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English Literature MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what ? 

a. Politician  

b. Dramatist  

c. Novelist  

d. Architect 


Answer- Novelist


Que- The magazine 'Contemporary Poetry and Prose' was inspired by which exhibition ? 

a. The Festival of Britain  

b. The Surrealist Exhibition  

c. People of the 20th Century  

d. Drawing the 20th Century 


Answer- The Surrealist Exhibition


Que- How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death ? 

a. 24 

b. 31 

c. 21 

d. 28 


Answer- 28


Que- Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood? 

a. Denver  

b. St Louis  

c. Cuba  

d. Toronto 


Answer- St Louis


Que- How did W. H. Auden describe poetry ? 

a. An awful way to earn a living  

b. A game of knowledge  

c. The soul exposed  

d. An explosion of language 


Answer- A game of knowledge


Que- Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature ? 

a. William Blake  

b. William Shakespeare  

c. William Morris  

d. William Wordsworth 


Answer- William Wordsworth


Que- Which is an exaggeration ? 

a. Alliteration  

b. Haiku  

c. Hyperbole  

d. Prose 


Answer- Hyperbole


Que- Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form ? 

a. Jintishi  

b. Villanelle  

c. Ode  

d. Tanka 


Answer- Jintishi


Que- Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas ? 

a. Hindu  

b. Celtic  

c. Arabic  

d. Arameic 


Answer- Arabic


Que- Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem ? 

a. Onomatopeia  

b. Metonymy  

c. Alliteration  

d. Hyperbole 


Answer- Hyperbole


Que- What is a sonnet ? 

a. A poem of six lines  

b. A poem of eight lines  

c. A poem of twelve lines  

d. A poem of fourteen lines 


Answer- A poem of fourteen lines


Que- Which is not a poetry form ? 

a. epic  

b. tale  

c. ballad  

d. sonnet 


Answer- tale


Que- What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form ? 

a. Personification  

b. Hyperboles  

c. Alliteration  

d. Onomatopoeia 


Answer- Onomatopoeia


Que- What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ? 

a. No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.  

b. A simile is more descriptive.  

c. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.  

d. A simile must use animals in the comparison. 


Answer- A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.


Que- Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy ? 

a. Titus Andronicus  

b. Othello  

c. Macbeth  

d. None of the above 


Answer- None of the above


Que- Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe,With loss of Eden. This is an extract from ? 

a. Paradise Lost  

b. Paradise Regained  

c. Samson Agonistes  

d. Divorce Tracts 


Answer- Paradise Lost


Que- Which of the following is not a work of John Keats ? 

a. Endymion  

b. To some ladies  

c. To hope  

d. None of above 


Answer- None of above


Que- Who wrote "Ten Little Niggers ?" 

a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  

b. Irvine Welsh  

c. Agatha Christie  

d. None of above 


Answer- Agatha Christie


Que- ____________is a late 20th century play written by a woman ? 

a. Queen Cristina  

b. Top Girls  

c. Camille  

d. The Homecoimg 


Answer- Camille


Que- Who wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles ?" 

a. Agatha Christie  

b. H Ryder-Haggard  

c. P D James  

d. Arthur Conan Doyle 


Answer- Arthur Conan Doyle


Que- Which Welsh poet wrote "Under Milk Wood ? " 

a. Anthony Hopkins  

b. Richard Burton  

c. Tom Jones  

d. Dylan Thomas 


Answer- Dylan Thomas


Que- Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ? 

a. Vancouver  

b. Toronto  

c. Ottowa  

d. Montreal 


Answer- Ottowa


Que- How has Stephen Dunn been described in 'the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ? 

a. A poet of middleness  

b. Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness  

c. One of the leading prairie poets  

d. Has some distinction as a critic 


Answer- A poet of middleness


Que- From which of Shakespeare's plays is this famous line: 'Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night'. ? 

a. A Midsummer Night's Dream  

b. Hamlet  

c. Othello  

d. Romeo and Juliet 


Answer- Romeo and Juliet


Que- Who wrote this famous line: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate' ? 

a. TS Eliot  

b. Lord Tennyson  

c. Charlotte Bronte  

d. Shakespeare 


Answer- Shakespeare


Que- Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ? 

a. Alliterative verse  

b. Sonnet form  

c. Iambic pentameter  

d. Dactylic hexameter 


Answer- Iambic pentameter


Que- Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ? 

a. The Epic  

b. The Comic  

c. The Occult  

d. The Tragic 


Answer- The Occult


Que- In 1960 'The Colossus' was the first book of poems published by which poetess ? 

a. Elizabeth Bishop  

b. Sylvia Plath  

c. Marianne Moore  

d. Laura Jackson 


Answer- Sylvia Plath


Que- Carl Sandburg 'Planked whitefish' contains what kind of imagery ? 

a. Sea scenes  

b. Rural Idyll  

c. War  

d. Innocent childhood 


Answer- War


Que- Who wrote about the idyllic 'Isle of Innisfree' ? 

a. Dylan Thomas  

b. Ezra Pound 

c. Yeats  

d. E. E. cummings 


Answer- Yeats


Que- Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse ? 

a. Betjeman  

b. Hughes  

c. Marvel  

d. Larkin 


Answer- Betjeman


Que- What was strange about Emily Dickinson ? 

a. She rarely left home  

b. She wrote in code  

c. She never attempted to publish her poetry  

d. She wrote her poems in invisible ink 


Answer- She rarely left home


Que- In coleridge's poem 'The rime of the Ancient Mariner'where were the three gallants going ? 

a. A funeral  

b. A wedding  

c. Market  

d. To the races 


Answer- A wedding


Que- Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece ? 

a. John keats  

b. Lord Byron  

c. Solan  

d. Sappho 


Answer- Lord Byron


Que- Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem ? 

a. characters, main idea, and theme  

b. purpose and audience  

c. theme, purpose, form, and mood.  

d. rhyme and reason 


Answer- theme, purpose, form, and mood.


Que- Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom ? 

a. Sir Walter Scott  

b. William Butler Yeats  

c. Henry Longfellow  

d. Robert Burns 


Answer- Robert Burns


Que- chaucer was imprisoned during_______________? 

a. hundred years' war  

b. Black death  

c. Peasant revolt  

d. none of the above 


Answer- hundred years' war


Que- Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ? 

a. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral  

b. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral  

c. both A and B  

d. None of these 


Answer- To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral


Que- Which represents an example of alliteration ? 

a. Language Arts  

b. Peter Piper Picked Peppers  

c. I like music  

d. A beautiful scenery with music 


Answer- Peter Piper Picked Peppers


Que- A poem that generally has meter and rhyme______________? 

a. lyric  

b. free verse  

c. narrative  

d. none of the above 


Answer- lyric


Que- a description that appeals to one of the five senses____________? 

a. imagery  

b. personification  

c. metaphor  

d. none of the above 


Answer- imagery


Que- The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________? 

a. metaphor  

b. simile  

c. personification  

d. none of the above 


Answer- simile


Que- The repetition of beginning consonant sounds_____________? 

a. rhyme  

b. onomatopoeia  

c. alliteration  

d. none of the above 


Answer- alliteration


Que- The repetition of similar ending sounds_______________? 

a. alliteration  

b. onomatopoiea  

c. rhyme  

d. none of the above 


Answer- rhyme


Que- Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry ? 

a. Assonance  

b. Onomatopaea  

c. Rhyme  

d. Grammar 


Answer- Grammar


Que- What poison does Claudius pour into the ear of Hamlet's father, causing his death ? 

a. Burdock  

b. Hebenon  

c. Baneberry  

d. Hemlock 


Answer- Hebenon


Que- How does Queen Gertrude die ? 

a. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.  

b. Drowns in the river outside the castle.  

c. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.  

d. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup. 


Answer- Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup.


Que- Who says, "Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." ? 

a. Fortinbras  

b. Marcellus  

c. Chorus  

d. Horatio 


Answer- Horatio


Que- How are Polonius and Laertes related ? 

a. Father/son  

b. Uncle/nephew  

c. Cousin/cousin  

d. Brother/brother 


Answer- Father/son


Que- Who is Voltimand ? 

a. Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark  

b. Hamlet's cousin  

c. Ambassador to the King of Denmark from the King of Norway  

d. Assassin in the service of Fortinbras 


Answer- Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark

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