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Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

3201. Shakespeare dedicated his long narrative poem Venus and Adonis to________________?
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A. William Fitzwilliam, first earl of Southampton

B. Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton

C. Thomas Wriothesley,forth earl of Southampton

D. Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of Southampton

3202. Othello was sent to fight with______________?
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A. French army

B. German army

C. None of above

D. Ottomans

3203. Which of the following poems was authored by Shakespeare ?
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A. Tintern Abbey

B. El Cid

C. The Wasteland

D. A Lovers Complaint

3204. Which of the following is Hamlets mother ?
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A. Rosalind

B. Beatrice

C. Gertrude

D. Margaret

3205. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from ?
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A. T. S. Eliot

B. William Shakespeare

C. Ruskin

D. Milton

3206. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I ?
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A. Earl of Northumberland

B. Earl of Douglas

C. Earl of March

D. Earl of Worcester

3207. According to skeptics of Shakespeares authorship, all of the following are considered to be the true authors of some of Shakespeares plays EXCEPT________________?
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A. Earl of Oxford.

B. John Shakespeare.

C. Thomas More.

D. Francis Bacon.

3208. At the end of the play Richard III, what happens to Richard ?
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A. He is arrested.

B. He was sent into exile.

C. He is crowned king.

D. He is killed.

3209. Blank verse refers to which of the following ?
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A. Unrhymed iambic pentameter

B. Rhyming verse

C. Prose

D. Rhyming couplets

3210. Which of Shakespeares play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television ?
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A. The two Noble Kinsmen

B. Cymbeline

C. Taming of the Shrew

D. Troilus and Cressida

3211. Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it ?
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A. Ghost, Old servant Adam

B. Leartus, Silvius

C. Osric, Touchstone

D. Fortinbras, Corin

3212. In the play, Twelfth Night, what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man ?
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A. Sir Toby

B. Cesario

C. Antonio

D. Orsino

3213. In the play, Hamlet, who is Yorick ?
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A. The King of Norway

B. King Hamlets former jester

C. A castle guard

D. A friend of Hamlets from school

3214. Which of the following play was written in 1601 ?
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A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Hamlet

D. King Lear

3215. Who coined the phrase Egotistical Sublime ?
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A. P.B Shelley

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. S. T. Coleridge

3216. How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ?
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A. 67

B. 154

C. 200

D. 12

3217. Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled ?
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A. Last Impressions

B. True Impressions

C. False Impressions

D. First Impressions

3218. Following are the lines of: Im your wife if you marry me If not, Ill die your maid to be your fellow You may deny me, but Ill be your servant Whether you deny or not ?
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A. Tempest

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Othello

D. Hamlet

3219. Wordsworth calls himself a Worshipper of Nature in his poem___________________?
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A. The Prelude

B. Tintern Abbey

C. Immortality Ode

D. The Solitary Reaper

3220. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory ?
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A. A dentist

B. A teacher

C. A thief

D. A clerk

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