english literature MCQs – Page 173

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3441. was the companion in publication to John Miltons Paradise Regained. ?
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A. Samson Agonistes

B. Paradise Lost

C. Areopagitica

D. On Christian Doctrine

3442. Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the freedom of the individual ?
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A. Buddhist

B. Anglican

C. Protestant

D. Methodist

3443. Tennysons poem In Memoriamwas written in memory of ?
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A. P.B Shelley

B. A.H. Hallam

C. Wellington

D. Edward King

3444. In which century was Shakespeare born ?
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A. 15th

B. 17th

C. 16th

D. 14th

3445. When was the first edition of the novel Frankenstein published ?
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A. 1815

B. 1822

C. 1820

D. 1818

3446. John Miltons Areopagitica is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Prose polemic

B. Pastoral elegy

C. Masque

D. Blank verse tragedy

3447. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of ?
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A. Hunting and gathering food

B. Naming all Gods creatures and plants

C. Building shelter to live in

D. Tending to the Garden of Eden

3448. The line To be or not to be comes from which play ?
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A. A Midsummer Nights dream

B. Hamlet

C. Twelfth Night

D. Macbeth

3449. What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Miltons Paradise Regained ?
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A. The Ascension of Jesus

B. The story of Luke

C. The Baptism of Jesus

D. The Second Coming of Jesus

3450. In the poem Tintern Abbey, dearest friend refers to ?
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A. Dorothy

B. Nature

C. Coleridge

D. Wye

3451. Who invented the term Sprung rhythm ?
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A. Browning

B. Tennyson

C. Hopkins

D. Wordsworth

3452. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost ?
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A. It was created before God the Son

B. Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain

C. The Earth revolves around the sun

D. The Earth is a lotus flower

3453. What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Miltons Paradise Lost in a series of etchings and prints ?
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A. John Keats

B. William Blake

C. William Wordsworth

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

3454. Which college did William Wordsworth attend ?
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A. Christ College

B. Kings College

C. Trinity College

D. St. Johns College

3455. Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of Paradise Lost that that goal of his epic poem will be ?
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A. to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.

B. to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.

C. to justify the ways of God to humankind.

D. to justify the ways of humankind to God.

3456. In which country is Macbeth set ?
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A. Spain

B. Scotland

C. Denmark

D. Canada

3457. Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium ?
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A. Mammon

B. Mulciber

C. Moloch

D. Belial

3458. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child! come from ?
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A. g Henry VIII

B. The Life and Death of King John

C. King Lear

D. As You Like It

E. The Famous History of the Life of

3459. Estella is the daughter of ?
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A. Joe Gargery

B. Bentley Drumnile

C. Miss Havisham

D. Abel Magwitch .

3460. With which other poet did Samuel Taylor Coleridge founded the Romantic movement in English Literature ?
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A. John Keats

B. Shelley

C. Lord Byron

D. William Wordsworth

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