Reading Prose Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English)

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This set of Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Reading Prose Set 1

Q1 | The fall of Constantinople is associated with
  • the enlightenment
  • reformation
  • renaissance
  • the french revolution
Answer: renaissance
Q2 | Enlightenment was
  • a sixteenth century movement
  • seventeenth century movement
  • eighteenth century movement
  • nineteenth century movement
Answer: eighteenth century movement
Q3 | ‘Ancient Regime’ is a term connected with the government in
  • britain
  • france
  • germany
  • italy
Answer: france
Q4 | Taille was
  • a trade tax
  • a land tax
  • professional tax
  • sales tax
Answer: a land tax
Q5 | Tithe was the tax given to
  • the king
  • the church
  • the noble
  • property tax
Answer: the church
Q6 | Who wrote the essay What is Enlightenment?
  • voltaire
  • rousseau
  • immanuel kant
  • nietzche
Answer: immanuel kant
Q7 | “Enlightenment is man’s emrgence from his self imposednonage”. Who said this?
  • locke
  • hobbes
  • hume
  • kant
Answer: kant
Q8 | “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” is written by
  • locke
  • voltaire
  • rousseau
  • hobbes
Answer: locke
Q9 | The man who proved that the nature obeys certain fundamental laws
  • locke
  • newton
  • kant
  • louis xiv
Answer: newton
Q10 | Tabula Rasa is a term coined by
  • locke
  • kant
  • voltaire
  • newton
Answer: locke
Q11 | The spirit of Laws was written by
  • diderot
  • descartes
  • voltaire
  • montesquieu
Answer: montesquieu
Q12 | “Humanity had lost its title deeds and Montesquieu recovered them”. Who said this?
  • voltaire
  • diderot
  • rousseau
  • bacon
Answer: voltaire
Q13 | Who was Diderot’s co-editor of The Encyclopaedia?
  • voltaire
  • d’ alembert
  • rousseau
  • hume
Answer: d’ alembert
Q14 | “All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu”. Who said this?
  • voltaire
  • diderot
  • faguet
  • nietzsche
Answer: faguet
Q15 | “He was scornful of revealed truth”. Who?BA English IV Semester READING Prose
  • rousseau
  • diderot
  • voltaire
  • kant
Answer: diderot
Q16 | “Reason is the most perfect, the most noble, the most beautiful of all our faculties”. Whosaid this?
  • voltaire
  • rousseau
  • montesquieu
  • kant
Answer: montesquieu
Q17 | Who wrote the ‘Discourse Preliminarie’ of The Encyclopedia?
  • diderot
  • d’alembert
  • condilac
  • hume
Answer: d’alembert
Q18 | “We are tempted to regard him as the greatest, the most universal and the most eloquent ofphilosophers”. Who is praised here?
  • bacon
  • locke
  • aristotle
  • plato
Answer: bacon
Q19 | The author of La Religieuse?
  • condillac
  • diderot
  • voltaire
  • bacon
Answer: diderot
Q20 | Treatise on Human Nature was written by?
  • hume
  • rousseau
  • diderot
  • aristotle
Answer: hume
Q21 | “An Englishman like a free man goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses”. Who madethis statement?
  • montesquieu
  • voltaire
  • hume
  • barkley
Answer: hume
Q22 | The author of Candide ?BA English IV Semester READING Prose
  • voltaire
  • rousseau
  • hume
  • gibbon
Answer: voltaire
Q23 | Prof.Pangloss is a character in
  • history of england
  • social contract
  • emilie
  • candide
Answer: candide
Q24 | Who termed primitive man ‘noble savage’ ?
  • voltaire
  • rousseau
  • kant
  • condercet
Answer: rousseau
Q25 | The author of Social Contract?
  • robespirre
  • napoleon
  • kant
  • rousseau
Answer: rousseau
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