Bacon, Francis: Multiple Choice Questions with Answers - 03

Hareshwar Roy,
Bacon, Francis: Multiple Choice Questions with Answers - 03

01. Who influenced Francis Bacon most with regard to essays?
a. Montaigne
b. Shakespeare
c. Marlowe
d. Ben Jonson
Answer: a. Montaigne
02. What is the full name of Montaigne?
a. David de Montaigne
b. Robert de Montaigne
c. Michel de Montaigne
d. Charles de Montaigne
Answer: c. Michel de Montaigne
03. Who was Michel de Montaigne?
a. English Essayist of 16th century
b. German Essayist of 16th century
c. American Essayist of 16th century
d. French Essayist of 16th century
Answer: d. French Essayist of 16th century
04. Apart from Montaigne Francis Bacon was also influenced by:
a. Seneca
b. Tacitus
c. Both a & b
d. None
Answer: c. Both a & b
05. When was the first edition of Francis Bacon's essays published?
a. 1595
b. 1596
c. 1597
d. 1598
Answer: c. 1597
06. How many essays were there in the first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 50
Answer: a. 10
07. When was the second edition of Francis Bacon's essays published?
a. 1611
b. 1612
c. 1613
d. 1614
Answer: b. 1612
08. How many essays appeared in the second edition of Francis Bacon's Essays?
a. 37
b. 38
c. 39
d. 40
Answer: b. 38
09. When was the third edition of Francis Bacon's essays published?
a. 1623
b. 1624
c. 1625
d. 1626
Answer: c. 1625
10. How many essays included in the third (final) edition of Francis Bacon's Essays?
a. 38
b. 48
c. 58
d. 68
Answer: c. 58
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Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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