english literature MCQs – Page 199

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3961. What do you mean by Archaism ?
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A. modern mode of words

B. up-to-date words

C. literary words

D. obsolete words

3962. Who is the author of Heaven and Earth ?
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A. Lord Tennyson

B. John Keats

C. Lord Byron

D. William Wordsworth

3963. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?
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A. a high ranking man

B. none of these

C. an ordinary man

D. a sacrilegious man

3964. Firdausi was the poet of________________?
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A. English

B. French

C. Italy

D. Persian

3965. Emile Zola is a famous__________________?
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A. Irish novelist

B. French Novelist

C. English novelist

D. American Novelist

3966. Which one is not by Shakespeare ?
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A. Knowledge is power.

B. None of these.

C. Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

D. True is it that we have seen betting days.

3967. Find the Odd man out ?
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A. The Falcon

B. The Virginians

C. On Liberty

D. Ulysses

3968. In 1905, VirginiaWoolf began to write for which publication ?
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A. The Times Literary Supplement

B. Reader Magazine

C. The Ladys Home Journal

D. Strand Magazine

3969. What is Quinzaine ?
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A. a thirteen line stanza

B. a fourteen line stanza

C. a fifteen line stanza

D. a twenty line stanza

3970. Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laureate in_______________?
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A. none of these

B. 1843 b1844

C. 1846

D. 1845

3971. Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an_______________?
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A. assistant

B. Editor e none of these

C. writer

D. director

3972. Who wrote Shakespeares Later Comedies ?
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A. None of these

B. A.C. Bradley

C. Dr.Johnsofl

D. Palmer D.J.

3973. The University Wits were_______________?
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A. Poets

B. None of these

C. Novelists

D. Playwrights

3974. Justice delayed is justice denied was stated by______________?
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A. Disraeli

B. Gladstone

C. Emerson

D. Shakespeare

3975. Which work was published first ?
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A. Blakes Songs of Innocence

B. Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe

C. Lord Byrons Don Juan

D. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

3976. The prose of the Romantic period had a tendency to_______________?
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A. Objectify the issue in terms of a cause

B. Be brooding and meditative. own personality

C. Advance a single system to the public

D. Allow the writer to draw on his

3977. Who is the author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
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A. Sir Walter Scott

B. W. Somerset Maugham

C. William Wordsworth

D. S. T. Coleridge

3978. The Essays of Elia was first published in book form in_____________?
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A. 1823

B. 1795

C. 1829

D. 1807

3979. Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on The Literature of the British Empire ?
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A. Rudyard Kipling

B. Charlotte Bronte

C. Any of these

D. Edward Fitzgerald

3980. Who wrote the poem Solitary Reaper ?
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A. P. B Shelley

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. Lord Byron

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