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?
The Irish National Theatre
The Globe Theatre
The Independent Theatre
The Abbey Theatre
Both a and d
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
"The Complete English Bible" of Miles Coverdale was published in :
1525
1539
1535
1511
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”
"Troilus and Criseyde" is written by :
John Gower
Sir Gawain
Shakespeare
Chaucer
"The Tatler" was edited by :
Addison and Steele
Addison
Swift
Steele
The author of "Essays of Elia" was :
Thomas De Quincey
Mary Lamb
William Hazlitt
Charles Lamb
Which of the following is Eliot’s pageant play?
Sweeney Agonistes
Murder in the Cathedral
The Rock
The Family Reunion
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