english literature MCQs – Page 242

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

4824. Who called The Waste Land a music of ideas ?
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A. Allen Tate

B. F. R Leavis

C. I.A Richards

D. J.C Ransom

4825. Who headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heavn ?
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A. Benjamin and Joseph

B. Rebel angels

C. Noah and the elephant

D. Adam and Eve

4828. In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it ?
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A. A beautiful garden

B. The capital of Hell

C. The forbidden fruit

D. The capital of Heaven

4832. Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
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A. Christabel

B. Biographia Literaria

C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

D. Kubla Khan

4833. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost ?
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A. The creation of the universe

B. The fight between good and evil

C. Heavens battle and Satans tragic fall

D. Adam and Eves disobedience
4834. How does Lady Macbeth explain her husbands wild behavior at the banquet ?
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A. She tells the guests that Banquos ghost is haunting Macbeth.

B. She tells the guests that Macbeth has had too much to drink.

C. She informs the guests that Macbeth is ill.

D. She reveals that Macbeth is overcome with grief over the death of Duncan.

4836. Paradise Lost was originally written in ?
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A. nine books

B. eleven books

C. eight books

D. ten books

4839. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child! come from ?
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A. The Life and Death of King John

B. g Henry VIII

C. As You Like It

D. King Lear

E. The Famous History of the Life of

4840. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Miltons ?
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A. Sense of injured merit

B. Spirit of revolt

C. All these

D. Hatred of tyranny