History

The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 meant the return to the throne of the … dynasty:

The leading English poet of the period John Dryden can be best described as:

The Restoration in England was the age of scientists, and the greatest of them was:

The label ‘Augustan Age’ applies to the reign of:

Dryden’s best-known poem entitled “Alexander’s Feast” is:

In the above-mentioned poem, the master musician who plays the flute and the lyre is/are:

Burlesque is a type of satire which is characterized by:

The Roman patroness of music and musicians mentioned by name in the above-mentioned poem is:

In his satirical poem entitled “Hudibras”, Samuel Butler compared the Puritans to madmen or drunkards who fight for their Dame Religion as if she were:

As regards Restoration drama, tragedy was generally not of a high artistic merit, mainly because:

In contrast to tragedy, William Congreve composed very successful comedies during the Restoration Age. Those comedies are classified as:

The hero and heroine in John Dryden’s blank-verse tragedy entitled “All for Love”, which he wrote in imitation of one of Shakespeare’s tragedies, are:

Among the typical characters in Congreve’s comedies were:

In the allegorical prose work entitled “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan, the title protagonist whose name is Christian can be regarded as:

Taking into account a great amount of realistic observation of men and their attitudes and actions, some literary historians regard “The Pilgrim’s Progress” as the first … in English literature.