english literature MCQs – Page 202

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4021. T. Hardy is______________?
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A. A satirist

B. A fatalist

C. None of these

D. A lover of nature

4022. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.- Who told it ?
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A. Chaucer

B. Shakespeare

C. Spenser

D. Bacon

4023. Who is the representative of the metaphysical poets ?
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A. John Donne

B. Robert Browning

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. Samuel Johnson

4024. Synecdoche refers to the term_____________?
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A. a thing stands for whole thing

B. Self-contradictory speech

C. pity and fear

D. long speech

4025. Who propounds the touchstone method_______________?
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A. Pope

B. Arnold

C. Dryden

D. Shelley

4026. We find Subjective Elements in ?
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A. Keats

B. All

C. Wordsworth

D. Shelley

4027. Who was more under the influence of Godwins philosophy of life ?
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A. Browning

B. Shelley

C. Byron

D. Keats

4028. One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who ?
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A. Thomas Otway

B. John Dryden

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. John Milton

4029. The novel Talisman is written by_______________?
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A. Sir Walter Scott

B. Charles Dickens

C. Oliver Goldsmith

D. Jane Austen

4030. Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period ?
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A. The French Revolution

B. Charles II was restored to the throne

C. The Great Fire of London

D. The Exclusion Bill Crisis

4031. The literary work Kubla khan is_______________?
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A. a short story by Somerset Maugham

B. a verse by Coleridge

C. a history by Vincent Smith

D. a drama by Oscar Wilde

4032. The Romantic Age began with publication of_______________?
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A. My Last Duchess

B. Lyrical Ballads

C. Canonization

D. A Tale of Two Cities

4033. The Cardinal virtues of the Houyhnhnms are__________________?
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A. Bitterness and revenge

B. None of these

C. Hatred and jealousy

D. Friendship and benevolence

4034. Shirley, Jane Eyre, Villete were written by_______________?
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A. E. Bronte

B. J. Austen

C. C. Bronte

D. None of these

4035. Total number of sonnets written by Shakespeare______________?
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A. 163

B. 154

C. 194

D. 102

4036. Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as a______________?
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A. Dramatic Monologue

B. None of these

C. Dramatic Lyrics

D. Tragic Drama

4037. The beginning of the renaissance may be traced to the city____________?
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A. London

B. Florence

C. Paris

D. Venice

4038. Who is the father of English Literature ?
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A. Roger Bacon

B. Cynewulf

C. Robert Browning

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

4039. What is Parable ?
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A. the basic unit of a composition

B. a sense of distress

C. an allegorical story usually containing

D. none of the above

E. oral lesson

4040. What do you mean by Quatrain ?
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A. a poem of fourteen lines

B. a stanza of fourteen lines

C. a stanza of four lines

D. a stanza of six lines

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