English Literature MCQs

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: France’s war with a foreign nation

Option B: The mass execution of enemies of the revolution

Option C: Napoleon’s rise to power

Option D: The death of the king of France

Correct Answer: The mass execution of enemies of the revolution ✔

Option A: The passion between a husband and wife

Option B: The loss of innocence

Option C: The horrors of the French Revolution

Option D: How poets can bring about political revolution

Correct Answer: How poets can bring about political revolution ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: William Blake?

Correct Answer: William Blake? ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: The essay

Option B: Satire

Option C: Blank verse poetry

Option D: The rhymed couplet

Correct Answer: Blank verse poetry ✔

Option A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option B: Edmund Burke

Option C: William Godwin

Option D: John Locke

Correct Answer: William Godwin ✔

Option A: Death

Option B: Perception

Option C: Exhaustion

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Love ✔

Option A: The abolition of slavery

Option B: The equality of all people

Option C: The innate brilliance of children

Option D: The beauty of common language

Correct Answer: The equality of all people ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Not an atheist

Option B: In love with Lord Byron

Option C: Suicidal

Option D: Fiercely anti-war

Correct Answer: Fiercely anti-war ✔

Option A: An expression of love for common man.

Option B: Mockery toward William Wordsworth.

Option C: An expression of doubt and angst.

Option D: Dark humor.

Correct Answer: An expression of love for common man. ✔

Option A: Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion

Option B: Violence

Option C: Nature

Option D: Death and disease

Correct Answer: Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion ✔

Option A: Superman

Option B: Dr. House

Option C: Luke Skywalker

Option D: Yoda

Correct Answer: Dr. House ✔

Option A: Most Romantic poets were politicians

Option B: Poets have no actual effect upon the world

Option C: Poets actually help the world grow and develop

Option D: Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry

Correct Answer: Poets actually help the world grow and develop ✔

Option A: The French Revolution

Option B: Man’s relationship to nature

Option C: The experience of common people

Option D: A celebration of the aristocratic

Correct Answer: A celebration of the aristocratic ✔

Option A: Politics

Option B: Literature

Option C: Relations with France

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: A celebration of the city’s beauty

Option B: A protest against social inequality

Option C: An examination of the city’s past

Option D: An attack on William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: A protest against social inequality ✔

Option A: Thomas Paine

Option B: James Mackintosh

Option C: Edmund Burke

Option D: John Locke

Correct Answer: Thomas Paine ✔

Option A: Workers

Option B: Aristocrats

Option C: Between workers and aristocrats

Option D: Land owners only

Correct Answer: Between workers and aristocrats ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Shelley himself dismissed the poem

Option B: The poem was incomplete

Option C: Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it

Option D: Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it

Correct Answer: Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it ✔

Option A: The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.

Option B: The little girl is insane or delusional

Option C: The little girl’s siblings have not died

Option D: The little girl herself is dead

Correct Answer: The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life. ✔

Option A: The rise of King William

Option B: The execution of King Louis XVI

Option C: The ruling of Bonaparte

Option D: The madness of King George

Correct Answer: The execution of King Louis XVI ✔

Option A: Revolution is inhumane

Option B: Revolution never succeeds

Option C: Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people

Option D: Every government should be revolted against

Correct Answer: Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people ✔

Option A: The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world

Option B: The fall of Satan

Option C: The life of Blake

Option D: The history of London

Correct Answer: The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: William Hazlitt

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: A hawk

Option B: A nightingale

Option C: A dove

Option D: An albatross

Correct Answer: An albatross ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: No sense of reality

Option B: A desire to make the world into a better place

Option C: A dark and twisted outlook on the world

Option D: A strong dislike of women

Correct Answer: A desire to make the world into a better place ✔

Option A: Write stories

Option B: Resist understanding poetry

Option C: Reproduce rhythm and order

Option D: Strive to express love

Correct Answer: Reproduce rhythm and order ✔

Option A: The popularity of Romantic poetry

Option B: The European economy shifting into a global economy

Option C: The population increase in Europe

Option D: Europe’s shift into being a manufacturing economy

Correct Answer: The popularity of Romantic poetry ✔

Option A: His odes

Option B: His wild lifestyle

Option C: His popularity with readers

Option D: His extensive writings

Correct Answer: His odes ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Bob Southey

Option C: Don Juan

Option D: A nameless narrator

Correct Answer: A nameless narrator ✔

Option A: Reason

Option B: Fear

Option C: Illogic

Option D: Indifference

Correct Answer: Reason ✔

Option A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option B: John Keats

Option C: William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge ✔

Option A: The plight of common, ordinary people

Option B: A celebration of the medieval

Option C: A satirical representation of current events

Option D: A warm remembrance of childish idealism

Correct Answer: A satirical representation of current events ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: “A Defense of Poetry”

Option B: “The Rights of Man”

Option C: “Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads”

Option D: “An Essay on Dramatic Poetry”

Correct Answer: “Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads” ✔

Option A: The possibility of sudden death

Option B: The expansion of consciousness

Option C: The relationship between art and humanity

Option D: The death of Byron

Correct Answer: The expansion of consciousness ✔

Option A: Beautiful

Option B: Sublime

Option C: Terrifying

Option D: Romantic

Correct Answer: Sublime ✔

Option A: Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile

Option B: Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth

Option C: Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness

Option D: Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death

Correct Answer: Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: John Keats

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: The beauty of the natural world

Option B: The pains of love

Option C: Political and philosophical conservatism

Option D: The nature of artistic creation

Correct Answer: Political and philosophical conservatism ✔

Option A: Revolutionize France

Option B: Expose the nature of reality

Option C: Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities

Option D: Change sexual morals

Correct Answer: Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities ✔

Option A: Cantos

Option B: Stanzas

Option C: Lines

Option D: Chapters

Correct Answer: Cantos ✔

Option A: Psyche

Option B: Cupid

Option C: The author of the poem

Option D: Shelley’s childhood self

Correct Answer: The author of the poem ✔

Option A: Optimism

Option B: A sense of man being imperfect

Option C: Order and reason

Option D: A belief that art is primarily intellectual

Correct Answer: Optimism ✔

Option A: The execution of the King of France

Option B: The battle at Waterloo

Option C: The Reign of Terror

Option D: Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of France

Correct Answer: The battle at Waterloo ✔

Option A: “Truth is beauty … ”

Option B: “Truth is stranger than fiction …”

Option C: “Familure acts are beautiful through love …”

Option D: “A little learning is a dangerous thing…”

Correct Answer: D. “A little learning is a dangerous thing…” ✔

Option A: The nature of death

Option B: The French Revolution

Option C: The relationship between truth and beauty

Option D: The author’s childhood experience

Correct Answer: The relationship between truth and beauty ✔

Option A: Engagement with the natural world

Option B: Rationality

Option C: Emotional restraint

Option D: Political conservatism

Correct Answer: Engagement with the natural world ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: How nature can render someone good

Option B: How nature can corrupt someone

Option C: Eternal youth

Option D: A dark voyage into madness

Correct Answer: How nature can render someone good ✔

Option A: 1800 – 1900

Option B: 1805 – 1827

Option C: 1798 – 1832

Option D: 1785 – 1825

Correct Answer: C. 1798 – 1832 ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: William Blake

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: John Keats

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Awe and fascination

Option B: Disinterest and disregard

Option C: Resentment and disrespect

Option D: Fear and horror

Correct Answer: Awe and fascination ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Life-in-Death

Option B: The Ancient Mariner

Option C: The Wedding Guest

Option D: The ship’s captain

Correct Answer: The Wedding Guest ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 4

Option C: 1

Option D: 5

Correct Answer: 4 ✔

Option A: French

Option B: Latin

Option C: Middle english

Option D: English

Correct Answer: Middle english ✔

Option A: Elliot

Option B: Kipling

Option C: Cummings

Option D: Brooke

Correct Answer: Kipling ✔

Option A: Owner convicted of fraud

Option B: Fall in Sales

Option C: Rise in taxation on magazines

Option D: Shortage of paper

Correct Answer: Owner convicted of fraud ✔

Option A: Book of poetry

Option B: A radio play

Option C: A stage play

Option D: a short film

Correct Answer: A radio play ✔

Option A: Carolyn Kizer

Option B: Mary Oliver

Option C: Sylvia Plath

Option D: Marianne Moore

Correct Answer: Sylvia Plath ✔

Option A: Light verse

Option B: Romantic

Option C: Political satire

Option D: War poems

Correct Answer: War poems ✔

Option A: Quartet

Option B: Limerick

Option C: Sextet

Option D: Palindrome

Correct Answer: Limerick ✔

Option A: Comfort

Option B: Leisure

Option C: Relaxation

Option D: Tranquility

Correct Answer: Leisure ✔

Option A: Impediments

Option B: Inconveniences

Option C: Worries

Option D: Troubles

Correct Answer: Impediments ✔

Option A: Metaphor

Option B: Synecdoche

Option C: Euphemism

Option D: Irony

Correct Answer: Synecdoche ✔

Option A: Prosody

Option B: Allegory

Option C: Scansion

Option D: Assonance

Correct Answer: Prosody ✔

Option A: H. W. Longfellow

Option B: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Option C: Dylan Thomas

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Dylan Thomas ✔

Option A: Get a “stake” in our business.

Option B: You can’t have your cake and eat it, too

Option C: The snow was white as cotton.

Option D: You’re driving me crazy.

Correct Answer: You can’t have your cake and eat it, too ✔

Option A: a plot.

Option B: an character

Option C: an address

Option D: the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

Correct Answer: the point a writer is trying to make about a subject. ✔

Option A: pun

Option B: simile

Option C: haiku

Option D: metaphor

Correct Answer: pun ✔

Option A: George Bernard Shaw

Option B: John Dryden

Option C: Christopher Marlowe

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: 1564

Option B: 1544

Option C: 1578

Option D: 1582

Correct Answer: 1564 ✔

Option A: Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

Option B: Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth

Option C: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth ✔

Option A: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option B: Dick Whittington

Option C: Thomas Lancaster

Option D: King Richard II

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer ✔

Option A: Skeptical

Option B: Authoritative

Option C: Impressionistic

Option D: Both a & c

Correct Answer: Both a & c ✔

Option A: The 1900’s

Option B: The 1960’s

Option C: The 1920’s

Option D: The 1930’s

Correct Answer: The 1960’s ✔

Option A: Alliterative

Option B: Epic

Option C: Acrostic

Option D: Haiku

Correct Answer: Acrostic ✔

Option A: The 12th

Option B: The 14th

Option C: The 17th

Option D: The 19th

Correct Answer: The 12th ✔

Option A: William Carlos Williams

Option B: Emily Dickinson

Option C: Gerard Manly Hopkins

Option D: Robert Frost

Correct Answer: William Carlos Williams ✔

Option A: Prosody

Option B: Potology

Option C: Rheumatology

Option D: Scansion

Correct Answer: Prosody ✔

Option A: Glory

Option B: Ruin

Option C: Disaster

Option D: victory

Correct Answer: Disaster ✔

Option A: Emily Dickinson

Option B: Paul Dunbar

Option C: John Greenleaf Whittier

Option D: Walt Whitman

Correct Answer: Walt Whitman ✔

Option A: Masefield

Option B: Causley

Option C: Hughes

Option D: Larkin

Correct Answer: Hughes ✔

Option A: Robert Hass

Option B: Jessica Hagdorn

Option C: Maya Angelou

Option D: Micheal Palmer

Correct Answer: Maya Angelou ✔

Option A: Boer War

Option B: Second World War

Option C: Korean War

Option D: First World War

Correct Answer: First World War ✔

Option A: e. e. Cummings

Option B: T. S. Elliot

Option C: John Greenleaf Whittier

Option D: Walt Whitman

Correct Answer: T. S. Elliot ✔

Option A: Nature

Option B: Epics

Option C: Sonnets

Option D: Nonsense

Correct Answer: Nonsense ✔

Option A: How do I love thee

Option B: Ode to a Grecian urn

Option C: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes

Option D: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Correct Answer: How do I love thee ✔