english literature mcqs

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English Literature Mcqs For Lecturer & Subject Specialist Exams

1. Which poem ends ‘ shall but lo!e thee better a"ter death#$

a. %o do lo!e thee

b. 'de to a (recian urn

c. n "aith do not lo!e thee ith mine e)es

d. Let me not to the marriage o" true minds

*. Which poet is considered a national hero in (reece$

a. +ohn ,eats

b. Lord -)ron

c. Solan

d. Sappho

. Which ,ind o" poem is Edard Lear associated ith$

a. /ature

b. Epics

c. Sonnets

d. /onsense

0. n coleridge#s poem ‘he rime o" the 2ncient Mariner#here ere the three

gallants going$

a. 2 "uneral

b. 2 edding

c. Mar,et

d. o the races



3. %arold /icholson described hich poet as ‘4er) )ello and glum. 5er"ect

manners#$

a. e. e. 6ummings

b. . S. Elliot

c. +ohn (reenlea" Whittier

d. Walt Whitman

7. What as strange about Emil) 8ic,inson$

a. She rarel) le"t home

b. She rote in code

c. She ne!er attempted to publish her poetr)

d. She rote her poems in in!isible in,

9. :upert -roo,e rote his poetr) during hich con;ict$

a. -oer War

b. Second World War

c. <orean War

d. First World War

=. Which 5oet Laureaterote about a church mouse$

a. -etjeman

b. %ughes

c. Mar!el

d. Lar,in

>. Which 2merican riter published ‘2 bra!e and startling truth# in 1>>7

a. :obert %ass



b. +essica %agdorn

c. Ma)a 2ngelou

d. Micheal 5almer

1?. Who rote about the id)llic ‘sle o" nnis"ree#$

a. 8)lan homas

b. E@ra 5ound

c. W. -. Aeats

d. e. e. cummings

anser

%o do lo!e thee

Lord -)ron

/onsense

2 edding

. S. Elliot

She rarel) le"t home

First World War

-etjeman

Ma)a 2ngelou

W. -. Aeats

2 pattern o" accented and unaccented s)llables in lines o" poetr)

rh)me scheme

meter



alliteration

*. he repetition o" similar ending sounds

alliteration

onomatopoiea

rh)me

. 2ppl)ing human qualities to nonBhuman things

personiCcation

onomatopoeia

alliteration

0. he repetition o" beginning consonant sounds

rh)me

onomatopoeia

alliteration

3. 2 comparison o" unli,e things ithout using a ord o" comparison such as li,e or

as

metaphor

simile

personiCcation

7. he comparison o" unli,e things using the ords li,e or as

metaphor

simile

personiCcation

9. Dsing ords or letters to imitate sounds

alliteration

simile

onomatopoeia

=. a description that appeals to one o" the C!e senses



imager)

personiCcation

metaphor

>. 2 poem that tells a stor) ith plot setting and characters

l)ric

"ree !erse

narrati!e

1?. 2 poem ith no meter or rh)me

l)ric

"ree !erse

narrati!e

11. 2 poem that generall) has meter and rh)me

anser

l)ric

"ree !erse

narrati!e

meter

rh)me

personiCcation

alliteration

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

imager)



narrati!e

"ree !erse

l)ric

1. S)l!ia 5lath married hich English poet$

a. MaseCeld

b. 6ausle)

c. %ughes

d. Lar,in

*. 6arl Sandburg ‘5lan,ed hiteCsh# contains hat ,ind o" imager)$

a. Sea scenes

b. :ural d)ll

c. War

d. nnocent childhood

. Which in;uential 2merican poet as born in Long sland in 1=1>$

a. Emil) 8ic,inson

b. 5aul 8unbar

c. +ohn (reenlea" Whittier

d. Walt Whitman

0. n 1>7? ‘he 6olossus# as the Crst boo, o" poems published b) hich poetess$

a. Eli@abeth -ishop



b. S)l!ia 5lath

c. Marianne Moore

d. Laura +ac,son

3. n his poem <ipling said ‘" )ou can meet ith triumph and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘$

a. (lor)

b. :uin

c. 8isaster

d. !ictor)

7. Which o" the "olloing is not a literar) de!ice used "or aesthetic eect in poetr)$

a. 2ssonance

b. 'nomatopaea

c. :h)me

d. (rammar

9. rue or "alseG Writing predates poetr).

a. rue

b. False

=. What is the earliest sur!i!ing European poem$

a. he %omeric epic

b. he (ilgamesh epic

c. he 8eluge epic

d. he %esiodic ode



>. Which o" the "olloing is not a poetic tradition$

a. he Epic

b. he 6omic

c. he 'ccult

d. he ragic

1?. What is the stud) o" poetr)#s meter and "orm called$

a. 5rosod)

b. 5otolog)

c. :heumatolog)

d. Scansion

anser

%ughes

War

Walt Whitman

S)l!ia 5lath

8isaster

(rammar

False

he %omeric epic

he 'ccult

5rosod)

Sha,espeare composed much o" his pla)s in hat sort o" !erse$



a. 2lliterati!e !erse

b. Sonnet "orm

c. ambic pentameter

d. 8act)lic hexameter

*. Which poet in!ented the concept o" the !ariable "oot in poetr)$

a. William 6arlos Williams

b. Emil) 8ic,inson

c. (erard Manl) %op,ins

d. :obert Frost

. Who rote this "amous lineG ‘Shall compare thee to a summer#s da)H hou art

more lo!el) and more temperateI#

a. S Eliot

b. Lord enn)son

c. 6harlotte -ronte

d. Sha,espeare

0. From hat centur) does the poetic "orm the "ol, ballad date$

a. he 1*th

b. he 10th

c. he 19th

d. he 1>th

3. From hich o" Sha,espeare#s pla)s is this "amous lineG ‘8id m) heart lo!e til

no$H Forsear it sightH For ne!er sa a true beaut) until this night#

a. 2 Midsummer /ight#s 8ream



b. %amlet

c. 'thello

d. :omeo and +uliet

7. What is a poem called hose Crst letters o" each line spell out a ord$

a. 2lliterati!e

b. Epic

c. 2crostic

d. %ai,u

9. 2uld Lang S)ne is a "amous poem b) hom$

a. Sir Walter Scott

b. William -utler Aeats

c. %enr) Long"ello

d. :obert -urns

=. %o has Stephen 8unn been described in ‘the 'x"ord 6ompanion to *?th 6entur)

5oetr)$

a. 2 poet o" middleness

b. 6apturing a sense o" spiritual marooness

c. 'ne o" the leading prairie poets

d. %as some distinction as a critic

>. ‘he 6ambridge school# re"ers to a group ho emerged hen$

a. he 1>??#s

b. he 1>7?#s

c. he 1>*?#s



d. he 1>?#s

1?. Margaret 2tood as born in hich 6anadian cit)$

a. 4ancou!er

b. oronto

c. 'ttoa

d. Montreal

anser

ambic pentameter

William 6arlos Williams

Sha,espeare

he 1*th

:omeo and +uliet

2crostic

:obert -urns

2 poet o" middleness

he 1>7?#s

'ttoa

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