famous playwright poet and others Mcqs
51. Which is the first major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ?
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A. The House of Fame

B. Troilus and Criseyde

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Book of the Duchess

52. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess ?
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A. Carolyn Kizer

B. Marianne Moore

C. Sylvia Plath

D. Mary Oliver

54. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ?
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A. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth

B. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

55. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature ?
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A. William Blake

B. William Morris

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Shakespeare

56. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
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A. Iambic pentameter

B. Sonnet form

C. Dactylic hexameter

D. Alliterative verse

57. Which of the following statement is correct ?
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A. Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.

B. In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

C. both a and b

D. None of above.

58. Where did chaucer bury ?
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A. westminster abbey

B. none of the above

C. kent church

D. chapel at windsor

61. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ?
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A. Romantic

B. Light verse

C. Political satire

D. War poems
62. During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?
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A. Hundred Years War

B. Ten Years War

C. Seventeen Years War

D. Nine Years War
63. How do historians say Joyces exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

B. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures stories and myths

C. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

D. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

64. The phrase Pathetic fallacy is coined by _________________?
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A. Carlyle

B. Coleridge

C. Milton

D. John Ruskin
66. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
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A. Boer War

B. Korean War

C. Second World War

D. First World War
70. Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ?
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A. ab cb bc cd e

B. ab ab bc bc c

C. abba bccb d

D. ab bc cd de f

72. The magazine Contemporary Poetry and Prose was inspired by which exhibition ?
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A. The Festival of Britain

B. People of the 20th Century

C. Drawing the 20th Century

D. The Surrealist Exhibition
73. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Irish nationality ?
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A. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

B. he is committed to staying in Ireland

C. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

D. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
75. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Catholic faith ?
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A. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral

B. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

C. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith

D. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel

76. How do Shem the Penman and Shaun the Post differ ?
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A. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer

B. while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

C. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist

D. while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work

78. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats ?
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A. To some ladies

B. Endymion

C. None of above

D. To hope

79. With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime ?
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A. Harriet Weaver

B. Arthur Symons

C. W.B. Yeats

D. All of the Above
80. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy ?
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A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Titus Andronicus

D. None of the above
81. In what form did Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood first become known ?
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A. Book of poetry

B. a short film

C. A radio play

D. A stage play

82. How are Polonius and Laertes related ?
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A. Brother/brother

B. Uncle/nephew

C. Father/son

D. Cousin/cousin

83. What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father ?
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A. she is a source of secret, repressed desire

B. she is an example of piety

C. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references

D. she represents the functional family structure

84. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?
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A. natural work

B. allegorical work

C. religious work

D. pastoral work

85. When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ?
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A. Early 1380s

B. In 1376

C. Early 1370s

D. In 1364

86. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
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A. The Comic

B. The Tragic

C. The Epic

D. The Occult
87. With which text(s) is the word riverrun associated ?
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A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. The Dubliners

C. Finnegans Wake

D. Ulysses

88. Who wrote The Winters Tale ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. William Shakespeare

C. John Dryden

D. Christopher Marlowe

89. In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?
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A. puns

B. All of the Above

C. parodies

D. unconventional syntax

90. chaucers franklin was guilty of which sin ?
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A. Corruption

B. Gluttony

C. Theft

D. Lust

91. In A Mother, what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn ?
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A. the English language

B. the violin

C. the Irish language

D. the piano

92. What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end

B. the novel is clearly written from the future to the past

C. the last sentence and first sentence are circular

D. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it

94. According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it is linked with sexual perversions

B. it represents the Freudian primal scene

C. it represents original sin

D. All of the Above
95. Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was born ?
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A. Edward III

B. Edward II

C. David II

D. Richard II

96. Where did Edmund Spenser born ?
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A. Chester

B. East Smithfield

C. Kent

D. Worcester

97. Which of the following are popular sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. whether the novel has definite characters

B. whether the novel has a protagonist

C. All of the Above

D. whether the novel has a plot

99. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man thematizes which of the following ?
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A. artistic awakening

B. spiritual crisis

C. All of the Above

D. the artist in exile