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English Literature MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver ? 

a. 2 

b. 4 

c. 7 

d. 9 


Answer- 7


Que- Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ? 

a. Francisco  

b. Gorgonzola  

c. Reynaldo  

d. Samson 


Answer- Reynaldo


Que- What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ? 

a. Slings and Arrows  

b. Vice of Kings  

c. The Murder of Gonzago  

d. The Slaying of Lucianus 


Answer- The Murder of Gonzago


Que- Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark ? 

a. Wittenberg  

b. Oslo  

c. London  

d. Dublin 


Answer- Wittenberg


Que- Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of_____________? 

a. England  

b. Venice  

c. Denmark  

d. Maine 


Answer- Denmark


Que- Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as_______________? 

a. The reformer of English language  

b. The poet of English language  

c. The father of English literature  

d. The father of English language 


Answer- The father of English literature


Que- The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ? 

a. four  

b. six  

c. two  

d. one 


Answer- four


Que- In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born ? 

a. 1343 

b. 1336 

c. 1432 

d. 1347 


Answer- 1343


Que- Which is the first major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ? 

a. Troilus and Criseyde  

b. The Canterbury Tales  

c. The Book of the Duchess  

d. The House of Fame 


Answer- The Book of the Duchess


Que- Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ? 

a. The House of Fame  

b. The Book of the Duchess  

c. Troilus and Criseyde  

d. The Legend of Good Women 


Answer- The Book of the Duchess


Que- Which of Chaucer's works is associated with Valentine's Day ? 

a. The Book of the Duchess  

b. The Canterbury Tales  

c. Parlement of Foules  

d. The Canterbury Tales 


Answer- Parlement of Foules


Que- During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years' War between France and England ? 

a. William I  

b. Edward II  

c. William II  

d. Edward III 


Answer- Edward III


Que- Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was born ? 

a. David II  

b. Edward III  

c. Richard II  

d. Edward II 


Answer- Edward III


Que- In which year did Chaucer fought in Hundred Years' War between France and England ? 

a. 1374 

b. 1359 

c. 1367 

d. 1382 


Answer- 1359


Que- When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ? 

a. Early 1370s  

b. In 1364  

c. Early 1380s  

d. In 1376 


Answer- Early 1380s


Que- To whom did Edmund Spenser addresses his sonnet sequence Amoretti ? 

a. Lisa Boyle  

b. Mary Jane  

c. Queen Elizabeth  

d. Elizabeth Boyle 


Answer- Elizabeth Boyle


Que- Where did Edmund Spenser born ? 

a. Worcester  

b. Chester  

c. East Smithfield  

d. Kent 


Answer- East Smithfield


Que- During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ? 

a. Hundred Years War  

b. Nine Years War  

c. Ten Years War  

d. Seventeen Years War 


Answer- Nine Years War


Que- How many lines are in Spenserian stanza ? 

a. 9 

b. 12 

c. 24 

d. 8 


Answer- 9


Que- What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ? 

a. The Visions of Petrarch  

b. A View of the Present State of Ireland  

c. The Ruines of Time  

d. Visions of the worlds vanitie 


Answer- A View of the Present State of Ireland


Que- In which year did Edmund Spenser publish his poem The Shepheardes Calender ? 

a. 1568 

b. 1579 

c. 1597 

d. 1585 


Answer- 1579


Que- Which one of the following is an unfinished work of Edmund Spenser ? 

a. The Faerie Queene  

b. Amoretti  

c. The Shepheardes Calender  

d. Astrophel 


Answer- The Faerie Queene


Que- To whom Edmund Spenser dedicated the work The Faerie Queene ? 

a. Sidney  

b. Elizabeth  

c. Mary  

d. Chaucer 


Answer- Elizabeth


Que- Under which pseudonym the work The Shepheard's Calendar was published ? 

a. Edward  

b. Jonathan  

c. Immanuel  

d. Immerito 


Answer- Immerito


Que- In which college Edmund Spenser study ? 

a. Pembroke College  

b. Latin College  

c. Corpus Christi  

d. Queens College 


Answer- Pembroke College


Que- When did Edmund Spenser die ? 

a. 1599 

b. 1632 

c. 1589 

d. 1621 


Answer- 1599


Que- To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender ? 

a. Philip Sidney  

b. Boyle  

c. Queen Elizabeth  

d. Chaucer 


Answer- Philip Sidney


Que- When was Edmund Spenser born ? 

a. 1542 

b. 1552 

c. 1569 

d. 1558 


Answer- 1552


Que- What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ? 

a. pastoral work  

b. religious work  

c. allegorical work  

d. natural work 


Answer- allegorical work


Que- In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ? 

a. The Teares of the Muses  

b. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale  

c. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie  

d. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay 


Answer- Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale


Que- Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ? 

a. ab cb bc cd e  

b. abba bccb d  

c. ab bc cd de f  

d. ab ab bc bc c 


Answer- ab ab bc bc c


Que- How many books were originally planned to form the work The Faerie Queene ? 

a. 18 

b. 8 

c. 23 

d. 12 


Answer- 12


Que- Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ? 

a. Tudor  

b. Stuart  

c. Anjou  

d. Plantagenet 


Answer- Tudor


Que- In which work Edmund Spenser celebrates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle ? 

a. Prothalamion  

b. Faerie Queen  

c. Epithalamion  

d. Amoretti 


Answer- Epithalamion


Que- With which text(s) is the word "riverrun" associated ? 

a. The Dubliners  

b. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  

c. Ulysses  

d. Finnegans Wake 


Answer- Finnegans Wake


Que- Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ? 

a. the invented words  

b. the free dream associations  

c. the sketchy, episodic structure  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake ? 

a. married relationships  

b. dreams  

c. the movement of time  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- Which of the following are popular sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake ? 

a. whether the novel has a plot  

b. whether the novel has definite characters  

c. whether the novel has a protagonist  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father ? 

a. she is a source of secret, repressed desire  

b. she represents the functional family structure  

c. she is an example of piety  

d. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references 


Answer- she is a source of secret, repressed desire


Que- In Finnegans Wake, which of the following typify family life ? 

a. murder  

b. slander  

c. hypocrisy  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ? 

a. he refers to the mythical Daedalus  

b. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus  

c. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult  

d. he refers to the Oedipal myth 


Answer- he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult


Que- How do historians say Joyce's exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake ? 

a. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words  

b. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios  

c. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures' stories and myths  

d. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution 


Answer- it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words


Que- According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ? 

a. it represents original sin  

b. it is linked with sexual perversions  

c. it represents the Freudian primal scene  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- According to Margot Norris, what do Joyce's novels imply about civilization ? 

a. that it depends on repression  

b. that it ends paralysis  

c. that it enables fulfillment  

d. that it resolves spiritual crises 


Answer- that it depends on repression


Que- With which character in The Odyssey does Molly Bloom best correspond ? 

a. Nausicaa  

b. Aeolus  

c. Penelope  

d. Telemachus 


Answer- Penelope


Que- Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ? 

a. religious identity  

b. national identity  

c. married relationships  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above


Que- Which character says he "fear[s] those big words that make us so unhappy" ? 

a. Stephen Dedalus  

b. Mr. Deasy  

c. Gabriel Conroy  

d. Leopold Bloom 


Answer- Stephen Dedalus


Que- What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ? 

a. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it  

b. it was banned for obscenity  

c. it was considered too conventional for publication  

d. it was praised by the government and churches 


Answer- it was banned for obscenity


Que- In what context does Joyce use the term "amor matris," or motherly love ? 

a. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships  

b. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death  

c. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art  

d. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity 


Answer- in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art


Que- In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear ? 

a. stream of consciousness  

b. repetition of words  

c. shifts in narrative voice  

d. All of the Above 


Answer- All of the Above

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