english literature MCQs – Page 169

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3361. When did Samuel Taylor Coleridge die ?
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A. 24 February 1841

B. 25 July 1834

C. 22 November 1836

D. 30 April 1822

3362. Which scene happens first chronologically ?
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A. Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell

B. God and the Son create the universe

C. The Son is chosen as Gods second-incommand

D. The angels battle in Heaven

3363. The title of the poem The Second Coming is taken from ?
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A. The Bible

B. The Greek mythology

C. The Irish mythology

D. The German mythology

3364. To justify which purpose that Milton wrote Paradise Lost ?
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A. To justify the fall of Lucifer

B. To justify the fall of man

C. To justify the ways of God to men

D. To justify the loss of paradise

3365. In Samson Agonistes, Samson predicts This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last. This is interesting because___________?
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A. both statements end up happening that day.

B. both statements end up not happening that day.

C. Samson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet Enoch.

D. both statements will later be fulfilled by Christ.

3366. W.B.Yeats used the phrase the artifice of eternity in his poem ?
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A. Leda and the Swan

B. Byzantium

C. The Second Coming

D. Sailing to Byzantium

3367. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet ?
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A. The Tatler

B. New Poetry

C. The European Magazine

D. The Rambler

3368. Which famous play does the quote,When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? come from ?
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A. The Tempest

B. Macbeth

C. King Lear

D. The Taming of the Shrew

3369. In Book Six of Paradise Lost, Satan invents something that he thinks will help win his war against God. What is it ?
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A. The Thunderbolt

B. The Chariot of Paternal Deity

C. Gunpowder

D. Adamantine armor

3370. Inspired by Satans victory over man, Sin and Death construct ?
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A. a bridge from hell to heaven

B. a bridge from hell to earth

C. a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell

D. a temple to welcome Satan back

3371. Shakespeare died on ?
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A. 25th April 1616,

B. 28th April 1616

C. 30th April 1616

D. 23rd April 1616

3372. W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year ?
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A. 1932

B. 1925

C. 1923

D. 1938

3373. How many times does Satan work to tempt Jesus in the Gospels ?
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A. Three

B. Four

C. One

D. Two

3374. In which year Coleridge met poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy which later contributed Romantic movement to the English Literature ?
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A. 1789

B. 1795

C. 1779

D. 1798

3375. The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is ?
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A. Adam

B. God

C. Eve

D. Satan

3376. Which of the following poems of Coleridge is a ballad ?
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A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Youth and Age

C. Frost at Midnight

D. Work Without Hope

3377. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth was in ?
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A. 1606

B. 1607

C. 1609

D. 1608

3378. The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven and Twelve of Paradise Lost, who relates future events is which of the following ?
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A. Adam

B. The Son

C. Raphael

D. Michael

3379. At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ?
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A. Norway

B. Iceland

C. Prussia

D. Poland

3380. John Miltons Lycidas is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Prose polemic

B. Masque

C. Blank verse tragedy

D. Pastoral elegy

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