Famous Playwright, Poet And Others MCQs

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: She rarely left home

Option B: She wrote in code

Option C: She never attempted to publish her poetry

Option D: She wrote her poems in invisible ink

Correct Answer: She rarely left home ✔

Option A: A funeral

Option B: A wedding

Option C: Market

Option D: To the races

Correct Answer: A wedding ✔

Option A: John keats

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Solan

Option D: Sappho

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: characters, main idea, and theme

Option B: purpose and audience

Option C: theme, purpose, form, and mood.

Option D: rhyme and reason

Correct Answer: theme, purpose, form, and mood. ✔

Option A: Sir Walter Scott

Option B: William Butler Yeats

Option C: Henry Longfellow

Option D: Robert Burns

Correct Answer: Robert Burns ✔

Option A: hundred years’ war

Option B: Black death

Option C: Peasant revolt

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: hundred years’ war ✔

Option A: To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral

Option B: To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral

Option C: both A and B

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral ✔

Option A: Language Arts

Option B: Peter Piper Picked Peppers

Option C: I like music

Option D: A beautiful scenery with music

Correct Answer: Peter Piper Picked Peppers ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: lyric ✔

Option A: imagery

Option B: personification

Option C: metaphor

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: imagery ✔

Option A: metaphor

Option B: simile

Option C: personification

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: simile ✔

Option A: rhyme

Option B: onomatopoeia

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: alliteration ✔

Option A: alliteration

Option B: onomatopoiea

Option C: rhyme

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: rhyme ✔

Option A: Assonance

Option B: Onomatopaea

Option C: Rhyme

Option D: Grammar

Correct Answer: Grammar ✔

Option A: Burdock

Option B: Hebenon

Option C: Baneberry

Option D: Hemlock

Correct Answer: Hebenon ✔

Option A: Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

Option B: Drowns in the river outside the castle.

Option C: Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.

Option D: Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet’s cup.

Correct Answer: Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet’s cup. ✔

Option A: Fortinbras

Option B: Marcellus

Option C: Chorus

Option D: Horatio

Correct Answer: Horatio ✔

Option A: Father/son

Option B: Uncle/nephew

Option C: Cousin/cousin

Option D: Brother/brother

Correct Answer: Father/son ✔

Option A: Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark

Option B: Hamlet’s cousin

Option C: Ambassador to the King of Denmark from the King of Norway

Option D: Assassin in the service of Fortinbras

Correct Answer: Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 4

Option C: 7

Option D: 9

Correct Answer: 7 ✔

Option A: Francisco

Option B: Gorgonzola

Option C: Reynaldo

Option D: Samson

Correct Answer: Reynaldo ✔

Option A: Slings and Arrows

Option B: Vice of Kings

Option C: The Murder of Gonzago

Option D: The Slaying of Lucianus

Correct Answer: The Murder of Gonzago ✔

Option A: Wittenberg

Option B: Oslo

Option C: London

Option D: Dublin

Correct Answer: Wittenberg ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Venice

Option C: Denmark

Option D: Maine

Correct Answer: Denmark ✔

Option A: The reformer of English language

Option B: The poet of English language

Option C: The father of English literature

Option D: The father of English language

Correct Answer: The father of English literature ✔

Option A: four

Option B: six

Option C: two

Option D: one

Correct Answer: four ✔

Option A: 1343

Option B: 1336

Option C: 1432

Option D: 1347

Correct Answer: 1343 ✔

Option A: Troilus and Criseyde

Option B: The Canterbury Tales

Option C: The Book of the Duchess

Option D: The House of Fame

Correct Answer: The Canterbury Tales ✔

Option A: The House of Fame

Option B: The Book of the Duchess

Option C: Troilus and Criseyde

Option D: The Legend of Good Women

Correct Answer: The Book of the Duchess ✔

Option A: The Book of the Duchess

Option B: The Canterbury Tales

Option C: Parlement of Foules

Option D: The Canterbury Tales

Correct Answer: Parlement of Foules ✔

Option A: William I

Option B: Edward II

Option C: William II

Option D: Edward III

Correct Answer: Edward II ✔

Option A: David II

Option B: Edward III

Option C: Richard II

Option D: Edward II

Correct Answer: Edward III ✔

Option A: 1374

Option B: 1359

Option C: 1367

Option D: 1382

Correct Answer: 1359 ✔

Option A: Early 1370s

Option B: In 1364

Option C: Early 1380s

Option D: In 1376

Correct Answer: Early 1380s ✔

Option A: Lisa Boyle

Option B: Mary Jane

Option C: Queen Elizabeth

Option D: Elizabeth Boyle

Correct Answer: Elizabeth Boyle ✔

Option A: Worcester

Option B: Chester

Option C: East Smithfield

Option D: Kent

Correct Answer: East Smithfield ✔

Option A: Hundred Years War

Option B: Nine Years War

Option C: Ten Years War

Option D: Seventeen Years War

Correct Answer: Nine Years War ✔

Option A: 9

Option B: 12

Option C: 24

Option D: 8

Correct Answer: 9 ✔

Option A: The Visions of Petrarch

Option B: A View of the Present State of Ireland

Option C: The Ruines of Time

Option D: Visions of the worlds vanitie

Correct Answer: A View of the Present State of Ireland ✔

Option A: 1568

Option B: 1579

Option C: 1597

Option D: 1585

Correct Answer: 1579 ✔

Option A: The Faerie Queene

Option B: Amoretti

Option C: The Shepheardes Calender

Option D: Astrophel

Correct Answer: The Faerie Queene ✔

Option A: Sidney

Option B: Elizabeth

Option C: Mary

Option D: Chaucer

Correct Answer: Elizabeth ✔

Option A: Edward

Option B: Jonathan

Option C: Immanuel

Option D: Immerito

Correct Answer: Immerito ✔

Option A: Pembroke College

Option B: Latin College

Option C: Corpus Christi

Option D: Queens College

Correct Answer: Pembroke College ✔

Option A: 1599

Option B: 1632

Option C: 1589

Option D: 1621

Correct Answer: 1599 ✔

Option A: Philip Sidney

Option B: Boyle

Option C: Queen Elizabeth

Option D: Chaucer

Correct Answer: Philip Sidney ✔

Option A: 1542

Option B: 1552

Option C: 1569

Option D: 1558

Correct Answer: 1552 ✔

Option A: pastoral work

Option B: religious work

Option C: allegorical work

Option D: natural work

Correct Answer: allegorical work ✔

Option A: The Teares of the Muses

Option B: Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale

Option C: Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie

Option D: Ruines of Rome: by Bellay

Correct Answer: Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale ✔

Option A: ab cb bc cd e

Option B: abba bccb d

Option C: ab bc cd de f

Option D: ab ab bc bc c

Correct Answer: ab ab bc bc c ✔

Option A: 18

Option B: 8

Option C: 23

Option D: 12

Correct Answer: 12 ✔

Option A: Tudor

Option B: Stuart

Option C: Anjou

Option D: Plantagenet

Correct Answer: Tudor ✔

Option A: Prothalamion

Option B: Faerie Queen

Option C: Epithalamion

Option D: Amoretti

Correct Answer: Epithalamion ✔

Option A: The Dubliners

Option B: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Option C: Ulysses

Option D: Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: Finnegans Wake ✔

Option A: the invented words

Option B: the free dream associations

Option C: the sketchy, episodic structure

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: married relationships

Option B: dreams

Option C: the movement of time

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: whether the novel has a plot

Option B: whether the novel has definite characters

Option C: whether the novel has a protagonist

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: she is a source of secret, repressed desire

Option B: she represents the functional family structure

Option C: she is an example of piety

Option D: she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references

Correct Answer: she is a source of secret, repressed desire ✔

Option A: murder

Option B: slander

Option C: hypocrisy

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: he refers to the mythical Daedalus

Option B: he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus

Option C: he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult

Option D: he refers to the Oedipal myth

Correct Answer: he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult ✔

Option A: it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Option B: it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

Option C: it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths

Option D: it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

Correct Answer: it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words ✔

Option A: it represents original sin

Option B: it is linked with sexual perversions

Option C: it represents the Freudian primal scene

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: that it depends on repression

Option B: that it ends paralysis

Option C: that it enables fulfillment

Option D: that it resolves spiritual crises

Correct Answer: that it depends on repression ✔

Option A: Nausicaa

Option B: Aeolus

Option C: Penelope

Option D: Telemachus

Correct Answer: Penelope ✔

Option A: religious identity

Option B: national identity

Option C: married relationships

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Stephen Dedalus

Option B: Mr. Deasy

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Leopold Bloom

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: it was considered inferior by most authors who read it

Option B: it was banned for obscenity

Option C: it was considered too conventional for publication

Option D: it was praised by the government and churches

Correct Answer: it was banned for obscenity ✔

Option A: in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships

Option B: in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death

Option C: in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art

Option D: in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity

Correct Answer: in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art ✔

Option A: stream of consciousness

Option B: repetition of words

Option C: shifts in narrative voice

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the sequential construction of time

Option B: the lack of taboo topics

Option C: the use traditional language

Option D: the inclusion of various types of media

Correct Answer: the inclusion of various types of media ✔

Option A: Homer’s The Iliad

Option B: Homer’s The Odyssey

Option C: Virgil’s The Aeneid

Option D: Sophocles’s Antigone

Correct Answer: Homer’s The Odyssey ✔

Option A: the artist in exile

Option B: spiritual crisis

Option C: artistic awakening

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: art should not produce stasis in the viewer

Option B: art should be kinetic

Option C: art should be harmonious and proportional

Option D: art should not please the perception

Correct Answer: art should be harmonious and proportional ✔

Option A: it represents Joyce’s decision not to use stream of consciousness

Option B: it emulates an adult’s intellectual process

Option C: it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child

Option D: it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language

Correct Answer: it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child ✔

Option A: perception, clarity, and wholeness

Option B: kinesis, clarity, and perception

Option C: clarity, wholeness, and kinesis

Option D: wholeness, harmony, and clarity

Correct Answer: wholeness, harmony, and clarity ✔

Option A: his chance for isolation

Option B: his relationship with his family and friends

Option C: his individual consciousness

Option D: his ability to flee Ireland

Correct Answer: his relationship with his family and friends ✔

Option A: it ties in with Stephen’s appreciation of language

Option B: it reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest

Option C: it provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel

Option B: because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith

Option C: he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral

Option D: he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

Correct Answer: he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral ✔

Option A: it represents the desire to flee Ireland

Option B: it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities

Option C: it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: W.B. Yeats

Option C: Augusta Gregory

Option D: Ezra Pound

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever

Option B: it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth

Option C: it ends Stephen’s period of enlightenment

Option D: it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church

Correct Answer: it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth ✔

Option A: the positive representation of cultural institutions

Option B: the representation of a shallow, drab culture

Option C: the positive representation of the Catholic Church

Option D: the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind

Correct Answer: the representation of a shallow, drab culture ✔

Option A: hopeful

Option B: disappointed

Option C: joyful

Option D: satiric

Correct Answer: disappointed ✔

Option A: “The Boarding House”

Option B: “Clay”

Option C: “Eveline”

Option D: “A Little Cloud”

Correct Answer: “Eveline” ✔

Option A: the snow represents Ireland’s inability to become independent

Option B: the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death

Option C: the snow represents the promise of love

Option D: the snow represents the characters’ ability to escape Ireland

Correct Answer: the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death ✔

Option A: the piano

Option B: the Irish language

Option C: the English language

Option D: the violin

Correct Answer: the Irish language ✔

Option A: “Araby”

Option B: “The Boarding House”

Option C: “The Dead”

Option D: “An Encounter”

Correct Answer: “The Dead” ✔

Option A: a poem by Yeats

Option B: a popular Irish ballad

Option C: an ancient epic

Option D: a poem by Eliot

Correct Answer: a popular Irish ballad ✔

Option A: Wolfe Tone

Option B: Charles Stuart Parnell

Option C: Father Arnall

Option D: Daniel O’Connell

Correct Answer: Charles Stuart Parnell ✔

Option A: it prevents exploration of the unconscious

Option B: it obscures the characters’ immediate thoughts

Option C: it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language

Option D: it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate

Correct Answer: it makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate ✔

Option A: allusions

Option B: jokes

Option C: portmanteaus

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the last sentence and first sentence are circular

Option B: the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it

Option C: the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end

Option D: the novel is clearly written from the future to the past

Correct Answer: the last sentence and first sentence are circular ✔

Option A: “Araby”

Option B: “The Dead”

Option C: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Option D: Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: Finnegans Wake ✔

Option A: the Book of the Dead

Option B: the Bible

Option C: Vico’s La Scienza Nuova

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist

Option B: while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work

Option C: while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer

Option D: while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

Correct Answer: while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist ✔

Option A: the impossibility of resurrection

Option B: the unconscious

Option C: unrequited love

Option D: the patterns of birth, life, and death

Correct Answer: the patterns of birth, life, and death ✔

Option A: the characters’ preference for reality over dreams

Option B: the inability to distinguish between the “self” and “other”

Option C: the inability to experience guilt

Option D: the disconnection from primal senses and urges

Correct Answer: the inability to distinguish between the “self” and “other” ✔

Option A: The Bible

Option B: Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey

Option C: Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus”

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔