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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3581. The English masque has its origins in the traditions of what European country ?
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A. Germany

B. Spain

C. Italy

D. France

3582. John Miltons LAllegro and Il Penseroso are companion poems and are both written in ?
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A. Shakespearean sonnets

B. heroic couplets

C. iambic pentameter

D. tetrameter couplets

3583. When did John Milton die ?
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A. 8 November 1674

B. 22 June 1675

C. 9 December 1670

D. 14 February 1669

3584. On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by ?
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A. John Milton

B. Edmund Spenser

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. Shakespeare

3585. Who succeeded Lyly ?
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A. Philip Sidney

B. John Milton

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. Robert Greene

3586. How many children did Shakespeare have ?
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A. 12

B. 3

C. 8

D. 5

3587. John Miltons Paradise Lost is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Pastoral elegy

B. Blank verse tragedy

C. Epic

D. Prose polemic

3588. Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
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A. An Invocation to the Muse

B. An Epic Council

C. A Tragic Recognition Speech

D. An Arming of the Hero Scene

3589. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Miltons ideal republic ?
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A. There was to be no Oxford University.

B. A and C

C. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.

D. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.

3590. What was the first published title of Christopher Marlows play The Jew of Malta ?
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A. The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta

B. The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

C. The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

D. The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta

3591. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names ?
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A. Pyramus and Thisbe

B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

C. Valdes and Cornelius

D. Troilus and Cressida

3592. William Shakespeare born in ?
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A. 26 April 1564

B. 26 April 1566

C. 26 April 1567

D. 26 April 1565

3593. In which school did John Keats study ?
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A. Kings Grammar School

B. Eton

C. John Clarkes school

D. Harrow

3594. What is the meaning of Miltons work Samson Agonistes ?
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A. Atheist

B. Theist

C. Antagonist

D. Wrestler

3595. Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ?
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A. Ode on a Grecian Urn

B. Ode to a Skylark

C. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

D. An Imitation of Spenser

3596. Greville was biographer of ?
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A. John Donne

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. John Milton

D. Edmund Spencer

3597. Ann Hathaway was____________years older than Shakespeare?
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A. 9

B. 10

C. 8

D. 7

3598. In the tragic history of Doctor Faustus. Faustus was a ?
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A. Spanish scholar

B. French scholar

C. Greek scholar

D. German scholar

3599. According to Constitution of 1962, age limit to cast vote was ___________________?
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A. None of these

B. 20 years

C. 18 years

D. 21 years

3600. Section 2, sub-section _____________, of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 defines Goods ?
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A. 7

B. None of above

C. 6

D. 5

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