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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.
| 401. |
Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ? |
| A. | a mouse |
| B. | a cherub |
| C. | a toad |
| D. | a serpent |
| Answer» B. a cherub | |
| 402. |
Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devil’s angels ? |
| A. | Mephastophilis |
| B. | beelzebub |
| C. | Aamon |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. beelzebub | |
| 403. |
Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work ? |
| A. | The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune |
| B. | The Spanish Tragedy |
| C. | Jeronimo |
| D. | Cornelia |
| Answer» C. Jeronimo | |
| 404. |
“There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” The line given above occurs in_______________? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Henry IV, Pt I |
| C. | The Tempest |
| D. | Twelfth Night |
| Answer» B. Henry IV, Pt I | |
| 405. |
There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by – This is a couplet from the Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet ? |
| A. | Metaphor |
| B. | Synecdoche |
| C. | Euphemism |
| D. | Irony |
| Answer» C. Euphemism | |
| 406. |
The two archangels who serve as generals in God’s army are ? |
| A. | Michael and Gabriel |
| B. | Michael and Raphael |
| C. | Raphael and Gabriel |
| D. | Michael and Lucifer |
| Answer» B. Michael and Raphael | |
| 407. |
The twins in Lord of the Flies are ? |
| A. | Ralph and Jack |
| B. | Simon and Eric |
| C. | Ralph and Eric |
| D. | Simon and Jack |
| Answer» B. Simon and Eric | |
| 408. |
The title of Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus’ means ? |
| A. | Religious Scripture |
| B. | Seaside Resort |
| C. | Tailor Repatched |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Tailor Repatched | |
| 409. |
The title page which play of Christopher Marlow attributes the play to Marlowe and Thomas Nashe ? |
| A. | Doctor Faustus |
| B. | Dido, Queen of Carthage |
| C. | Edward the Second |
| D. | Tamburlaine the Great |
| Answer» C. Edward the Second | |
| 410. |
The title of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is taken from ? |
| A. | The Bible |
| B. | The Irish mythology |
| C. | The German mythology |
| D. | The Greek mythology |
| Answer» B. The Irish mythology | |
| 411. |
The theme is_____________? |
| A. | a plot. |
| B. | an character |
| C. | an address |
| D. | the point a writer is trying to make about a subject. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 412. |
The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The Princess’ is ? |
| A. | Queen Victoria’s coronation |
| B. | Industrial Revolution |
| C. | Women’s Education and Rights |
| D. | Rise of Democracy |
| Answer» D. Rise of Democracy | |
| 413. |
The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to describe the political novels of ______________? |
| A. | Charles Dickens |
| B. | Anthony Trollope |
| C. | W. H. White |
| D. | B.Disraeli |
| Answer» E. | |
| 414. |
The term “Agonistes” is Greek and it means______________? |
| A. | one who is in agony. |
| B. | one who inflicts agony. |
| C. | one who struggles for or champions a cause. |
| D. | one who predicts the future. |
| Answer» D. one who predicts the future. | |
| 415. |
The style of Paradise Lost is ? |
| A. | more Latin than most poems |
| B. | more spontaneous than thought out |
| C. | more satirical than spontaneous |
| D. | more dramatic than lyrical |
| Answer» B. more spontaneous than thought out | |
| 416. |
The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in ? |
| A. | 1823 |
| B. | 1826 |
| C. | 1834 |
| D. | 1833 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 417. |
The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced by the ? |
| A. | French Revolution |
| B. | Glorious Revolution of1688 |
| C. | Reformation |
| D. | Oxford Movement |
| Answer» B. Glorious Revolution of1688 | |
| 418. |
The repetition of similar ending sounds_______________? |
| A. | alliteration |
| B. | onomatopoiea |
| C. | rhyme |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 419. |
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds_____________? |
| A. | rhyme |
| B. | onomatopoeia |
| C. | alliteration |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 420. |
The Renaissance was known for originating which of the following philosophical movements ? |
| A. | Existentialism |
| B. | Humanism |
| C. | Stoicism |
| D. | Postmodernism |
| Answer» C. Stoicism | |
| 421. |
The reason for Satan’s fall might best be described as ? |
| A. | incest |
| B. | lust |
| C. | greed |
| D. | pride |
| Answer» E. | |
| 422. |
The reason for Eve’s fall might best be described as_______________? |
| A. | vanity |
| B. | lust |
| C. | greed |
| D. | pride |
| Answer» B. lust | |
| 423. |
“The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance.” This line occurs in ? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Henry IV,Pt I |
| C. | The Tempest |
| D. | Twelfth Night |
| Answer» D. Twelfth Night | |
| 424. |
The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter here” is from which text ? |
| A. | Vita Nuova |
| B. | The Divine Comedy |
| C. | De Vulgari Eloquentia |
| D. | De Monarchia |
| Answer» C. De Vulgari Eloquentia | |
| 425. |
The quote “women who have intellect of love” is from which text ? |
| A. | Vita Nuova |
| B. | De Monarchia |
| C. | De Vulgari Eloquentia |
| D. | The Divine Comedy |
| Answer» B. De Monarchia | |
| 426. |
The quote “take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide” comes from which text ? |
| A. | Vita Nuova |
| B. | The Convivio |
| C. | De Vulgari Eloquentia |
| D. | The Divine Comedy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 427. |
“The Prince Of Poets in his time”, on whom grave the inscription is given ? |
| A. | Sir Philip Sidney |
| B. | John Milton |
| C. | Edmund Spencer |
| D. | John Donne |
| Answer» D. John Donne | |
| 428. |
The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven and Twelve of “Paradise Lost,” who relates future events is which of the following ? |
| A. | The Son |
| B. | Raphael |
| C. | Michael |
| D. | Adam |
| Answer» D. Adam | |
| 429. |
The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ? |
| A. | Puritan movement |
| B. | Romantic revival |
| C. | Neo-classical age |
| D. | Metaphysical school |
| Answer» C. Neo-classical age | |
| 430. |
The play, “Hamlet,” takes place in which of the following countries ? |
| A. | Denmark |
| B. | Norway |
| C. | England |
| D. | France |
| Answer» B. Norway | |
| 431. |
The play, “Macbeth,” is set in what country ? |
| A. | England |
| B. | Scotland |
| C. | France |
| D. | Norway |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 432. |
The play, “Richard III,” takes place in what country ? |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | France |
| C. | Norway |
| D. | England |
| Answer» E. | |
| 433. |
The phrase “where the sun is silent” is an example of which poetic device ? |
| A. | Allegory |
| B. | Metonymy |
| C. | Synesthesia |
| D. | Simile |
| Answer» D. Simile | |
| 434. |
The phrase ‘Pathetic fallacy’ is coined by _________________? |
| A. | Milton |
| B. | Coleridge |
| C. | Carlyle |
| D. | John Ruskin |
| Answer» D. John Ruskin | |
| 435. |
The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ? |
| A. | Invocation of a muse |
| B. | A cry of lament |
| C. | Prayer to the Sun |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 436. |
The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ? |
| A. | On the slave trade |
| B. | On romantic philosophy |
| C. | On the creativity of human mind |
| D. | On supernatural elements in poetry |
| Answer» B. On romantic philosophy | |
| 437. |
The novel The Power and the Glory is set in ? |
| A. | Mexico |
| B. | Italy |
| C. | France |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» B. Italy | |
| 438. |
The most notable characteristic of Keats’ poetry is ? |
| A. | Satire |
| B. | Sensuality |
| C. | Sensuousness |
| D. | Social reform |
| Answer» D. Social reform | |
| 439. |
The main reason for Adam’s fall might best be described as ? |
| A. | lust |
| B. | love for Eve |
| C. | pride |
| D. | money |
| Answer» C. pride | |
| 440. |
The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is ? |
| A. | God |
| B. | Satan |
| C. | Adam |
| D. | Eve |
| Answer» C. Adam | |
| 441. |
The magazine ’Contemporary Poetry and Prose’ was inspired by which exhibition ? |
| A. | The Festival of Britain |
| B. | The Surrealist Exhibition |
| C. | People of the 20th Century |
| D. | Drawing the 20th Century |
| Answer» C. People of the 20th Century | |
| 442. |
The line “To be or not to be” comes from which play ? |
| A. | Macbeth |
| B. | Twelfth Night |
| C. | A Midsummer Night’s dream |
| D. | Hamlet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 443. |
The levels of purgatory are associated with which religious concept ? |
| A. | The planets |
| B. | The seven deadly sins |
| C. | The Augustan calendar |
| D. | The seven sacraments |
| Answer» C. The Augustan calendar | |
| 444. |
The key-note of Browning’s philosophy of life is ________________? |
| A. | agnosticism |
| B. | optimism |
| C. | pessimism |
| D. | skepticism |
| Answer» C. pessimism | |
| 445. |
The group of four plays known as the “major tetralogy” is ? |
| A. | Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI |
| B. | 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III |
| C. | King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III |
| D. | Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V |
| Answer» E. | |
| 446. |
The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat ? |
| A. | Tree of Life |
| B. | Tree of God |
| C. | Tree of Sin |
| D. | Tree of Knowledge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 447. |
The foundation story of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” derives from what text ? |
| A. | The Book of “Genesis” |
| B. | The Book of “Revelations” |
| C. | “The Odyssey” |
| D. | “Canterbury Tales” |
| Answer» B. The Book of “Revelations” | |
| 448. |
The following lines are an example of image. ‘The river sweats Oil and tar’ ? |
| A. | visual |
| B. | kinetic |
| C. | erotic |
| D. | sensual |
| Answer» D. sensual | |
| 449. |
The first stanza of John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” begins with what topic(s) ? |
| A. | A brief summary of “Paradise Lost” |
| B. | A detailed description of Satan |
| C. | A detailed description of Milton himself |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» B. A detailed description of Satan | |
| 450. |
The first sonnet form invented was the____________? |
| A. | Spenserian |
| B. | Shakespearean |
| C. | Wordsworthian |
| D. | Petrarchan |
| Answer» E. | |