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This section includes 96 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who wrote the novel Gulliver’s Travels? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» B. daniel defoe | |
| 2. |
Who is known as the Bard of Avon? |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | ben jonson |
| Answer» D. ben jonson | |
| 3. |
Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next? |
| A. | charles dickens |
| B. | tobias smollett |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» D. laurence sterne | |
| 4. |
Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | william makepeace thackeray |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» B. samuel richardson | |
| 5. |
Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack? |
| A. | jane austen |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | charles dickens |
| D. | william makepeace thackeray |
| Answer» C. charles dickens | |
| 6. |
Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year? |
| A. | emily bronte |
| B. | charlotte bronte |
| C. | jane austen |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Who wrote the novel Moll Flanders? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» D. laurence sterne | |
| 8. |
Who wrote the novel Amelia? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | laurence sterne |
| D. | tobias smollett |
| Answer» B. samuel richardson | |
| 9. |
Who wrote the novel Shamela? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» D. laurence sterne | |
| 10. |
Robinson Crusoe was published in ____ |
| A. | 1752 |
| B. | 1737 |
| C. | 1715 |
| D. | 1719 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Who wrote the novel Tom Jones? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | henry fielding |
| C. | charles dickens |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» C. charles dickens | |
| 12. |
Joseph Andrews was published in ____ |
| A. | 1742 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1750 |
| Answer» B. 1843 | |
| 13. |
Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | charles dickens |
| Answer» D. charles dickens | |
| 14. |
Who wrote the essay Of Truth? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | richard steele |
| D. | william hazlitt |
| Answer» C. richard steele | |
| 15. |
Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» C. jonathan swift | |
| 16. |
Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews? |
| A. | charles dickens |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | henry fielding |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Who wrote the novel Gulliver’s Travels? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» B. daniel defoe | |
| 18. |
Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | richard steele |
| Answer» B. jonathan swift | |
| 19. |
Who wrote the essay Of Marriage? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» D. daniel defoe | |
| 20. |
When was the School for Scandal first performed? |
| A. | 1776 |
| B. | 1777 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» C. 1774 | |
| 21. |
Who wrote the play The School for Scandal? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | john fletcher |
| C. | john webster |
| D. | r b sheridan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
When was the play The Rivals first performed? |
| A. | 1775 |
| B. | 1776 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1777 |
| Answer» B. 1776 | |
| 23. |
The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____ |
| A. | the duchess of malfi |
| B. | the way of the world |
| C. | the rivals |
| D. | hamlet |
| Answer» D. hamlet | |
| 24. |
The White Devil was written by ____ |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | john webster |
| C. | thomas kyd |
| D. | john fletcher |
| Answer» C. thomas kyd | |
| 25. |
Who wrote the play the Duchess of Malfi? |
| A. | john webster |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | ben johnson |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» B. william shakespeare | |
| 26. |
Which of the following characters is alive at the end of the play? |
| A. | gertrude |
| B. | horatio |
| C. | hamlet |
| D. | ophelia |
| Answer» C. hamlet | |
| 27. |
Who becomes the King of Denmark at the end of the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king of poland |
| B. | osric |
| C. | horatio |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Who kills Claudius in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king of norway |
| B. | fortinbras |
| C. | prince hamlet |
| D. | laertes |
| Answer» D. laertes | |
| 29. |
Who kills Prince Hamlet in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | laertes |
| B. | ophelia |
| C. | fortinbras |
| D. | claudius |
| Answer» B. ophelia | |
| 30. |
How does Queen Gertrude die in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | she commits suicide |
| B. | she is poisoned |
| C. | she is accidentally stabbed |
| D. | she is strangled to death |
| Answer» C. she is accidentally stabbed | |
| 31. |
Hamlet and Laertes engage in a match of _____ towards the end of the play. |
| A. | jousting |
| B. | fencing |
| C. | sword fight |
| D. | wrestling |
| Answer» C. sword fight | |
| 32. |
Who is Ophelia's brother in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | laertes |
| B. | horatio |
| C. | fortinbras |
| D. | polonius |
| Answer» B. horatio | |
| 33. |
How does Ophelia die in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | she is poisoned |
| B. | she falls off a cliff |
| C. | she drowns |
| D. | she is stabbed to death |
| Answer» D. she is stabbed to death | |
| 34. |
Who is sent to France by Polonius in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | francisco |
| B. | marcellus |
| C. | reynaldo |
| D. | gloucester |
| Answer» D. gloucester | |
| 35. |
Where does Polonius get killed by Hamlet? |
| A. | in polonius\ chamber |
| B. | in gertrude\s chamber |
| C. | in hamlet\s chamber |
| D. | in the king\s chamber |
| Answer» C. in hamlet\s chamber | |
| 36. |
Who killed King Hamlet according to the Ghost of King Hamlet? |
| A. | claudius |
| B. | polonius |
| C. | prince hamlet |
| D. | gertrude |
| Answer» B. polonius | |
| 37. |
____ and ____ were the courtiers sent by Claudius to Norway to prevent an attack from Fortinbras. |
| A. | horatio and laertes |
| B. | laertes and polonius |
| C. | rosencrantz and guildenstern |
| D. | cornelius and voltimand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Whom does Gertrude marry after her husband's death? |
| A. | king of poland |
| B. | claudius |
| C. | polonius |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» C. polonius | |
| 39. |
Who murdered Fortinbras' father in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king hamlet |
| B. | prince hamlet |
| C. | claudius |
| D. | fortinbras\ uncle |
| Answer» B. prince hamlet | |
| 40. |
Who is the young Prince of Norway in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | osric |
| B. | barnardo |
| C. | horatio |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
What is the name of the play within the play in Hamlet? |
| A. | the murder of antonio |
| B. | the murder of iago |
| C. | the murder of the king |
| D. | the murder of gonzago |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's lover in the play, Hamlet? |
| A. | portia |
| B. | gertrude |
| C. | ophelia |
| D. | juliet |
| Answer» D. juliet | |
| 43. |
Who is the Queen of Denmark? |
| A. | gertrude |
| B. | miranda |
| C. | ophelia |
| D. | desdemona |
| Answer» B. miranda | |
| 44. |
Polonius is killed by ____ in the play Hamlet. |
| A. | claudius |
| B. | hamlet |
| C. | yorick |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» C. yorick | |
| 45. |
Hamlet was published in ____ |
| A. | 1599 |
| B. | 1601 |
| C. | 1602 |
| D. | 1603 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Who are the first two characters to appear on stage in Hamlet? |
| A. | horatio and marcellus |
| B. | barnardo and horatio |
| C. | barnardo and hamlet |
| D. | barnardo and francisco |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's father? |
| A. | polonius |
| B. | claudius |
| C. | king hamlet |
| D. | horatio |
| Answer» D. horatio | |
| 48. |
Who delivers the first line of Hamlet? |
| A. | hamlet |
| B. | king hamlet |
| C. | barnardo |
| D. | claudius |
| Answer» D. claudius | |
| 49. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's closest friend? |
| A. | horatio |
| B. | marcellus |
| C. | guildenstern |
| D. | rosencrantz |
| Answer» B. marcellus | |
| 50. |
The setting of Hamlet is ____ |
| A. | rome |
| B. | england |
| C. | poland |
| D. | denmark |
| Answer» E. | |