english literature MCQs – Page 201

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4001. Simile is the direct comparison between two________________?
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A. dissimilar things

B. contradictory things

C. similar things

D. elaborate comparison

4002. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king ?
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A. James 1

B. Edward III

C. Henry II

D. Richard III

4003. Renaissance means___________________?
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A. the revival of hard task

B. the revival of life

C. the revival of new country

D. the revival of learning

4004. Undo this Button is a line from Shakespeares________________?
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A. Julius Caeser

B. King Lear

C. Hamlet

D. Othello

4005. Satanic Verses is written by__________________?
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A. Arundhuti Roy

B. Salman Rushdie

C. Jhumpa Lahiri

D. R.K. Narayan

4006. What do you mean by Hyperbole ?
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A. an overriding view

B. a long narrative poem

C. an overstatement about something

D. a long verse

4007. Who is the author of the famous book The Judgment is_______________?
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A. Kuldip Nayer

B. Nelson Mandela

C. Amartya Sen

D. Anthony Mascarenhas

4008. What do you mean by Beast Fable ?
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A. a fictional story of animal characters

B. a long narrative prose

C. a soft style epic

D. a short story

4009. Prometheus Unbound is a lyrical drama by__________________?
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A. Shelley

B. Sophocles

C. Shakespeare

D. Euripedes

4010. Essays of Elia was written by______________?
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A. Emily Bronte

B. Charles Lamb

C. Emily Dickinson

D. William Hazlitt

4011. Byrons journey to Spain, Malta, Albania and Greece resulted in the production of the first two cantos of his poem_______________?
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A. Childe Heralds Pilgrimage

B. cain

C. Don Juan

D. the prisoner of Chillon

4012. The line Beauty is truth, truth beauty occurs in which one of Keats following poems_______________?
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A. Ode to Psyche

B. Ode to Nightingale

C. Ode to Grecian Urn

D. None of these

4013. What is a plot ?
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A. choice of poem

B. an idea about writing

C. arrangement of the incidents

D. the choice of words

4014. Exiles is a______________?
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A. Novel

B. Play

C. Poem

D. Short Story

4015. Catharsis refers to the term_______________?
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A. arouse of pity and fear

B. sympathy to others

C. characters in play

D. animals in play

4016. What was the nationality of OscarWilde ?
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A. Scottish

B. English

C. Irish

D. French

4017. Adela is a character from_______________?
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A. A Passage to India

B. Paradise Lost

C. Doctor Faustus

D. Hamlet

4018. defines a play as a just and lively image of human nature ?
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A. Dryden

B. Shakespeare

C. Coleridge

D. Dr. Johnson

4019. T. Hardy is_______________?
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A. A satirist

B. A social reformer

C. A fatalist

D. A lover of nature

4020. Who is called the father of English Poetry ?
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A. G. Chaucer

B. Milton

C. Charles Dickens

D. Wordsworth

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