Question 1
Which of the following authors may have had the greatest influence on 19th century literature as he or she was both a famous poet and then went on to write important historical novels?
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Jane Austen![]()
Sir Walter Scott![]()
Robert Burns
Question 2
Which of the following was NOT a type of English fiction typical of the early 19th century?
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Gothic Novel![]()
Novel of Manners![]()
Historical Novel![]()
Science fiction Novel
Question 3
Which American author was known as 'The American Scott' as he wrote Histories on trappers, explorers and Native Americans on the American frontier?
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James Fenimore Cooper![]()
Robert Burns![]()
Sir Walter Scott
Question 4
Among the female novelists, who could be considered the first female English novelist?
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Anne Radcliffe (1764-1823)![]()
Jane Austen (1775-1817)![]()
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
Question 5
What do we consider today to be the epitome of the early Gothic novel ? And was its author ?
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A Sicilian Romance (1790)![]()
The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)![]()
Romance of the Forest (1791)![]()
Anne Brontë![]()
Jane Austen![]()
Anne Radcliffe
Question 6
Which early female novelist could be seen as the forerunner or precursor to science fiction?
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Mary Shelley![]()
Emily Brontë![]()
Anne Radcliffe
Question 7
Which of the following was Jane Austen's most mature work, both in terms of her character and of her writing style?
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Sense and Sensibility (1811)![]()
Pride and Prejudice (1813)![]()
Emma (1816)
Question 8
Which work by Jane Austen was a satire of gothic novels and of women who read too many of them?
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Emma (1816)![]()
Northanger Abbey (1818)![]()
Persuasion (1818)
Question 9
Which novel by Jane Austen took a different trajectory, starting with a woman who is rich, independent and self- confident, and who will be brought down off of her pedestal?
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Sense and Sensibility (1811)![]()
Northanger Abbey (1818)![]()
Emma (1816)
Question 10
Which early 19th-century author wrote an emotional, ill-fated romance about Heathcliff and Catherine, a violent clash of two views on love and faithfulness, two principles and two classes?
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Charlotte Brontë![]()
Emily Brontë![]()
Anne Brontë
Question 11
Who wrote a novel that combined the gothic novel and the novel of manners, on a woman who is adopted into a cruel family and falls in love with her brooding master?
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Charlotte Brontë![]()
Emily Brontë![]()
Anne Brontë
Question 12
Which of the following authors wrote the most feminist novel of the early 19th century, on marital betrayal and mistreatment of women?
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Charlotte Brontë![]()
Emily Brontë![]()
Anne Brontë
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