1.‘Hymn To Adversity’ is a poem by :
(A) Thomas Gray
(B) Edward Gibbon
(C) Alexander Pope
(D) William Blake
Answer: A
2.Who among the following wrote a book with the title The Age of Reason ?
A) William Godwin
(B) Edmund Burke
(C) Thomas Paine
(D) Edward Gibbon
Answer: C
3.The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon is a significant work in ______ volumes.
(A) 3
(B) 4
© 5
(D) 6
Answer: D
4.The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in six volumes was a great achievement by Edward Gibbon. It was published between 1776 and 1788, two significant dates that.
(1) Signalled the end of the Napoleonic wars and the rise of Feudalism
(2) Signalled the American Revolution and the French Revolution
(3) Covered the fall of peasantry and the rise of bureaucracy in England
(4) Suggest the period of Queen Anne.s reign
Answer: 2