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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.
| 801. |
Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ? |
| A. | superior |
| B. | inferior |
| C. | equal |
| D. | irrelevant in comparison |
| Answer» C. equal | |
| 802. |
Estella is the daughter of ? |
| A. | Joe Gargery |
| B. | Abel Magwitch |
| C. | Miss Havisham |
| D. | Bentley Drumnile |
| Answer» B. Abel Magwitch | |
| 803. |
Essays of Ella are ? |
| A. | full of didactic sermonising |
| B. | practically autobiographical fragments |
| C. | remarkable for their aphoristic style |
| D. | satirical and critical |
| Answer» C. remarkable for their aphoristic style | |
| 804. |
“Epipsychidion” is composed by ______________? |
| A. | Coleridge |
| B. | Wordsworth |
| C. | Keats |
| D. | Shelley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 805. |
Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton ? |
| A. | Paradise Lost |
| B. | Sonnets |
| C. | Lycidas |
| D. | Areopagitica |
| Answer» B. Sonnets | |
| 806. |
Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a ? |
| A. | “stepping stones of clouds |
| B. | Golden rope |
| C. | Golden chain |
| D. | Ladder |
| Answer» D. Ladder | |
| 807. |
Early in Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert) ? |
| A. | First Mary, then Joseph |
| B. | First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary |
| C. | First Mary, then James and John |
| D. | First Peter, then Paul and Mary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 808. |
During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ? |
| A. | Hundred Years War |
| B. | Nine Years War |
| C. | Ten Years War |
| D. | Seventeen Years War |
| Answer» C. Ten Years War | |
| 809. |
During which period London theaterrs remained closed on account of the plague ? |
| A. | 1592 |
| B. | 1593 |
| C. | 1594 |
| D. | 1595 |
| Answer» C. 1594 | |
| 810. |
During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and England ? |
| A. | William I |
| B. | Edward II |
| C. | William II |
| D. | Edward III |
| Answer» E. | |
| 811. |
Dr. Ian Johnson suggests which of the following ideas about the play, “Henry V” ? |
| A. | That it is a satire of European monarchies |
| B. | That none of the characters undergo |
| C. | That none of the characters undergo |
| D. | That it is an incomplete play and possibly not authored by Shakespeare |
| Answer» C. That none of the characters undergo | |
| 812. |
“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale.” Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night ? |
| A. | Duke Orsino |
| B. | Malvolio |
| C. | Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
| D. | Sir Toby Belch |
| Answer» E. | |
| 813. |
dominated English literature from the Restoration until the end of the 18th century with the emergence of Romanticism ? |
| A. | Medievalism |
| B. | Modernism |
| C. | Victorianism |
| D. | Neoclassicism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 814. |
Despite Samson’s defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will “arise and his great name assert” by making Dagon receive “Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers” (467–71). This prediction is interesting because ? |
| A. | the prediction is never fulfilled. |
| B. | the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier. |
| C. | Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction. |
| D. | the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon |
| Answer» D. the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon | |
| 815. |
Desdemona was _____________? |
| A. | wife of Othello |
| B. | daughter of Othello |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. daughter of Othello | |
| 816. |
Desdemona was killed by _________________? |
| A. | Iago |
| B. | Casio |
| C. | Othello |
| D. | Brabantio |
| Answer» D. Brabantio | |
| 817. |
Denied the right to apply for divorce and facing intense humiliation, John Milton wrote what work ? |
| A. | “Christian Doctrines” |
| B. | “On Regicide” |
| C. | “The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce” |
| D. | “Paradise Lost” |
| Answer» D. “Paradise Lost” | |
| 818. |
Dante’s mention of the “sound of the angelic trumpet” refers to which religious event ? |
| A. | The Annunciation |
| B. | Baptism |
| C. | Holy Communion |
| D. | The Last Judgment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 819. |
Dante’s nine spheres of heaven are associated with which of the following religious concepts ? |
| A. | The deadly sins |
| B. | The steps to confession |
| C. | The beatitudes |
| D. | The angelic hierarchy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 820. |
D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of ? |
| A. | Keats |
| B. | Byron |
| C. | Shelley |
| D. | Wordsworth |
| Answer» B. Byron | |
| 821. |
Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem ? |
| A. | characters, main idea, and theme |
| B. | purpose and audience |
| C. | theme, purpose, form, and mood. |
| D. | rhyme and reason |
| Answer» D. rhyme and reason | |
| 822. |
Complete this Shakespearan line – Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring________________? |
| A. | Impediments |
| B. | Inconveniences |
| C. | Worries |
| D. | Troubles |
| Answer» B. Inconveniences | |
| 823. |
Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of “Paradise Lost” that that goal of his epic poem will be ? |
| A. | to justify the ways of God to humankind. |
| B. | to justify the ways of humankind to God. |
| C. | to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell. |
| D. | to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven. |
| Answer» B. to justify the ways of humankind to God. | |
| 824. |
Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of_____________? |
| A. | England |
| B. | Venice |
| C. | Denmark |
| D. | Maine |
| Answer» D. Maine | |
| 825. |
Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the freedom of the individual ? |
| A. | Anglican |
| B. | Methodist |
| C. | Protestant |
| D. | Buddhist |
| Answer» D. Buddhist | |
| 826. |
chaucer’s franklin was guilty of which sin ? |
| A. | Lust |
| B. | Corruption |
| C. | Theft |
| D. | Gluttony |
| Answer» E. | |
| 827. |
chaucer was imprisoned during_______________? |
| A. | hundred years’ war |
| B. | Black death |
| C. | Peasant revolt |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. Black death | |
| 828. |
Carlyle’s work On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History is a course of ? |
| A. | six lectures |
| B. | five lectures |
| C. | four lectures |
| D. | seven lectures |
| Answer» C. four lectures | |
| 829. |
Carl Sandburg ’Planked whitefish’ contains what kind of imagery ? |
| A. | Sea scenes |
| B. | Rural Idyll |
| C. | War |
| D. | Innocent childhood |
| Answer» D. Innocent childhood | |
| 830. |
By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced ? |
| A. | Thomas Aquinas |
| B. | William Bradshaw |
| C. | John Foxe |
| D. | William Tyndale |
| Answer» B. William Bradshaw | |
| 831. |
By which physical affliction was Joyce affected ? |
| A. | autism |
| B. | blindness |
| C. | deafness |
| D. | loss of limb |
| Answer» C. deafness | |
| 832. |
By______________ Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist? |
| A. | 1590 |
| B. | 1591 |
| C. | 1592 |
| D. | 1593 |
| Answer» D. 1593 | |
| 833. |
Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in ? |
| A. | Dramatis Personae |
| B. | Dramatic Idyls |
| C. | Asolando |
| D. | Red Cotton Night-Cap Country |
| Answer» B. Dramatic Idyls | |
| 834. |
‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ is a quotation from ? |
| A. | Milton |
| B. | William Shakespeare |
| C. | T. S. Eliot |
| D. | Ruskin |
| Answer» C. T. S. Eliot | |
| 835. |
Both Shakespeare and Christopher Marlow are thought to have been born in what year ? |
| A. | 1564 |
| B. | 1580 |
| C. | 1577 |
| D. | 1550 |
| Answer» B. 1580 | |
| 836. |
’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel? |
| A. | Mammon |
| B. | Moloch |
| C. | Beelzebub |
| D. | Ashtaroth |
| Answer» D. Ashtaroth | |
| 837. |
Blank verse refers to which of the following ? |
| A. | Prose |
| B. | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| C. | Rhyming verse |
| D. | Rhyming couplets |
| Answer» C. Rhyming verse | |
| 838. |
Between what time period did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor ? |
| A. | between1579 and 1583 |
| B. | between1585 and 1592 |
| C. | between1579 and 1587 |
| D. | between1580 and 1591 |
| Answer» C. between1579 and 1587 | |
| 839. |
Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom ? |
| A. | Sir Walter Scott |
| B. | William Butler Yeats |
| C. | Henry Longfellow |
| D. | Robert Burns |
| Answer» E. | |
| 840. |
At what point does the narration unfolds in the poem Paradise Lost ? |
| A. | In Eden |
| B. | After the fall of man |
| C. | After the defeat of rebel angels |
| D. | In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God |
| Answer» D. In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God | |
| 841. |
At what famous university is Faustus a scholar ? |
| A. | Wittenburg |
| B. | Sorbonne |
| C. | Heidelberg |
| D. | Cambridge |
| Answer» B. Sorbonne | |
| 842. |
At what age of did William Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway ? |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | 22 |
| C. | 19 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» B. 22 | |
| 843. |
At what age did Mary Shelley start writing the novel Frankenstein ? |
| A. | 26 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 31 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» C. 31 | |
| 844. |
At what age did Christopher Marlow die ? |
| A. | 33 |
| B. | 29 |
| C. | 47 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» C. 47 | |
| 845. |
At the end of the play, “Twelfth Night,” who is discovered to have been secretly married ? |
| A. | Viola and Orsino |
| B. | Sir Toby and Maria |
| C. | Malvio and Maria |
| D. | Viola and Sir Toby |
| Answer» C. Malvio and Maria | |
| 846. |
At the end of the play “Richard III,” what happens to Richard ? |
| A. | He is killed. |
| B. | He is arrested. |
| C. | He is crowned king. |
| D. | He was sent into exile. |
| Answer» B. He is arrested. | |
| 847. |
At the end of “Eveline,” what decision does the title character make ? |
| A. | she decides to stay in Ireland |
| B. | she decides to quit her job |
| C. | she decides to leave her mother |
| D. | she leaves for France |
| Answer» B. she decides to quit her job | |
| 848. |
At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ? |
| A. | Norway |
| B. | Prussia |
| C. | Iceland |
| D. | Poland |
| Answer» B. Prussia | |
| 849. |
“Astrophel and Stella” is a ? |
| A. | Allegory |
| B. | Epic |
| C. | Sonnet |
| D. | Ballad |
| Answer» D. Ballad | |
| 850. |
As originally envisioned by John Milton, “Paradise Lost” would consist of how many books ? |
| A. | Nine |
| B. | Ten |
| C. | Eleven |
| D. | Twelve |
| Answer» C. Eleven | |