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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.
| 701. |
In coleridge’s poem ’The rime of the Ancient Mariner’where were the three gallants going ? |
| A. | A funeral |
| B. | A wedding |
| C. | Market |
| D. | To the races |
| Answer» C. Market | |
| 702. |
In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it ? |
| A. | The forbidden fruit |
| B. | The capital of Heaven |
| C. | A beautiful garden |
| D. | The capital of Hell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 703. |
In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Satan invents something that he thinks will help win his war against God. What is it ? |
| A. | Gunpowder |
| B. | Adamantine armor |
| C. | The Chariot of Paternal Deity |
| D. | The Thunderbolt |
| Answer» B. Adamantine armor | |
| 704. |
In Book Three of “Paradise Lost,” God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: “I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall.” |
| A. | Transubstantiation |
| B. | Free will |
| C. | Predestination |
| D. | Sufficience |
| Answer» C. Predestination | |
| 705. |
In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Adam is told of what major event ? |
| A. | The fall of the Son |
| B. | The fall of the Rebel Angels |
| C. | The fall of God |
| D. | The death of Michael |
| Answer» C. The fall of God | |
| 706. |
In Book One of “Paradise Lost,” the narrator identifies the fallen angels or devils by what names ? |
| A. | Their surnames |
| B. | The names of pagan gods |
| C. | The names of foreign countries |
| D. | The names of the angels they will become |
| Answer» C. The names of foreign countries | |
| 707. |
In Book Four of “Paradise Regained,” for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location ? |
| A. | The top of the Pantheon in Rome |
| B. | The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem |
| C. | The top of a “Mountain high” |
| D. | “Up to the middle Region of thick Air” |
| Answer» C. The top of a “Mountain high” | |
| 708. |
In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make ? |
| A. | A fortress |
| B. | A catapult |
| C. | A large sword |
| D. | A cannon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 709. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique style does Joyce use ? |
| A. | vowel shift |
| B. | chiasmus |
| C. | acatalectic |
| D. | stream of consciousness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 710. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, what is the importance of music ? |
| A. | it ties in with Stephen’s appreciation of language |
| B. | it reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest |
| C. | it provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 711. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Irish nationality ? |
| A. | he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it |
| B. | he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders |
| C. | he is committed to staying in Ireland |
| D. | he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes |
| Answer» B. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders | |
| 712. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Catholic faith ? |
| A. | he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel |
| B. | because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith |
| C. | he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral |
| D. | he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel |
| Answer» D. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel | |
| 713. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, the main character is named after which mythical figure ? |
| A. | Aeneas |
| B. | Icarus |
| C. | Daedalus |
| D. | Minos |
| Answer» D. Minos | |
| 714. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, how is the artist represented ? |
| A. | as a friend |
| B. | as a family member |
| C. | as a romantic hero |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 715. |
In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ? |
| A. | it represents the desire to flee Ireland |
| B. | it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities |
| C. | it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 716. |
In “A Mother,” what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn ? |
| A. | the piano |
| B. | the Irish language |
| C. | the English language |
| D. | the violin |
| Answer» C. the English language | |
| 717. |
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is Nick Bottom ? |
| A. | An Athenian craftsman |
| B. | A professional actor |
| C. | A Duke |
| D. | An Amazonian |
| Answer» B. A professional actor | |
| 718. |
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who says “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (III.ii.15) ? |
| A. | Puck |
| B. | Nick Bottom |
| C. | Hippolyta |
| D. | Helene |
| Answer» B. Nick Bottom | |
| 719. |
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play ? |
| A. | Peter Quince |
| B. | Francis Flute |
| C. | Nick Bottom |
| D. | Tom Snout |
| Answer» C. Nick Bottom | |
| 720. |
In “A Little Cloud,” what does Little Chandler dream about becoming ? |
| A. | a reporter |
| B. | a father |
| C. | a poet |
| D. | a soldier |
| Answer» D. a soldier | |
| 721. |
In , a good example of Milton’s sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press ? |
| A. | “Paradise Lost” |
| B. | “Samson Agonistes” |
| C. | “Areopagitica” |
| D. | “Paradise Regained” |
| Answer» D. “Paradise Regained” | |
| 722. |
In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess ? |
| A. | Elizabeth Bishop |
| B. | Sylvia Plath |
| C. | Marianne Moore |
| D. | Laura Jackson |
| Answer» C. Marianne Moore | |
| 723. |
In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ? |
| A. | He was imprisoned. |
| B. | His left index finger was chopped off. |
| C. | He was placed in the stocks for a week. |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» B. His left index finger was chopped off. | |
| 724. |
In 1599 which famous actor and his brother Cuthbert set a new playhouse on the Bank side, called the Globe ? |
| A. | Augustine Phillipps |
| B. | John Heimnge |
| C. | Henry Condell |
| D. | Richard Burbage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 725. |
In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ? |
| A. | King John |
| B. | Richard II |
| C. | Henry VIII |
| D. | Henry V |
| Answer» D. Henry V | |
| 726. |
Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet ? |
| A. | P.B. Shelley |
| B. | Charles Lamb |
| C. | Hazlitt |
| D. | Coleridge |
| Answer» B. Charles Lamb | |
| 727. |
Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work ? |
| A. | Charles Dickens |
| B. | W. M. Thackeray |
| C. | Graham Greene |
| D. | D. H. Lawrence |
| Answer» D. D. H. Lawrence | |
| 728. |
Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry ? |
| A. | Sir Thomas Wyatt |
| B. | William Shakespeare |
| C. | Earl of Surrey |
| D. | Milton |
| Answer» D. Milton | |
| 729. |
Identify the work by Swinburne which begins “when the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces..” ? |
| A. | Chastelard |
| B. | A Song of Italy |
| C. | Atalanta in Calydon |
| D. | Songs before Sunrise |
| Answer» D. Songs before Sunrise | |
| 730. |
Identify the work by Ruskin which began as a defence of contemporary landscape artist especially Turner ? |
| A. | The Stones of Venice |
| B. | The Two Paths |
| C. | The Seven Lamps of Architecture |
| D. | Modem Painters |
| Answer» E. | |
| 731. |
Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.” ? |
| A. | Oxymoron |
| B. | Metaphor |
| C. | Simile |
| D. | Synecdoche |
| Answer» B. Metaphor | |
| 732. |
Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of ‘love and loss’ ? |
| A. | Tennyson |
| B. | Browning |
| C. | Swinburne |
| D. | D.G. Rossetti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 733. |
Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures ? |
| A. | Great Expectations |
| B. | The Power and the Glory |
| C. | Lord of the Flies |
| D. | Pride and Prejudice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 734. |
Identify the character who is a supporter of Women’s Rights in Sons and Lovers ? |
| A. | Mrs. Morel |
| B. | Annie |
| C. | Miriam |
| D. | Clara Dawes |
| Answer» B. Annie | |
| 735. |
Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor ? |
| A. | Alonso |
| B. | Ariel |
| C. | Gonzalo |
| D. | Stephano |
| Answer» D. Stephano | |
| 736. |
“I have no other but a woman’s reason I think him so, because I think him so” Which of Shakespeare’s play contain above lines ? |
| A. | The two gentle men of Verona |
| B. | Merry wives of Windsor |
| C. | The noble Kinsman |
| D. | Measure for measure |
| Answer» B. Merry wives of Windsor | |
| 737. |
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death ? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 31 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 28 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 738. |
How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare’s plays ? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 11 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 739. |
How many times does Satan work to tempt Jesus in the Gospels ? |
| A. | One |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» D. Four | |
| 740. |
How many times does Milton invoke a muse ? |
| A. | One |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» D. Four | |
| 741. |
How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ? |
| A. | 110 |
| B. | 154 |
| C. | 175 |
| D. | 187 |
| Answer» C. 175 | |
| 742. |
How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» D. 9 | |
| 743. |
How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 67 |
| C. | 154 |
| D. | 200 |
| Answer» D. 200 | |
| 744. |
How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play Hamlet ? |
| A. | Nine |
| B. | Five |
| C. | Seven |
| D. | Three |
| Answer» D. Three | |
| 745. |
How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ? |
| A. | 36 |
| B. | 37 |
| C. | 38 |
| D. | 39 |
| Answer» C. 38 | |
| 746. |
How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 747. |
How many of Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories ? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» C. 14 | |
| 748. |
How many narrative arcs does Paradise Lost have ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» B. 1 | |
| 749. |
How many lines are in Spenserian stanza ? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |
| 750. |
How many languages did chaucer know ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 1 | |