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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3241. Thackerays Esmond is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of ____________?
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A. the age of Queen Anne

B. the Elizabethan age

C. the Victorian age

D. the Medieval age

3242. Who is the second attending gentlewoman on Hero? Ursula and_______________?
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A. Margaret

B. Emilia

C. Helena

D. Celia

3243. Twelfth night is a______________?
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A. Tragedy

B. Comedy

C. Problem play

D. Both a and b

3244. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek old comedy was often characterized as being ?
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A. Not comedic at all

B. Grounded in religion

C. Highly sexual

D. Satirical and political

3245. In his lectures on Shakespeares tragedies, A.C. Bradley states that he will not do which of the following ?
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A. Discuss any aspect of Shakespeares philosophy.

B. Evaluate and examine Hamlet.

C. Consider anything about Shakespeares comedies.

D. Compare Shakespeare to other writers.

3246. Alls Well that Ends Well is considered to be what kind of a play ?
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A. Comedy

B. Tragedy

C. Epic poem

D. History

3247. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?
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A. Neo-classical age

B. Metaphysical school

C. Puritan movement

D. Romantic revival

3248. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like ?
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A. Darcy

B. Bingley

C. Wickham

D. Mr. Bennet

3249. One important feature of Jane Austens style is ?
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A. subtlety of irony

B. stream of consciousness

C. boisterous humour

D. humour and pathos

3250. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower ?
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A. Horatio

B. Polonius

C. Gertrude

D. Hamlet

3251. Which of the following is in correct sequel ?
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A. Comedy of errors, A mid summer nights dream, Much ado about nothing, Henry 6 part three.

B. Alls well that ends well, The tempest, As you like it, As you like it,A mid summer nights dream, Much ado about nothing.

C. King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Measure for measure, Henry 8, Romeo and Juliet.

D. A mid summer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet, As you like it, King Lear, Pericles.

3252. In his reading of Shakespeares Fair Youth Sonnets, who does Charlton Ogburn suppose Shakespeare to have really been ?
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A. Swift

B. Marlowe

C. Bacon

D. Oxford

3253. What was the cause of Williams death in Sons and Lovers ?
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A. An accident

B. Pneumonia

C. Suicide

D. An overdose of morphia

3254. In the play, Henry V, the Chorus serves to do which of the following ?
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A. Comment on the plot and themes of the play

B. Make jokes about Henry

C. Sing songs about the events

D. Dance upon the stage

3255. How many from his plays were published in his lifetime?
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A. Only sixteen

B. Only nineteen

C. Only seventeen

D. Only eighteen

3256. In A Midsummer Nights Dream, who says Lord, what fools these mortals be! (III.ii.15) ?
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A. Puck

B. Nick Bottom

C. Helene

D. Hippolyta

3257. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. Lycidas

C. Areopagitica

D. Sonnets

3258. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins when the hounds of spring are on winters traces.. ?
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A. A Song of Italy

B. Atalanta in Calydon

C. Chastelard

D. Songs before Sunrise

3259. In Hamlet, which character is left alive at the end of the play ?
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A. Gertrude

B. Claudius

C. Hamlet

D. Horatio

3260. Hamlet is_________________?
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A. a passionate lover

B. an over ambitious man

C. an intellectual

D. a man of action

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