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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4201. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature ?
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A. William Blake

B. William Morris

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Shakespeare

4202. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
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A. Iambic pentameter

B. Sonnet form

C. Dactylic hexameter

D. Alliterative verse

4203. Which of the following statement is correct ?
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A. Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.

B. In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

C. both a and b

D. None of above.

4204. Where did chaucer bury ?
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A. westminster abbey

B. none of the above

C. kent church

D. chapel at windsor

4205. Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark ?
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A. Wittenberg

B. Oslo

C. Dublin

D. London

4206. Who says, Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ?
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A. Chorus

B. Horatio

C. Fortinbras

D. Marcellus

4207. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ?
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A. Romantic

B. Light verse

C. Political satire

D. War poems

4208. During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?
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A. Hundred Years War

B. Ten Years War

C. Seventeen Years War

D. Nine Years War

4209. How do historians say Joyces exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

B. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures stories and myths

C. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

D. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

4210. The phrase Pathetic fallacy is coined by _________________?
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A. Carlyle

B. Coleridge

C. Milton

D. John Ruskin

4211. There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by This is a couplet from the Bailiffs Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet ?
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A. Euphemism

B. Metaphor

C. Irony

D. Synecdoche

4212. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
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A. Boer War

B. Korean War

C. Second World War

D. First World War

4213. From which of Shakespeares plays is this famous line: Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night. ?
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A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Othello

C. Hamlet

D. A Midsummer Nights Dream

4214. In his poem Kipling said If you can meet with triumph and _____________?
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A. Disaster

B. Ruin

C. victory

D. Glory

4215. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ?
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A. four

B. six

C. two

D. one

4216. Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ?
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A. ab cb bc cd e

B. ab ab bc bc c

C. abba bccb d

D. ab bc cd de f

4217. In which year did Edmund Spenser publish his poem The Shepheardes Calender ?
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A. 1585

B. 1579

C. 1568

D. 1597

4218. The magazine Contemporary Poetry and Prose was inspired by which exhibition ?
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A. The Festival of Britain

B. People of the 20th Century

C. Drawing the 20th Century

D. The Surrealist Exhibition

4219. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Irish nationality ?
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A. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

B. he is committed to staying in Ireland

C. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

D. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it

4220. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas ?
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A. Hindu

B. Celtic

C. Arabic

D. Arameic

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