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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4921. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?
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A. A fish leaping out of water

B. A germ infecting a body

C. A snake slithering up a tree

D. A wolf leaping into a sheeps pen

4922. John Miltons Paradise Regained is written in a(n) style ?
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A. plain

B. luminescent

C. Sophistic

D. Latinate

4923. What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality ?
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A. American

B. British

C. German

D. Dutch

4924. What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years ?
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A. his body

B. his horse

C. his house

D. his soul

4925. Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War ?
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A. Queen Anne

B. Henry VIII

C. Charles I

D. Charles II

4926. At what age did Christopher Marlow die ?
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A. 33

B. 54

C. 47

D. 29

4927. The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to___________?
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A. none of the above

B. Nicholas Udall

C. Thomas Colwell

D. Lord Burghley

4928. In which place of England Christopher Marlow born ?
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A. London

B. Canterbury

C. Norflock

D. Warwick

4929. Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
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A. An Arming of the Hero Scene

B. An Invocation to the Muse

C. An Epic Council

D. A Tragic Recognition Speech

4930. Marlowe born in______________?
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A. 1563

B. 1565

C. 1562

D. 1564

4931. Astrophel and Stella is a ?
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A. Epic

B. Allegory

C. Ballad

D. Sonnet

4932. Which one of Miltons senses were lost during writing his works ?
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A. Hearing

B. Vision

C. Voice

D. Taste

4933. Which one of the following dramas attributed to Christopher Marlow is believed to have been his first ?
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A. Dido, Queen of Carthage

B. The Jew of Malta

C. Edward the Second

D. Tamburlaine the Great

4934. On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost is based ?
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A. The fall of Lucifer

B. The genesis

C. The fall of man

D. Adam and Eve

4935. When was John Milton born ?
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A. 2 May 1614

B. 9 December 1608

C. 12 June 1628

D. 17 August 1612

4936. Early in Book Two of Paradise Regained, who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert) ?
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A. First Mary, then James and John

B. First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary

C. First Peter, then Paul and Mary

D. First Mary, then Joseph

4937. What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?
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A. Raphael

B. Pandosto

C. Baal

D. Michelangelo

4938. Who wrote The Massacre at Paris ?
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A. Shakespeare

B. Edmund Spenser

C. john Milton

D. Christopher Marlowe

4939. Even in John Miltons lifetime, Paradise Regained was considered in literary quality as largely to Paradise Lost. ?
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A. equal

B. irrelevant in comparison

C. superior

D. inferior

4940. The Renaissance was known for originating which of the following philosophical movements ?
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A. Stoicism

B. Humanism

C. Existentialism

D. Postmodernism

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