famous playwright poet and others Mcqs
601. In which University Victor Frankenstein develops the technique to reanimate the dead tissues which ultimately leads to the creation of the monster ?
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A. University of Greifswald

B. University of Freiburg

C. University of Ingolstadt

D. University of Tbingen

602. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet ?
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A. Seven

B. Five

C. Nine

D. Three

603. Which book of John Ruskin influenced Mahatma Gandhi ?
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A. Sesame and Lilies

B. Fors Clavigera

C. Unto This Last

D. The Seven Lamps of Architecture

604. Tennysons poem In Memoriamwas written in memory of ?
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A. Edward King

B. A.H. Hallam

C. P.B Shelley

D. Wellington

605. What is the name of the short-lived journal that Coleridge established ?
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A. The Watchman

B. The Explicator

C. The Spectator

D. The Romantic Philosophy

606. Who is described? For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ?
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A. Satan

B. Lot

C. Belial

D. Moses

607. Othello gave Desdemona _____________as a token of love?
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A. Handkerchief

B. Ring

C. Bengals

D. Pendant

608. The rarer action is in virtue that in vengeance. This line occurs in ?
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A. Henry IV,Pt I

B. The Tempest

C. Hamlet

D. Twelfth Night

609. O, you are sick of self-love Who is referred to in these words in Twelfth Night ?
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A. Malvolio

B. Sir Andrew

C. Orsino

D. Sir Toby

610. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare ?
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A. King Oedipus

B. King Lear

C. Macbeth

D. Hamlet

611. How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeares plays ?
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A. 13

B. 9

C. 7

D. 11

612. In what year was the First Folio published ?
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A. 1629

B. 1621

C. 1623

D. 1626

613. Shakespeare joined the Chamber lains Men Theatrical Company as a ?
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A. Playwright and writer

B. None of above

C. Actor and playwright

D. Playwright and poet

614. Under the green wood tree is a song in____________________?
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A. A mid Summer nights dream

B. Much ado about nothing

C. As you like it

D. Loves labours lost

615. The following lines are an example of image. The river sweats Oil and tar ?
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A. erotic

B. sensual

C. kinetic

D. visual

616. Hamlet consist of _____________acts?
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A. 4

B. 3

C. 6

D. 5
617. Who tells Macbeth, The queen, my lord, is dead ?
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A. Siward

B. Caithness

C. Seyton

D. The Doctor

618. Tracts for the Times relates to ?
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A. The Romantic Movement

B. The Pre-Raphaelite Movement

C. The Oxford Movement

D. The Symbolist Movement

619. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII ?
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A. Uriel

B. None of the above

C. Michael

D. Raphael

620. Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of love and loss ?
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A. Tennyson

B. D.G. Rossetti

C. Browning

D. Swinburne

621. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I ?
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A. Earl of Worcester

B. Earl of March

C. Earl of Northumberland

D. Earl of Douglas

622. Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
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A. John Locke

B. John Locke

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Ernest Holmes

623. Identify the work by Ruskin which began as a defence of contemporary landscape artist especially Turner ?
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A. The Two Paths

B. Modem Painters

C. The Seven Lamps of Architecture

D. The Stones of Venice

624. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit ?
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A. Adam

B. Snake

C. Satan

D. Eve
625. In which town was Shakespeare born ?
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A. Oxford

B. Cambridge

C. Stratford

D. London

626. The Aesthetic Movement which blossomed during the 1880s was not influenced by ?
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A. Pater

B. The Pre-Raphaelites

C. Matthew Arnold

D. Ruskin

627. The style of Paradise Lost is ?
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A. more Latin than most poems

B. more dramatic than lyrical

C. more spontaneous than thought out

D. more satirical than spontaneous

628. Which of the following is in correct sequel ?
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A. Alls well that ends well, The tempest, As you like it, As you like it,A mid summer nights dream, Much ado about nothing.

B. A mid summer nights dream, Romeo and Juliet, As you like it, King Lear, Pericles.

C. Comedy of errors, A mid summer nights dream, Much ado about nothing, Henry 6 part three.

D. King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Measure for measure, Henry 8, Romeo and Juliet.

629. What was the age of William Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613 ?
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A. 51

B. 52

C. 53

D. 49
630. When God sees that Adam and Eve have disobeyed him, who does he send to judge them and the snake ?
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A. The Son

B. Raphael

C. Michael

D. The Holy Ghost

631. Shakespeare died on ?
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A. 23rd April 1616

B. 30th April 1616

C. 28th April 1616

D. 25th April 1616,

632. What is the name of the popular fiction genre in which the novel Frankenstein belongs to ?
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A. Bildungsroman novel

B. epistolary novel

C. Knstlerroman novel

D. Romantic novel

633. Which one of the following terms is often called for the Englands national poet, William Shakespeare ?
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A. Bard of London

B. Supreme Poet

C. Master Dramatist

D. Bard of Avon
634. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from______________?
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A. The Koran

B. The New Testament

C. The Hebrew Bible

D. Homers epic poems

635. When Wordsworths Immortality Ode was first published in 1802, it had only ?
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A. Stanzas I to IV

B. Stanzas I to VII

C. Stanzas I toV

D. Stanzas I to VI

636. In the phrase, thy seed shall bruise our foe, thy refers to__________________?
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A. Sin

B. Eve

C. Satan

D. Eden

637. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ?
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A. Richard II

B. Henry VIII

C. King John

D. Henry V

638. Paradise Lost is considered a______________?
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A. Novel

B. Short Story

C. First Person Narrative

D. Epic Poem
639. Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures ?
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A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Great Expectations

C. The Power and the Glory

D. Lord of the Flies

640. To be or not to be that is the question, is famous line of which of Shakespeares plays ?
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A. King Lear

B. Hamlet

C. Macbeth

D. Othello

641. During which period London theaterrs remained closed on account of the plague ?
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A. 1595

B. 1594

C. 1593

D. 1592

642. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play ?
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A. Henry IV,Pt I

B. Twelfth Night

C. Hamlet

D. The Tempest

643. Who will fall through his own fault ?
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A. Adam

B. Satan

C. Noah

D. God

644. What was the first name of the playing company Kings Men that William Shakespeare partly-owned ?
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A. The Queens Troupe

B. Stratford Theatre

C. The London Theatre

D. Lord Chamberlains Men
645. When was the first edition of the novel Frankenstein published ?
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A. 1818

B. 1820

C. 1822

D. 1815

646. What is the full name of the novel Frankenstein ?
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A. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

B. Frankenstein; or, The Evil Scientist

C. Frankenstein; or, The Devil Within

D. Frankenstein; or, The Monster

647. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time. Who wrote above lines for Shakespeare ?
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A. none of above

B. Wordsworth

C. Bacon

D. Jonson
648. In which year Coleridge met poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy which later contributed Romantic movement to the English Literature ?
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A. 1789

B. 1798

C. 1795

D. 1779

649. The twins in Lord of the Flies are ?
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A. Simon and Jack

B. Sam and Eric

C. Ralph and Eric

D. Ralph and Jack

650. The term the Palliser Novels is used to describe the political novels of ______________?
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A. B.Disraeli

B. Charles Dickens

C. W. H. White

D. Anthony Trollope