miscellaneous literature MCQs – Page 15

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

miscellaneous literature Mcqs
281. Eliot was influenced by___________________?
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A. Shaw

B. Ezra Pound

C. Hardy

D. none of these

282. In what language did Shakespeare write ?
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A. Middle English

B. Old English

C. Modern English

D. German

283. In his poetry Tennyson is_______________?
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A. The representative poet of Romantic Age

B. The representative poet of Victorian Age

C. None of these

D. The best nature poet

284. Which of the following would a Romantic Poet be most likely to use ?
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A. An airy fairy

B. A bird

C. A tenant of the sky

D. A member of the plumy race

285. The Conduct of the Allies is a famous work of_____________?
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A. Jonathan Swift

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Oliver Goldsmith

D. None of these

286. Thomas Hardy was brought up to the profession of_____________?
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A. None of these

B. Engraver

C. Architect

D. Sculptor

287. Who wrote Crime and Punishment ?
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A. Shelley

B. Tolstoy

C. Byron

D. Dostoyevsky
288. Henry Higgins is a character in________________?
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A. none of these

B. Candida

C. Pygmalion

D. saint joan

289. What did Robert Frosts father do ?
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A. black-smith

B. journalist

C. teacher

D. farmer

290. James Joyces narrative technique is known as______________?
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A. stream of consciousness

B. Objective Co-relative

C. Symbolism and Mysticism

D. psycho-analysis

291. Tales from Shakespeare is written by________________?
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A. Lamb

B. Mary Anne Evans

C. Lawrence

D. Shakespeare

292. Vanity Fair is a novel by_______________?
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A. Thackeray

B. Dickens

C. Scott

D. Fielding

293. Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after_______________?
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A. The language of the age

B. The primary author of the age

C. Monarchs or political events

D. The leading characteristic of the age

294. Poet Alexander Popes famous work_________________?
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A. Spectator

B. The Rape of Lock

C. The Deserted Village

D. Man was made to mourn

295. This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century ?
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A. Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway

B. E.M. Forsters A Room With A View

C. Henry Jamess The Ambassadors

D. Thomas Hardys Tess of the DUrbervilles
296. On Heroes and Heroworship is written by________________?
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A. Mill

B. Huxley

C. Ruskin

D. Carlyle
297. Sweet are the uses of adversity was stated by__________________?
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A. Shakespeare

B. Tolstoy

C. Milton

D. Valtaire

298. One of the following was a Romantic poet______________?
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A. Shelley

B. Tennyson

C. Browning

D. Arnold

299. Hero and Hero worship was written by______________?
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A. Mill

B. Carlyle

C. Ruskin

D. None of these

300. Hearing a colour or Seeing a smell is an example of______________?
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A. Synaesthesia

B. Oxymoron

C. Contrast

D. Sensuousness