History of English Literature Quizzes

Use these online History of English Literature Quizzes for kids and children to test their knowledge on the historical background of British and English literature

These online History of British and English Literature Quizzes enable kids, students and children to test their knowledge of the history and historical background of British and English literature.

Our online History of British and English Literature quizzes provide teachers and students, children and kids with the opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of the development and Histoy of English and British Literature and writing through the progression of the English language, from Old English to Middle English, to the Modern English used in the 20th Century including the life, time and literary works of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy.

Each British and English literature quiz provides 20 questions that change each time you take the quiz. See your quiz score upon completing each quiz, and if you want you can then email your results to yourself. Review your wrong answers and learn and understand why they were wrong.

• Literature > The History Of British Literature 
• Early English Literature and Development of English Drama Quiz (3 topics)
• The 17th and 18th Centuries and Development of the English Novel Quiz (2 topics)
• The Romantic Era and Victorian Literature Quiz (3 topics)
• The Late Victorians to World War 1 and World War 2 Quiz (3 topics)
• The Time Life and Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Quiz (2 topics)
• The Time Life and Works of William Shakespeare Quiz (2 topics)
• The Time Life and Works of William Wordsworth Quiz (2 topics)
• The Time Life and Works of Charles Dickens Quiz (1 topics)
• The Time Life and Works of Thomas Hardy Quiz (2 topics)
• Shakespeares London Quiz (2 topics)
• Shakespeares Theatre And Stage Production Quiz (2 topics)