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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4841. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen ?
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A. Sandition

B. Sense and Sensibility

C. Mansfield Park

D. Persuasion

4842. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet ?
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A. The European Magazine

B. New Poetry

C. The Tatler

D. The Rambler

4843. Essays of Ella are ?
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A. practically autobiographical fragments

B. satirical and critical

C. full of didactic sermonising

D. remarkable for their aphoristic style

4844. Othello was sent to fight with______________?
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A. Ottomans

B. French army

C. None of above

D. German army

4845. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the Hero as King ?
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A. Cromwell

B. Shakespeare

C. Luther

D. Johnson

4846. Which of Shakespeares play features Sir John Falstaff ?
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A. Titus Andronicus

B. King John

C. The merry wives of Windsor

D. Troilus and Cressida

4847. Who is commonly known as Pip in Great Expectations ?
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A. Philip Pip

B. Filip Pirip

C. Philips Pirip

D. Philip Pirrip

4848. In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with ?
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A. Charles Bingley

B. William Collins

C. Wickham

D. Darcy

4849. At what age of did William Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway ?
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A. 22

B. 23

C. 18

D. 19

4850. Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence ?
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A. The White Peacock

B. Sons and Lovers

C. The Trespasser

D. Women in Love

4851. Heaven lies about us in our infancy. This line occurs in the poem ?
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A. Tintern Abbey

B. The Second Coming

C. Leda and the Swan

D. Immortality Ode

4852. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeares greatest ?
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A. comic figures

B. historical figures

C. tragic figures

D. romantic figures

4853. At what point does the narration unfolds in the poem Paradise Lost ?
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A. After the fall of man

B. In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God

C. In Eden

D. After the defeat of rebel angels

4854. When was William Wordsworth born ?
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A. 7 July 1767

B. 20 March 1773

C. 7 April 1770

D. 10 September 1772

4855. Who, among the following, is not connected with the Oxford Movement ?
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A. E.B. Pusey

B. John Keble

C. Robert Browning

D. J. H. Newman

4856. What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night ?
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A. Or, What you Like It

B. Or, What you Think

C. Or, What you Will

D. Or, What is you Will

4857. What is the name of the eccentric scientist in the novel Frankenstein ?
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A. Kristofer Frankenstein

B. Victor Frankenstein

C. Paris Frankenstein

D. Mario Frankenstein

4858. Between what time period did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor ?
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A. between1580 and 1591

B. between1585 and 1592

C. between1579 and 1583

D. between1579 and 1587

4859. Shakespeare dedicated his long narrative poem Venus and Adonis to________________?
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A. Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of Southampton

B. Thomas Wriothesley,forth earl of Southampton

C. William Fitzwilliam, first earl of Southampton

D. Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton

4860. Shakespeare died at the age of______________?
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A. 52

B. 60

C. 63

D. 48

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