Q: Dryden's The Medal is a personal satire on:
a) Nathaniel Lee
b) Shaftesbury
c) Nahum Tate
d) Absolem Achitophel
Correct answer: b) Shaftesbury
Explanation of English Literature MCQs Test
Dryden's greatest Satire "Absalom and Achitophel"
Dryden's greatest satire in verse form is "Absalom and Achitophel" in 1681. It is an allegorical satire in a heroic couplet and its theme is to attempt the early of Shaftesbury. It is a political satire written at the instance of the King. His second important satirical work is "The Medal", a satire against sedition. He satirizes almost all the facts of Shaftesbury's personality. He cleverly suggests how Shaftesbury was an arch conspiration, an unwise statesman. It succeeds in holding Lord Shaftesbury up to ridiculous. In about fifty lines, he can say all the damaging things about Lord Shaftesbury.
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