47. : “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” was written by (A) Thomas Gray (B) William Cowper (C) James Thomson (D) Oliver Goldsmith 48. : William Cowper’s famous work is (A) The Seasons (B) The Deserted Village (C) The Task (D) The Citizen of the World 49. : Who among the following is called a forerunner of Romanticism? 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