English Literature MCQs

Option A: Laerteus

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Horatio

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Hamlet ✔

Option A: George Bernard Shaw

Option B: A. Lord Tennyson

Option C: Christopher Marlowe

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: B. A. Lord Tennyson ✔

Option A: Simile

Option B: Conceit

Option C: Metaphor

Option D: Couplet

Correct Answer: Couplet ✔

Option A: Francis Bacon

Option B: Geoffery Chaucer

Option C: King Alfred the Great

Option D: Henry Fielding

Correct Answer: Henry Fielding ✔

Option A: Arobinda Adigha

Option B: Salman Rushdie

Option C: Arundhoti Roy

Option D: Kiron Dishai

Correct Answer: Arobinda Adigha ✔

Option A: Arnold

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Pope

Option D: Dryden

Correct Answer: Arnold ✔

Option A: Dickens

Option B: Frost

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: G.B. Shaw

Correct Answer: D. G.B. Shaw ✔

Option A: Blake

Option B: Byron

Option C: Tennyson

Option D: Walter Scott

Correct Answer: Walter Scott ✔

Option A: A “member of the plumy race”

Option B: A “bird”

Option C: A “tenant of the sky”

Option D: An “airy fairy”

Correct Answer: D. An “airy fairy” ✔

Option A: Milton

Option B: Wordsworth

Option C: G. Chaucer

Option D: Charles Dickens

Correct Answer: G. Chaucer ✔

Option A: W. H. Auden

Option B: Earnest Jones

Option C: Nicoll

Option D: Freud

Correct Answer: W. H. Auden ✔

Option A: Jane Austen

Option B: Charles Dickens

Option C: Sir Walter Scott

Option D: Oliver Goldsmith

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Scott ✔

Option A: 1000 years ago

Option B: 1500 years ago

Option C: 2000 years ago

Option D: 3000 years ago

Correct Answer: 2000 years ago ✔

Option A: Ezra Pound

Option B: Shaw

Option C: Hardy

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Ezra Pound ✔

Option A: Valtaire

Option B: Shakespeare

Option C: Milton

Option D: Tolstoy

Correct Answer: Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Jane Eyre

Option B: Ramona

Option C: Emma

Option D: Rebecca

Correct Answer: Emma ✔

Option A: To a skylark

Option B: The Daffodils

Option C: Pride and Prejudice

Option D: Culture and Anarchy

Correct Answer: To a skylark ✔

Option A: 1602

Option B: 1608

Option C: 1610

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 1602 ✔

Option A: Comedy of Errors

Option B: Comedy of Manners

Option C: Comedy of Ideas

Option D: Romantic Comedy

Correct Answer: Comedy of Ideas ✔

Option A: Anglo-Norman

Option B: Anglo-Saxon

Option C: Chaucer’s period

Option D: Middle Age

Correct Answer: Anglo-Saxon ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Oscar Wilde

Option C: T. S. Eliot

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: T. S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Robert Browning

Option B: Robert Frost

Option C: both A and B

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Robert Frost ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Browning

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Thackeray

Option B: Hardy

Option C: Dickens

Option D: W. Scott

Correct Answer: Dickens ✔

Option A: P.B. Shelley

Option B: John Keats

Option C: John Milton

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: John Milton ✔

Option A: Tennyson

Option B: Browning

Option C: Keats

Option D: T. S. Eliot

Correct Answer: Browning ✔

Option A: The Wasteland

Option B: The Hollow men

Option C: East Coker

Option D: Prufrock

Correct Answer: The Wasteland ✔

Option A: a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter

Option B: a two line stanza

Option C: a poem of lamentation

Option D: a song for mourning

Correct Answer: a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: 1340-1385

Option B: 1240-1300

Option C: 1340-1400

Option D: 1340-1399

Correct Answer: 1340-1400 ✔

Option A: Arnold

Option B: T. S. Eliot

Option C: Shelley

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: T. S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: John Ashbery

Option C: Sylvia Plath

Option D: Ted Hughes

Correct Answer: Ted Hughes ✔

Option A: Jules Verne

Option B: Christopher Marlowe

Option C: Charles Kingsley

Option D: Thomas Hood

Correct Answer: Jules Verne ✔

Option A: a thing stands for whole thing

Option B: pity and fear

Option C: Self-contradictory speech

Option D: long speech

Correct Answer: a thing stands for whole thing ✔

Option A: William Shakespeare

Option B: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option C: John Milton

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Chaucer

Option C: Spenser

Option D: Bacon

Correct Answer: Bacon ✔

Option A: an elegy

Option B: a collection of elegies

Option C: a lyric

Option D: a dramatic lyric

Correct Answer: an elegy ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Alexander Pope

Option B: Henry Fielding

Option C: Thomas Hardy

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: John Milton ✔

Option A: Sensory images

Option B: Dramatic Monologues

Option C: Narrative ballads

Option D: Blank Verse

Correct Answer: Dramatic Monologues ✔

Option A: Keats

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Wordsworth

Option D: All

Correct Answer: All ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: Charles Dickens

Option C: John Webster

Option D: Daniel Defoe

Correct Answer: Charles Dickens ✔

Option A: Robert Frost

Option B: John Keats

Option C: John Milton

Option D: Robert Herrick

Correct Answer: Robert Frost ✔

Option A: 1340 AD

Option B: 1341 AD

Option C: 1342 AD

Option D: 1343 AD

Correct Answer: 1340 AD ✔

Option A: 102

Option B: 154

Option C: 163

Option D: 194

Correct Answer: 154 ✔

Option A: True

Option B: False

Option C: both A and B

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: False ✔

Option A: Byron

Option B: Browning

Option C: Shelley

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Shelley ✔

Option A: Five

Option B: Four

Option C: Six

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Six ✔

Option A: 9

Option B: 10

Option C: 13

Option D: 15

Correct Answer: 13 ✔

Option A: All’s Well that Ends Well

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Timon of Athens

Option D: Antony and Cleopatra

Correct Answer: All’s Well that Ends Well ✔

Option A: Dramatic Monologue

Option B: Dramatic Lyrics

Option C: Tragic Drama

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Dramatic Lyrics ✔

Option A: The Luminaries

Option B: Wolf Hall

Option C: The White Tiger

Option D: The Sea

Correct Answer: The Luminaries ✔

Option A: The representative poet of Victorian Age

Option B: The representative poet of Romantic Age

Option C: The best nature poet

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: The representative poet of Victorian Age ✔

Option A: John Donne

Option B: John Dryden

Option C: Andrew Marvell

Option D: Alexander Pope

Correct Answer: Andrew Marvell ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Tolstoy

Option C: Byron

Option D: Dostoyevsky

Correct Answer: Dostoyevsky ✔

Option A: Architect

Option B: Engraver

Option C: Sculptor

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Architect ✔

Option A: teacher

Option B: journalist

Option C: black-smith

Option D: farmer

Correct Answer: journalist ✔

Option A: Dickens

Option B: Thackeray

Option C: Scott

Option D: Fielding

Correct Answer: Thackeray ✔

Option A: Renaissance

Option B: Jacobean Period

Option C: Restoration Period

Option D: Romantic Age

Correct Answer: Restoration Period ✔

Option A: Tom Jones : Henry Fielding

Option B: Roxana: Daniel Defoe

Option C: The Good-nature man: Oliver Goldsmith

Option D: All for Love: John Milton

Correct Answer: All for Love: John Milton ✔

Option A: 18th Century

Option B: 19th Century

Option C: 20th Century

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 19th Century ✔

Option A: Emily Bronte

Option B: Jane Austen

Option C: Robert Browning

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Robert Browning ✔

Option A: E Bronte

Option B: J Austen

Option C: Bronte

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Bronte ✔

Option A: George Bernard Shaw

Option B: Christopher Marlowe

Option C: Lord Tennyson

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Lord Tennyson ✔

Option A: Roots

Option B: Ulysses

Option C: Tom Jones

Option D: Rebecca

Correct Answer: Ulysses ✔

Option A: Huxley

Option B: Carlyle

Option C: Ruskin

Option D: Mill

Correct Answer: Carlyle ✔

Option A: Tennyson

Option B: Arnold

Option C: Shelley

Option D: Browning

Correct Answer: Shelley ✔

Option A: Somerset Maugham

Option B: James Joyce

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: Philip Sydney

Correct Answer: Somerset Maugham ✔

Option A: Parody

Option B: Elegy

Option C: Romance

Option D: Sonnet

Correct Answer: Parody ✔

Option A: Keats

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Jane Austine

Option D: Charles Lamb

Correct Answer: Keats ✔

Option A: a poem of fourteen lines

Option B: a stanza of fourteen lines

Option C: a stanza of six lines

Option D: a stanza of four lines

Correct Answer: a stanza of four lines ✔

Option A: Albert Einstein

Option B: Stephen Hawking

Option C: Jagadish Chandra Basu

Option D: Isaac Newton

Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking ✔

Option A: We Are Seven (Wordsworth)

Option B: Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde)

Option C: Prisoner of Chillon (Byron)

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde) ✔

Option A: Caleron

Option B: Corneille

Option C: Couperin

Option D: Moliere

Correct Answer: Moliere ✔

Option A: T.S. Eliot

Option B: Siegfried Sassoon

Option C: Wilfred Owen

Option D: Oscar Wilde

Correct Answer: Oscar Wilde ✔

Option A: Bede’s “An Ecclesiastical History of the English People”

Option B: Julian of Norwhich’s “Book of Showings”

Option C: Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”

Option D: Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia”

Correct Answer: Bede’s “An Ecclesiastical History of the English People” ✔

Option A: The Restoration

Option B: Jacobean Age

Option C: The Augustan Age

Option D: The Age of Sensibility

Correct Answer: Jacobean Age ✔

Option A: Charles II was restored to the throne

Option B: The French Revolution

Option C: The Great Fire of London

Option D: The Exclusion Bill Crisis

Correct Answer: The French Revolution ✔

Option A: Henry James’s “The Ambassadors”

Option B: Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”

Option C: E.M. Forster’s “A Room With A View”

Option D: Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”

Correct Answer: Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” ✔

Option A: John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”

Option B: George Herbert’s “The Temple”

Option C: William Shakespeare’s “Tempest”

Option D: Ben Jonson’s “Volpone”

Correct Answer: John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ✔

Option A: Beowulf

Option B: Canterbury Tales

Option C: The Domesday Book

Option D: Sons and Lovers

Correct Answer: Beowulf ✔

Option A: Middle English

Option B: German

Option C: Old English

Option D: Modern English

Correct Answer: Modern English ✔

Option A: The leading characteristic of the age

Option B: Monarchs or political events

Option C: The primary author of the age

Option D: The language of the age

Correct Answer: Monarchs or political events ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: Thomas Otway

Option C: Sir Walter Scott

Option D: John Dryden

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Scott ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Thomas Grey

Option D: Saki

Correct Answer: Saki ✔

Option A: Thomas gray

Option B: Alexander Pope

Option C: Edward gibbon

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: Thomas gray ✔

Option A: Robert Louis Stevenson

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Samuel Johnson

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson ✔

Option A: A week

Option B: 24 hours

Option C: A lifetime

Option D: 6 months

Correct Answer: 24 hours ✔

Option A: Samuel Johnson

Option B: Henry Fielding

Option C: John Donne

Option D: Tobias Smollett

Correct Answer: Henry Fielding ✔

Option A: 14th

Option B: 12th

Option C: 10th

Option D: 11th

Correct Answer: 14th ✔

Option A: “Emotional power achieved through suggestive visual images”

Option B: “Exploration of philosophical paradoxes through visual images”

Option C: “Clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images”

Option D: “Inclusion of natural objects as symbols”

Correct Answer: “Clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images” ✔

Option A: Marxism

Option B: Fascism

Option C: Democracy

Option D: Libertarianism

Correct Answer: Fascism ✔

Option A: It has a regular rhyme scheme (aa/bb/cc/dd…), which is sustained throughout the poem.

Option B: It is primarily a narrative poem.

Option C: It is concerned with conventional 19thcentury relations between a man and a woman.

Option D: All of these answers

Correct Answer: All of these answers ✔

Option A: employs free verse.

Option B: has an undertow of nihilism.

Option C: is chauvinistic about British “exceptionalism.”

Option D: was composed between WW I and WW II.

Correct Answer: has an undertow of nihilism. ✔

Option A: Stein was a crucially important figure in the Paris émigré community.

Option B: Stein was primarily a muse for modernist poets.

Option C: Stein was a proponent of low modernism.

Option D: Stein was an opponent of vanguard trends.

Correct Answer: Stein was a crucially important figure in the Paris émigré community. ✔

Option A: French Classicism

Option B: British Romanticism

Option C: American Romanticism

Option D: German Romanticism

Correct Answer: American Romanticism ✔

Option A: The poem contrasts the image of a child in its mother’s womb with cruel devaluation of human life in wartime.

Option B: The poem praises those technological achievements which protect human life in wartime.

Option C: The poem uses images of the apocalypse to criticize the cruelty of war.

Option D: The poem presents the war as a natural part of the perennial cycles of human history.

Correct Answer: The poem contrasts the image of a child in its mother’s womb with cruel devaluation of human life in wartime. ✔

Option A: Hughes was very conscious that he

Option B: Hughes wrote about the legacy of the American Civil War and its long-term cultural consequences.

Option C: Hughes introduced new subject-matter and new language into poetry.

Option D: Both A and C

Correct Answer: Both A and C ✔

Option A: Germany was defeated and blamed for causing the war.

Option B: In the course of World War I, the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia.

Option C: Successful parliamentary democracies were established throughout the continent and remained stable until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

Option D: By the end of the 1920s, almost every state that had participated in World War I faced an economic depression and political upheavals.

Correct Answer: Successful parliamentary democracies were established throughout the continent and remained stable until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. ✔

Option A: American Romanticism

Option B: British Neo-Classicism

Option C: Kabalistic Judaism

Option D: Taoism

Correct Answer: Kabalistic Judaism ✔

Option A: These lines evoke Christian imagery to emphasize the dignity of the girl who died.

Option B: These lines evoke Christian imagery to suggest that death erases racial divisions.

Option C: These lines present the problem of racial prejudice in an ironic mode.

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Both A and B ✔