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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3301. When was Paradise Lost published ?
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A. 1654

B. 1660

C. 1667

D. 1658

3302. According to the Book of Luke, Herod was the king of ?
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A. Syria

B. Jerusalem

C. Judea

D. Egypt

3303. When was Paradise Regained published ?
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A. 1656

B. 1652

C. 1671

D. 1669

3304. Which of the following novels has the subtitle A Novel Without a Hero ?
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A. Vanity Fair

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Oliver Twist

D. Middlemarch

3305. Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Miltons Paradise Lost ?
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A. A and B

B. Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise.

C. Satan assembles his fallen legions.

D. Satan lays dazed on the burning lake.

3306. How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare ?
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A. 2

B. 0

C. 1

D. 4

3307. The first sonnet form invented was the____________?
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A. Shakespearean

B. Spenserian

C. Petrarchan

D. first sonnet form invented was the

E. Wordsworthian

3308. When was the first edition of the poem Paradise Lost published ?
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A. 1656

B. 1673

C. 1667

D. 1676

3309. Roughly speaking, how long was the English Civil War ?
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A. Two decades

B. Four decades

C. One decade

D. Three decades

3310. Book 1 of Paradise Lost presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine. Whats the name of this fallen angel?
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A. Mammon

B. Ashtaroth

C. Moloch

D. Beelzebub

3311. When was William Wordsworth appointed poet laureate ?
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A. 1861

B. 1843

C. 1839

D. 1847

3312. In Book Three of Paradise Lost, God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall.
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A. Sufficience

B. Transubstantiation

C. Predestination

D. Free will

3313. Which is the shortest book ?
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A. Book V

B. Book VIII

C. Book VII

D. Book III

3314. What was Shakespeares first play ?
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A. King Lear

B. Henry VI

C. The Tempest

D. Romeo and Juliet

3315. The battle between Gods army and Satans rebels in heaven lasted ?
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A. Seven days

B. One hour

C. Three days

D. One day

3316. In the Book of Job, Satan speaks to what figure(s) ?
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A. Lot

B. God/Yahweh

C. A and B

D. Judea

3317. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ?
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A. Richard II

B. Henry VIII

C. King John

D. Henry V

3318. Which river is associated with Shakespeares birth place ?
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A. The Seven

B. The Tyburn

C. The Thames

D. The Avon

3319. Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him ?
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A. Someone who can transform him

B. Another creature without the fearful features

C. Another monster

D. A female companion

3320. What does I stand for in the following line? To Carthage then I came ?
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A. Tiresias

B. Smyrna Merchant

C. Buddha

D. Augustine

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