famous playwright poet and others Mcqs
551. Who, among the following, is not the second generation of British Romantics ?
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A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Wordsworth

D. Byron

552. What was the cause of Williams death in Sons and Lovers ?
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A. An overdose of morphia

B. An accident

C. Pneumonia

D. Suicide

553. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue ?
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A. The Tempest

B. Twelfth Night

C. Hamlet

D. Henry IV, Pt I

554. In which year Mary Shelley visited the famous Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before her visit an alchemist was engaged in experiments ?
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A. 1812

B. 1808

C. 1816

D. 1814
555. Uneasy lies the head that_______________( King Henry four, part two)?
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A. Wears a crown

B. none of these

C. Wears a hat

D. Wears a wig

556. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create ?
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A. He creates everything

B. Computers

C. Adam and Eve

D. The Son

557. The most notable characteristic of Keats poetry is ?
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A. Social reform

B. Satire

C. Sensuousness

D. Sensuality

558. When was William Wordsworth appointed poet laureate ?
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A. 1839

B. 1843

C. 1847

D. 1861

559. Who calls poetry the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge ?
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A. Coleridge

B. Shelley

C. Keats

D. Wordsworth
560. Which of the following novels has the subtitle A Novel Without a Hero ?
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A. Middlemarch

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Vanity Fair

D. Oliver Twist

561. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ?
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A. 126

B. 145

C. 164

D. 154
562. Which of Shakespeares characters exclaims; Brave, new, world! ?
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A. Ferdinand

B. Prospero

C. Antonio

D. Miranda
563. In Shakespeares literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________?
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A. Historical plays

B. None of above

C. Comedy plays

D. Great Tragedies

564. Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it ?
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A. Leartus, Silvius

B. Ghost, Old servant Adam

C. Fortinbras, Corin

D. Osric, Touchstone

565. The title of Carlyles Sartor Resartus means ?
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A. Religious Scripture

B. Tailor Repatched

C. None of these

D. Seaside Resort
566. In which edition of the novel Frankenstein the name of the author Mary Shelley first appeared ?
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A. 4th Edition

B. 3rd Edition

C. 2nd Edition

D. 1st Edition

567. The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ?
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A. Virgil

B. Homer

C. Seneca

D. Fetronius

568. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth was in ?
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A. 1609

B. 1606

C. 1608

D. 1607

569. Graham Greenes novels are marked by ?
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A. Buddhism

B. Catholicism

C. Paganism

D. Protestantism

570. Carlyles work On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History is a course of ?
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A. four lectures

B. six lectures

C. five lectures

D. seven lectures

571. What does I stand for in the following line? To Carthage then I came ?
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A. Augustine

B. Buddha

C. Tiresias

D. Smyrna Merchant

572. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?
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A. a mouse

B. a toad

C. a serpent

D. a cherub

573. Brownings famous poem Rabbi Ben Ezra is included in ?
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A. Dramatic Idyls

B. Dramatis Personae

C. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country

D. Asolando

574. At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ?
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A. Prussia

B. Poland

C. Norway

D. Iceland

575. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious ?
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A. Look at her reflection in a stream

B. Go in search of her mate

C. Eat of the Tree of Knowledge

D. Talk to the animals

576. Macbeth hires assassins to murder Banquos son, named ?
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A. Fleance

B. Ross

C. Angus

D. Lennox

577. What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist ?
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A. Anna Wordsworth

B. Shirley Wordsworth

C. Dorothy Wordsworth

D. Agnes Wordsworth

578. Who wrote the poem Defence of Lucknow ?
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A. Swinburne

B. Rossetti

C. Tennyson

D. Browning

579. In which year Globe theater got fire and destroyed ?
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A. 1613

B. 1611

C. 1610

D. 1612

580. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work ?
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A. Graham Greene

B. W. M. Thackeray

C. D. H. Lawrence

D. Charles Dickens

581. Following are the lines of: Im your wife if you marry me If not, Ill die your maid to be your fellow You may deny me, but Ill be your servant Whether you deny or not ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Tempest

C. Othello

D. Romeo and Juliet

582. Book 1 of Paradise Lost presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine. Whats the name of this fallen angel?
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A. Moloch

B. Mammon

C. Ashtaroth

D. Beelzebub
583. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem Ode to the West Wind ?
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A. Rime royal

B. Terza rima

C. Ottava rima

D. Spenserian Stanza

584. Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ?
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A. Oedipus

B. Sysyphus

C. Philomela

D. Grail Legend of Fisher King

585. W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year ?
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A. 1925

B. 1932

C. 1938

D. 1923
586. What is Miltons stated purpose in Paradise Lost ?
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A. To make his story hard to understand

B. To assert his superiority to other poets

C. To justify the ways of God to men

D. To argue against the doctrine of predestination

587. Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally ?
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A. Forinbras

B. Leartus

C. Polonius

D. Horatio

588. In which country is Macbeth set ?
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A. Canada

B. Spain

C. Scotland

D. Denmark

589. Miltons unholy trinity of characters includes_______________?
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A. Satan, Sin, and Death

B. Sin, Temptation, and Satan

C. Sin, Death and Temptation

D. Error, Temptation, and Satan

590. The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ?
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A. On romantic philosophy

B. On the slave trade

C. On supernatural elements in poetry

D. On the creativity of human mind

591. ____________was father of Desdemona ?
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A. Othello

B. Iago

C. Brabantio

D. Gratiano

592. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub ?
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A. Uriel

B. Abdiel

C. Michael

D. Raphael

593. How many narrative arcs does Paradise Lost have ?
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A. 1

B. 12

C. 4

D. 2
594. Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ?
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A. The Excursion

B. Lyrical Ballads

C. Poems, in Two Volumes

D. The Prelude

595. Which of the following poems of Coleridge is a ballad ?
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A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Work Without Hope

C. Youth and Age

D. Frost at Midnight

596. Was the Globe ?
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A. A famous map of the world.

B. An Elizabethan sports stadium.

C. An Elizabethan Theater.

D. A Roman Amphitheater.

597. With which other poet did Samuel Taylor Coleridge founded the Romantic movement in English Literature ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. Shelley

D. William Wordsworth
598. Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ?
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A. An armed head

B. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand

C. A bloody child.

D. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.
599. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Horatio

C. Polonius

D. Gertrude

600. Following are the characters of: Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius ?
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A. Winters tale

B. Cymbeline

C. Timon of Athens

D. Coriolanus