UGC NET SET 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cromwell was named Lord protector in the year __________. - Answers -1653
Who wrote the line, "sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child"? - Answers -John Milton
Which of the following works was composed during milton's retirement at horton ( called
horton period)? - Answers -L'Allegro II Penseroso Lycidas
About whom did the Milton say, "Dear son of Memory, great heir of fame"? - Answers -
WS
The prose essays of Milton were called_____________. - Answers -tracts
The plot of Milton's Comus is borrowed from____________. - Answers -Odyssey
. John Milton's "L'Allegro" is____________ centering on the joy of taking part in the
delights of a spring day - Answers -A lyric
Milton wrote___________ sonnets altogether. - Answers -24
In which work does Milton say, "Love virtue, she alone is free"? - Answers -Comus
Which is the rst archaeological treatise in English? - Answers -Hydriotaphia
All of John Bunyan's later life as well as his works including The Pilgrim's Progress was
shaped by his reading and interpretation of the book Commentary on Galatians, written
by ________________. - Answers -Martin Luther
"Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity"'is one of the "nativity odes" of____________. -
Answers -John Milton
Whose plays have been called "manly"? - Answers -Wycherley
Marwood and Millament are characters in the play__________. - Answers -The way of
the world
Samuel Pepys kept his diary from___________ to __________. - Answers -1660-1669
Who said, "give me the liberty know"? - Answers -John Milton
Milton's paradise regained has___________ books. - Answers -Four
The Commonwealth ruled England during_____________. - Answers -1649-53
,What is the meaning of 'Agonistes' in Milton's poem "Samson Agonistes"? - Answers -
The Wrestler
The only literary epic in English is - Answers -Paradise Lost
In John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress what is the rst obstacle encountered by Christian on
his progress? - Answers -The Slough of Despond
Listed below are the seemingly friendly characters in The Pilgrim's Progress who give
Christian dangerous advice. Among them is one who does not belong to this group.
Identify this odd character. - Answers -Evangelist
Which book in Paradise Lost describes Satan's journey to the Garden of Eden? -
Answers -Book IV
. The title of Sir Thomas Browne's famous treatise, Religio Medici means : - Answers -
Religion of a Doctor
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress which of the following are found in the Slough of Despond?
- Answers -Fears and doubts, discouraging apprehensions, sinful thoughts
Who among the following was a contemporary of John Milton and wrote The Worthy
Communicant ? It is said that his prose "can be read easily, when Milton's must be
studied." - Answers -Jeremy Taylor
Following the Bishops' wars, the Long Parliament was established in England
from__________to____________. - Answers -1640-48
Which 17h century writer is called "Shakespeare of the Divines" - Answers -Jeremy
Taylor
Which of the following works by John Milton centres on the theme temptation"? -
Answers -Comus Paradise Regained
John Selden, an older contemporary of John Milton, was a accomplished English jurist
and parliamentarian. For his contribution to which genre is Selden most remembered? -
Answers -Table-talk
Complete these lines from Milton's Petrarchan sonnet "On His Blindness" "Who best/
Bear His______________ they serve Him best." - Answers -mild yoke
The following lines appear in Milton's "Lycidas " Were it not better done, as others use,
To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?" What does
the reference to Amaryllis and Neaera represent here? - Answers -futility of the
shepherd's life without Lycidas
, "Ask walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was
a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep..." This is the famous opening line of a
work by____________. - Answers -John Bunyan
The line "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" appears in __________ -
Answers -Paradise Lost
The History of Holy War was written by______________. - Answers -Thomas Fuller
Who called Milton "the mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies"? - Answers -Alfred
Tennyson
What does the word "Lucifer" mean? - Answers -Bearer of light
_______________ is the longest book of Paradise Lost. - Answers -book 9
Who called Shakespeare, "Sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child"? - Answers -Milton
. To whom is applied the epithet "Shakespeare of Divines"? - Answers -Jeremy Taylor
Euphues - Answers -1579 john lyly
Anatomy of melancholy - Answers -1621 robert burten
Lycidas - Answers -1637 john milton
Urn burial - Answers -1658 Sir Thomas Browne
In which year was Oliver Cromwell declared the Lord protector of England? - Answers -
1653
Anatomy of Melancholy is an example of ______________. - Answers -Menippean
Satire
About whom does Wordsworth say, "England hath need of thee"? - Answers -Milton
In which sonnet does Wordsworth castigate the English people as stagnant and selsh
and eulogize John Milton? - Answers -"London 1802"
What does Milton say the city of London wears like a garment? - Answers -The beauty
of the morning
Anatomy of Melancholy - Answers -1621
Astrea Redux - Answers -1660
Cromwell was named Lord protector in the year __________. - Answers -1653
Who wrote the line, "sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child"? - Answers -John Milton
Which of the following works was composed during milton's retirement at horton ( called
horton period)? - Answers -L'Allegro II Penseroso Lycidas
About whom did the Milton say, "Dear son of Memory, great heir of fame"? - Answers -
WS
The prose essays of Milton were called_____________. - Answers -tracts
The plot of Milton's Comus is borrowed from____________. - Answers -Odyssey
. John Milton's "L'Allegro" is____________ centering on the joy of taking part in the
delights of a spring day - Answers -A lyric
Milton wrote___________ sonnets altogether. - Answers -24
In which work does Milton say, "Love virtue, she alone is free"? - Answers -Comus
Which is the rst archaeological treatise in English? - Answers -Hydriotaphia
All of John Bunyan's later life as well as his works including The Pilgrim's Progress was
shaped by his reading and interpretation of the book Commentary on Galatians, written
by ________________. - Answers -Martin Luther
"Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity"'is one of the "nativity odes" of____________. -
Answers -John Milton
Whose plays have been called "manly"? - Answers -Wycherley
Marwood and Millament are characters in the play__________. - Answers -The way of
the world
Samuel Pepys kept his diary from___________ to __________. - Answers -1660-1669
Who said, "give me the liberty know"? - Answers -John Milton
Milton's paradise regained has___________ books. - Answers -Four
The Commonwealth ruled England during_____________. - Answers -1649-53
,What is the meaning of 'Agonistes' in Milton's poem "Samson Agonistes"? - Answers -
The Wrestler
The only literary epic in English is - Answers -Paradise Lost
In John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress what is the rst obstacle encountered by Christian on
his progress? - Answers -The Slough of Despond
Listed below are the seemingly friendly characters in The Pilgrim's Progress who give
Christian dangerous advice. Among them is one who does not belong to this group.
Identify this odd character. - Answers -Evangelist
Which book in Paradise Lost describes Satan's journey to the Garden of Eden? -
Answers -Book IV
. The title of Sir Thomas Browne's famous treatise, Religio Medici means : - Answers -
Religion of a Doctor
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress which of the following are found in the Slough of Despond?
- Answers -Fears and doubts, discouraging apprehensions, sinful thoughts
Who among the following was a contemporary of John Milton and wrote The Worthy
Communicant ? It is said that his prose "can be read easily, when Milton's must be
studied." - Answers -Jeremy Taylor
Following the Bishops' wars, the Long Parliament was established in England
from__________to____________. - Answers -1640-48
Which 17h century writer is called "Shakespeare of the Divines" - Answers -Jeremy
Taylor
Which of the following works by John Milton centres on the theme temptation"? -
Answers -Comus Paradise Regained
John Selden, an older contemporary of John Milton, was a accomplished English jurist
and parliamentarian. For his contribution to which genre is Selden most remembered? -
Answers -Table-talk
Complete these lines from Milton's Petrarchan sonnet "On His Blindness" "Who best/
Bear His______________ they serve Him best." - Answers -mild yoke
The following lines appear in Milton's "Lycidas " Were it not better done, as others use,
To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?" What does
the reference to Amaryllis and Neaera represent here? - Answers -futility of the
shepherd's life without Lycidas
, "Ask walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was
a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep..." This is the famous opening line of a
work by____________. - Answers -John Bunyan
The line "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" appears in __________ -
Answers -Paradise Lost
The History of Holy War was written by______________. - Answers -Thomas Fuller
Who called Milton "the mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies"? - Answers -Alfred
Tennyson
What does the word "Lucifer" mean? - Answers -Bearer of light
_______________ is the longest book of Paradise Lost. - Answers -book 9
Who called Shakespeare, "Sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child"? - Answers -Milton
. To whom is applied the epithet "Shakespeare of Divines"? - Answers -Jeremy Taylor
Euphues - Answers -1579 john lyly
Anatomy of melancholy - Answers -1621 robert burten
Lycidas - Answers -1637 john milton
Urn burial - Answers -1658 Sir Thomas Browne
In which year was Oliver Cromwell declared the Lord protector of England? - Answers -
1653
Anatomy of Melancholy is an example of ______________. - Answers -Menippean
Satire
About whom does Wordsworth say, "England hath need of thee"? - Answers -Milton
In which sonnet does Wordsworth castigate the English people as stagnant and selsh
and eulogize John Milton? - Answers -"London 1802"
What does Milton say the city of London wears like a garment? - Answers -The beauty
of the morning
Anatomy of Melancholy - Answers -1621
Astrea Redux - Answers -1660
