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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4701. Uneasy lies the head that_______________( King Henry four, part two)?
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A. Wears a crown

B. none of these

C. Wears a hat

D. Wears a wig

4702. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create ?
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A. He creates everything

B. Computers

C. Adam and Eve

D. The Son

4703. The most notable characteristic of Keats poetry is ?
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A. Social reform

B. Satire

C. Sensuousness

D. Sensuality

4704. When was William Wordsworth appointed poet laureate ?
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A. 1839

B. 1843

C. 1847

D. 1861

4705. Who calls poetry the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge ?
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A. Coleridge

B. Shelley

C. Keats

D. Wordsworth

4706. Which of the following novels has the subtitle A Novel Without a Hero ?
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A. Middlemarch

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Vanity Fair

D. Oliver Twist

4707. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ?
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A. 126

B. 145

C. 164

D. 154

4708. Which of Shakespeares characters exclaims; Brave, new, world! ?
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A. Ferdinand

B. Prospero

C. Antonio

D. Miranda

4709. In Shakespeares literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________?
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A. Historical plays

B. None of above

C. Comedy plays

D. Great Tragedies

4710. Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it ?
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A. Leartus, Silvius

B. Ghost, Old servant Adam

C. Fortinbras, Corin

D. Osric, Touchstone

4711. The title of Carlyles Sartor Resartus means ?
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A. Religious Scripture

B. Tailor Repatched

C. None of these

D. Seaside Resort

4712. In which edition of the novel Frankenstein the name of the author Mary Shelley first appeared ?
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A. 4th Edition

B. 3rd Edition

C. 2nd Edition

D. 1st Edition

4713. The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ?
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A. Virgil

B. Homer

C. Seneca

D. Fetronius

4714. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth was in ?
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A. 1609

B. 1606

C. 1608

D. 1607

4715. Graham Greenes novels are marked by ?
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A. Buddhism

B. Catholicism

C. Paganism

D. Protestantism

4716. Carlyles work On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History is a course of ?
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A. four lectures

B. six lectures

C. five lectures

D. seven lectures

4717. What does I stand for in the following line? To Carthage then I came ?
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A. Augustine

B. Buddha

C. Tiresias

D. Smyrna Merchant

4718. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?
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A. a mouse

B. a toad

C. a serpent

D. a cherub

4719. Brownings famous poem Rabbi Ben Ezra is included in ?
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A. Dramatic Idyls

B. Dramatis Personae

C. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country

D. Asolando

4720. At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ?
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A. Prussia

B. Poland

C. Norway

D. Iceland

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