english literature MCQs – Page 204

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

4061. Who was American poet ?
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A. John Milton

B. John Keats

C. Robert Frost

D. Robert Herrick

4062. Which was the oldest period in English literature ?
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A. Chaucers period

B. Anglo-Norman

C. Middle Age

D. Anglo-Saxon
4063. Who was a friend of John Milton ?
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A. Andrew Marvell

B. John Donne

C. John Dryden

D. Alexander Pope

4064. The poem Wind is written by________________?
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A. Shelley

B. John Ashbery

C. Ted Hughes

D. Sylvia Plath

4065. In Memoriam is _______________?
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A. neither

B. an ode

C. a sonnet

D. an elegy
4068. But Gods eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone. In which poem do these lines appear ?
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A. Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde)

B. None of these

C. We Are Seven (Wordsworth)

D. Prisoner of Chillon (Byron)

4069. Find the Odd man out ?
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A. Tom Jones : Henry Fielding

B. Roxana: Daniel Defoe

C. All for Love: John Milton

D. The Good-nature man: Oliver Goldsmith

4071. James Joyces famous novel_____________?
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A. Roots

B. Ulysses

C. Tom Jones

D. Rebecca

4072. The 18th century work Tom Jones was written by whom ?
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A. John Donne

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Henry Fielding

D. Tobias Smollett

4073. The kind Claudius was killed by________________?
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A. None of these

B. Horatio

C. Laerteus

D. Hamlet
4075. Which one of the following is a comedy ?
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A. Timon of Athens

B. Hamlet

C. Antony and Cleopatra

D. Alls Well that Ends Well
4079. Which work was completed last ?
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A. William Shakespeares Tempest

B. John Miltons Paradise Lost

C. George Herberts The Temple

D. Ben Jonsons Volpone

4080. Tradition and Individual Talent is a critical essay by_______________?
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A. Oscar Wilde

B. Shelley

C. T. S. Eliot

D. None of these