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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4621. Who is second Prince of Arragon in Much ado about nothing ?
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A. Balthasar

B. Don John

C. Don Pedro

D. Leonato

4622. Who said Keats was a Greek ?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Shelley

D. Lamb

4623. Who coined the phrase Egotistical Sublime ?
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A. P.B Shelley

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. S. T. Coleridge

4624. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a_______________?
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A. postman

B. Judge

C. School teacher

D. lawyer

4625. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan ?
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A. Uriel

B. Satan is not injured

C. Michael

D. Abdiel

4626. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost ?
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A. Satan

B. Jonah

C. Eve

D. God

4627. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is______________?
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A. Ask forgiveness from God

B. Blame each other for their Fall

C. Put some clothes on

D. Satisfy their sexual desire for each other

4628. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from ?
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A. Milton

B. William Shakespeare

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Ruskin

4629. With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christs Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School ?
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A. Shelley

B. Charles Lamb

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

4630. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on________________?
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A. His favorite pen

B. Wine

C. The Holy Spirit

D. The Son

4631. When was Paradise Regained published ?
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A. 1669

B. 1671

C. 1652

D. 1656

4632. In which century was Shakespeare born ?
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A. 14th

B. 15th

C. 17th

D. 16th

4633. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, My salad days, when I was green in judgment. come from ?
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A. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

B. Antony and Cleopatra

C. The Winters Tale

D. The Merry Wives of Windsor

4634. Which of the following play was written in 1601 ?
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A. Macbeth

B. King Lear

C. Othello

D. Hamlet

4635. W.B.Yeats used the phrase the artifice of eternity in his poem ?
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A. Leda and the Swan

B. Byzantium

C. The Second Coming

D. Sailing to Byzantium

4636. Shakespeare wrote ______________ plays?
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A. 34

B. 38

C. 32

D. 36

4637. The group of four plays known as the major tetralogy is ?
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A. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

B. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

C. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

D. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

4638. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory ?
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A. A teacher

B. A thief

C. A clerk

D. A dentist

4639. Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him ?
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A. Someone who can transform him

B. A female companion

C. Another monster

D. Another creature without the fearful features

4640. Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus ?
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A. Guide to the Lakes

B. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads

C. Laodamia

D. The Prelude

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