english literature MCQs – Page 185

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

3681. Utopia was first printed in ?
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A. 1516

B. 1615

C. 1518

D. 1517

3682. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers ?
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A. Colin clouts come home again

B. Faerie queen, second three books

C. The Shepherds calendar

D. Faerie queen, first three books

3684. Which book was about the temptation of Christ ?
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A. LAllegro

B. Paradise Regained

C. Paradise Lost

D. Samson Agonistes

3685. What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality ?
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A. Dutch

B. German

C. American

D. British
3686. What is the meaning of Renaissance ?
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A. none of the above

B. Raillery, renunciation and recoup

C. Rebirth, revival and re-awaking

D. Reveal, revel and reverie

3688. Who born in 1422 ?
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A. Thomas more

B. John Lyly

C. Robert Henry

D. William Caxton
3689. What event occurs in the final lines of John Miltons Paradise Lost ?
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A. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.

B. Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.

C. Adam and Eve curse their God.

D. Adam and Eve curse Satan.

3690. In Samson Agonistes, Harapha exits because of what reason ?
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A. He has been called back to his hometown of Gath.

B. He must hurry to catch up with Dalila.

C. Samson will not fight him.

D. He does not want to fight Samson.
3691. John Donnes The Anniversaries is a______________?
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A. None of these

B. An epic in three parts

C. A ballad in four parts

D. An elegy in two parts
3694. Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels ?
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A. none of the above

B. Aamon

C. beelzebub

D. Mephastophilis
3696. Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work ?
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A. The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune

B. The Spanish Tragedy

C. Jeronimo

D. Cornelia

3697. Astrophel and Stella is a ?
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A. Sonnet

B. Epic

C. Ballad

D. Allegory

3698. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance ?
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A. 14 th

B. 14 th and 16 th

C. 15 th

D. 16 th

3699. Harapha claims he wishes he could have fought Samson when he had his eyesight because_____________?
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A. he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.

B. he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

C. he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.

D. he wants to encourage Samson.

3700. Section 57, of the Sale of Goods Act, deals with_____________?
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A. Suit for damages for non-delivery

B. Suit for price

C. None of above

D. Suit for damages for non-acceptance