Batch 2 of 21st Reporters

Question 1

is the golden age of English Literature.

Answer 1

Elizabeth Literature (1558- 1603)

Question 2

it is the golden
age of drama. Known as the “Bard of Avon,”

Answer 2

Elizabeth Literature (1558- 1603)

Question 3

William Shakespeare wrote his plays during this period. His best plays include Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and the merchant of Venice.

Answer 3

Elizabeth Literature (1558- 1603)

Question 4

is the golden age of lyric poetry.

Answer 4

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 5

“Songs of Innocence and of Experience” by William Blake,

Answer 5

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 6

“Lyrical Ballads” by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge,

Answer 6

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 7

“The Eve of St. Agnes” and “Other Poems” by John Keats,

Answer 7

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 8

“Don Juan” by Lord Byron,

Answer 8

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 9

“Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Answer 9

The Romantic Period (1800 – 1837)

Question 10

Charles Dickens, considered to be the greatest English novelist of the 19th century,

Answer 10

The Victorian Period (1837 – 1900)

Question 11

Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning each wrote fine poetry during the period. Tennyson’s “In Memoriam A.H.H.”

Answer 11

The Victorian Period (1837 – 1900)

Question 12

Browning, also known for his dramatic
monologues, wrote the famous “My Last Duchess”.

Answer 12

The Victorian Period (1837 – 1900)

Question 13

Oscar Wilde is the dramatist of the period. He wrote the masterpiece “The Importance of Being Earnest”.

Answer 13

The Victorian Period (1837 – 1900)

Question 14

William Butler Yeats and Thomas Steams Eliot wrote Modernist poems during the period.

Answer 14

Twentieth Century (1900 – 2000)

Question 15

Yeats wrote “The Tower”, “The Winding Stair” and “New Poems”,

Answer 15

Twentieth Century (1900 – 2000)

Question 16

Eliot’s masterpieces are “The Love Song
of J. Alfred Prufock” and “The Waste Land”.

Answer 16

Twentieth Century (1900 – 2000)

Question 17

Virginia Woolf in her story “Mrs. Dalloway” and James Joyce in his work “Ulysses” use stream of consciousness, a literary technique in which the flow of thoughts of a character is described in
words.

Answer 17

Twentieth Century (1900 – 2000)

Question 18

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE) was the greatest Roman orator.

Answer 18

Latin Literature

Question 19

Using Latin as a literary medium, he was able to express abstract and complicated thoughts clearly in his speeches. One of his well-known speeches is Pro Cluentio.

Answer 19

Latin Literature

Question 20

Virgil (70 BCE-19 BCE), the greatest Roman poet, was known for “Aenid” an epic poem.

Answer 20

Latin Literature