English Literature MCQs

Option A: An Epic Council

Option B: An “Arming of the Hero” Scene

Option C: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech

Option D: An Invocation to the Muse

Correct Answer: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech ✔

Option A: Theist

Option B: Atheist

Option C: Antagonist

Option D: Wrestler

Correct Answer: Wrestler ✔

Option A: Katherine Woodcock

Option B: Oliver Cromwell

Option C: Edward II

Option D: Mary Powell

Correct Answer: Katherine Woodcock ✔

Option A: Paradise Lost

Option B: Il Penseroso

Option C: Areopagitica

Option D: Lycidas

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Queens college

Option B: Trinity college

Option C: Christ’s college

Option D: Warwick college

Correct Answer: Christ’s college ✔

Option A: 1667

Option B: 1639

Option C: 1669

Option D: 1651

Correct Answer: 1667 ✔

Option A: Taste

Option B: Voice

Option C: Hearing

Option D: Vision

Correct Answer: Vision ✔

Option A: Agnes

Option B: Ann Powell

Option C: Lynda

Option D: Mary Powell

Correct Answer: Mary Powell ✔

Option A: his friends

Option B: his friends

Option C: his daughters

Option D: his sons

Correct Answer: his daughters ✔

Option A: 12 June 1628

Option B: 2 May 1614

Option C: 17 August 1612

Option D: 9 December 1608

Correct Answer: 9 December 1608 ✔

Option A: 22 June 1675

Option B: 9 December 1670

Option C: 14 February 1669

Option D: 8 November 1674

Correct Answer: 8 November 1674 ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Bristol

Option C: Wales

Option D: Yorkshire

Correct Answer: London ✔

Option A: L’Allegro

Option B: Paradise Regained

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: Paradise Lost

Correct Answer: Paradise Regained ✔

Option A: 1628

Option B: 1649

Option C: 1645

Option D: 1637

Correct Answer: 1649 ✔

Option A: Paradise Regained

Option B: Paradise Lost

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Westminster Abbey

Option B: Trinity Church

Option C: Protestant Cemetery

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Trinity Church ✔

Option A: 1590

Option B: 1591

Option C: 1592

Option D: 1593

Correct Answer: 1592 ✔

Option A: two

Option B: three

Option C: four

Option D: five

Correct Answer: four ✔

Option A: 18, 1582

Option B: 17, 1581

Option C: 16, 1580

Option D: 15, 1579

Correct Answer: 18, 1582 ✔

Option A: 26 April 1567

Option B: 26 April 1566

Option C: 26 April 1565

Option D: 26 April 1564

Correct Answer: 26 April 1564 ✔

Option A: An elegy in two parts

Option B: An epic in three parts

Option C: A ballad in four parts

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: An elegy in two parts ✔

Option A: Colin clouts come home again

Option B: Faerie queen, first three books

Option C: The Shepherd’s calendar

Option D: Faerie queen, second three books

Correct Answer: The Shepherd’s calendar ✔

Option A: Eve

Option B: Adam

Option C: Both a and b

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Both a and b ✔

Option A: Edmund Spenser

Option B: John Donne

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Thomas Nah

Option B: Thomas lodge

Option C: Thomas Kyd

Option D: Thomas Hardy

Correct Answer: Thomas lodge ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Christopher Marlowe

Option C: Edmund Spenser

Option D: john Milton

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlowe ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Thomas Nash

Option C: George Chapman

Option D: Thomas More

Correct Answer: George Chapman ✔

Option A: 1562

Option B: 1563

Option C: 1564

Option D: 1565

Correct Answer: 1564 ✔

Option A: Edmund Spenser

Option B: John Milton

Option C: John Donne

Option D: Sir Philip Sidney

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Henry five

Option B: Elizabeth one

Option C: Henry six

Option D: Henry eight

Correct Answer: Henry six ✔

Option A: An allegory

Option B: An epic

Option C: A ballad

Option D: A sonnet

Correct Answer: An allegory ✔

Option A: Edmund Spencer

Option B: John Donne

Option C: Sir Philip Sidney

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: Sir Philip Sidney ✔

Option A: 1553

Option B: 1554

Option C: 1555

Option D: 1550

Correct Answer: 1554 ✔

Option A: Thomas Nash

Option B: Thomas More

Option C: Thomas lodge

Option D: Thomas Wyatt

Correct Answer: Thomas Wyatt ✔

Option A: Thomas More

Option B: Thomas lodge

Option C: Ralph Robinson

Option D: William Tyndale

Correct Answer: Ralph Robinson ✔

Option A: William Caxton

Option B: Robert Henry

Option C: John Lyly

Option D: Thomas more

Correct Answer: William Caxton ✔

Option A: French word

Option B: Italian word

Option C: Greek word

Option D: Spanish word

Correct Answer: French word ✔

Option A: The Pope

Option B: The Holy Roman Emperor

Option C: The King of England

Option D: The King of France

Correct Answer: The Pope ✔

Option A: his body

Option B: his house

Option C: his soul

Option D: his horse

Correct Answer: his soul ✔

Option A: Bach

Option B: Schumann

Option C: Beethoven

Option D: Wagner

Correct Answer: Wagner ✔

Option A: 1594

Option B: 1604

Option C: 1590

Option D: 1593

Correct Answer: 1594 ✔

Option A: John Donne

Option B: John Milton

Option C: Earnest Hemingway

Option D: Lawrence

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Nicholas Udall

Option B: Thomas Colwell

Option C: Lord Burghley

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Nicholas Udall ✔

Option A: Rebirth, revival and re-awaking

Option B: Reveal, revel and reverie

Option C: Raillery, renunciation and recoup

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Rebirth, revival and re-awaking ✔

Option A: About 1611

Option B: About 1610

Option C: About 1609

Option D: About 1608

Correct Answer: About 1610 ✔

Option A: Queen Elizabeth

Option B: Francis Meres, a lawyer

Option C: Burbage, an actor

Option D: King James

Correct Answer: Francis Meres, a lawyer ✔

Option A: 1595

Option B: 1596

Option C: 1597

Option D: 1598

Correct Answer: 1596 ✔

Option A: 7

Option B: 8

Option C: 9

Option D: 10

Correct Answer: 8 ✔

Option A: second

Option B: fourth

Option C: third

Option D: fifth

Correct Answer: fourth ✔

Option A: Marlowe

Option B: Milton

Option C: Spencer

Option D: Johnson

Correct Answer: Spencer ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton

Option B: Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh

Option C: Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle

Option D: Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle

Correct Answer: Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle ✔

Option A: Satan

Option B: Jesus

Option C: Adam and Eve

Option D: Only Adam

Correct Answer: Adam and Eve ✔

Option A: Edmund Spenser

Option B: John Milton

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: Sir Philip Sidney

Correct Answer: John Milton ✔

Option A: Letters to the Margret Paston

Option B: Margret Paston to John Paston

Option C: The Paston letters

Option D: To John Paston

Correct Answer: The Paston letters ✔

Option A: Robert Greene

Option B: John Milton

Option C: Philip Sidney

Option D: Christopher Marlowe

Correct Answer: Robert Greene ✔

Option A: German scholar

Option B: French scholar

Option C: Spanish scholar

Option D: Greek scholar

Correct Answer: German scholar ✔

Option A: The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune

Option B: The Spanish Tragedy

Option C: Jeronimo

Option D: Cornelia

Correct Answer: The Spanish Tragedy ✔

Option A: The Faerie Queene

Option B: The shepheaedes Calendar

Option C: Complaints

Option D: Colin Clouts come home again

Correct Answer: The shepheaedes Calendar ✔

Option A: Sir Philip Sidney

Option B: John Milton

Option C: Edmund Spencer

Option D: John Donne

Correct Answer: Edmund Spencer ✔

Option A: Allegory

Option B: Epic

Option C: Sonnet

Option D: Ballad

Correct Answer: Sonnet ✔

Option A: Thomas Sacville

Option B: Thomas Wyatt

Option C: Thomas lodge

Option D: Thomas Kyde

Correct Answer: Thomas Sacville ✔

Option A: Wyclif

Option B: Thomas more

Option C: John Lyly

Option D: Robert Greene

Correct Answer: Wyclif ✔

Option A: 1615

Option B: 1516

Option C: 1517

Option D: 1518

Correct Answer: 1516 ✔

Option A: 14 th

Option B: 15 th

Option C: 16 th

Option D: 14 th and 16 th

Correct Answer: 15 th ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Italy

Option C: England

Option D: Rome

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: kind

Option B: stupid

Option C: sensitive

Option D: arrogant

Correct Answer: arrogant ✔

Option A: Valdes and Cornelius

Option B: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Option C: Troilus and Cressida

Option D: Pyramus and Thisbe

Correct Answer: Valdes and Cornelius ✔

Option A: Wittenburg

Option B: Sorbonne

Option C: Heidelberg

Option D: Cambridge

Correct Answer: Wittenburg ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Italy

Option C: France

Option D: Germany

Correct Answer: Germany ✔

Option A: Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.

Option B: The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.

Option C: The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.

Option D: Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris

Correct Answer: The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage. ✔

Option A: Had training at two universities

Option B: gave curriculum of two universities

Option C: Erected two universities

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Had training at two universities ✔

Option A: Mephastophilis

Option B: beelzebub

Option C: Aamon

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Mephastophilis ✔

Option A: Carpenter

Option B: Civil servant

Option C: Cobbler

Option D: Farmer

Correct Answer: Cobbler ✔

Option A: 3

Option B: 5

Option C: 8

Option D: 12

Correct Answer: 3 ✔

Option A: Corpus Christi College

Option B: Cambridge

Option C: oxford

Option D: witternburg

Correct Answer: Corpus Christi College ✔

Option A: The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta

Option B: The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

Option C: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

Option D: The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta

Correct Answer: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta ✔

Option A: 33

Option B: 29

Option C: 47

Option D: 54

Correct Answer: 29 ✔

Option A: 30 May 1593

Option B: 12 September 1598

Option C: 26 April 1601

Option D: 15 February 1611

Correct Answer: 30 May 1593 ✔

Option A: 26 February 1564

Option B: 12 January 1569

Option C: 30 April 1560

Option D: 10 October 1547

Correct Answer: 26 February 1564 ✔

Option A: Oxford University

Option B: Trinity College

Option C: Corpus Christi College

Option D: Queens college

Correct Answer: Corpus Christi College ✔

Option A: Dr.Faustus

Option B: Tamburlaine

Option C: The Tragedy of Dido

Option D: The Jew of Malta,

Correct Answer: Tamburlaine ✔

Option A: Illness

Option B: stabbing

Option C: poisoned

Option D: Hanged

Correct Answer: stabbing ✔

Option A: British

Option B: German

Option C: Dutch

Option D: American

Correct Answer: British ✔

Option A: The Jew of Malta

Option B: Dido, Queen of Carthage

Option C: Edward the Second

Option D: Tamburlaine the Great

Correct Answer: Dido, Queen of Carthage ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Norflock

Option C: Canterbury

Option D: Warwick

Correct Answer: Canterbury ✔

Option A: Doctor Faustus

Option B: Edward the Second

Option C: The Massacre at Paris

Option D: The Jew of Malta

Correct Answer: Edward the Second ✔

Option A: English Puritan theatre

Option B: English Renaissance theatre

Option C: Restoration theatre

Option D: English Neo-Classical theatre

Correct Answer: English Renaissance theatre ✔

Option A: 1597

Option B: 1601

Option C: 1587

Option D: 1592

Correct Answer: 1592 ✔

Option A: Doctor Faustus

Option B: Dido, Queen of Carthage

Option C: Edward the Second

Option D: Tamburlaine the Great

Correct Answer: Dido, Queen of Carthage ✔

Option A: His visit to Lake District

Option B: Keats’ lodging in the attic above the

Option C: Keats stay in Italy

Option D: Keats’ travel to Alps

Correct Answer: B. Keats’ lodging in the attic above the
surgery at 7 Church Street ✔

Option A: La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

Option B: Ode on a Grecian Urn

Option C: Ode to a Skylark

Option D: An Imitation of Spenser

Correct Answer: An Imitation of Spenser ✔

Option A: Queen’s Chamber

Option B: Guy’s Hospital

Option C: New Chapman Hospital

Option D: Trinity Hospital

Correct Answer: Guy’s Hospital ✔

Option A: John Clarke’s school

Option B: King’s Grammar School

Option C: Harrow

Option D: Eton

Correct Answer: John Clarke’s school ✔

Option A: teacher

Option B: surgeon

Option C: banker

Option D: lawyer

Correct Answer: surgeon ✔

Option A: 11 May 1838

Option B: 12 March 1833

Option C: 23 February 1821

Option D: 19 August 1825

Correct Answer: 23 February 1821 ✔

Option A: 25 December 1767

Option B: 30 April 1789

Option C: 31 October 1795

Option D: 22 November 1756

Correct Answer: 31 October 1795 ✔

Option A: Provincial autonomy

Option B: Independence

Option C: Self control

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Provincial autonomy ✔

Option A: Urdu

Option B: Bengali

Option C: Both A and B

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both A and B ✔

Option A: Sixty years

Option B: Sixty two years

Option C: Sixty five years

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sixty five years ✔

Option A: Supreme Court

Option B: Federal Court

Option C: Federal Shariat Court

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Supreme Court ✔