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English Literature MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- In which place of England Christopher Marlow born ? 

a. London  

b. Norflock  

c. Canterbury  

d. Warwick 


Answer- Canterbury


Que- Which one of the following plays of Christopher Marlow tells the story of the disposition of a king by his barons and the Queen ? 

a. Doctor Faustus  

b. Edward the Second  

c. The Massacre at Paris  

d. The Jew of Malta 


Answer- Edward the Second


Que- To which theater was Christopher Marlow associated with ? 

a. English Puritan theatre  

b. English Renaissance theatre  

c. Restoration theatre  

d. English Neo-Classical theatre 


Answer- English Renaissance theatre


Que- In which year the play of Christopher Marlow The Jew of Malta first performed ? 

a. 1597 

b. 1601 

c. 1587 

d. 1592 


Answer- 1592


Que- The title page which play of Christopher Marlow attributes the play to Marlowe and Thomas Nashe ? 

a. Doctor Faustus  

b. Dido, Queen of Carthage  

c. Edward the Second  

d. Tamburlaine the Great 


Answer- Dido, Queen of Carthage


Que- Which period of John Keats as called "the most placid time in Keats's life" by Cowden Clarke, a close friend of Keats ? 

a. His visit to Lake District  

b. Keats' lodging in the attic above the surgery at 7 Church Street  

c. Keats stay in Italy  

d. Keats' travel to Alps 


Answer- Keats' lodging in the attic above the surgery at 7 Church Street


Que- Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ? 

a. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy  

b. Ode on a Grecian Urn  

c. Ode to a Skylark  

d. An Imitation of Spenser 


Answer- An Imitation of Spenser


Que- In which hospital John Keats registered as a medical student after finishing his apprenticeship with Hammond ? 

a. Queen's Chamber  

b. Guy's Hospital  

c. New Chapman Hospital  

d. Trinity Hospital 


Answer- Guy's Hospital


Que- In which school did John Keats study ? 

a. John Clarke's school  

b. King's Grammar School  

c. Harrow  

d. Eton 


Answer- John Clarke's school


Que- What was the profession of Thomas Hammond under whom John Keats joined for apprenticeship ? 

a. teacher  

b. surgeon  

c. banker  

d. lawyer 


Answer- surgeon


Que- When did John Keats die ? 

a. 11 May 1838  

b. 12 March 1833  

c. 23 February 1821  

d. 19 August 1825 


Answer- 23 February 1821


Que- When was John Keats born? 

a. 25 December 1767  

b. 30 April 1789  

c. 31 October 1795  

d. 22 November 1756 


Answer- 31 October 1795


Que- Picture must not be too picturesque'. Emerson here means pictures must_______________? 

a. not be too scenic  

b. capture our soul  

c. be simple and plain  

d. not dazzle 


Answer- not dazzle


Que- He glanced with rapid eyes_____________ they looked like frightened beads. The figure of speech used here is ? 

a. Metahor  

b. Oxymoron  

c. Simile  

d. Irony 


Answer- Simile


Que- What is Augustine St. Clare's selfish wife's name ? 

a. Marie  

b. Eliza  

c. Rachel  

d. Ophelia 


Answer- Marie


Que- Parker's report to Margaret is_________________? 

a. straightforward and simple  

b. complex and heart wrenching  

c. simple and heartwarming  

d. painful and disgustingly low 


Answer- simple and heartwarming


Que- Thoreau scales humans down to the size of ants in order to____________________? 

a. examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare  

b. create a very vivid and impressive picture  

c. shows his real intentions in writing  

d. portray humans allegorically 


Answer- examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare


Que- We associate John Winthrop with what colonial Settlement ? 

a. Plymouth  

b. Mayflower compact  

c. Massachusetts Bay Colony  

d. Rhode Island 


Answer- Massachusetts Bay Colony


Que- What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ? 

a. Father of Free verse  

b. Father of american poetry  

c. Self-reliance  

d. Father of American Liteature 


Answer- Self-reliance


Que- According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to George's right hand ? 

a. The letter S  

b. The Letter H  

c. A hexagon  

d. The number 314 


Answer- The number 314


Que- The poem by Berryman has a sad and depressed tone about it and it foreshadows the_____________? 

a. fate of the author or how depressed be was  

b. fate and the mindest of the boy  

c. turn of events of the ball  

d. happenings in the poem 


Answer- fate and the mindest of the boy


Que- Usher can only stand types of noises in his acutely uncomfortable state. The narrator describes a number of impromptus that Usher plays for him on which instrument ? 

a. The harp  

b. The guitar  

c. The ukulele  

d. The violin 


Answer- The guitar


Que- When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. The author of this passage was_______________? 

a. A slave  

b. A Transcendentalist  

c. The son of itinerant actors  

d. An indentured servant 


Answer- An indentured servant


Que- The term Beat Generation comes from______________? 

a. Beat to his size  

b. Beat to his stomach  

c. Beat to his socks  

d. Beat to his Shoe 


Answer- Beat to his socks


Que- Who was the first black woman who win the Nobel Prize for Literature ? 

a. Toni Morrison  

b. Jane Austin  

c. Ann Petry  

d. Frances Harper 


Answer- Toni Morrison


Que- What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Nathaniel Hawthorne ? 

a. Popular early nosiest  

b. Romantisum  

c. Scarlett letter  

d. All are correct 


Answer- All are correct


Que- A language come into existence when_____________? 

a. there is brutal necessity  

b. there are speakers of the language  

c. ancient elements force to become a language  

d. a new language id discovered 


Answer- there is brutal necessity


Que- Who wrote Mending wall ? 

a. Carl Sanburg  

b. T.S. Eliot  

c. E.e cummings  

d. Robert Lee Forst 


Answer- Robert Lee Forst


Que- Pre-colonial theme ? 

a. religious stories  

b. creation stories  

c. A and B  

d. None of the above 


Answer- A and B


Que- Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – pausing – At her low Gate – Unmoved – an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat – I've known her – from an ample nation – Then – close the Valves of her attention – Like Stone – What does ample mean ? 

a. Menacing  

b. Large or abundant  

c. Fearful and gracious  

d. Beautiful 


Answer- Large or abundant


Que- gave a hint of the rich culture that was forgotten________________? 

a. The life of the Indians  

b. The influence of the missionaries in lives of the Indians  

c. Reported speech poems  

d. Narratives captivity 


Answer- Reported speech poems


Que- What did the family do to protect the children from the uncle ? 

a. They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do  

b. They locked the uncle away until the children were old enough to protect themselves  

c. They dressed the girls like boys and told them to behave as boys do  

d. They formed a mob and chased the uncle out of the village 


Answer- They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do


Que- Thoreau places a sense of Upon the ants ? 

a. honor and glory  

b. meticulous faction  

c. responsibility  

d. revenge and betrayal 


Answer- honor and glory


Que- By 1600 Holland had____________________? 

a. Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries  

b. a huge collection of paintings and sculptures  

c. the wisest men of the time  

d. many scholars and sceptics 


Answer- many scholars and sceptics


Que- We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement ? 

a. Nationalism  

b. Transcendentalism  

c. Romanticism  

d. Indian Autobiography 


Answer- Romanticism


Que- This governor was re-elected 30 times_________________? 

a. Anne Bradstreet  

b. Bradford Nelson  

c. Jonathan Edwards  

d. William Bradford 


Answer- William Bradford


Que- It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of this picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down – but with a shudder even more thrilling than before – upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eyelike windows. What is the meaning of the word tarn? Veldu eitt ? 

a. A bird  

b. A small mountain lake  

c. A wide river  

d. A high cliff 


Answer- A small mountain lake


Que- To Whom does Franklin say he is addressing his autobiography part 1 ? 

a. Himself  

b. Indians  

c. His son, john  

d. His son, William 


Answer- His son, William


Que- How many children does Uncle Tom have ? 

a. one  

b. seven  

c. five  

d. three 


Answer- three


Que- Which of the following is not one of the 4 part of Puritan Sermon ? 

a. Text  

b. Doctrine  

c. Bibliography  

d. None of the above 


Answer- Bibliography


Que- Whom did the corn clan member pray to for help ? 

a. His dead uncle  

b. His dead father  

c. His dead grandmother  

d. His dead grandfather 


Answer- His dead uncle


Que- Berryman's The Ball Poem can be categorized as a_______________? 

a. Confessional poem  

b. Metaphorical poem  

c. Fragmental poem  

d. Delusional poem 


Answer- Confessional poem


Que- Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master ? 

a. Temperance  

b. Silence  

c. Order  

d. None of the above 


Answer- None of the above


Que- This term refers to the "feeling" of a word______________? 

a. Connotation  

b. Connection  

c. Constitution  

d. Description 


Answer- Connotation


Que- How was the priest's son's prayer answered ? 

a. The prayer was not answered and the people continued to live in sin  

b. The dead uncle sent a hail storm to destroy the land  

c. The priest's son was told to set fire to the village  

d. The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings 


Answer- The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings


Que- Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________? 

a. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown.  

b. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.  

c. The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin.  

d. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin. 


Answer- Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.


Que- According to Hare, what work did the Earthmaker send him to do ? 

a. To make mischief and cause trouble  

b. To trample upon evil beings that were abusing his aunts and uncles  

c. To play tricks on other animals to prove how intelligent he is  

d. The hare has no purpose that is why his grandmother must always watch over him 


Answer- To trample upon evil beings that were abusing his aunts and uncles


Que- is the end of fame_______________? 

a. Love  

b. Pity  

c. Misfortune  

d. Death 


Answer- Pity


Que- About the Delaware_______________? 

a. Used pictographs to explain nature  

b. Told the story of Wolam Olum  

c. Settled in Northeast US  

d. All the above 


Answer- All the above


Que- A diary of someone's day by day account of events_______________? 

a. Journal  

b. History  

c. Article  

d. Legend 


Answer- Journal

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