english literature MCQs – Page 237

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4721. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious ?
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A. Look at her reflection in a stream

B. Go in search of her mate

C. Eat of the Tree of Knowledge

D. Talk to the animals

4722. Macbeth hires assassins to murder Banquos son, named ?
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A. Fleance

B. Ross

C. Angus

D. Lennox

4723. What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist ?
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A. Anna Wordsworth

B. Shirley Wordsworth

C. Dorothy Wordsworth

D. Agnes Wordsworth

4724. Who wrote the poem Defence of Lucknow ?
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A. Swinburne

B. Rossetti

C. Tennyson

D. Browning

4725. In which year Globe theater got fire and destroyed ?
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A. 1613

B. 1611

C. 1610

D. 1612

4726. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work ?
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A. Graham Greene

B. W. M. Thackeray

C. D. H. Lawrence

D. Charles Dickens

4727. Following are the lines of: Im your wife if you marry me If not, Ill die your maid to be your fellow You may deny me, but Ill be your servant Whether you deny or not ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Tempest

C. Othello

D. Romeo and Juliet

4728. Book 1 of Paradise Lost presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine. Whats the name of this fallen angel?
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A. Moloch

B. Mammon

C. Ashtaroth

D. Beelzebub

4729. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem Ode to the West Wind ?
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A. Rime royal

B. Terza rima

C. Ottava rima

D. Spenserian Stanza

4730. Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ?
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A. Oedipus

B. Sysyphus

C. Philomela

D. Grail Legend of Fisher King

4731. W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year ?
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A. 1925

B. 1932

C. 1938

D. 1923

4732. What is Miltons stated purpose in Paradise Lost ?
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A. To make his story hard to understand

B. To assert his superiority to other poets

C. To justify the ways of God to men

D. To argue against the doctrine of predestination

4733. Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally ?
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A. Forinbras

B. Leartus

C. Polonius

D. Horatio

4734. In which country is Macbeth set ?
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A. Canada

B. Spain

C. Scotland

D. Denmark

4735. Miltons unholy trinity of characters includes_______________?
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A. Satan, Sin, and Death

B. Sin, Temptation, and Satan

C. Sin, Death and Temptation

D. Error, Temptation, and Satan

4736. The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ?
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A. On romantic philosophy

B. On the slave trade

C. On supernatural elements in poetry

D. On the creativity of human mind

4737. ____________was father of Desdemona ?
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A. Othello

B. Iago

C. Brabantio

D. Gratiano

4738. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub ?
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A. Uriel

B. Abdiel

C. Michael

D. Raphael

4739. How many narrative arcs does Paradise Lost have ?
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A. 1

B. 12

C. 4

D. 2

4740. Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ?
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A. The Excursion

B. Lyrical Ballads

C. Poems, in Two Volumes

D. The Prelude

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