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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4941. Which devil is Satans second-incommand ?
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A. Beezelbub

B. Sin

C. Moloch

D. Mammon

4942. Who wrote Holy Sonnets ?
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A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. John Donne

4943. From which institution did Christopher Marlow receive Bachelor of Arts degree in 1584 ?
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A. Oxford University

B. Corpus Christi College

C. Queens college

D. Trinity College

4944. The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by ?
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A. Robert Greene

B. Thomas more

C. John Lyly

D. Wyclif

4945. Who translated Utopia in English language ?
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A. Ralph Robinson

B. Thomas More

C. Thomas lodge

D. William Tyndale

4946. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers ?
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A. The Shepherds calendar

B. Colin clouts come home again

C. Faerie queen, first three books

D. Faerie queen, second three books

4947. According to the Book of Luke, Herod was the king of ?
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A. Egypt

B. Jerusalem

C. Syria

D. Judea

4948. In the early books of John Miltons Paradise Lost, Satan conspires with which of the following characters ?
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A. Baal

B. Beelzebub

C. Michel

D. A and B

4949. Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ?
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A. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. An Imitation of Spenser

D. Ode to a Skylark

4950. What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Miltons Paradise Lost in a series of etchings and prints ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. William Blake

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

4951. The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups ?
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A. Anarchists and Royalists

B. Parliamentarians and Roundheads

C. Royalists and Parliamentarians

D. Royalists and Monarchists

4952. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518 ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Thomas Nash

C. Thomas More

D. Thomas lodge

4953. Satans name before he fell from heaven was ?
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A. Lucifer

B. Belial

C. Beezlebub

D. Michael

4954. In which year the play of Christopher Marlow The Jew of Malta first performed ?
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A. 1587

B. 1601

C. 1597

D. 1592

4955. John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
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A. Englands poet laureate

B. Englands first dramatist

C. Englands first poet

D. Englands greatest civil engineer

4956. Who succeeded Lyly ?
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A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Robert Greene

C. John Milton

D. Philip Sidney

4957. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises Gods forces ?
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A. Artillery

B. Catapults

C. The Holy Sepulcher

D. Illusions

4958. Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash ?
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A. Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris

B. The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.

C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.

D. Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.

4959. Paradise lost was lost by ?
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A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

4960. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance ?
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A. Spencer

B. Marlowe

C. Johnson

D. Milton

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