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This section includes 903 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 451. |
The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to___________? |
| A. | Nicholas Udall |
| B. | Thomas Colwell |
| C. | Lord Burghley |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. Thomas Colwell | |
| 452. |
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by ? |
| A. | Wyclif |
| B. | Thomas more |
| C. | John Lyly |
| D. | Robert Greene |
| Answer» B. Thomas more | |
| 453. |
The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ? |
| A. | Virgil |
| B. | Fetronius |
| C. | Seneca |
| D. | Homer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 454. |
The English masque has its origins in the traditions of what European country ? |
| A. | France |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | Spain |
| D. | Italy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 455. |
The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups ? |
| A. | Royalists and Monarchists |
| B. | Royalists and Parliamentarians |
| C. | Parliamentarians and Roundheads |
| D. | Anarchists and Royalists |
| Answer» C. Parliamentarians and Roundheads | |
| 456. |
The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ? |
| A. | French |
| B. | Greek |
| C. | Roman |
| D. | German |
| Answer» C. Roman | |
| 457. |
The concept of “prose” refers to which of the following ? |
| A. | Ordinary speech |
| B. | Blank verse |
| C. | Rhyming verse |
| D. | Non-English word use |
| Answer» B. Blank verse | |
| 458. |
The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________? |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | personification |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. personification | |
| 459. |
The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as ? |
| A. | Letters to the Margret Paston |
| B. | Margret Paston to John Paston |
| C. | The Paston letters |
| D. | To John Paston |
| Answer» D. To John Paston | |
| 460. |
The Chartist Movement sought ? |
| A. | Protection of the political rights of the working class |
| B. | Recognition of chartered trading companies |
| C. | Political rights for women |
| D. | Protection of the political rights of the middle class |
| Answer» B. Recognition of chartered trading companies | |
| 461. |
The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed ? |
| A. | Jesus |
| B. | Samson |
| C. | Satan |
| D. | Adam |
| Answer» D. Adam | |
| 462. |
The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ? |
| A. | four |
| B. | six |
| C. | two |
| D. | one |
| Answer» B. six | |
| 463. |
’The Cambridge school’ refers to a group who emerged when ? |
| A. | The 1900’s |
| B. | The 1960’s |
| C. | The 1920’s |
| D. | The 1930’s |
| Answer» C. The 1920’s | |
| 464. |
“The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare’s ? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Twelfth Night |
| C. | The Tempest |
| D. | Henry IV, Pt I |
| Answer» E. | |
| 465. |
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” The above lines have been taken from ? |
| A. | The Waste Land |
| B. | Tintern Abbey |
| C. | The Second Coming |
| D. | Prayer for My Daughter |
| Answer» D. Prayer for My Daughter | |
| 466. |
The battle between God’s army and Satan’s rebels in heaven lasted ? |
| A. | One day |
| B. | Three days |
| C. | Seven days |
| D. | One hour |
| Answer» C. Seven days | |
| 467. |
The Archangel Michael might best be described as ? |
| A. | Jealous and envious |
| B. | Bombastic |
| C. | Firm and militant |
| D. | Kind and caring |
| Answer» D. Kind and caring | |
| 468. |
The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was not influenced by ? |
| A. | The Pre-Raphaelites |
| B. | Ruskin |
| C. | Pater |
| D. | Matthew Arnold |
| Answer» E. | |
| 469. |
Satan’s name before he fell from heaven was ? |
| A. | Beezlebub |
| B. | Michael |
| C. | Lucifer |
| D. | Belial |
| Answer» D. Belial | |
| 470. |
Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ? |
| A. | Light verse |
| B. | Romantic |
| C. | Political satire |
| D. | War poems |
| Answer» E. | |
| 471. |
“Samson Agonistes” is described as a “Closet Drama,” which means_______________? |
| A. | it can be acted out on a very small stage. |
| B. | it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage. |
| C. | people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it. |
| D. | it was written to be acted in a church. |
| Answer» C. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it. | |
| 472. |
“Samson Agonistes” differs from its source material, the Biblical book of “Judges,” in what way(s) ? |
| A. | In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.” |
| B. | In “Samson,” Samson is a Jew, but he is not in “Judges.” |
| C. | In “Samson,” Samson marries the Woman of Timnah, but not in “Judges.” |
| D. | In “Samson,” Samson never worships Dagon, but he does in “Judges.” |
| Answer» B. In “Samson,” Samson is a Jew, but he is not in “Judges.” | |
| 473. |
S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of__________________? |
| A. | The Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| B. | The Royal Society ofLondon |
| C. | Royal Society of Arts |
| D. | Royal Society of Literature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 474. |
Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict? |
| A. | Boer War |
| B. | Second World War |
| C. | Korean War |
| D. | First World War |
| Answer» E. | |
| 475. |
Roughly speaking, how long was the English Civil War ? |
| A. | One decade |
| B. | Two decades |
| C. | Three decades |
| D. | Four decades |
| Answer» B. Two decades | |
| 476. |
Renaissance first came to the ? |
| A. | France |
| B. | Italy |
| C. | England |
| D. | Rome |
| Answer» C. England | |
| 477. |
“Renaissance” is a ? |
| A. | French word |
| B. | Italian word |
| C. | Greek word |
| D. | Spanish word |
| Answer» B. Italian word | |
| 478. |
Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled ? |
| A. | ‘Last Impressions’ |
| B. | ‘False Impressions’ |
| C. | ‘First Impressions’ |
| D. | ‘True Impressions’ |
| Answer» D. ‘True Impressions’ | |
| 479. |
Please identify the story: “her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition. ” |
| A. | “The Boarding House” |
| B. | “Clay” |
| C. | “Eveline” |
| D. | “A Little Cloud” |
| Answer» D. “A Little Cloud” | |
| 480. |
Please identify the text from which “then must any what you like in the power of empthoo” comes ? |
| A. | “Araby” |
| B. | “The Dead” |
| C. | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| D. | Finnegans Wake |
| Answer» E. | |
| 481. |
Philip Sidney was born on 30th November ? |
| A. | 1553 |
| B. | 1554 |
| C. | 1555 |
| D. | 1550 |
| Answer» C. 1555 | |
| 482. |
Paradise Lost was originally written in ? |
| A. | ten books |
| B. | eleven books |
| C. | nine books |
| D. | eight books |
| Answer» E. | |
| 483. |
“Paradise lost” was lost by ? |
| A. | Eve |
| B. | Adam |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | Satan |
| Answer» D. Satan | |
| 484. |
“Paradise Lost” is considered a______________? |
| A. | First Person Narrative |
| B. | Short Story |
| C. | Epic Poem |
| D. | Novel |
| Answer» D. Novel | |
| 485. |
Paradise Lost shows an influence of_______________? |
| A. | Paganism |
| B. | Pre-Christian theology |
| C. | Christianity and the Renaissance |
| D. | Greek nihilism |
| Answer» D. Greek nihilism | |
| 486. |
Othello was sent to fight with______________? |
| A. | French army |
| B. | German army |
| C. | Ottomans |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» D. None of above | |
| 487. |
Othello was a _________________? |
| A. | General of England |
| B. | General of Denmark |
| C. | Prince of England |
| D. | Prince of Denmark |
| Answer» B. General of Denmark | |
| 488. |
Othello gave Desdemona _____________as a token of love? |
| A. | Ring |
| B. | Handkerchief |
| C. | Pendant |
| D. | Pendant |
| Answer» C. Pendant | |
| 489. |
One important feature of Jane Austen’s style is ? |
| A. | boisterous humour |
| B. | humour and pathos |
| C. | subtlety of irony |
| D. | stream of consciousness |
| Answer» C. subtlety of irony | |
| 490. |
On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost is based ? |
| A. | The fall of Lucifer |
| B. | The fall of man |
| C. | Adam and Eve |
| D. | The genesis |
| Answer» C. Adam and Eve | |
| 491. |
On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God’s forces ? |
| A. | Catapults |
| B. | Artillery |
| C. | Illusions |
| D. | The Holy Sepulcher |
| Answer» C. Illusions | |
| 492. |
“On his blindness”, a collection of sonnets is written by ? |
| A. | Edmund Spenser |
| B. | John Milton |
| C. | Shakespeare |
| D. | Sir Philip Sidney |
| Answer» C. Shakespeare | |
| 493. |
Of which poet was it said ’Even if he’s not a great poet, he’s certainly a great something’ ? |
| A. | Elliot |
| B. | Kipling |
| C. | Cummings |
| D. | Brooke |
| Answer» C. Cummings | |
| 494. |
“Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe,With loss of Eden.” This is an extract from ? |
| A. | Paradise Lost |
| B. | Paradise Regained |
| C. | Samson Agonistes |
| D. | Divorce Tracts |
| Answer» B. Paradise Regained | |
| 495. |
Oedipus Complex is________________? |
| A. | a kind of physical ailment |
| B. | a kind of vitamin |
| C. | a brother’s attraction towards his sister |
| D. | a son’s attraction towards his mother |
| Answer» E. | |
| 496. |
O, you are sick of self-love’ Who is referred to in these words in Twelfth Night ? |
| A. | Orsino |
| B. | Sir Andrew |
| C. | Sir Toby |
| D. | Malvolio |
| Answer» E. | |
| 497. |
Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson has decided not to perform for attendants at a certain event when (starting with line 1381) he suddenly reverses positions and agrees to go. Why does he do this ? |
| A. | He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God. |
| B. | Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson. |
| C. | The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them. |
| D. | He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd. |
| Answer» B. Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson. | |
| 498. |
Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event ? |
| A. | Greek Olympic Games |
| B. | A Roman Circus |
| C. | A Gladiator competition |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 499. |
“My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.” Who wrote this ? |
| A. | Graham Greene |
| B. | D. H. Lawrence |
| C. | Charles Dickens |
| D. | Jane Austen |
| Answer» C. Charles Dickens | |
| 500. |
Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a_______________? |
| A. | lawyer |
| B. | postman |
| C. | Judge |
| D. | School teacher |
| Answer» B. postman | |