miscellaneous literature MCQs – Page 13

Practise focused miscellaneous literature questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

miscellaneous literature Mcqs
241. The poem Wind is written by________________?
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A. Shelley

B. John Ashbery

C. Ted Hughes

D. Sylvia Plath

242. In Memoriam is _______________?
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A. neither

B. an ode

C. a sonnet

D. an elegy
243. A poem which consists of fourteen line is called________________?
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A. A ballad

B. A Sonnet

C. None of these

D. An Ode

244. A poem mourning someones death is called______________?
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A. Epic

B. Fable

C. Elegy

D. None of these

245. But Gods eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone. In which poem do these lines appear ?
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A. Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde)

B. None of these

C. We Are Seven (Wordsworth)

D. Prisoner of Chillon (Byron)

246. Find the Odd man out ?
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A. Tom Jones : Henry Fielding

B. Roxana: Daniel Defoe

C. All for Love: John Milton

D. The Good-nature man: Oliver Goldsmith

247. Shakespeares Hamlet was published in________________?
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A. 1602

B. 1610

C. None of these

D. 1608

248. James Joyces famous novel_____________?
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A. Roots

B. Ulysses

C. Tom Jones

D. Rebecca

249. The 18th century work Tom Jones was written by whom ?
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A. John Donne

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Henry Fielding

D. Tobias Smollett

250. The kind Claudius was killed by________________?
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A. None of these

B. Horatio

C. Laerteus

D. Hamlet
251. A poem of fourteen lines is called________________?
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A. Sonnet

B. Epic

C. Ode

D. Elege

252. Which one of the following is a comedy ?
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A. Timon of Athens

B. Hamlet

C. Antony and Cleopatra

D. Alls Well that Ends Well
253. Joyces novel Ulysses takes place over what period of time ?
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A. 24 hours

B. 6 months

C. A lifetime

D. A week

254. The Lay of the Last Minstrel is written by_______________?
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A. Blake

B. Tennyson

C. Walter Scott

D. Byron

255. Poetry is defined as Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling by___________?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Shelley

D. None of these

256. Which work was completed last ?
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A. William Shakespeares Tempest

B. John Miltons Paradise Lost

C. George Herberts The Temple

D. Ben Jonsons Volpone

257. Tradition and Individual Talent is a critical essay by_______________?
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A. Oscar Wilde

B. Shelley

C. T. S. Eliot

D. None of these

258. Which one of the following writers is not woman ?
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A. None of these

B. Emily Bronte

C. Robert Browning

D. Jane Austen

259. Who of the following is a playwright ?
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A. Dickens

B. G.B. Shaw

C. Frost

D. W.B. Yeats

260. After Apple Picking is written by_______________?
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A. Robert Browning

B. Robert Frost

C. both A and B

D. none of these