Practise Test #3

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Literary Knowledge Challenge

Test your knowledge of literature with our engaging quiz! Dive into various topics ranging from Irish Theatre to the works of famous poets. Whether you're a literature enthusiast or just looking to brush up on your knowledge, this quiz is the perfect way to challenge yourself.

10 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format
Suitable for all literature lovers

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ReadingWisdom42

Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre?

What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory?

The emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed

A new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays

A popular thirst for the "classics," driving contemporary writers to the margins

A, b and c

None of the above

Who described ‘English, the global language, as a killer language’?

Sidney Greenbaum

Otto Jesperson

David Crystal

Henry Bradley

Which of the following is a pessimistic satire on the dangers of political tyranny?

A Passage to India

Hemlock and After

Nineteen Eighty Four

The Power and the Glory

Which of the following poems is NOT composed by W.H. Auden?

�Spain"

�In Memory of W.B. Yeats”

�The White Goddess”

�Musee des Beaux Arts”

Which of the following is Eliot’s pageant play?

Sweeney Agonistes

Murder in the Cathedral

The Rock

The Family Reunion

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