English Literature MCQs

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Robert Browning

Option C: William Shakespeare

Option D: Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Robert Browning ✔

Option A: Charles Lamb

Option B: Jane Austen

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: Oliver Goldsmith

Correct Answer: Jane Austen ✔

Option A: A. Lord Tennyson

Option B: George Bernard Shaw

Option C: William Shakespeare

Option D: Christopher Marlowe

Correct Answer: A. A. Lord Tennyson ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: John Keats

Option C: William Shakespeare

Option D: T. S. Eliot

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Milton

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Milton ✔

Option A: The Age of Classicism

Option B: The Restoration

Option C: The age of Milton

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: The Restoration ✔

Option A: the first half of 19th century

Option B: the first half of 18th century

Option C: the 2nd half of 18th century

Option D: 19th century

Correct Answer: the first half of 18th century ✔

Option A: A.C. Bradley

Option B: Palmer D.J.

Option C: Dr.Johnsofl

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Palmer D.J. ✔

Option A: Ruskin

Option B: Lamb

Option C: Mill

Option D: Oscar Wilde

Correct Answer: Mill ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: Robert Browning

Correct Answer: Robert Browning ✔

Option A: Ulysses

Option B: The Falcon

Option C: The Virginians

Option D: On Liberty

Correct Answer: The Falcon ✔

Option A: Robert Frost

Option B: Emily Dickinson

Option C: Mark Twain

Option D: Walt Whitman

Correct Answer: Walt Whitman ✔

Option A: Pessimism and Cynicism

Option B: Conflicts and Controversies

Option C: Subjectivity

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Conflicts and Controversies ✔

Option A: Nell Gwynn

Option B: Aphra Behn

Option C: Lady Teazle

Option D: Ann Hathaway

Correct Answer: Aphra Behn ✔

Option A: aristocracy

Option B: New Age

Option C: Reformation

Option D: Enlightenment

Correct Answer: Enlightenment ✔

Option A: Rudyard Kipling

Option B: Edward Fitzgerald

Option C: Charlotte Bronte

Option D: Any of these

Correct Answer: Any of these ✔

Option A: The Elizabethan Age

Option B: The Commonwealth Period

Option C: The Jacobean Age

Option D: The Middle English Period

Correct Answer: The Commonwealth Period ✔

Option A: William Shakespeare

Option B: Sir Philip Sidney

Option C: Christopher Marlowe

Option D: Sir Thomas Malory

Correct Answer: Sir Thomas Malory ✔

Option A: John Skelton

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Sir Thomas Wyatt

Option D: Thomas Carew

Correct Answer: Thomas Carew ✔

Option A: Christina Rossetti

Option B: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Option C: Elizabeth Barret Browning

Option D: Ted Hughes

Correct Answer: Gerard Manley Hopkins ✔

Option A: George Eliot

Option B: Christopher Marlowe

Option C: Howard, Earl of Surrey

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Howard, Earl of Surrey ✔

Option A: Blake’s “Songs of Innocence”

Option B: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

Option C: Lord Byron’s “Don Juan”

Option D: Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe”

Correct Answer: Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” ✔

Option A: Regency

Option B: Victorian

Option C: Romantic

Option D: Restoration

Correct Answer: Restoration ✔

Option A: Regency

Option B: Restoration

Option C: Romantic

Option D: Victorian

Correct Answer: Victorian ✔

Option A: Restoration

Option B: Victorian

Option C: Middle English

Option D: Regency

Correct Answer: Regency ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option C: William Shakespeare

Option D: Edward Gibbon

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: urbanity

Option B: crudity

Option C: triviality

Option D: sanctity

Correct Answer: urbanity ✔

Option A: Irish

Option B: Scottish

Option C: French

Option D: English

Correct Answer: Irish ✔

Option A: The Time’s Literary Supplement

Option B: The Lady’s Home Journal

Option C: Strand Magazine

Option D: Reader Magazine

Correct Answer: The Time’s Literary Supplement ✔

Option A: Carlyle

Option B: Macaulay

Option C: Godwin

Option D: Mill

Correct Answer: Mill ✔

Option A: Richard III

Option B: James 1

Option C: Edward III

Option D: Henry II

Correct Answer: Edward III ✔

Option A: Adam Bede

Option B: Middle March

Option C: The Mill on the Floss

Option D: Silas Morner

Correct Answer: The Mill on the Floss ✔

Option A: a satiric caricature of the characters

Option B: a drama

Option C: a satiric person

Option D: an allegorical statement

Correct Answer: a satiric caricature of the characters ✔

Option A: Shaw

Option B: Ibsen

Option C: Yeats

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Yeats ✔

Option A: Shelly

Option B: De Quincey

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Epic Poetry

Option B: Lyric Poetry

Option C: The Essay

Option D: The Novel

Correct Answer: The Novel ✔

Option A: William Hazlitt

Option B: Emily Dickinson

Option C: Emily Bronte

Option D: Charles Lamb

Correct Answer: Charles Lamb ✔

Option A: excitement and sensation

Option B: love and beauty

Option C: job and tiredness

Option D: expectation and depression

Correct Answer: excitement and sensation ✔

Option A: a fictional story of animal characters

Option B: a short story

Option C: a long narrative prose

Option D: a soft style epic

Correct Answer: a fictional story of animal characters ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: wordsworth

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Eliot

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: the best poet of the country

Option B: a winner of Noble Prize in Poetry

Option C: the court poet of England

Option D: a classical poet

Correct Answer: the court poet of England ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Marlowe

Option C: Oscar Wilde

Option D: T.S. Eliot

Correct Answer: T.S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: Emily Bronte

Option B: Charlotte Bronte

Option C: Anne Bronte

Option D: Jane Austen

Correct Answer: Charlotte Bronte ✔

Option A: J. R. R. Tolkien

Option B: Peter Jackson

Option C: C. S. Lewis

Option D: J. K. Rowling

Correct Answer: J. R. R. Tolkien ✔

Option A: Jane Austen

Option B: Charlotte Bronte

Option C: George Eliot

Option D: Joseph Conrad

Correct Answer: George Eliot ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Franklin

Option C: Carlyle

Option D: Alexander Pope

Correct Answer: Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Christ

Option B: Satan

Option C: The Paritan Church

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Christ ✔

Option A: Sense and Sensibility

Option B: Emma

Option C: Persuasion

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: collection of poems

Option B: collection of insects

Option C: fish cultivation

Option D: study of poetry

Correct Answer: collection of poems ✔

Option A: an idea about writing

Option B: the choice of words

Option C: choice of poem

Option D: arrangement of the incidents

Correct Answer: arrangement of the incidents ✔

Option A: Thomas Gray

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: George Bernard Shaw

Option D: Thomas More

Correct Answer: Thomas More ✔

Option A: the best poet of the country

Option B: a winner of the Noble Prize in poetry

Option C: the Court Port England

Option D: a classical poet

Correct Answer: the Court Port England ✔

Option A: Alfred Tennyson

Option B: Robert Browning

Option C: Mathew Arnold

Option D: John Donne

Correct Answer: Robert Browning ✔

Option A: Hyperbole

Option B: Metaphor

Option C: Rhetoric

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Hyperbole ✔

Option A: a history by Vincent Smith

Option B: a verse by Coleridge

Option C: a drama by Oscar Wilde

Option D: a short story by Somerset Maugham

Correct Answer: a verse by Coleridge ✔

Option A: John Keats

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: William Blake

Option D: Thomas Gray

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Victorian poet

Option B: a modern poet

Option C: Both

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both ✔

Option A: Robert Herrick

Option B: Caedmon

Option C: Dante

Option D: Cynewulf

Correct Answer: Robert Herrick ✔

Option A: Dr. Johnson

Option B: Shakespeare

Option C: Dryden

Option D: Coleridge

Correct Answer: Dryden ✔

Option A: A novel

Option B: a short story

Option C: a poem

Option D: a drama

Correct Answer: a drama ✔

Option A: stream of consciousness

Option B: psycho-analysis

Option C: Objective Co-relative

Option D: Symbolism and Mysticism

Correct Answer: stream of consciousness ✔

Option A: Mario Puzo

Option B: Francis Ford Coppola

Option C: Marlon Brando

Option D: Mark Winegardner

Correct Answer: Mario Puzo ✔

Option A: stream of consciousness

Option B: psycho-analysis

Option C: Objective Co-relative

Option D: Symbolism and Mysticism

Correct Answer: stream of consciousness ✔

Option A: Friendship and benevolence

Option B: Bitterness and revenge

Option C: Hatred and jealousy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Friendship and benevolence ✔

Option A: Venice

Option B: London

Option C: Paris

Option D: Florence

Correct Answer: Florence ✔

Option A: A Sonnet

Option B: An Ode

Option C: A ballad

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A Sonnet ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Congreve

Option C: William Blake

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: R.W. Emerson

Option B: H.D. Thoreau

Option C: Henry W. Longfellow

Option D: All 4

Correct Answer: All 4 ✔

Option A: The Rape of Lock

Option B: The Deserted Village

Option C: Spectator

Option D: Man was made to mourn

Correct Answer: The Rape of Lock ✔

Option A: Oxymoron

Option B: Synaesthesia

Option C: Sensuousness

Option D: Contrast

Correct Answer: Synaesthesia ✔

Option A: Robert Herrick

Option B: Jeremy Taylor

Option C: John Dryden

Option D: Thomas Hobbes

Correct Answer: John Dryden ✔

Option A: Jonathan Swift

Option B: Samuel Johnson

Option C: Oliver ‘Goldsmith

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Jonathan Swift ✔

Option A: Play

Option B: Novel

Option C: Poem

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Novel ✔

Option A: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Option B: The Sign of the Four

Option C: The Valley of Fear

Option D: A Study in Scarlet

Correct Answer: A Study in Scarlet ✔

Option A: Charles Darwin

Option B: A. Pope

Option C: T. Hardy

Option D: O. Goldsmith

Correct Answer: Charles Darwin ✔

Option A: Dr. Faustus

Option B: The Jew of Malta

Option C: Tamburlaine

Option D: Edward II

Correct Answer: The Jew of Malta ✔

Option A: ugly dance

Option B: nonsense dance

Option C: lively dance

Option D: nice dance

Correct Answer: lively dance ✔

Option A: study of speech sounds

Option B: study of language and rules

Option C: study of insects

Option D: study of meaning and syntax

Correct Answer: study of speech sounds ✔

Option A: John Gay

Option B: Sir Arthur Canon Doyle

Option C: Dylan Thomas

Option D: Somerset Maugham

Correct Answer: Sir Arthur Canon Doyle ✔

Option A: Samuel Johnson

Option B: John Donne

Option C: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option D: Robert Browning

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Lamb

Option C: Lawrence

Option D: Mary Anne Evans

Correct Answer: Lamb ✔

Option A: an allegorical story usually containing

Option B: the basic unit of a composition

Option C: a sense of distress

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: an allegorical story usually containing ✔

Option A: having no rhyming end

Option B: having no rhythmic flow

Option C: having no significance

Option D: having no blanks in the verse

Correct Answer: having no rhyming end ✔

Option A: an ode

Option B: an elegy

Option C: a sonnet

Option D: neither

Correct Answer: an elegy ✔

Option A: Victorian

Option B: Elizabethan

Option C: Romantic

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Romantic ✔

Option A: A satirist

Option B: A fatalist

Option C: A lover of nature

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A fatalist ✔

Option A: Lyrical Ballads

Option B: My Last Duchess

Option C: A Tale of Two Cities

Option D: Canonization

Correct Answer: Lyrical Ballads ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Keats ✔

Option A: Jules Verne

Option B: H. G. Wells

Option C: Mark Twain

Option D: Charles Dickens

Correct Answer: Jules Verne ✔

Option A: a history by Vincent Smith

Option B: a verse by Coleridge

Option C: a drama by Oscar Wilde

Option D: a short story by Somerset Maugham

Correct Answer: a verse by Coleridge ✔

Option A: Samuel Richardson

Option B: Samuel Johnson

Option C: Samuel Beckett

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Samuel Richardson ✔

Option A: Edmund Walter

Option B: Jonathan Swift

Option C: Alexander Pope

Option D: Dr. Samuel Johnson

Correct Answer: Alexander Pope ✔

Option A: Imagination

Option B: Modernism

Option C: Post-modernism

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Imagination ✔

Option A: Fable

Option B: Epic

Option C: Elegy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Elegy ✔

Option A: Roger Bacon

Option B: Robert Browning

Option C: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option D: Cynewulf

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer ✔

Option A: Elege

Option B: Sonnet

Option C: Ode

Option D: Epic

Correct Answer: Sonnet ✔

Option A: Christopher Marlowe

Option B: Lord Tennyson

Option C: John Milton

Option D: All of them

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlowe ✔

Option A: Pygmalion

Option B: saint joan

Option C: Candida

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Pygmalion ✔

Option A: Ruskin

Option B: Carlyle

Option C: Mill

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Carlyle ✔