450 + Mcqs in Ages in English Literature Page 8 McqOptions

351.	Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
A.	troubadour
B.	skald
C.	chorister
D.	bard
Answer» E.

Discussion

352.	Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the______________?
A.	troubadour
B.	skald
C.	chorister
D.	bard
Answer» E.

Discussion

353.	Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the….., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era ?
A.	William Shakespeare
B.	Ben Jonson
C.	Masque
D.	A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Answer» D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Discussion

354.	John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?
A.	48
B.	34
C.	22
D.	17
Answer» E.

Discussion

355.	John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking ?
A.	King David’s son
B.	A Judge of Israel
C.	Bathsheba’s first husband
D.	Absalom’s advisor
Answer» E.

Discussion

356.	John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?
A.	William Wordsworth
B.	Alexander Pope
C.	Ben Jonson
D.	George Herbert
Answer» D. George Herbert

Discussion

357.	Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill are characters from the novel____________?
A.	Cranford
B.	Hard Times
C.	Emma
D.	Great Expectation
Answer» D. Great Expectation

Discussion

358.	James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?
A.	Pericles
B.	Genghis Khan
C.	Richard Lionheart
D.	Augustus Caesar
Answer» E.

Discussion

359.	in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French ?
A.	1360
B.	1357
C.	1378
D.	none of the above
Answer» B. 1357

Discussion

360.	In which work do you read: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?
A.	The Man of Feeling
B.	In Memoriam
C.	Song to Aella
D.	Ozymandias
Answer» E.

Discussion

361.	In which work do you read: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ” ?
A.	The Canturbury Tales
B.	The Dark Angel
C.	The Wild Swans of Coole
D.	The Second Coming
Answer» E.

Discussion

362.	In which work do you read: “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.” ?
A.	A Doll’s House
B.	Riders to the Sea
C.	A Handful of Dust
D.	The Fatal Curiosity
Answer» B. Riders to the Sea

Discussion

363.	In which work do you read: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” ?
A.	Kubla Khan
B.	Hellas
C.	The Phoenix and the Turtle
D.	The Castaway
Answer» B. Hellas

Discussion

364.	In which work do you read: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?
A.	Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock
B.	Sonnets from the Portuguese
C.	Prelude
D.	The Last Decalogue
Answer» B. Sonnets from the Portuguese

Discussion

365.	In which work do you read: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall /looking as if she were alive.” ?
A.	Porphyria’s Lover
B.	My Last Duchess
C.	The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
D.	Fra Lippo Lippi
Answer» C. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Discussion

366.	In which work do you read: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” ?
A.	Adonais
B.	Bright Star
C.	Ode on a Grecian Urn
D.	La Bell Dame Sans Merci
Answer» D. La Bell Dame Sans Merci

Discussion

367.	In which of the following works is the social outcast represented and addressed ?
A.	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein
B.	William Worsworth’s Lyrical Ballads
C.	John Keats’s “To Autumn”
D.	all but C
Answer» E.

Discussion

368.	In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?
A.	Bleak House
B.	Great Expectations
C.	A Tale of Two Cities
D.	The Pickwick Papers
Answer» C. A Tale of Two Cities

Discussion

369.	In which county was Jane Austin born ?
A.	Sussex
B.	Hampshire
C.	Yorkshire
D.	Norfolk
Answer» C. Yorkshire

Discussion

370.	In which city was Milton ?
A.	Norwich
B.	York
C.	London
D.	Canterbury
Answer» D. Canterbury

Discussion

371.	In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?
A.	1500
B.	1588
C.	1600
D.	1575
Answer» C. 1600

Discussion

372.	In what decade did the angry young mencome to prominence on the theatrical scene ?
A.	1910s
B.	1930s
C.	1950s
D.	1970s
Answer» D. 1970s

Discussion

373.	In what country did the Renaissance begin ?
A.	Italy
B.	France
C.	England
D.	Germany
Answer» B. France

Discussion

374.	In the title of Marlowe’s play, of where was Dido the Queen ?
A.	Troy
B.	Carthage
C.	Sparta
D.	Persia
Answer» C. Sparta

Discussion

375.	In the late seventeenth century, a attle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?
A.	abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B.	round-earthers and flat-earthers
C.	the Welsh and the Scots
D.	champions of ancient and modern learning
Answer» E.

Discussion

376.	In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?
A.	abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B.	round-earthers and flat-earthers
C.	the Welsh and the Scots
D.	champions of ancient and modern learning
Answer» E.

Discussion

377.	In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry ?
A.	a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader
B.	a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader
C.	a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models
D.	a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship
Answer» D. a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship

Discussion

378.	In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more __________but less ___________ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?
A.	popular; reverenced
B.	brash; confident
C.	radical; inventive
D.	anxious; haunting
Answer» D. anxious; haunting

Discussion

379.	In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more_____________ but less __________than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.
A.	popular; reverenced
B.	brash; confident
C.	radical; inventive
D.	anxious; haunting
Answer» D. anxious; haunting

Discussion

380.	In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?
A.	Lazarus
B.	Solomon
C.	Barabas
D.	Shylock
Answer» D. Shylock

Discussion

381.	In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?
A.	William Shakespeare
B.	Ben Jonson
C.	Ben Jonson folios
D.	English Renaissance theatre
Answer» C. Ben Jonson folios

Discussion

382.	In ’In Memorium’, Tennyson mourns the death of ________________?
A.	Hugh Clough
B.	Arthur Hallam
C.	Lord Byron
D.	Keats
Answer» C. Lord Byron

Discussion

383.	In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
A.	banishment to Asia
B.	everlasting shame
C.	conversion to Christianity
D.	mild melancholia
Answer» C. conversion to Christianity

Discussion

384.	In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A.	Geoffrey of Monmouth
B.	the Gawain poet
C.	the Beowulf poet
D.	Chrétien de Troyes
Answer» C. the Beowulf poet

Discussion

385.	In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the flowering of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A.	Geoffrey of Monmouth
B.	the Gawain poet
C.	the Beowulf poet
D.	Chr´tien de Troyes
Answer» C. the Beowulf poet

Discussion

386.	In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What’s the name of that masque ?
A.	’Il Penseroso’
B.	’Lycidas’
C.	’Comus’
D.	’The Masque of Blackness’
Answer» D. ’The Masque of Blackness’

Discussion

387.	In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time ?
A.	Germany
B.	France
C.	Italy
D.	Spain
Answer» D. Spain

Discussion

388.	How would “Natural Supernaturalism” be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ?
A.	a form of animism in which objects in the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits
B.	a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with a supernatural being
C.	a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes
D.	the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium
Answer» D. the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium

Discussion

389.	How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil ?
A.	16
B.	20
C.	24
D.	28
Answer» D. 28

Discussion

390.	How many times did Milton marry ?
A.	2
B.	0
C.	1
D.	3
Answer» E.

Discussion

391.	How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?
A.	10
B.	16
C.	14
D.	22
Answer» D. 22

Discussion

392.	How many children were there in the Bronte family?
A.	3
B.	4
C.	5
D.	6
Answer» C. 5

Discussion

393.	how many children chaucer had ?
A.	4
B.	1
C.	0
D.	2
Answer» B. 1

Discussion

394.	How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?
A.	nothing happens-twice
B.	political correctness gone mad
C.	kitchen sink drama
D.	angry young men
Answer» B. political correctness gone mad

Discussion

395.	How did Henry II, the first of England’s Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France ?
A.	the Battle of Hastings
B.	Saint Patrick’s mission
C.	the Fourth Lateran Council
D.	his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Answer» E.

Discussion

396.	Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesiswas interpreted to mean______________?
A.	A picture is worth a thousand words.
B.	Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C.	Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D.	Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
Answer» E.

Discussion

397.	Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was interpreted to mean______________?
A.	A picture is worth a thousand words.
B.	Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C.	Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D.	Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
Answer» E.

Discussion

398.	Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
A.	Hunnish epic
B.	Gothic fiction
C.	epistolary novel
D.	meta-novel
Answer» C. epistolary novel

Discussion

399.	His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?
A.	Sir John Denham
B.	Ben Jonson
C.	Thomas Carew
D.	John Dryden
Answer» C. Thomas Carew

Discussion

400.	Heathcliff is a character from_____________?
A.	Emma
B.	Jane Eyre
C.	Vanity Fair
D.	Wuthering Heights
Answer» E.

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in English Literature .

Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?

Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the______________?

Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the….., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era ?

John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?

John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achitophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking ?

John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?

Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill are characters from the novel____________?

James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?

in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French ?

In which work do you read: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?

In which work do you read: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ” ?

In which work do you read: “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.” ?

In which work do you read: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” ?

In which work do you read: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?

In which work do you read: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall /looking as if she were alive.” ?

In which work do you read: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” ?

In which of the following works is the social outcast represented and addressed ?

In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?

In which county was Jane Austin born ?

In which city was Milton ?

In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?

In what decade did the angry young mencome to prominence on the theatrical scene ?

In what country did the Renaissance begin ?

In the title of Marlowe’s play, of where was Dido the Queen ?

In the late seventeenth century, a attle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?

In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?

In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry ?

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more __________but less ___________ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more_____________ but less __________than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.

In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?

In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?

In ’In Memorium’, Tennyson mourns the death of ________________?

In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?

In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?

In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the flowering of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?

In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What’s the name of that masque ?

In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time ?

How would “Natural Supernaturalism” be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ?

How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil ?

How many times did Milton marry ?

How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?

How many children were there in the Bronte family?

how many children chaucer had ?

How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?

How did Henry II, the first of England’s Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France ?

Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesiswas interpreted to mean______________?

Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was interpreted to mean______________?

Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?

His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?

Heathcliff is a character from_____________?

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more but less _ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more___ but less than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.