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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3401. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism ?
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A. A and B

B. There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching.

C. There is an emphasis on spiritual experience.

D. There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression.

3402. What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist ?
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A. Anna Wordsworth

B. Dorothy Wordsworth

C. Shirley Wordsworth

D. Agnes Wordsworth

3403. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam ?
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A. God

B. Raphael

C. Eve

D. Michael

3404. The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?
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A. Greek

B. Roman

C. French

D. German

3405. Which of the following is not found in Hell ?
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A. Oil

B. Minerals

C. Gold

D. Gems

3406. When did William Wordsworth marry Mary Hutchinson ?
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A. 1798

B. 1805

C. 1802

D. 1812

3407. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from______________?
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A. Homers epic poems

B. The Hebrew Bible

C. The Koran

D. The New Testament

3408. Who pondered, How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse??
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A. Adam

B. Joseph

C. Satan

D. Moses

3409. How many of Shakespeares plays are classified as histories ?
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A. 14

B. 7

C. 18

D. 10

3410. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eves______________?
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A. Hard work and spirituality

B. Beauty

C. Wit

D. Intelligence

3411. Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Miltons poetry ?
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A. He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

B. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

C. He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

D. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

3412. To where Waltons expedition was headed when he meets the gigantic figure and the emaciated Victor ?
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A. North Pole

B. Galapagos

C. Bermuda

D. Africa

3413. The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat ?
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A. Tree of God

B. Tree of Sin

C. Tree of Knowledge

D. Tree of Life

3414. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub ?
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A. Raphael

B. Uriel

C. Abdiel

D. Michael

3415. Even in John Miltons lifetime, Paradise Regained was considered in literary quality as largely to Paradise Lost. ?
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A. equal

B. superior

C. inferior

D. irrelevant in comparison

3416. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit ?
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A. Satan

B. Snake

C. Eve

D. Adam

3417. During which period London theaterrs remained closed on account of the plague ?
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A. 1593

B. 1595

C. 1594

D. 1592

3418. Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ?
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A. Lyrical Ballads

B. Poems, in Two Volumes

C. The Excursion

D. The Prelude

3419. Denied the right to apply for divorce and facing intense humiliation, John Milton wrote what work ?
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A. On Regicide

B. Paradise Lost

C. The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

D. Christian Doctrines

3420. The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?
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A. A and B

B. A cry of lament

C. Invocation of a muse

D. Prayer to the Sun

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