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681. To which category that two works of William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to ?
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A. Tragedies

B. Narrative Poems

C. Comedies

D. Historical Plays

682. In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it ?
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A. A beautiful garden

B. The capital of Hell

C. The forbidden fruit

D. The capital of Heaven

683. Who pondered, How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse??
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A. Moses

B. Adam

C. Joseph

D. Satan
684. When did William Wordsworth marry Mary Hutchinson ?
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A. 1812

B. 1798

C. 1802

D. 1805

685. Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the form of a frame story that starts one character wring letters to his sister. Who is that character ?
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A. Captain Robert Walton

B. Sergent Thomas Vincent

C. Victor Frankenstein

D. Captain Cooper

686. Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
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A. Christabel

B. Biographia Literaria

C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

D. Kubla Khan

687. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost ?
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A. The creation of the universe

B. The fight between good and evil

C. Heavens battle and Satans tragic fall

D. Adam and Eves disobedience
688. How does Lady Macbeth explain her husbands wild behavior at the banquet ?
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A. She tells the guests that Banquos ghost is haunting Macbeth.

B. She tells the guests that Macbeth has had too much to drink.

C. She informs the guests that Macbeth is ill.

D. She reveals that Macbeth is overcome with grief over the death of Duncan.

689. In __________ year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place ?
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A. 1597

B. 1595

C. 1996

D. 15598

690. Paradise Lost was originally written in ?
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A. nine books

B. eleven books

C. eight books

D. ten books

691. Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor ?
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A. Gonzalo

B. Stephano

C. Ariel

D. Alonso

692. At what age did Mary Shelley start writing the novel Frankenstein ?
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A. 31

B. 18

C. 24

D. 26

693. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child! come from ?
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A. The Life and Death of King John

B. g Henry VIII

C. As You Like It

D. King Lear

E. The Famous History of the Life of

694. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Miltons ?
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A. Sense of injured merit

B. Spirit of revolt

C. All these

D. Hatred of tyranny

695. Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen ?
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A. Sandition

B. Sense and Sensibility

C. Mansfield Park

D. Persuasion

696. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet ?
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A. The European Magazine

B. New Poetry

C. The Tatler

D. The Rambler

697. Essays of Ella are ?
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A. practically autobiographical fragments

B. satirical and critical

C. full of didactic sermonising

D. remarkable for their aphoristic style

698. Othello was sent to fight with______________?
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A. Ottomans

B. French army

C. None of above

D. German army

699. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the Hero as King ?
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A. Cromwell

B. Shakespeare

C. Luther

D. Johnson

700. Which of Shakespeares play features Sir John Falstaff ?
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A. Titus Andronicus

B. King John

C. The merry wives of Windsor

D. Troilus and Cressida