English Literature MCQs

Option A: Every Man in His Humour

Option B: Cynthia Revels

Option C: The Alchemist

Option D: Epicene or The Silent Woman

Correct Answer: Every Man in His Humour ✔

Option A: Thomas Carlyle

Option B: Alexander Pope

Option C: John Dryden

Option D: John Ruskin

Correct Answer: John Dryden ✔

Option A: Metalanguage

Option B: Paralanguage

Option C: Protalanguage

Option D: None of These

Correct Answer: Paralanguage ✔

Option A: Elizabeth I

Option B: James II

Option C: George II

Option D: William and Mary

Correct Answer: James II ✔

Option A: Thomas Wyatt

Option B: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Option C: Sir Thomas more

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ✔

Option A: Roman

Option B: Latin

Option C: English

Option D: Spanish

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: F ‍Bacon

Option B: B Russell

Option C: R ‏Kippling

Option D: None Of These

Correct Answer: B Russell ✔

Option A: Napoleon Hill

Option B: Newton

Option C: Paulo Coelho

Option D: Helen Frowe

Correct Answer: Paulo Coelho ✔

Option A: Thomas Hardy

Option B: R R Tolkien

Option C: Mary Shelly

Option D: Ian Fleming

Correct Answer: R R Tolkien ✔

Option A: “Two Gentlemen of Verona”

Option B: “The Winter’s Tale”

Option C: “The Tempest”

Option D: “Faustus”

Correct Answer: “Faustus” ✔

Option A: Ben Johnson

Option B: Paulo Coelho

Option C: Marlowe

Option D: None of them

Correct Answer: Paulo Coelho ✔

Option A: The Massacre at Berlin

Option B: The Massacre at Rome

Option C: The Massacre at Copenhagen

Option D: The Massacre at Paris

Correct Answer: The Massacre at Paris ✔

Option A: Jintishi

Option B: Villanelle

Option C: Ode

Option D: Tanka

Correct Answer: Tanka ✔

Option A: Leigh Hunt

Option B: Milton

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: Thomas Chatterton

Correct Answer: Thomas Chatterton ✔

Option A: Mrs. Morel

Option B: Annie

Option C: Miriam

Option D: Clara Dawes

Correct Answer: Clara Dawes ✔

Option A: Dactylic Hexameter 

Option B: Iambic Pentameter

Option C: Torchaic Octameter

Option D: None

Correct Answer: Dactylic Hexameter  ✔

Option A: Three

Option B: Five

Option C: Six

Option D: None

Correct Answer: Five ✔

Option A: Grandeur Thought

Option B: Genuine Emotion

Option C: Impassioned Utterance

Option D: Splendour Style

Correct Answer: Genuine Emotion ✔

Option A: John Gower

Option B: Julian of Norwich

Option C: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option D: William Langland

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer ✔

Option A: Simile

Option B: Hyperbole

Option C: Apostrophe

Option D: Metaphor

Correct Answer: Metaphor ✔

Option A: Imitation

Option B: Pleasure

Option C: Composition

Option D: Puerility

Correct Answer: Composition ✔

Option A: The Return of the Native

Option B: Desperate Remedies

Option C: A Pair of Blue

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Desperate Remedies ✔

Option A: Nelson Mandela

Option B: Winston Churchill

Option C: Alexander Pope

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Alexander Pope ✔

Option A: 19

Option B: 18

Option C: 17

Option D: 16

Correct Answer: 17 ✔

Option A: Harmony

Option B: Poetry

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: The Poor Man and the Lady

Option B: The Return of Native

Option C: The Woodlanders

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Chinua Achebe

Option B: Toni Morrison

Option C: Ahmed Sulman Rushdie

Option D: Sylvia Plath

Correct Answer: Sylvia Plath ✔

Option A: Chinua Achebe

Option B: Toni Morrison

Option C: Ahmed Sulman Rushdie

Option D: Sylvia Plath

Correct Answer: Toni Morrison ✔

Option A: Chinua Achebe

Option B: Toni Morrison

Option C: Ahmed Salman Rushdie

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Ahmed Salman Rushdie ✔

Option A: 7

Option B: 8

Option C: 9

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 9 ✔

Option A: The Pre-Raphaelites

Option B: The Post Modern

Option C: The Edwardian Period

Option D: The Georgian Period

Correct Answer: The Edwardian Period ✔

Option A: Sense

Option B: Common Sense

Option C: Essence

Option D: Sense

Correct Answer: Sense ✔

Option A: Text Structure

Option B: Double meaning

Option C: Conversational structure

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Conversational structure ✔

Option A: M ArnaldB

Option B: John Dryden

Option C: Dr johson

Option D: T  S Eliot

Correct Answer: John Dryden ✔

Option A: One who is lover of beauty.

Option B: One who never stops.

Option C: A lover of mankind.

Option D: A person who hates mankind

Correct Answer: A lover of mankind. ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: William Hudson

Option C: George Orwell

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: George Orwell ✔

Option A: Syntagmatic

Option B: Synergy

Option C: Performance

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Syntagmatic ✔

Option A: Synchrony

Option B: Diachrony

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Synchrony ✔

Option A: Semiotics

Option B: Semantics

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: Parole

Correct Answer: Semiotics ✔

Option A: Productivity

Option B: Langue

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: Parole

Correct Answer: Productivity ✔

Option A: Performance

Option B: Parole

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Performance ✔

Option A: Langue

Option B: Parole

Option C: Paradigmatic

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Langue ✔

Option A: Both b and c

Option B: Diachrony/Synchrony

Option C: Acceptable/Unacceptable

Option D: N. O. T

Correct Answer: Acceptable/Unacceptable ✔

Option A: Sociolinguistics

Option B: Psycholinguisctics

Option C: Biolinguistics

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Psycholinguisctics ✔

Option A: Ferdenand de Sassure

Option B: Albert Chomsky

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Noah Webster

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: 22

Option B: 23

Option C: 24

Option D: 25

Correct Answer: 24 ✔

Option A: 19

Option B: 20

Option C: 21

Option D: 22

Correct Answer: 20 ✔

Option A: December 7, 1928

Option B: December 8, 1928

Option C: December 9, 1928

Option D: December 10, 1928

Correct Answer: December 7, 1928 ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: None of these

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: Steven Pinker

Option D: Enoch Powell

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdenand De Sassure

Option C: Leon Battista Alberti

Option D: Enoch Powell

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: 1950

Option B: 1951

Option C: 1952

Option D: 1953

Correct Answer: 1950 ✔

Option A: Sassure

Option B: Enoch Powel

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Synchrony

Option B: Diachrony

Option C: Both a and b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Diachrony ✔

Option A: 1975

Option B: 1976

Option C: 1977

Option D: 1988

Correct Answer: 1975 ✔

A. 1957
B  1958
C. 1959
D. 1960

Correct Answer: 1957 ✔

Option A: Psycho linguistics

Option B: Sociolinguistics

Option C: Comparative linguistics

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Comparative linguistics ✔

A. The study of the structure of sounds and symbols.

B.t study of the structure of letters.

C. The study of the structure of words 

D. N. O. T

Correct Answer: The study of the structure of words  ✔

Option A: 1998

Option B: 1999

Option C: 1997

Option D: 2000

Correct Answer: 1999 ✔

Option A: Old Man and the Sea

Option B: A Farewell to Arms

Option C: Man and Superman

Option D: Life of Pea (Ryan Martel)

Correct Answer: Old Man and the Sea ✔

Option A: Elizabethan Age

Option B: Victorian Age

Option C: Restoration Period

Option D: Augustan Age

Correct Answer: Elizabethan Age ✔

Option A: George Eliot

Option B: Thomas Hardy

Option C: Karl Mark

Option D: R. L. Stevenson

Correct Answer: Thomas Hardy ✔

A. Emily Dickinson
B. Ezra Pound
C. Virginia Woolf
D. George Eliot

Submitted by: Rashid Mehmood

Correct Answer: George Eliot ✔

Option A: E.B. Browning

Option B: George Eliot

Option C: T.S Eliot

Option D: Austen

Correct Answer: George Eliot ✔

Option A: Divine Comedy

Option B: Epic of Gilgamesh

Option C: Brother Karamazov

Option D: Anna Karenina

Correct Answer: Epic of Gilgamesh ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Thomas Hardy

Option D: William Shakespear

Correct Answer: William Shakespear ✔

Option A: Willams Shakespeare

Option B: Gold Smith

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Adlof Hatler

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: Weasel.

Option B: Bear.

Option C: The farmer.

Option D: The young boy.

Correct Answer: Weasel. ✔

Option A: The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

Option B: The poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.

Option C: The poem is the first of many poems by Terry.

Option D: The poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.

Correct Answer: The poem is the first-known writing of an African American. ✔

Option A: Her relationship with a patron.

Option B: Her mother.

Option C: Her best friend.

Option D: Her job as a waitress.

Correct Answer: Her relationship with a patron. ✔

Option A: Amoral (neither good nor evil)

Option B: Christian

Option C: Evil

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Amoral (neither good nor evil) ✔

Option A: She is one-quarter Black.

Option B: She is one-eighth Black.

Option C: She is White.

Option D: She cannot be a slave.

Correct Answer: She is one-quarter Black. ✔

Option A: Protest poetry

Option B: Romantic poetry

Option C: Lyric poetry

Option D: Jazz poetry

Correct Answer: Jazz poetry ✔

Option A: That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.

Option B: How slavery was worse for men.

Option C: How females were affected by slavery.

Option D: That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.

Correct Answer: How females were affected by slavery. ✔

Option A: Cakewalk tunes.

Option B: Gospel.

Option C: Jazz.

Option D: Blues.

Correct Answer: Gospel. ✔

Option A: The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.

Option B: To keep the lice away.

Option C: So that the other slaves would get along with her.

Option D: So she could sell it.

Correct Answer: The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel. ✔

Option A: William Gates

Option B: Henry David Thoreau

Option C: Booker T. Washington

Option D: Alain Locke

Correct Answer: Henry David Thoreau ✔

Option A: Women’s rights.

Option B: Negro rights.

Option C: The right to keep one’s children.

Option D: A and B.

Correct Answer: A and B. ✔

Option A: W.E.B. DuBois

Option B: Amiri Baraka

Option C: Booker T. Washington

Option D: Frederick Douglass

Correct Answer: Frederick Douglass ✔

Option A: So the author could get paid.

Option B: In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.

Option C: So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.

Option D: So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.

Correct Answer: In order for people to believe the events in the narratives. ✔

Option A: William Wells Brown

Option B: Richard Wright

Option C: Charles Chesnutt

Option D: Booker T. Washington

Correct Answer: Charles Chesnutt ✔

Option A: Stowe’s novel is sentimental.

Option B: Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.

Option C: Stowe describes the escape of slaves.

Option D: Uncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists.

Correct Answer: Stowe’s novel is sentimental. ✔

Option A: Narration of a deserved punishment.

Option B: Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.

Option C: Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.

Option D: The author’s father is often a white man.

Correct Answer: The author’s father is often a white man. ✔

Option A: To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners

Option B: To ease their pain

Option C: To pray for deliverance

Option D: To show that they were content in their work

Correct Answer: To show that they were content in their work ✔

Option A: Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.

Option B: Fixing words with very specific meanings.

Option C: Making sure that what is written makes sense.

Option D: Lying to mislead the reader.

Correct Answer: Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers. ✔

Option A: To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.

Option B: To raise awareness of violence in African American youth.

Option C: To support the Back to Africa Movement.

Option D: To raise money for Sickle Cell Anemia research.

Correct Answer: To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans. ✔

Option A: Jean Toomer.

Option B: Richard Wright.

Option C: Ralph Ellison.

Option D: James Baldwin.

Correct Answer: Richard Wright. ✔

Option A: Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors.

Option B: Encourage societies strive for equality for all.

Option C: Extol the virtues of living in the free North.

Option D: Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.

Correct Answer: Encourage societies strive for equality for all. ✔

Option A: Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.

Option B: The wearing away of traditional class structures.

Option C: The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

Option D: The disassociated, anomic self.

Correct Answer: The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. ✔

Option A: Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians.

Option B: Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion.

Option C: Slaves are the children of Cain.

Option D: Christians should free their slaves.

Correct Answer: Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians. ✔

Option A: To go to a party.

Option B: To go pay old man Stevenson.

Option C: To end their lives.

Option D: To go to church.

Correct Answer: To end their lives. ✔

Option A: The extermination of Native Americans.

Option B: That there is a Black America and a White America.

Option C: Black on black violence.

Option D: The fact that America still has a frontier mentality.

Correct Answer: The fact that America still has a frontier mentality. ✔

Option A: Lucy Terry

Option B: William Wells Brown

Option C: Harriet Wilson

Option D: Harriet Jacobs

Correct Answer: Harriet Jacobs ✔

Option A: Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Option B: Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig.

Option C: William Wells Brown’s Clotel.

Option D: Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

Correct Answer: Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig. ✔

Option A: William Wells Brown

Option B: Lydia Maria Child

Option C: Harriet Jacobs

Option D: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Correct Answer: Lydia Maria Child ✔

Option A: Based on a New England captivity narrative.

Option B: An anonymous narrative.

Option C: Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.

Option D: Written by Jacob’s son.

Correct Answer: Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child. ✔

Option A: The “Talented Tenth.”

Option B: All African Americans.

Option C: African American women.

Option D: Only White Americans.

Correct Answer: A. The “Talented Tenth.” ✔

Option A: Under the floorboards.

Option B: With a friend.

Option C: In the stables.

Option D: In a remote cabin.

Correct Answer: With a friend. ✔

Option A: Is the time period that followed the Civil War.

Option B: Describes the rebuilding after World War I.

Option C: Refers to the Civil Rights movement.

Option D: Took place only in the North.

Correct Answer: Is the time period that followed the Civil War. ✔

Option A: To obtain justice for black people.

Option B: To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre.

Option C: To escape from slavery.

Option D: None of the above.

Correct Answer: To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre. ✔