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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3481. Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Miltons God in Paradise Lost is and____________?
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A. inaccessible, omnipresent

B. invisible, omnipresent

C. visible, inaccessible

D. nonexistent, invisible

3482. After Milton went blind, he was able to compose poetry by using ______________?
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A. braille

B. an Abacus

C. a code of his own devising

D. dictation

3483. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?
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A. A snake slithering up a tree

B. A wolf leaping into a sheeps pen

C. A fish leaping out of water

D. A germ infecting a body

3484. Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
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A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Christabel

C. Biographia Literaria

D. Kubla Khan

3485. John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
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A. Englands poet laureate

B. Englands first poet

C. Englands greatest civil engineer

D. Englands first dramatist

3486. Eve before the Fall might best be described as ?
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A. detailed oriented

B. uncomfortable with Adam

C. a docile, vain creature

D. a feminist

3487. Was the Globe ?
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A. An Elizabethan sports stadium.

B. A famous map of the world.

C. An Elizabethan Theater.

D. A Roman Amphitheater.

3488. On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost is based ?
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A. Adam and Eve

B. The fall of man

C. The genesis

D. The fall of Lucifer

3489. At what age of did William Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway ?
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A. 22

B. 23

C. 19

D. 18

3490. Satans name before he fell from heaven was ?
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A. Michael

B. Beezlebub

C. Belial

D. Lucifer

3491. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, My salad days, when I was green in judgment. come from ?
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A. Antony and Cleopatra

B. The Merry Wives of Windsor

C. The Winters Tale

D. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

3492. The group of four plays known as the major tetralogy is ?
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A. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

B. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

C. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

D. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

3493. Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
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A. Ralph Waldo Emerson

B. Ernest Holmes

C. John Locke

D. John Locke

3494. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur ?
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A. Genesis

B. Leviticus

C. Deuteronomy

D. Exodus

3495. Who tells Macbeth, The queen, my lord, is dead ?
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A. The Doctor

B. Caithness

C. Seyton

D. Siward

3496. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious ?
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A. Talk to the animals

B. Eat of the Tree of Knowledge

C. Go in search of her mate

D. Look at her reflection in a stream

3497. John Miltons Paradise Regained is a story largely about what topic ?
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A. A quest for knowledge of other countries

B. A quest for Forbidden Knowledge

C. A quest for knowledge of the future

D. A quest for knowledge of the self

3498. In Samson Agonistes, the character who tells others of Samsons death is_____________?
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A. Manoa.

B. Dalila.

C. a Messenger.

D. the Chorus.

3499. Between what time period did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor ?
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A. between1579 and 1583

B. between1585 and 1592

C. between1580 and 1591

D. between1579 and 1587

3500. Where was William Shakespeare was born and brought up ?
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A. Stratford-upon-Avon

B. London

C. Chester

D. Yorkshire

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