English Literature MCQs

Option A: The Homeric epic

Option B: The Gilgamesh epic

Option C: The Deluge epic

Option D: The Hesiodic ode

Correct Answer: The Homeric epic ✔

Option A: westminster abbey

Option B: kent church

Option C: chapel at windsor

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: westminster abbey ✔

Option A: Victor Hugo

Option B: Alexander Pope

Option C: John Milton

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Victor Hugo ✔

Option A: William Shakespeare

Option B: Terry Saylor

Option C: Browning

Option D: Emily Dickinson

Correct Answer: Terry Saylor ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: John Keats

Option C: P.B Shelley

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: free verse ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: narrative ✔

Option A: alliteration

Option B: simile

Option C: onomatopoeia

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: metaphor

Option B: simile

Option C: personification

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: metaphor ✔

Option A: personification

Option B: onomatopoeia

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: personification ✔

Option A: rhyme scheme

Option B: meter

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: meter ✔

Option A: french

Option B: latin

Option C: italian

Option D: English

Correct Answer: french ✔

Option A: Lust

Option B: Corruption

Option C: Theft

Option D: Gluttony

Correct Answer: Gluttony ✔

Option A: Troilus and criseyde

Option B: House of fame

Option C: The canterbury tales

Option D: Parliament of fowls

Correct Answer: The canterbury tales ✔

Option A: Politician

Option B: Dramatist

Option C: Novelist

Option D: Architect

Correct Answer: Novelist ✔

Option A: The Festival of Britain

Option B: The Surrealist Exhibition

Option C: People of the 20th Century

Option D: Drawing the 20th Century

Correct Answer: The Surrealist Exhibition ✔

Option A: 24

Option B: 31

Option C: 21

Option D: 28

Correct Answer: 28 ✔

Option A: Denver

Option B: St Louis

Option C: Cuba

Option D: Toronto

Correct Answer: St Louis ✔

Option A: An awful way to earn a living

Option B: A game of knowledge

Option C: The soul exposed

Option D: An explosion of language

Correct Answer: A game of knowledge ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: William Morris

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Alliteration

Option B: Haiku

Option C: Hyperbole

Option D: Prose

Correct Answer: Hyperbole ✔

Option A: Hindu

Option B: Celtic

Option C: Arabic

Option D: Arameic

Correct Answer: Arabic ✔

Option A: Onomatopeia

Option B: Metonymy

Option C: Alliteration

Option D: Hyperbole

Correct Answer: Hyperbole ✔

Option A: A poem of six lines

Option B: A poem of eight lines

Option C: A poem of twelve lines

Option D: A poem of fourteen lines

Correct Answer: A poem of fourteen lines ✔

Option A: epic

Option B: tale

Option C: ballad

Option D: sonnet

Correct Answer: tale ✔

Option A: Personification

Option B: Hyperboles

Option C: Alliteration

Option D: Onomatopoeia

Correct Answer: Onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

Option B: A simile is more descriptive.

Option C: A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t.

Option D: A simile must use animals in the comparison.

Correct Answer: A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t. ✔

Option A: Titus Andronicus

Option B: Othello

Option C: Macbeth

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: Paradise Lost

Option B: Paradise Regained

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: Divorce Tracts

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Endymion

Option B: To some ladies

Option C: To hope

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: None of above ✔

Option A: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Option B: Irvine Welsh

Option C: Agatha Christie

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Agatha Christie ✔

Option A: Queen Cristina

Option B: Top Girls

Option C: Camille

Option D: The Homecoimg

Correct Answer: Camille ✔

Option A: Agatha Christie

Option B: H Ryder-Haggard

Option C: P D James

Option D: Arthur Conan Doyle

Correct Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle ✔

Option A: Anthony Hopkins

Option B: Richard Burton

Option C: Tom Jones

Option D: Dylan Thomas

Correct Answer: Dylan Thomas ✔

Option A: Vancouver

Option B: Toronto

Option C: Ottowa

Option D: Montreal

Correct Answer: Ottowa ✔

Option A: A poet of middleness

Option B: Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness

Option C: One of the leading prairie poets

Option D: Has some distinction as a critic

Correct Answer: A poet of middleness ✔

Option A: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Othello

Option D: Romeo and Juliet

Correct Answer: Romeo and Juliet ✔

Option A: TS Eliot

Option B: Lord Tennyson

Option C: Charlotte Bronte

Option D: Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Alliterative verse

Option B: Sonnet form

Option C: Iambic pentameter

Option D: Dactylic hexameter

Correct Answer: Iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: The Epic

Option B: The Comic

Option C: The Occult

Option D: The Tragic

Correct Answer: The Occult ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Bishop

Option B: Sylvia Plath

Option C: Marianne Moore

Option D: Laura Jackson

Correct Answer: Sylvia Plath ✔

Option A: Sea scenes

Option B: Rural Idyll

Option C: War

Option D: Innocent childhood

Correct Answer: War ✔

Option A: Dylan Thomas

Option B: Ezra Pound

Option C: Yeats

Option D: E. E. cummings

Correct Answer: Yeats ✔

Option A: Betjeman

Option B: Hughes

Option C: Marvel

Option D: Larkin

Correct Answer: Betjeman ✔

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 Book of the Duchess ✔

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 ✔