english literature MCQs – Page 200

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

3981. Who wrote first ?
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A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. George Eliot

D. William Shakespeare

3982. All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeares__________________?
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A. Shakespeares Tempest

B. None of these

C. Shakespeares Much ado about nothing.

D. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeares
3983. Which year William Shakespeare was born ?
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A. 1809 AD

B. 1564 AD

C. 1773 AD

D. 1923 AD

3984. Jane Austen wrote during this period________________?
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A. Restoration

B. Regency

C. Middle English

D. Victorian

3985. What is the term Utopia ?
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A. a day dreamer

B. an ideal state which does not exist in real

C. a hat of a king

D. a lotus eater

3986. Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
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A. Greek

B. romantic

C. classical

D. modern

3987. What do you mean by Burlesque ?
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A. a satiric caricature of the characters

B. a satiric person

C. an allegorical statement

D. a drama

3988. Who is the author of India Wins Freedom ?
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A. Abul Kalam Azad

B. Jinnah

C. Nehru

D. Ghandhi

3989. Whose real name was Mary Anne Evans ?
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A. Joseph Conrad

B. George Eliot

C. Jane Austen

D. Charlotte Bronte

3990. What is the name of Wordsworths long poem ?
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A. None of these

B. The Prelude

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. Don Juan

3991. Who is known as the national poet of England_________________?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. T. S. Eliot

C. John Keats

D. William Shakespeare
3992. Novel which is not written by D. H Lawrence ?
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A. Ullysses

B. Sons and Lovers

C. The Rainbow

D. Lady Chatterleys Lover

3994. Hellenism of Keats connotes______________?
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A. his love of ancient cultures

B. his love of Greek culture and art

C. his love of poetry

D. None of these

3996. Edmund Spenser is a_________________?
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A. artist

B. dramatist

C. scientist

D. poet
3998. Lapis Lazuli is __________________?
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A. A Poem

B. None of these

C. Drama

D. A Poem
3999. Who wrote the book Lord Jim: A Tale ?
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A. Oscar Wilde

B. Thomas Hardy

C. Rudyard Kipling

D. Joseph Conrad
4000. not of an age, but for all time-was told about Shakespeare by whom ?
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A. Ben Johnson

B. King Henry

C. Marlowe

D. John Milton