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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3521. In __________ year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place ?
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A. 1595

B. 15598

C. 1996

D. 1597

3522. Who headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heavn ?
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A. Benjamin and Joseph

B. Noah and the elephant

C. Rebel angels

D. Adam and Eve

3523. To which category that two works of William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to ?
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A. Comedies

B. Narrative Poems

C. Tragedies

D. Historical Plays

3524. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan ?
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A. Michael

B. Uriel

C. Abdiel

D. Raphael

3525. The first stanza of John Miltons Paradise Regained begins with what topic(s) ?
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A. A brief summary of Paradise Lost

B. A detailed description of Satan

C. A and B

D. A detailed description of Milton himself

3526. Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ?
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A. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand

B. An armed head

C. A bloody child.

D. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.

3527. In the phrase, thy seed shall bruise our foe, thy refers to__________________?
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A. Eve

B. Sin

C. Satan

D. Eden

3528. Who is commonly known as Pip in Great Expectations ?
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A. Philips Pirip

B. Philip Pip

C. Filip Pirip

D. Philip Pirrip

3529. With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christs Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. Charles Lamb

D. Shelley

3530. What is the name of the short-lived journal that Coleridge established ?
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A. The Watchman

B. The Spectator

C. The Explicator

D. The Romantic Philosophy

3531. Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Miltons Paradise Lost likely ask ?
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A. How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?

B. B and C

C. What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?

D. How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?

3532. Which character spoke following lines? Whats Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, Nor arm nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man, O be some other name! Whats in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet, ?
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A. Rosalind

B. Desdemona

C. Hero

D. Juliet

3533. In the Oliver Cromwell Commonwealth and Protectorate administrations, Milton served as the British governments chief ?
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A. Military Strategist

B. Intellectual Defender

C. Civil Engineer

D. Poet Laureate

3534. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost ?
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A. Adam and Eves disobedience

B. The creation of the universe

C. The fight between good and evil

D. Heavens battle and Satans tragic fall

3535. The term Agonistes is Greek and it means______________?
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A. one who inflicts agony.

B. one who struggles for or champions a cause.

C. one who predicts the future.

D. one who is in agony.

3536. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a ?
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A. Golden rope

B. Ladder

C. Golden chain

D. stepping stones of clouds

3537. The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in ?
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A. 1833

B. 1823

C. 1834

D. 1826

3538. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost ?
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A. Adam

B. God

C. Satan

D. Eve

3539. Sin was born out of Satans_________________?
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A. Head

B. Anger

C. Lust

D. Rib

3540. The Archangel Michael might best be described as ?
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A. Firm and militant

B. Bombastic

C. Jealous and envious

D. Kind and caring

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