English Literature: test yourself

Unit quizzes

10 questions each · free · retake any time

1. 1 Reading a Poem: Sound, Meter and Form
2. 2 Reading for Meaning: Figure, Tone, Style, Drama and Narrative
3. 3 Old English Literature
4. 4 Geoffrey Chaucer
5. 5 Middle English Beyond Chaucer
6. 6 The Sixteenth Century
7. 7 William Shakespeare
8. 8 Donne, Jonson and the Early Seventeenth Century
9. 9 John Milton
10. 10 The Restoration
11. 11 The Eighteenth Century
12. 12 The First Romantics
13. 13 The Second Romantics and Romantic Prose
14. 14 Victorian Poetry
15. 15 Victorian Fiction, Prose and Drama
16. 16 Modernism
17. 17 After Modernism: Britain and Ireland
18. 18 Commonwealth and Postcolonial Writing in English
19. 19 Reading Criticism and Identifying Periods
20. 20 Capstone and Course Close

Answers are checked as you go, each with the lesson to review.

Mid exam

50 questions · units 1–10 · free · retake any time

A checkpoint on the first half of the course, drawn fresh from a pool of 100 each time. Scored at the end, with a breakdown by content area and the lessons to review.

Final exam

95 questions · 90 minutes · whole course

Scored 20–80; 50 passes. Weighted like the exam blueprint: the twentieth century to the present 21%, reading poetry, prose, drama, and criticism 19%, the romantic period 16%, the victorian period 16%, the sixteenth and early seventeenth century 12%, the middle ages 8%, the restoration and eighteenth century 8%.

One passing attempt unlocks the certificate. Attempts are unlimited with a 24-hour wait, each a fresh draw.