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This section includes 903 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE concerning Book Two of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ? |
| A. | A debate is held in Hell by Satan and his compatriots concerning whether to attempt to recover Heaven. |
| B. | Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos. |
| C. | The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.” |
| D. | The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering singing competitions. |
| Answer» D. The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering singing competitions. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Milton’s poetry ? |
| A. | He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form. |
| B. | He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. |
| C. | He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. |
| D. | He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form. |
| Answer» C. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. | |
| 3. |
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal republic ? |
| A. | There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords. |
| B. | There were to be no churches except Anglican churches. |
| C. | There was to be no Oxford University. |
| D. | A and C |
| Answer» B. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches. | |
| 4. |
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism ? |
| A. | There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching. |
| B. | There is an emphasis on spiritual experience. |
| C. | There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression. |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake ? |
| A. | married relationships |
| B. | dreams |
| C. | the movement of time |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Which of the following themes IS NOT important to John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ? |
| A. | Sexual desire |
| B. | Seeking God’s Will and Guidance |
| C. | What it means to be the “Son of God” |
| D. | Temptation |
| Answer» B. Seeking God’s Will and Guidance | |
| 7. |
Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ? |
| A. | religious identity |
| B. | national identity |
| C. | married relationships |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare ? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Macbeth |
| C. | King Lear |
| D. | King Oedipus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Which of the following was a popular medieval criticism about the Church ? |
| A. | Many people were unable to understand Church texts written in Latin. |
| B. | Many people were unable to understand the language of the Mass. |
| C. | Many people took issue with the Pope’s inordinate wealth and power. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following was written first________________? |
| A. | Henry six |
| B. | Henry seven |
| C. | Henry five |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Henry seven | |
| 11. |
Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High-Modern Literature ? |
| A. | Skeptical |
| B. | Authoritative |
| C. | Impressionistic |
| D. | Both a & c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ? |
| A. | Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte |
| B. | Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth |
| C. | William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| D. | Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Answer» C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge | |
| 13. |
Which of the Marlowe’s plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash ? |
| A. | Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd. |
| B. | The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage. |
| C. | The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido. |
| D. | Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris |
| Answer» C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido. | |
| 14. |
which of these is magnum opus of chaucer ? |
| A. | Troilus and criseyde |
| B. | House of fame |
| C. | The canterbury tales |
| D. | Parliament of fowls |
| Answer» D. Parliament of fowls | |
| 15. |
Which of these was not one of Shakespeare’s plays ? |
| A. | Titus Andronicus |
| B. | The Tempest |
| C. | Cymbeline |
| D. | Shakespeare in love |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ? |
| A. | Kubla Khan |
| B. | Christabel |
| C. | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| D. | Biographia Literaria |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Which one of Milton’s senses were lost during writing his works ? |
| A. | Taste |
| B. | Voice |
| C. | Hearing |
| D. | Vision |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Which one of the following dramas attributed to Christopher Marlow is believed to have been his first ? |
| A. | The Jew of Malta |
| B. | Dido, Queen of Carthage |
| C. | Edward the Second |
| D. | Tamburlaine the Great |
| Answer» C. Edward the Second | |
| 19. |
Which one of the following is an unfinished work of Edmund Spenser ? |
| A. | The Faerie Queene |
| B. | Amoretti |
| C. | The Shepheardes Calender |
| D. | Astrophel |
| Answer» B. Amoretti | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following plays of Christopher Marlow tells the story of the disposition of a king by his barons and the Queen ? |
| A. | Doctor Faustus |
| B. | Edward the Second |
| C. | The Massacre at Paris |
| D. | The Jew of Malta |
| Answer» C. The Massacre at Paris | |
| 21. |
Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ? |
| A. | ab cb bc cd e |
| B. | abba bccb d |
| C. | ab bc cd de f |
| D. | ab ab bc bc c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following terms is often called for the England’s national poet, William Shakespeare ? |
| A. | Bard of London |
| B. | Bard of Avon |
| C. | Master Dramatist |
| D. | Supreme Poet |
| Answer» C. Master Dramatist | |
| 23. |
Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ? |
| A. | The House of Fame |
| B. | The Book of the Duchess |
| C. | Troilus and Criseyde |
| D. | The Legend of Good Women |
| Answer» C. Troilus and Criseyde | |
| 24. |
Which period of John Keats as called “the most placid time in Keats’s life” by Cowden Clarke, a close friend of Keats ? |
| A. | His visit to Lake District |
| B. | Keats’ lodging in the attic above the surgery at 7 Church Street |
| C. | Keats stay in Italy |
| D. | Keats’ travel to Alps |
| Answer» C. Keats stay in Italy | |
| 25. |
Which poem ends ’I shall but love thee better after death’ ? |
| A. | How do I love thee |
| B. | Ode to a Grecian urn |
| C. | In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes |
| D. | Let me not to the marriage of true minds |
| Answer» B. Ode to a Grecian urn | |
| 26. |
Which Poem caused Milton’s stature as a poet to be recognized ? |
| A. | Paradise Lost |
| B. | Il Penseroso |
| C. | Areopagitica |
| D. | Lycidas |
| Answer» B. Il Penseroso | |
| 27. |
Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream ? |
| A. | Kubla Khan |
| B. | Christabel |
| C. | The Ancient Mariner |
| D. | Ode on the Departing Year |
| Answer» B. Christabel | |
| 28. |
Which poet invented the concept of the variable foot in poetry ? |
| A. | William Carlos Williams |
| B. | Emily Dickinson |
| C. | Gerard Manly Hopkins |
| D. | Robert Frost |
| Answer» B. Emily Dickinson | |
| 29. |
Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse ? |
| A. | Betjeman |
| B. | Hughes |
| C. | Marvel |
| D. | Larkin |
| Answer» B. Hughes | |
| 30. |
Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece ? |
| A. | John keats |
| B. | Lord Byron |
| C. | Solan |
| D. | Sappho |
| Answer» C. Solan | |
| 31. |
Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries ? |
| A. | Edmund Spenser |
| B. | John Milton |
| C. | John Donne |
| D. | Sir Philip Sidney |
| Answer» D. Sir Philip Sidney | |
| 32. |
Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers ? |
| A. | The Pope |
| B. | The Holy Roman Emperor |
| C. | The King of England |
| D. | The King of France |
| Answer» B. The Holy Roman Emperor | |
| 33. |
Which problem(s) shaped Joyce’s early home life? |
| A. | his father’s alcoholism |
| B. | poverty |
| C. | lack of stable work |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Which qualities do the fixed stars in paradise represent ? |
| A. | Faith, hope, and love |
| B. | Faith, wisdom, and love |
| C. | Love, compassion, and pride |
| D. | Justice, temperance, and faith |
| Answer» B. Faith, wisdom, and love | |
| 35. |
Which represents an example of alliteration ? |
| A. | Language Arts |
| B. | Peter Piper Picked Peppers |
| C. | I like music |
| D. | A beautiful scenery with music |
| Answer» C. I like music | |
| 36. |
Which river is associated with Shakespeare’s birth place ? |
| A. | The Thames |
| B. | The Avon |
| C. | The Tyburn |
| D. | The Seven |
| Answer» C. The Tyburn | |
| 37. |
Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it ? |
| A. | Fortinbras, Corin |
| B. | Leartus, Silvius |
| C. | Osric, Touchstone |
| D. | Ghost, Old servant Adam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ? |
| A. | Tudor |
| B. | Stuart |
| C. | Anjou |
| D. | Plantagenet |
| Answer» B. Stuart | |
| 39. |
Which scene happens first chronologically ? |
| A. | Satan and the devils rise up from the lake in Hell |
| B. | The Son is chosen as God’s second-incommand |
| C. | God and the Son create the universe |
| D. | The angels battle in Heaven |
| Answer» C. God and the Son create the universe | |
| 40. |
Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ? |
| A. | Rime royal |
| B. | Ottava rima |
| C. | Terza rima |
| D. | Spenserian Stanza |
| Answer» D. Spenserian Stanza | |
| 41. |
Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost ? |
| A. | It was created before God the Son |
| B. | Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain |
| C. | The Earth is a lotus flower |
| D. | The Earth revolves around the sun |
| Answer» C. The Earth is a lotus flower | |
| 42. |
Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce’s Ulysses ? |
| A. | The Bible |
| B. | Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey |
| C. | Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus” |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Which was a common metaphor used by Irish writers in their depictions of the nation ? |
| A. | the metaphor of Ireland as a novel |
| B. | the metaphor of Ireland as a woman |
| C. | the metaphor of Ireland as a child |
| D. | the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier |
| Answer» C. the metaphor of Ireland as a child | |
| 44. |
Which was Marlowe’s first play ? |
| A. | Dr.Faustus |
| B. | Tamburlaine |
| C. | The Tragedy of Dido |
| D. | The Jew of Malta, |
| Answer» C. The Tragedy of Dido | |
| 45. |
Which Welsh poet wrote “Under Milk Wood ? “ |
| A. | Anthony Hopkins |
| B. | Richard Burton |
| C. | Tom Jones |
| D. | Dylan Thomas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ? |
| A. | The Excursion |
| B. | The Prelude |
| C. | Lyrical Ballads |
| D. | Poems, in Two Volumes |
| Answer» D. Poems, in Two Volumes | |
| 47. |
Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus ? |
| A. | Laodamia |
| B. | The Prelude |
| C. | Guide to the Lakes |
| D. | Preface to the Lyrical Ballads |
| Answer» C. Guide to the Lakes | |
| 48. |
Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ? |
| A. | Ezra Pound |
| B. | W.B. Yeats |
| C. | Ernest Hemmingway |
| D. | Virginia Woolf |
| Answer» B. W.B. Yeats | |
| 49. |
Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival ? |
| A. | George Russell |
| B. | J.M. Synge |
| C. | W.B. Yeats |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
While in exile, how did Dante’s opinions about monarchy shift ? |
| A. | He came to prefer the idea of an enlightened emperor. |
| B. | He decided that only a dictator should be in power. |
| C. | He decided that only the Catholic Church should be in power. |
| D. | He came to the realization that all emperors are unjust. |
| Answer» B. He decided that only a dictator should be in power. | |