English Literature MCQs

Which of the following period of literature came first?

A. Regency
B. Romantic
C. Victorian
D. Restoration
E. None of these

Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century?

A. John Skelton
B. Thomas Carew
C. Sir Thomas Wyatt
D. William Shakespeare
E. None of these

The phrase ‘Pathetic fallacy’ is coined by _____?

A. Milton
B. Coleridge
C. Carlyle
D. John Ruskin

 In which city Milton was born?

A. Norwich
B. London
C. York
D. Canterbury

Keats’s Endymion is dedicated to __?

A. Leigh Hunt
B. Milton
C. Shakespeare
D. Thomas Chatterton

Identify the character who is a supporter of Women’s Rights in Sons and Lovers ?

A. Mrs. Morel
B. Annie
C. Miriam
D. Clara Dawes

Longinus establishes that the most beautiful of meters is __?

A. Dactylic Hexameter
B. Iambic Pentameter
C. Torchaic Octameter
D. None

According to Longinus, there are ____ principle sources of sublime.

A. Three
B. Five
C. Six
D. None

Longinus asserts that nothing contributes more to loftiness of tone in writing than _?

A. Grandeur Thought
B. Genuine Emotion
C. Impassioned Utterance
D. Splendour Style

The Canterbury Tales is written by _?

A. John Gower
B. Julian of Norwich
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. William Langland

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