ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

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Which of the following sentences best describes England’s transformation over the period from the early 17th century to the middle of the 18th century?
A
England moved from a period of comfort and prosperity in the early 17th century to a period of civil war and widespread illness in the middle of the 18th century.
B
England moved from a period of civil war, fire, and plague in the early 17th century to a period of relative calm and order in the middle of the 18th century.
C
England moved from the Age of Reason in the early 17th century to the Augustan Age in the middle of the 18th century.
D
England moved from the Enlightenment in the early 17th century to a period of superstition in the middle of the 18th century.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following items best describes England’s transformation over the period from the early 17th century to the middle of the 18th century? England moved from a period of comfort and prosperity in the early 17th century to a period of civil war and widespread illness in the middle of the 18th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name ‘restoration’ comes from the crowning of Charles II, which marks the restoring of the traditional English monarchical form of government following a short period of rule by a handful of republican governments.

Detailed explanation-3: -Restoration, Restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660. It marked the return of Charles II as king (1660–85) following the period of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth. The bishops were restored to Parliament, which established a strict Anglican orthodoxy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as the Restoration period or the Age of Dryden. Dryden was the representative writer of this period. The restoration of King Charles II in 1660 marks the beginning of a new era both in the life and the literature of England.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Restoration refers to the restoration of the monarchy when Charles II was restored to the throne of England following an eleven-year Commonwealth period during which the country was governed by Parliament under the direction of the Puritan General Oliver Cromwell.

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