English Language General Knowledge Quiz Questions and answers
| 1.What is the first novel in English? | Ans: Pamela |
| 2.When it was published? | Ans: In 1740 |
| 3.Who wrote it? | Ans: Samuel Richardson |
| 4.What is the first English Comedy? | Ans: Ralph Roister Doister |
| 5.When it was Staged? | Ans: In 1553 |
| 6. Who wrote it? | Ans: Nicholas Udall |
| 7.What is the first EnglishTragedy ? | Ans: Gorbuduc |
| 8.When it was staged? | Ans: In 1561 |
| 9.Who wrote it? | Ans: Sackville and Norton |
| 10.Who is the first printer in English? | Ans: William Caxton |
| 11.What is the oldest document of English literature? | Ans: Beowulf |
| 12.written time of Beowulf | Ans: About 650AD (app:) |
| 13.First English printing press | Ans: In 1476 |
| 14.First printing book in English | Ans: Morte d’ Arthur. In 1485. |
| 15.Who is called the bird of Avon? | Ans: Shakespeare |
| 16.Who is called the father of English Essays? | Ans: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) |
| 17.which is the first historical drama in English? | Ans: Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’ |
| 18.Shakespeare’s First play | Ans: Love’s labour lost |
| 19 .Shakespeare’s last play | Ans: The Tempest |
| 20. How many plays he wrote? | Ans: 37 plays |