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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.
| 301. |
What was the cause of William’s death in Sons and Lovers ? |
| A. | An accident |
| B. | An overdose of morphia |
| C. | Suicide |
| D. | Pneumonia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 302. |
What was strange about Emily Dickinson ? |
| A. | She rarely left home |
| B. | She wrote in code |
| C. | She never attempted to publish her poetry |
| D. | She wrote her poems in invisible ink |
| Answer» B. She wrote in code | |
| 303. |
What was Shakespeare’s first play ? |
| A. | King Lear |
| B. | Henry VI |
| C. | The Tempest |
| D. | Romeo and Juliet |
| Answer» C. The Tempest | |
| 304. |
What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ? |
| A. | pastoral work |
| B. | religious work |
| C. | allegorical work |
| D. | natural work |
| Answer» D. natural work | |
| 305. |
What type of play is “Richard III” ? |
| A. | Tragedy |
| B. | History |
| C. | Comedy |
| D. | Lyric |
| Answer» C. Comedy | |
| 306. |
What religion had the most political and social power in Shakespeare’s time ? |
| A. | Catholicism |
| B. | Buddhism |
| C. | Protestantism |
| D. | Mormonism |
| Answer» D. Mormonism | |
| 307. |
What poison does Claudius pour into the ear of Hamlet’s father, causing his death ? |
| A. | Burdock |
| B. | Hebenon |
| C. | Baneberry |
| D. | Hemlock |
| Answer» C. Baneberry | |
| 308. |
What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics ? |
| A. | Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser |
| B. | Homer, Virgil, and Spenser |
| C. | Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser |
| D. | Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden |
| Answer» C. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser | |
| 309. |
What poet was famous for his “Eclogues” ? |
| A. | Virgil |
| B. | Shakespeare |
| C. | Chaucer |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» B. Shakespeare | |
| 310. |
What nationality was Shakespeare ? |
| A. | Italian |
| B. | English |
| C. | Scottish |
| D. | Greek |
| Answer» C. Scottish | |
| 311. |
What literary genre is Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis” ? |
| A. | Short story |
| B. | Tragedy play |
| C. | Comedy play |
| D. | Poetry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 312. |
What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ? |
| A. | the last sentence and first sentence are circular |
| B. | the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it |
| C. | the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end |
| D. | the novel is clearly written from the future to the past |
| Answer» B. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it | |
| 313. |
What is the word for a “play on words” ? |
| A. | pun |
| B. | simile |
| C. | haiku |
| D. | metaphor |
| Answer» B. simile | |
| 314. |
What is the translation of the term “dolce stil novo” ? |
| A. | “The sweet silence” |
| B. | “The sweetness of love” |
| C. | “Sweet and still” |
| D. | “Sweet new style” |
| Answer» E. | |
| 315. |
What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ? |
| A. | The Visions of Petrarch |
| B. | A View of the Present State of Ireland |
| C. | The Ruines of Time |
| D. | Visions of the worlds vanitie |
| Answer» C. The Ruines of Time | |
| 316. |
What is the title of the poem that begins thus – ’What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare’ ? |
| A. | Comfort |
| B. | Leisure |
| C. | Relaxation |
| D. | Tranquility |
| Answer» C. Relaxation | |
| 317. |
What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night ? |
| A. | Or, What is you Will |
| B. | Or, What you Will |
| C. | Or, What you Like It |
| D. | Or, What you Think |
| Answer» C. Or, What you Like It | |
| 318. |
What is the study of poetry’s meter and form called ? |
| A. | Prosody |
| B. | Potology |
| C. | Rheumatology |
| D. | Scansion |
| Answer» B. Potology | |
| 319. |
What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost ? |
| A. | The fight between good and evil |
| B. | Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall |
| C. | The creation of the universe |
| D. | Adam and Eve’s disobedience |
| Answer» E. | |
| 320. |
What is the significance of the words “moocow” and “tuckoo,” according to most critics ? |
| A. | it represents Joyce’s decision not to use stream of consciousness |
| B. | it emulates an adult’s intellectual process |
| C. | it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child |
| D. | it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language |
| Answer» D. it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language | |
| 321. |
What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist ? |
| A. | Anna Wordsworth |
| B. | Agnes Wordsworth |
| C. | Shirley Wordsworth |
| D. | Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 322. |
What is the name of the short-lived journal that Coleridge established ? |
| A. | The Romantic Philosophy |
| B. | The Spectator |
| C. | The Explicator |
| D. | The Watchman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 323. |
What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost ? |
| A. | Paradise Found |
| B. | Paradise Lost Twice |
| C. | Paradise Regained |
| D. | Paradise Lost Again |
| Answer» D. Paradise Lost Again | |
| 324. |
What is the name of the popular fiction genre in which the novel Frankenstein belongs to ? |
| A. | Bildungsroman novel |
| B. | Romantic novel |
| C. | Künstlerroman novel |
| D. | epistolary novel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 325. |
What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ? |
| A. | Slings and Arrows |
| B. | Vice of Kings |
| C. | The Murder of Gonzago |
| D. | The Slaying of Lucianus |
| Answer» D. The Slaying of Lucianus | |
| 326. |
What is the name of the eccentric scientist in the novel Frankenstein ? |
| A. | Kristofer Frankenstein |
| B. | Paris Frankenstein |
| C. | Victor Frankenstein |
| D. | Mario Frankenstein |
| Answer» D. Mario Frankenstein | |
| 327. |
What is the name of Shakespeare’s son ? |
| A. | William |
| B. | John |
| C. | Hamlet |
| D. | Hamnet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 328. |
What is the meaning of “Renaissance” ? |
| A. | Rebirth, revival and re-awaking |
| B. | Reveal, revel and reverie |
| C. | Raillery, renunciation and recoup |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. Reveal, revel and reverie | |
| 329. |
What is the meaning of Milton’s work Samson Agonistes ? |
| A. | Theist |
| B. | Atheist |
| C. | Antagonist |
| D. | Wrestler |
| Answer» E. | |
| 330. |
What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form ? |
| A. | Personification |
| B. | Hyperboles |
| C. | Alliteration |
| D. | Onomatopoeia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 331. |
What is the function of the River Lethe ? |
| A. | It separates heaven from hell. |
| B. | It prevents sinners from escaping hell. |
| C. | It washes away the memory of sin. |
| D. | It separates Dante from the other sinners |
| Answer» D. It separates Dante from the other sinners | |
| 332. |
What is the function of the Linati schema ? |
| A. | it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners |
| B. | it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners |
| C. | it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses |
| D. | it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake |
| Answer» D. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake | |
| 333. |
What is the function of the Primum Mobile ? |
| A. | It symbolizes Dante’s distrust of the Church. |
| B. | It is the home of the angels. |
| C. | It separates heaven from hell. |
| D. | It reminds Dante of his own pride |
| Answer» C. It separates heaven from hell. | |
| 334. |
What is the full name of the novel Frankenstein ? |
| A. | Frankenstein; or, The Evil Scientist |
| B. | Frankenstein; or, The Monster |
| C. | Frankenstein; or, The Devil Within |
| D. | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 335. |
What is the earliest surviving European poem ? |
| A. | The Homeric epic |
| B. | The Gilgamesh epic |
| C. | The Deluge epic |
| D. | The Hesiodic ode |
| Answer» B. The Gilgamesh epic | |
| 336. |
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ? |
| A. | No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing. |
| B. | A simile is more descriptive. |
| C. | A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t. |
| D. | A simile must use animals in the comparison. |
| Answer» D. A simile must use animals in the comparison. | |
| 337. |
What is the craftsmen’s play at the end of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” about ? |
| A. | Puck’s adventures |
| B. | Summertime dreams |
| C. | The history of Athens |
| D. | Pyramus and Thisbe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 338. |
What is the best definition of humanism ? |
| A. | The movement to write more in vernacular |
| B. | The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity |
| C. | The scientific movement away from classical antiquity |
| D. | The movement based on literature about courtly love |
| Answer» C. The scientific movement away from classical antiquity | |
| 339. |
What is terza rima ? |
| A. | A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes |
| B. | A form of blank verse |
| C. | A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme |
| D. | A poetic form with five-line stanzas |
| Answer» D. A poetic form with five-line stanzas | |
| 340. |
What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as _______________-? |
| A. | Prosody |
| B. | Allegory |
| C. | Scansion |
| D. | Assonance |
| Answer» B. Allegory | |
| 341. |
What is purgatory ? |
| A. | A place for cleansing and purification |
| B. | The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell |
| C. | The setting for the middle portion of Dante’s The Divine Comedy |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 342. |
What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost ? |
| A. | To assert his superiority to other poets |
| B. | To argue against the doctrine of predestination |
| C. | To justify the ways of God to men |
| D. | To make his story hard to understand |
| Answer» D. To make his story hard to understand | |
| 343. |
What is limbo ? |
| A. | In The Inferno, the place for many ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian thinkers |
| B. | For Dante, the home of major figures from the Hebrew Bible |
| C. | The place for virtuous non-Christian adults |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 344. |
What is Faerie Queene ? |
| A. | An allegory |
| B. | An epic |
| C. | A ballad |
| D. | A sonnet |
| Answer» B. An epic | |
| 345. |
What is contrapasso ? |
| A. | The idea that the punishment fits the crime |
| B. | The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova |
| C. | The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy |
| D. | The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy |
| Answer» B. The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova | |
| 346. |
What is Christopher Marlowe’s Nationality ? |
| A. | British |
| B. | German |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | American |
| Answer» B. German | |
| 347. |
What is a sonnet ? |
| A. | A poem of six lines |
| B. | A poem of eight lines |
| C. | A poem of twelve lines |
| D. | A poem of fourteen lines |
| Answer» E. | |
| 348. |
What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word ? |
| A. | Alliterative |
| B. | Epic |
| C. | Acrostic |
| D. | Haiku |
| Answer» D. Haiku | |
| 349. |
What is a kunstleroman ? |
| A. | a novel that traces women’s intellectual developments |
| B. | an artist’s novel of awakening |
| C. | an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art |
| D. | a novel in which the hero solves a crime |
| Answer» C. an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art | |
| 350. |
What is a funny poem of five lines called _________________ ? |
| A. | Quartet |
| B. | Limerick |
| C. | Sextet |
| D. | Palindrome |
| Answer» C. Sextet | |