english literature MCQs – Page 292

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5821. Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
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A. Henry IV, Part I

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Much Ado about Nothing

5822. Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London ?
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A. Sir Walter Raleigh

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. Sir Thomas More

D. John Milton

5823. Many of William Shakespeares plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England ?
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A. The Globe

B. The Curtain

C. The Rose

D. The Anchor

5824. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ?
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A. Mass

B. Transubstantiation

C. Resurrection

D. both A and C

5825. Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance ?
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A. Niccolo Machiavelli

B. Aristotle

C. Plato

D. Francesco Petrarcha

5826. What author wrote the poem Whoso list to hunt ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Sir Thomas More

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

5827. William Shakespeares Henry V is an example of what dramatic genre ?
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A. Tragedy

B. Comedy

C. History

D. Romance

5828. Which of the following statements best describes the Great Chain of Being ?
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A. It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.

B. Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its place in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended.

C. It could only be achieved through faith in Gods grace.

D. Both A and B

5829. William Shakespeares Hamlet is an example of what dramatic genre ?
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A. Satire

B. Romance

C. Comedy

D. Tragedy

5830. What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. Sir Thomas More

D. Sir Philip Sidney