English Literature MCQs

Option A: comic figures

Option B: historical figures

Option C: romantic figures

Option D: tragic figures

Correct Answer: comic figures ✔

Option A: ‘Last Impressions’

Option B: ‘False Impressions’

Option C: ‘First Impressions’

Option D: ‘True Impressions’

Correct Answer: ‘First Impressions’ ✔

Option A: Hamlet

Option B: Twelfth Night

Option C: The Tempest

Option D: Henry IV, Pt I

Correct Answer: Henry IV, Pt I ✔

Option A: Religious Scripture

Option B: Seaside Resort

Option C: Tailor Repatched

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Seaside Resort ✔

Option A: Satire

Option B: Sensuality

Option C: Sensuousness

Option D: Social reform

Correct Answer: Sensuousness ✔

Option A: The Waste Land

Option B: Tintern Abbey

Option C: The Second Coming

Option D: Prayer for My Daughter

Correct Answer: The Second Coming ✔

Option A: Byron

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Lamb

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: The Oxford Movement

Option B: The Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Option C: The Romantic Movement

Option D: The Symbolist Movement

Correct Answer: The Oxford Movement ✔

Option A: Rime royal

Option B: Ottava rima

Option C: Terza rima

Option D: Spenserian Stanza

Correct Answer: Terza rima ✔

Option A: An accident

Option B: An overdose of morphia

Option C: Suicide

Option D: Pneumonia

Correct Answer: Pneumonia ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Keats

Option D: Coleridge

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Duke Orsino

Option B: Malvolio

Option C: Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Option D: Sir Toby Belch

Correct Answer: Sir Toby Belch ✔

Option A: A teacher

Option B: A clerk

Option C: A thief

Option D: A dentist

Correct Answer: A dentist ✔

Option A: Oxymoron

Option B: Metaphor

Option C: Simile

Option D: Synecdoche

Correct Answer: Oxymoron ✔

Option A: Sir Thomas Wyatt

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Earl of Surrey

Option D: Milton

Correct Answer: Earl of Surrey ✔

Option A: The Stones of Venice

Option B: The Two Paths

Option C: The Seven Lamps of Architecture

Option D: Modem Painters

Correct Answer: Modem Painters ✔

Option A: six lectures

Option B: five lectures

Option C: four lectures

Option D: seven lectures

Correct Answer: five lectures ✔

Option A: Charles Lamb

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Leigh Hunt

Option D: S. T. Coleridge

Correct Answer: Charles Lamb ✔

Option A: 1823

Option B: 1826

Option C: 1834

Option D: 1833

Correct Answer: 1833 ✔

Option A: Work Without Hope

Option B: Frost at Midnight

Option C: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Option D: Youth and Age

Correct Answer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ✔

Option A: Nature

Option B: Dorothy

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Wye

Correct Answer: Dorothy ✔

Option A: Jane Austen

Option B: Charles Dickens

Option C: W. M. Thackeray

Option D: Thomas Hardy

Correct Answer: W. M. Thackeray ✔

Option A: The Inheritors

Option B: Lord of the Flies

Option C: Pincher Martin

Option D: Pyramid

Correct Answer: Lord of the Flies ✔

Option A: Philip Pirrip

Option B: Filip Pirip

Option C: Philip Pip

Option D: Philips Pirip

Correct Answer: Philip Pip ✔

Option A: ten books

Option B: eleven books

Option C: nine books

Option D: eight books

Correct Answer: eight books ✔

Option A: Alonso

Option B: Ariel

Option C: Gonzalo

Option D: Stephano

Correct Answer: Gonzalo ✔

Option A: The Tempest

Option B: Henry IV, Pt I

Option C: Hamlet

Option D: Twelfth Night

Correct Answer: The Tempest ✔

Option A: Hopkins

Option B: Tennyson

Option C: Browning

Option D: Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Hopkins ✔

Option A: Vanity Fair

Option B: Middlemarch

Option C: Wuthering Heights

Option D: Oliver Twist

Correct Answer: Vanity Fair ✔

Option A: Buddha

Option B: Tiresias

Option C: Smyrna Merchant

Option D: Augustine

Correct Answer: Buddha ✔

Option A: Ralph and Jack

Option B: Sam and Eric

Option C: Ralph and Eric

Option D: Simon and Jack

Correct Answer: Sam and Eric ✔

Option A: The Bible

Option B: The Irish mythology

Option C: The German mythology

Option D: The Greek mythology

Correct Answer: The Bible ✔

Option A: Catholicism

Option B: Protestantism

Option C: Paganism

Option D: Buddhism

Correct Answer: Catholicism ✔

Option A: Joe Gargery

Option B: Abel Magwitch .

Option C: Miss Havisham

Option D: Bentley Drumnile

Correct Answer: Joe Gargery ✔

Option A: Oedipus

Option B: Grail Legend of Fisher King

Option C: Philomela

Option D: Sysyphus

Correct Answer: Sysyphus ✔

Option A: Virgil

Option B: Fetronius

Option C: Seneca

Option D: Homer

Correct Answer: Homer ✔

Option A: King Lear

Option B: Gentleman

Option C: King’s Man

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: King’s Man ✔

Option A: Desdemona, Goneril and Cordelia

Option B: Goneril, Ophelia and Regan

Option C: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia

Option D: Regan, Cordelia and Beatrice

Correct Answer: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia ✔

Option A: 1606

Option B: 1607

Option C: 1608

Option D: 1609

Correct Answer: 1606 ✔

Option A: Macbeth

Option B: Othello

Option C: Twelfth night

Option D: As you like it

Correct Answer: Twelfth night ✔

Option A: Desdemona

Option B: Juliet

Option C: Rosalind

Option D: Hero

Correct Answer: Juliet ✔

Option A: Leartus

Option B: Polonius

Option C: Forinbras

Option D: Horatio

Correct Answer: Polonius ✔

Option A: Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato

Option B: Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato

Option C: Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato

Option D: Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Horatio

Correct Answer: Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato ✔

Option A: Comedy plays

Option B: Historical plays

Option C: Great Tragedies

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Historical plays ✔

Option A: 1595

Option B: 1996

Option C: 1597

Option D: 15598

Correct Answer: 1597 ✔

Option A: 1592

Option B: 1593

Option C: 1594

Option D: 1595

Correct Answer: 1593 ✔

Option A: 1610

Option B: 1611

Option C: 1612

Option D: 1613

Correct Answer: 1613 ✔

Option A: Actor and playwright

Option B: Playwright and poet

Option C: Playwright and writer

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Playwright and writer ✔

Option A: Seyton

Option B: Siward

Option C: The Doctor

Option D: Caithness

Correct Answer: Seyton ✔

Option A: Norway

Option B: Prussia

Option C: Iceland

Option D: Poland

Correct Answer: Norway ✔

Option A: Spain

Option B: Denmark

Option C: Scotland

Option D: Canada

Correct Answer: Scotland ✔

Option A: Graham Greene

Option B: D. H. Lawrence

Option C: Charles Dickens

Option D: Jane Austen

Correct Answer: B. D. H. Lawrence ✔

Option A: Great Expectations

Option B: The Power and the Glory

Option C: Lord of the Flies

Option D: Pride and Prejudice

Correct Answer: Pride and Prejudice ✔

Option A: Tennyson

Option B: Browning

Option C: Swinburne

Option D: D.G. Rossetti

Correct Answer: D.G. Rossetti ✔

Option A: Robert Browning

Option B: John Keble

Option C: E.B. Pusey

Option D: J. H. Newman

Correct Answer: C. E.B. Pusey ✔

Option A: Othello

Option B: Macbeth

Option C: Hamlet

Option D: King Lear

Correct Answer: Hamlet ✔

Option A: Jonson

Option B: Bacon

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: none of above

Correct Answer: Jonson ✔

Option A: 1938

Option B: 1925

Option C: 1932

Option D: 1923

Correct Answer: 1923 ✔

Option A: Walter Pater

Option B: A. C. Swinburne

Option C: Matthew Arnold

Option D: T. S. Eliot

Correct Answer: Matthew Arnold ✔

Option A: Sailing to Byzantium

Option B: Byzantium

Option C: The Second Coming

Option D: Leda and the Swan

Correct Answer: Sailing to Byzantium ✔

Option A: The White Peacock

Option B: The Trespasser

Option C: Sons and Lovers

Option D: Women in Love

Correct Answer: The White Peacock ✔

Option A: God

Option B: Satan

Option C: Adam

Option D: Eve

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: An armed head

Option B: A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.

Option C: A bloody child.

Option D: A child crowned, with a tree in his hand

Correct Answer: A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. ✔

Option A: A.H. Hallam

Option B: Edward King

Option C: Wellington

Option D: P.B Shelley

Correct Answer: A.H. Hallam ✔

Option A: 7

Option B: 10

Option C: 14

Option D: 18

Correct Answer: 10 ✔

Option A: The Taming of the Shrew

Option B: King Lear

Option C: The Tempest

Option D: Macbeth

Correct Answer: Macbeth ✔

Option A: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Option B: Othello, the Moor of Venice

Option C: Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Option D: King Henry the Sixth, Part II

Correct Answer: King Henry the Sixth, Part II ✔

Option A: Italian

Option B: English

Option C: Scottish

Option D: Greek

Correct Answer: English ✔

Option A: King Lear

Option B: As You Like It

Option C: The Famous History of the Life of

Option D: The Life and Death of King John

Correct Answer: King Lear ✔

Option A: Antony and Cleopatra

Option B: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Option C: The Winters Tale

Option D: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Correct Answer: Antony and Cleopatra ✔

Option A: A Roman Amphitheater.

Option B: An Elizabethan Theater.

Option C: An Elizabethan sports stadium.

Option D: A famous map of the world.

Correct Answer: An Elizabethan Theater. ✔

Option A: 7

Option B: 9

Option C: 11

Option D: 13

Correct Answer: 13 ✔

Option A: 23rd April 1616

Option B: 25th April 1616,

Option C: 28th April 1616

Option D: 30th April 1616

Correct Answer: 23rd April 1616 ✔

Option A: 110

Option B: 154

Option C: 175

Option D: 187

Correct Answer: 154 ✔

Option A: 36

Option B: 37

Option C: 38

Option D: 39

Correct Answer: 37 ✔

Option A: 51

Option B: 49

Option C: 52

Option D: 53

Correct Answer: 49 ✔

Option A: 24 July1564

Option B: 26 April 1564

Option C: 26 August 1564

Option D: 16 April 1564

Correct Answer: 26 April 1564 ✔

Option A: Lord Chamberlain’s Men

Option B: Stratford Theatre

Option C: The Queens Troupe

Option D: The London Theatre

Correct Answer: Lord Chamberlain’s Men ✔

Option A: Yorkshire

Option B: Stratford-upon-Avon

Option C: Chester

Option D: London

Correct Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon ✔

Option A: King John

Option B: Richard II

Option C: Henry VIII

Option D: Henry V

Correct Answer: Henry VIII ✔

Option A: Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

Option B: 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

Option C: King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

Option D: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

Correct Answer: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V ✔

Option A: The Thames

Option B: The Avon

Option C: The Tyburn

Option D: The Seven

Correct Answer: The Avon ✔

Option A: 16th

Option B: 14th

Option C: 15th

Option D: 17th

Correct Answer: 16th ✔

Option A: 1626

Option B: 1621

Option C: 1623

Option D: 1629

Correct Answer: 1623 ✔

Option A: Cymbeline

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Titus Andronicus

Option D: Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Correct Answer: Hamlet ✔

Option A: Titus Andronicus

Option B: The Tempest

Option C: Cymbeline

Option D: Shakespeare in love

Correct Answer: Shakespeare in love ✔

Option A: Macbeth

Option B: Twelfth Night

Option C: A Midsummer Night’s dream

Option D: Hamlet

Correct Answer: Hamlet ✔

Option A: 48

Option B: 52

Option C: 60

Option D: 63

Correct Answer: 52 ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 4

Option C: 1

Option D: 0

Correct Answer: 2 ✔

Option A: King Lear

Option B: Henry VI

Option C: The Tempest

Option D: Romeo and Juliet

Correct Answer: Henry VI ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Cambridge

Option C: Stratford

Option D: Oxford

Correct Answer: Stratford ✔

Option A: 164

Option B: 145

Option C: 154

Option D: 126

Correct Answer: 154 ✔

Option A: 18

Option B: 22

Option C: 19

Option D: 23

Correct Answer: 18 ✔

Option A: Bard of London

Option B: Bard of Avon

Option C: Master Dramatist

Option D: Supreme Poet

Correct Answer: Bard of Avon ✔

Option A: Tragedies

Option B: Historical Plays

Option C: Narrative Poems

Option D: Comedies

Correct Answer: Narrative Poems ✔

Option A: between1579 and 1583

Option B: between1585 and 1592

Option C: between1579 and 1587

Option D: between1580 and 1591

Correct Answer: between1585 and 1592 ✔

Option A: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Option B: Ernest Holmes

Option C: John Locke

Option D: John Locke

Correct Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson ✔

Option A: Kubla Khan

Option B: Christabel

Option C: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Option D: Biographia Literaria

Correct Answer: Biographia Literaria ✔

Option A: On the slave trade

Option B: On romantic philosophy

Option C: On the creativity of human mind

Option D: On supernatural elements in poetry

Correct Answer: On the slave trade ✔

Option A: 25 July 1834

Option B: 24 February 1841

Option C: 22 November 1836

Option D: 30 April 1822

Correct Answer: 25 July 1834 ✔