- 1. Who is the author of 'The Lives of the Poets'?
A) Samuel Johnson
B) Alexander Pope
C) James Boswell
D) John Milton
- 2. What genre does 'The Lives of the Poets' primarily belong to?
A) Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Essays
D) Biography
- 3. How many poets' lives does Johnson primarily cover in his work?
A) 50
B) 40
C) 75
D) 52
- 4. What style of writing does Johnson employ in 'The Lives of the Poets'?
A) Lyric poetry
B) Critical analysis
C) Narrative fiction
D) Travel writing
- 5. Johnson had a notable relationship with which of the following contemporaries?
A) William Blake
B) James Boswell
C) Robert Burns
D) Lord Byron
- 6. Which significant work does Johnson refer to while discussing Milton?
A) The Prelude
B) Paradise Lost
C) L'Allegro
D) The Rape of the Lock
- 7. In what year was 'The Lives of the Poets' first published?
A) 1785
B) 1765
C) 1810
D) 1779
- 8. Johnson praises which poet for their original use of the English language?
A) Robert Burns
B) Thomas Gray
C) Alexander Pope
D) John Milton
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