English Literature Mcqs

Practice MCQs under English Literature Mcqs. 3747 available

1African-American Literature
2Ages, era, period
3American Literature
4Cultural and Literary 18th-19th Centuries
5Cultural and Literary English Renaissance
6Cultural and Literary in Modernity
7English Romantic Poetry
8Famous playwright, poet and others
9Introduction to Literary Studies
10Introduction to Literary Theory
11Language and Linguistics
12Literary Theory and Criticism
13Medieval Literature and Culture
14Medieval Women Writers
15Miscellaneous Literature Mcqs
16Modern Poetry and Poetics
17Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama
18The Gothic Novel
19The Victorian Novel

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1.Who is the author of the book titled "Zest for Life"?

Leo TolstoyAlexander PopeÉmile ZolaKhaled HosseiniNone of the above

2.Which poet famously said that he woke up one morning to find himself famous following the release of his poem?

Percy Bysshe ShelleyLord George ByronWilliam WordsworthJohn KeatsSamuel Taylor Coleridge

3.Who criticized Hazlitt as part of the so-called 'Cockney School of Poetry'?

Alfred TennysonCharles LambJohn Gibson LockhartNone of the aboveWilliam Wordsworth

4.Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?

Geoffrey ChaucerWilliam ShakespeareJohn MiltonChristopher Marlowe

5.Which of the following was the debut play written by Ben Jonson?

Every Man in His HumourCynthia RevelsThe AlchemistEpicene or The Silent WomanEvery Man in His Humour, originally staged in 1598 by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the same troupe associated with Shakespeare.

6.Who was recognized as the first official Poet Laureate in English literature?

Thomas CarlyleAlexander PopeJohn DrydenJohn Ruskin

7.What term describes the non-verbal elements of speech that accompany spoken language?

MetalanguageParalanguageProtolanguageNone of the aboveNonverbal language

8.Which monarch was removed from the English throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

Queen Elizabeth IKing James IIKing George IIWilliam III and Mary IINone of the above

9.Who is credited with being the earliest user of blank verse?

Thomas WyattHenry Howard, Earl of SurreySir Thomas MoreNone of theseWilliam Shakespeare

10.In which language was Thomas More's Utopia first composed?

Ancient RomanLatinEnglishSpanishFrench

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