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These quizzes cover British writers and literature over the course of time from the early Medieval Period to the Twentieth Century.

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  Medieval Literature: Old English   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The topic of this quiz is English literature composed between 450 AD and 1066 AD. Much of it would have been written originally in Old English or Latin.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
848 plays
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  Medieval Literature: Middle English   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about English lit from 1066 (the Norman conquest) to 1485 (the ascension of the House of Tudor), the second half of the Medieval Period. "Middle English" refers to the language spoken between Old English and Modern English.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
817 plays
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  British Literature: The Renaissance--16th Century   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is concerned with poetry, drama, etc. written by English writers between 1485 and 1603. This quiz is also one of several in a series about British literature that begins with the Old English literary period.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Feb 26 22
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alaspooryoric
Feb 26 22
1070 plays
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  Brit Lit: Late Renaissance--Early 17th Century   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is one in a series of British Literature games. This particular one is about literature written during the late Renaissance or the early seventeenth century. See what you know or what you can learn!
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
904 plays
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  Brit Lit: Restoration Lit--Late 17th Century   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to yet another quiz in the ongoing survey of British literature! This quiz is about the playwrights, poets, and prose writers of the late 1700s or the era of the Restoration of the English monarchy.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
640 plays
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  Brit Lit: Age of Reason--18th Century   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to another game in my ongoing British Literature series of quizzes! This one covers the poets, novelists, dramatists, and essayists of the 1700's until late in the century when Romanticism is the dominant influence.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
749 plays
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  Brit Lit: The Romantic Age--1785-1830   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here is yet another quiz in my ongoing British Literature series. This one covers the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, etc. written during what is typically referred to as the Romantic Period.
Average, 15 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
Average
alaspooryoric
736 plays
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  Brit Lit: The Victorian Age--1831-1901   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here is yet another quiz in my ongoing British Literature series. This one covers the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, etc. written during what is typically referred to as the Victorian Age.
Average, 15 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 26 16
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alaspooryoric
1547 plays
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  Brit Lit: The Modern Age--1902-1960 editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is the final quiz in my British Literature series. It contains questions about poetry, short fiction, novels, and drama from the early to middle twentieth century. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, alaspooryoric, Dec 27 16
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alaspooryoric
2299 plays

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