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English MCQ
2701. Riders to the Sea is-
a novella
a theatrical adaptation of
a poem an epic poem
a one-act play
2702. 'Restoration period' in English literature refers to-
1560
1660
1760
1866
2703. The romantic age in English literature began with the publication of -.
Preface to Shakespeare
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Preface to Ancient Mariners
Preface to Dr. Johnson
2704. Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' is a successful-
tragedy
comedy
tragi-comedy
melodrama
2705. The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about-
a Jew
a Moor
a Roman
a Turk
2706. The Sun Also Rises' is a novel written by-
Charles Dickens
Hermanne Melville
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Hardy
2707. Who wrote 'Biographia Literaria'?
Lord Byron
P.B. Shelley
S.T. Coleridge
Charles Lamb
2708. Find the odd-man-out-
The Bluest
Eye Sula
As I Lay Dying
A Mercy
2709. London town is found a living being in the works of-
Thomas Hardy
Charles Dickens
W. Congreve
D. H. Lawrence
2710. Which of the following writers belong to the Elizabethan period?
Christopher Marlowe
Alexander Pope
John Dryden
Samuel Beckett
2711. Robert Browning was a poet. Fill in the gap with appropriate word.
Romantic
Victorian
Modem
Elizabethan
2712. The poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is written by-
W.H. Auden
W. Wordsworth
W.B. Yeats
Ezra Pound
2713. 'David Copperfield' is a/an-novel.
Victorian
Elizabethan
Romantic
Modern
2714. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
Alliterative verse
Sonnet form
Iambic pentameter
Daetylic Haxameter
2715. Find the odd-man-out-
George Eliot
Thomas Hardy
Joseph Conrad
James Joyce
2716. Which of the following writers belongs to the romantic period in English literature?
A. Tennyson
Alexander Pope
John Dryden
S.T. Coleridge
2717. P.B. Shelley's 'Adonais' is an elegy on the death of-
John Milton
S.T. Coleridge
John Keats
Lord Byron
2718. Which of the following books is written by Thomas Hardy?
The Return of the Native
Pride and Prejudice
Oliver Twist
Vanity Fair
2719. Othello gave Desdemona - as a token of love:
Ring
Handkerchief
Pendant
Bangles
2720. The play 'Candida' is by-
James Joyce
Shakespeare
G. B. Shaw
Arthur Miller