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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3461. With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlains Man was renamed ?
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A. Gentleman

B. Kings Man

C. None of above

D. King Lear

3462. In which year Globe theater got fire and destroyed ?
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A. 1612

B. 1610

C. 1613

D. 1611

3463. John Miltons Samson Agonistes is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Pastoral elegy

B. Blank verse tragedy

C. Masque

D. Prose polemic

3464. Which is the longest book ?
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A. Book I

B. Book X

C. Book IX

D. Book VIII

3465. Vanity Fair is a novel by ?
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A. Jane Austen

B. Charles Dickens

C. W. M. Thackeray

D. Thomas Hardy

3466. Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War?
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A. Charles II

B. Henry VIII

C. Charles I

D. Queen Anne

3467. Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of love and loss ?
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A. Tennyson

B. Swinburne

C. Browning

D. D.G. Rossetti

3468. What is the name of the eccentric scientist in the novel Frankenstein ?
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A. Mario Frankenstein

B. Kristofer Frankenstein

C. Paris Frankenstein

D. Victor Frankenstein

3469. In what book does the fall take place ?
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A. Book VIII

B. Book VII

C. Book IX

D. Book X

3470. Which of the following are characters of Much ado about nothing ?
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A. Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato

B. Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato

C. Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato

D. Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Horatio

3471. What nationality was Shakespeare ?
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A. Scottish

B. English

C. Greek

D. Italian

3472. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make ?
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A. A catapult

B. A large sword

C. A fortress

D. A cannon

3473. Shakespeare joined the Chamber lains Men Theatrical Company as a ?
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A. None of above

B. Actor and playwright

C. Playwright and writer

D. Playwright and poet

3474. In which year Mary Shelley visited the famous Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before her visit an alchemist was engaged in experiments ?
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A. 1812

B. 1814

C. 1816

D. 1808

3475. At what age did Mary Shelley start writing the novel Frankenstein ?
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A. 26

B. 31

C. 18

D. 24

3476. Identify the work by Ruskin which began as a defence of contemporary landscape artist especially Turner ?
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A. The Seven Lamps of Architecture

B. Modem Painters

C. The Two Paths

D. The Stones of Venice

3477. Which of the following is Goldings first novel ?
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A. Pyramid

B. Lord of the Flies

C. Pincher Martin

D. The Inheritors

3478. In Paradise Lost, which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of Paradise Lost ?
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A. Gabriel

B. Abdiel

C. Rafael

D. Michael

3479. John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?
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A. Romantic

B. Cavalier

C. Victorian

D. Enlightenment

3480. Despite Samsons defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will arise and his great name assert by making Dagon receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers (46771). This prediction is interesting because ?
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A. Samson doesnt know he himself will fulfill the prediction.

B. the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.

C. the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon

D. the prediction is never fulfilled.

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