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famous playwright poet and others Mcqs
501. My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect. Who wrote this ?
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A. Graham Greene

B. Jane Austen

C. Charles Dickens

D. D. H. Lawrence
502. Which college did William Wordsworth attend ?
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A. Christ College

B. Kings College

C. Trinity College

D. St. Johns College
503. One important feature of Jane Austens style is ?
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A. boisterous humour

B. stream of consciousness

C. subtlety of irony

D. humour and pathos
504. How many of Shakespeares plays are classified as histories ?
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A. 10

B. 7

C. 14

D. 18

505. Keatss Endymion is dedicated to _______________?
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A. Milton

B. Shakespeare

C. Thomas Chatterton

D. Leigh Hunt
506. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he first encounters the Three Witches ?
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A. Macduff

B. Lady Macbeth

C. Mercutio

D. Banquo
507. The line To be or not to be comes from which play ?
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A. Twelfth Night

B. Hamlet

C. Macbeth

D. A Midsummer Nights dream

508. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost ?
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A. It was created before God the Son

B. Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain

C. The Earth revolves around the sun

D. The Earth is a lotus flower

509. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided ?
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A. Nine

B. Twelve

C. Eighteen

D. Fourteen

510. The better part of valour is discretion occurs in Shakespeares ?
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A. The Tempest

B. Hamlet

C. Henry IV, Pt I

D. Twelfth Night

511. How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ?
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A. 39

B. 37

C. 38

D. 36

512. Which of the following is Goldings first novel ?
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A. Pincher Martin

B. Lord of the Flies

C. The Inheritors

D. Pyramid

513. Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet ?
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A. Hazlitt

B. P.B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Charles Lamb

514. When did William Wordsworth die ?
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A. 7 June 1849

B. 12 January 1842

C. 3 November 1852

D. 23 April 1850
515. The novel The Power and the Glory is set in ?
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A. Germany

B. France

C. Italy

D. Mexico
516. Identify the character who is a supporter of Womens Rights in Sons and Lovers ?
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A. Mrs. Morel

B. Miriam

C. Annie

D. Clara Dawes

517. which famous Shakespeare play does the quote The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers come from ?
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A. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

B. Othello, the Moor of Venice

C. The Merry Wives of Windsor

D. King Henry the Sixth, Part II
518. With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlains Man was renamed ?
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A. None of above

B. Kings Man

C. King Lear

D. Gentleman

519. The reason for Eves fall might best be described as_______________?
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A. greed

B. lust

C. vanity

D. pride

520. In Leda and the Swan, who wooes Leda in guise of a swan ?
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A. Zeus

B. Hercules

C. Bacchus

D. Mars