Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

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is the first masterpiece or foundation stone in all British 
literature.
A.
Beowulf.
B. Canterbury Tales
C.
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
D. Hamlet.
E.
The Fire Dragon.
2. Who was the author of “Ecclesiastical History ofthe English
Race”?
A. the Venerable Bede.
B.
Edmund Spenser.
c .
Jonathan Swift.
D.
William Shakespeare.
E.
Walter Scott
3. 
Whom is the following sentence written by and in what 
work?
“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take 
for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and 
consider.”
A. 
Sir Philip Sidney, in “Arcadia”.
B. 
Sir Francis Bacon, in “O f Studies’.
C. 
Alexander Pope, in “Moral Essays”.
D. 
Samuel Johnson, in “The Idler”.
E. 
Charles Dickens, in “The Pickwick Papers”.

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Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” is ...
A. a long allegorical poem dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.
B. an epic poem about King Arthur.
C. a sonnet dedicated lo Henry VIII.
D. a poem of twelve lines on science.
E. a novel without a hero.
5. Which work is usually considered the most outstanding 
work of Elizabethan literary theory and criticism?
A. “O f Studies” by Sir Francis Bacon.
B. 
“An Apology for Poetry” by Sir Philip Sidney.
C. 
“ Arcadia” by Sir Philip Sidney.
D. 
“ Every Man in His Humor” by Ben Jonson.
E. 
“Even Such is Time” by Philip Sidney.
6
. John Milton’s most famous w'orks are:
A. “Paradise Lost”, “Paradise Regained”, “Samson
Agonistes”.
B. “Paradise Lost’', “Samson Agonistes”, “An Essay on Man”.
C. “Paradise Lost”, “ Paradise Regained”, “The Rape ofthe
Lock”.
D. “Songs o f Innocence”, “Don Juan”, “Manfred” .
E. “Paradise Lost”, “Moll Flanders”, “Iliad”.
7. From whose point o f view is the novel “David Copperfield 
told”?
A. David’s.
B. Murdstone’s.
C. The author’s.
D. Peggotty’s.
E. David’s schoolmate’s.

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8
. The main characters of the play “Pygmalion” are:
A. Eliza C>oolittle, Oliver Twist, Dorian Gray.
B. Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Pickering.
C. Htggins, Pamela, George.
D. Eliza, Robin, Eliot.
E. Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Grendel.
9. Which writer ( poet) is characterized by the following:
He i«. sometimes called “the prince o f poets ” because many 
later English poets learned the art o f versification from his works. 
He created a sonnet form o f his own. He is the author o f the 
sonnet cycle ‘Amoretti”( 1594).
A. Edmund Spencer.
B. Robert Burns.
C. Christopher Marlowe.
D. Thomas Hood.
E. John Milton.
10. Which writer ( poet) is characterized by the following:
He, an Irish poet and dramatist, was born and educated in 
Dublin. Beginning as an art student, he soon gave up art for 
literature. At twenty-one, he published his first work “Mosada”, 
a drama written in verse.
A. Alfred Tennison.
B. Cliarles Lamb.
C. William Butler Yeats.
D. Hohn Keats.
E. Thomas Stearns Eliot.
11. Find the synonym to “The Age o f Reason”.
A. The Age of Renaissance.

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B. The Age of Brightening.
C. The Age of Enlightenment.
D. The Age o f Romanticism.
E. The Age of Sentimentalism.
12. How many lines does a sonnet consist of?
A. twelve lines.
B. thirteen lines.
C. eleven lines.
D. fourteen lines.
E. ten lines.
13. What poet does; the following stanza belong to?
And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls 
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
A. Sir Walter Raleigh.
B. Christopher Marlowe.
C. George Gordon By ion.
D. Ted Hughes.
E. William Shakespeare.
14. What poetry do the following lines belong to?
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove 
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Or woods, or steepv mountain yields.
(Christopher Marlowe. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.)
A. Romantic poetry.
B. Religious poetry.
C. Puritan poetry.

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D. Carpe diem poetry.
E. Metaphysical poetry.
15. Christopher Marlowe’s three greatest tragedies are:
A. “ Paradise Lost”, “Samsoh Agonistes”, “Doctor Faustus.”
B. “Manfred”, “Macbeth”, “The Jew o f Malta” .
C. “The Rape o f the Lock”, “An Essay on Man”, 
“Tamburlaine the Great.”
D. “Tamburlaine the Great”, “Doctor Faustus”, “The Jew of 
Malta”.
E. “Volpone”, “The Alchemist” , “Still to Be Neet.”
16. When did English poets begin to write on