📚English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs
496 MCQs71
HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by_______________?
AThomas gray
BAlexander Pope
CEdward gibbon
DWilliam Blake
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Who wrote the poem “Requiem” ?
ARobert Louis Stevenson
BWilliam Shakespeare
CSamuel Johnson
DJohn Milton
73
Joyce’s novel ’Ulysses’ takes place over what period of time ?
AA week
B24 hours
CA lifetime
D6 months
74
The 18th century work ’Tom Jones” was written by whom ?
ASamuel Johnson
BHenry Fielding
CJohn Donne
DTobias Smollett
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In which century was Piers Plowman written ?
A14th
B12th
C10th
D11th
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Which of the following phrases best describes the central goal of Imagist poets ?
A“Emotional power achieved through suggestive visual images”
B“Exploration of philosophical paradoxes through visual images”
C“Clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images”
D“Inclusion of natural objects as symbols”
77
Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the following political philosophies ?
AMarxism
BFascism
CDemocracy
DLibertarianism
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What do you mean by Heroic Couplet ?
Aa pair of rhyming iambic pentameter
Ba two line stanza
Ca poem of lamentation
Da song for mourning
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‘The Age of Chaucer’ ranges from_______________?
A1340-1385
B1240-1300
C1340-1400
D1340-1399
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‘The Metaphysical Poets’ is a critical essay by________________?
AArnold
BT. S. Eliot
CShelley
DNone of these