english literature MCQs – Page 198

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

3941. The Revolt of Islam was written by________________?
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A. Coleridge

B. None of these

C. Wordsworth

D. Shelley
3942. Shakespeare was born in_______________?
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A. 1570

B. 1564

C. 1590

D. None of these

3944. The statue of Ozymandias is______________?
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A. in a desert

B. in a valley

C. on a mountain

D. beside a river

3945. Who is the author of Animal Farm ?
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A. George Orwell

B. Charles Dickens

C. Thomas More

D. Boris Pasternak

3946. Love and Friendship is written by___________________?
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A. None

B. Jane Austen

C. Francis Bacon

D. Jonathan Swift

3947. The period between 1660 to 1750 is known as___________________?
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A. The Restoration

B. None of these

C. The Age of Classicism

D. The age of Milton

3948. A person who writes about his own life writes ______________?
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A. a chronicle

B. an autobiography

C. a diary

D. a biography

3949. Who is called the Bird of Avon ?
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A. John Milton

B. John Dryden

C. William Shakespeare

D. None of these

3950. Which of the following is illustrative of Ruskins interest in social economy ?
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A. The Stones of Venice

B. None of these

C. Unto this Last

D. The Seven Lamps

3951. Which on of the following is first long poem in English ?
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A. Beowulf

B. The Wanderer

C. The Seafarer

D. Dream of the Road

3952. Paradise Lost was written by__________________?
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A. Robert Browning

B. John Milton

C. W B Yeats

D. Mathew

3953. What is Robert Frost famous Journal ?
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A. The Road not taken

B. The summers day

C. The Atlantic Monthly

D. The Mountain Interval

3954. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is______________?
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A. Two Gentlemen of Verona

B. The Taming of the Shrew

C. As you Like it

D. Titus Andronicus
3955. Who is known as an anti-romantic novelist in the Romantic Age ?
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A. William Hazlitt

B. Jane Austen

C. Oliver Goldsmith

D. Charles Lamb

3956. Which one is not a science fiction writer_________________?
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A. Hugo Gernsback

B. H. G. Wells

C. Victor Hugo

D. Jules Verne

3957. Hardy is a__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Meliorist

C. Mystic

D. Pessimist
3959. Who is the writer of the poem Nun Priests Tale ?
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A. Shelley

B. Cynewulf

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. Robert Browning

3960. In which age is The Puritan Period included ?
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A. The Modern

B. The Romantic

C. The Renaissance

D. The Non-classical