a) The invasion of William the Conqueror
b) The Norman Conquest
c) The arrival of the Germanic tribes in Britain
d) The reign of Queen Elizabeth I
2. What language was spoken by the Anglo-Saxons in England
during the Anglo-Saxon period?
a) Latin
b) Old English
c) Middle English
d) Modern English
3. Who was the most famous Anglo-Saxon king, whose reign is
often considered the golden age of Anglo-Saxon England?
a) Alfred the Great
b) William the Conqueror
c) Edward the Confessor
d) Henry II
4. Which of the following works is considered the most
important piece of literature from the Anglo-Saxon period?
a) Beowulf
b) Canterbury Tales
c) The Faerie Queene
d) Paradise Lost
5. What is the subject matter of the epic poem Beowulf?
a) The life and adventures of a knight
b) The quest for the Holy Grail
c) The exploits of a legendary hero who battles monsters and
dragons
d) The romance between two lovers
6. Which of the
following is NOT a characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry?
a) Alliteration
b) Rhyme
c) Caesura
d) Kennings
7. What is a kenning?
a) A type of rhyme scheme used in Anglo-Saxon poetry
b) A metaphorical phrase used in place of a noun
c) A type of alliteration used in Anglo-Saxon poetry
d) A type of meter used in Anglo-Saxon poetry
8. What is the name of the famous Anglo-Saxon chronicle that
recorded the history of England from the arrival of the Germanic tribes to the
12th century?
a) The Domesday Book
b) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
c) The Book of Kells
d) The Exeter Book
9. Which of the following events marked the end of the
Anglo-Saxon period in English literature?
a) The Norman Conquest
b) The Renaissance
c) The Enlightenment
d) The Industrial Revolution
10. Who is the author of the Anglo-Saxon poem "The
Seafarer"?
a) Beowulf
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
c) William Shakespeare
d) Anonymous
11. Who was the first Anglo-Saxon king of England?
a) Alfred the Great
b) Edward the Confessor
c) William the Conqueror
d) Harold Godwinson
12. Who is known as the "Father of English
History"?
a) Bede
b) Chaucer
c) Shakespeare
d) Milton
13. Which Anglo-Saxon manuscript contains the earliest known
work of English literature?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) Beowulf
c) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
d) The Dream of the Rood
14. Which Anglo-Saxon king is known for his defeat of the
Danes in the Battle of Edington in 878?
a) Alfred the Great
b) Harold Godwinson
c) Edward the Confessor
d) William the Conqueror
15. What was the dominant religion during the Anglo-Saxon
period?
a) Christianity
b) Paganism
c) Islam
d) Judaism
16. Who is considered the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar and
translator?
a) Bede
b) Alfred the Great
c) Caedmon
d) Cynewulf
17. Which Anglo-Saxon manuscript contains the only surviving
copies of many Old English poems?
a) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
b) The Exeter Book
c) The Beowulf Manuscript
d) The Vercelli Book
18. What event marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon period in
England?
a) The Battle of Hastings in 1066
b) The signing of the Magna Carta in 1215
c) The English Civil War in the 17th century
d) The Glorious Revolution in 1688
19. Who were the Vikings in English Literature?
a) A group of Anglo-Saxon warriors
b) A group of Norse seafarers
c) A group of Roman soldiers
d) A group of Celtic tribesmen
20. Which famous Old English epic poem depicts the story of
a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf, who battles with monsters and a dragon?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) The Faerie Queene
c) Beowulf
d) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
21. Which English king was responsible for defeating the
Viking invasion of England in 1066?
a) William the Conqueror
b) Alfred the Great
c) Harold Godwinson
d) Edward the Confessor
22. Which famous Norse god was known as the god of thunder
and lightning?
a) Thor
b) Odin
c) Loki
d) Freyja
23. What was the primary source of information about the
Viking Age in English Literature?
a) Sagas
b) Chronicles
c) Legends
d) Poems
24. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Viking
literature?
a) Oral tradition
b) Use of kennings
c) Christian themes
d) Emphasis on heroic deeds
25. The Viking epic poem "Beowulf" was likely
written in which language?
a) Old Norse
b) Old English
c) Old Frisian
d) Old High German
26. Which Viking king was known for his literary
achievements and patronage of poets?
a) Harald Bluetooth
b) Erik the Red
c) Cnut the Great
d) Olaf Tryggvason
27. Which of the following is a famous Viking saga?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) The Nibelungenlied
c) The Edda
d) The Divine Comedy
28. The Viking period in English literature is typically
considered to have lasted from:
a) The 5th century to the 11th century
b) The 9th century to the 13th century
c) The 12th century to the 15th century
d) The 14th century to the 18th century
29. Who was the famous Roman poet who wrote the epic poem
"The Aeneid"?
a) Virgil
b) Ovid
c) Horace
d) Catullus
30. Which Roman writer was famous for his satirical works
such as "Satires" and "Epistles"?
a) Virgil
b) Ovid
c) Horace
d) Juvenal
31. Who was the Roman philosopher and statesman who wrote
"On the Nature of Things", an epicurean poem about the nature of the
universe?
a) Cicero
b) Lucretius
c) Seneca
d) Pliny the Younger
32. "Elia" is a pen name of which of the following writers?
a) George Eliot
b) Charles Lamb
c) Jane Austen
d) Emily Bronte
33. Who was the Roman historian who wrote "The History
of Rome" from its founding to the age of Augustus?
a) Livy
b) Tacitus
c) Sallust
d) Polybius
34. Which is called the golden period in English Literature?
a) Renaissance
b) Romantic Period
c) Victorian Period
d) Modern Period
35. Which Roman poet wrote the "Eclogues" and
"Georgics", pastoral and didactic poems respectively?
a) Virgil
b) Ovid
c) Horace
d) Catullus
36. Who was the Roman poet who wrote "Epigrams", a
collection of witty and satirical poems?
a) Virgil
b) Ovid
c) Horace
d) Martial
37. Which Roman writer was famous for his historical works
such as "The Annals" and "The Histories"?
a) Livy
b) Tacitus
c) Sallust
d) Polybius
38. Which Roman poet wrote the "Silvae", a
collection of occasional poems on various topics such as nature, mythology, and
politics?
a) Virgil
b) Ovid
c) Horace
d) Statius
39. In which century did Geoffrey Chaucer live?
a) 13th century
b) 14th century
c) 15th century
d) 16th century
40. Which of the following works is NOT written by Chaucer?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) Troilus and Criseyde
c) Paradise Lost
d) The Book of the Duchess
41. Which of the following is NOT a genre that Chaucer wrote
in?
a) Romance
b) Tragedy
c) Comedy
d) Satire
42. Which of the following is a major theme in Chaucer's
works?
a) Love and romance
b) Politics and power
c) Religion and spirituality
d) All of the above
43. What is English Literature?
A. Literature written in
England only
B. Literature is written in
English language only
C. Literature written in any
part of the world in the English language
D. Literature is written in any
language but studied in English schools and colleges
44. There are total.........pilgrims mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.
a) 30
b) 24
c) 27
d) 20
45. When did the Anglo-Saxon
period of English Literature begin?
a) 450 AD
b) 1066 AD
c) 1485 AD
d) 1837 AD
46. There are total ....... tales in the Canterbury Tales.
a) 20
b) 22
c) 24
d) 27
47. Which of the following
literary movements came after Romanticism?
a) Realism
b) Classicism
c) Modernism
d) Renaissance
48. Wars of the Roses were fought between;
a) England and France
b) Lancaster and York
c) England and Scotland
d) London and Dublin
49. Which of the following
poets was a leading figure of the Romantic Movement?
a) John Keats
b) Alexander Pope
c) John Donne
d) T.S. Eliot
50. Lollard Movement had started in 1382 in support of;
a) Chaucer
b) John Gower
c) Dryden
d) Wycliffe
51. Which of the following
novels is set during the French Revolution?
a) Wuthering Heights
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) A Tale of Two Cities
d) Sense and Sensibility
52. Peasants' Revolt came in.............
a) 1381
b) 1382
c) 1378
d) 1375
53. Which of the following
works is not a play written by William Shakespeare?
a) King Lear
b) The Tempest
c) The Great Gatsby
d) Othello
54. Which of the following is the earliest known work of English
literature?
a)
The Canterbury Tales
b) Beowulf
c)
Paradise Lost
d)
The Faerie Queene
55. Which period of English literature is known for its focus on
reason, science, and the individual?
a)
The Renaissance
b)
The Romantic period
c) The Enlightenment
d)
The Victorian era
56. Who is considered to be the greatest playwright in English
literature?
a) William Shakespeare
b)
Samuel Beckett
c)
Oscar Wilde
d)
Tennessee Williams
57. Which of the following is NOT a genre of English literature?
a)
Poetry
b)
Drama
c) Film
d)
Prose
58. Who translated the Bible into English in 1382?
a)
William Tyndale
b)
Jeffrey Chaucer
c) John Wycliffe
d)
Alexander Pope
59. Which literary period is known for its use of irony and satire?
a)
The Elizabethan era
b) The Victorian era
c)
The Restoration period
d)
The Modernist period
60. Which of the following authors is known for their Gothic
literature?
a)
Jane Austen
b)
Charlotte Bronte
c) Mary Shelley
d)
Charles Dickens
61. Which period of English literature is known for its use of elaborate
language, wit, and satire?
a)
The Romantic period
b) The Restoration period
c)
The Victorian era
d)
The Elizabethan era
62. Which of the following historical periods is associated with the
rise of English literature?
a)
The Victorian era
b) The Renaissance
c)
The Industrial Revolution
d)
The Enlightenment
63. Who is considered the father of English literature?
a)
William Shakespeare
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
c)
John Donne
d)
Samuel Johnson
64. Which of the following is a characteristic of Romantic literature?
a)
Emphasis on reason and logic
b)
Focus on the urban environment
c) Celebration of individualism and emotion
d)
Emphasis on social hierarchy
65. Who wrote the firstever English Dictionary?
a) Robert Cawdrey
b)
Samuel Johnson
c)
Alexander Pope
d)
Francis Bacon
66. Which of the following is a theme commonly explored in
postcolonial literature?
a)
The glory of colonialism
b)
The superiority of Western culture
c) The effects of colonialism on colonized peoples
d)
The triumph of the colonial powers
67. Who was
the famous poet of the Age of Chaucer?
a) William
Shakespeare
b) John
Keats
c) Geoffrey
Chaucer
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
68. Which
work of Chaucer is considered a masterpiece of English literature?
a) The
Canterbury Tales
b) The
Faerie Queene
c) Paradise
Lost
d) Beowulf
69. Which
historical event had a significant impact on the Age of Chaucer?
a) The
Hundred Years' War
b) The
Norman Conquest
c) The Wars
of the Roses
d) The
Industrial Revolution
70. What
was the dominant language of literature during the Age of Chaucer?
a) French
b) Latin
c) Greek
d) English
71. Which
literary device was commonly used in the poetry of Chaucer?
a) Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d) Irony
72. Which
century is associated with the Renaissance period in English literature?
a) 14th
century
b) 15th
century
c) 16th
century
d) 17th
century
73. Which
work of William Shakespeare is considered his masterpiece?
a) Romeo
and Juliet
b) Macbeth
c) Hamlet
d) Othello
74. Who is
the author of The Faerie Queene?
a) Edmund
Spenser
b)
Christopher Marlowe
c) Francis
Bacon
d) John
Donne
75. Which
poet is known for his metaphysical poetry?
a) John
Keats
b) William
Wordsworth
c) John
Donne
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
76. Who is
the author of Paradise Lost?
a) John
Milton
b) William
Shakespeare
c) Ben
Jonson
d) Thomas
More
77. Which
writer is known for his essays and philosophical works?
a) Francis
Bacon
b) John
Donne
c) Edmund
Spenser
d) Ben
Jonson
78. Which
work of Sir Thomas More is considered a utopian novel?
a) The
Canterbury Tales
b) The
Faerie Queene
c) Paradise
Lost
d) Utopia
79. Who is
the author of Doctor Faustus?
a)
Christopher Marlowe
b) William
Shakespeare
c) John
Donne
d) Edmund
Spenser
80. Which
writer is known for his revenge tragedy plays?
a) William
Shakespeare
b) John
Milton
c) Ben
Jonson
d) Thomas
Kyd
81. Which
of the following events marked the beginning of the Restoration period in
English literature?
a) The
death of Oliver Cromwell
b) The
Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II
c) The
publication of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
d) The
publication of John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"
82. Who is
often considered the greatest playwright of the Restoration era?
a) William
Shakespeare
b)
Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben
Jonson
d) William
Congreve
83. Which
literary genre became popular during the Restoration period?
a) Drama
b) Epic
poetry
c) Romance
d) Gothic
fiction
84. Which
of the following is a characteristic of Restoration comedy?
a)
Sentimentality
b)
Moralizing themes
c) Use of
satire and wit
d) Focus on
rural life
85. Who is
the author of the play "The Way of the World," which is considered a
masterpiece of Restoration comedy?
a) William
Shakespeare
b)
Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben
Jonson
d) William
Congreve
86. Which
of the following authors is known for his satirical works, including "A
Modest Proposal" and "Gulliver's Travels"?
a) Jonathan
Swift
b) John
Dryden
c) Samuel
Pepys
d) Aphra
Behn
87. Which
of the following works is an example of Restoration epic poetry?
a)
"The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser
b)
"Paradise Lost" by John Milton
c)
"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer
d)
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
88. Who is
the author of the play "She Stoops to Conquer," a popular comedy of
manners from the late 18th century?
a) William
Shakespeare
b) Richard
Brinsley Sheridan
c) Oliver
Goldsmith
d) John
Dryden
89. Who is
considered the most important poet of the Restoration period?
a) John
Milton
b) William
Wordsworth
c) John
Dryden
d) Samuel
Johnson
90. The
Restoration period in English literature refers to which period in history?
a) The 16th
century
b) The 17th
century
c) The 18th
century
d) The 19th
century
91. Which
monarch was restored to the English throne in 1660, marking the beginning of
the Restoration period?
a) Charles
I
b) Oliver
Cromwell
c) James II
d) Charles
II
92. Which
literary form became popular during the Restoration period?
a) Drama
b) Epic
poetry
c) Sonnet
d) Novel
93. Which
famous playwright was active during the Restoration period, and wrote plays
such as The Way of the World and The Country Wife?
a) William
Shakespeare
b)
Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben
Jonson
d) William
Congreve
94. Who is
considered the first professional female playwright in English literature, and
wrote plays such as The Rover and The Lucky Chance?
a) Aphra
Behn
b) Mary
Shelley
c) Jane
Austen
d) Virginia
Woolf
95. Which
literary movement was a reaction to the excesses of the Restoration period, and
emphasized reason, order, and decorum?
a)
Romanticism
b)
Enlightenment
c) Neoclassicism
d) Realism
96. Which
famous novel, published in 1719, satirized the political and social conditions
of the Restoration period, and is often considered a precursor to the novel as
a literary form?
a) Robinson
Crusoe
b)
Gulliver's Travels
c) Pride and
Prejudice
d)
Wuthering Heights
97. Who
wrote the famous essay "A Modest Proposal," which satirized the
political and economic conditions of the Restoration period?
a) Jonathan
Swift
b)
Alexander Pope
c) Samuel
Johnson
d) John
Dryden
98. Which
famous work of literature, written by John Milton, is often considered a bridge
between the Renaissance and Restoration periods, and is known for its epic
scope and subject matter?
a) Paradise
Lost
b) The
Canterbury Tales
c) The
Faerie Queene
d) The
Divine Comedy
99. Which
of the following writers is NOT associated with the Enlightenment period in
English literature?
a. William
Shakespeare
b.
Alexander Pope
c. Samuel
Johnson
d. Jonathan
Swift
101. Which
novel by Jane Austen can be seen as a product of the Enlightenment?
a. Pride
and Prejudice
b. Sense
and Sensibility
c. Emma
d.
Mansfield Park
102. Which
Enlightenment writer is best known for his satirical works?
a.
Alexander Pope
b. Samuel
Johnson
c. Daniel
Defoe
d. Jonathan
Swift
103. Who
wrote the poem "The Rape of the Lock"?
a.
Alexander Pope
b. John
Dryden
c. Samuel
Johnson
D. William
Blake
104. Which
work by Samuel Johnson is considered his most significant contribution to
English literature?
a. Rasselas
b. The
Lives of the Poets
c. A
Dictionary of the English Language
d. The
Idler
105. Which
Enlightenment writer is best known for his philosophical works, including An
Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
a. John
Locke
b. David
Hume
c. Immanuel
Kant
d. Thomas
Hobbes
106. Which
poet is associated with the Romantic Movement, but also wrote during the
Enlightenment period?
a. William
Wordsworth
b. Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c. John
Keats
d. William
Blake
107. Which
novel by Laurence Sterne is a notable example of the use of metafiction in
literature?
a. Tristram
Shandy
b. A
Sentimental Journey
c. The Life
and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
d. The
Sermons of Mr. Yorick
108. Which
of the following Enlightenment writers is known for his contributions to
political philosophy, including The Social Contract?
a. Voltaire
b.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c. Denis
Diderot
d.
Montesquieu
109. Which
century saw the emergence of the Enlightenment period in English literature?
a) 16th
century
b) 17th
century
c) 18th
century
d) 19th
century
110. Who is
considered the father of the English novel during the Enlightenment period?
a) Jane
Austen
b) Daniel
Defoe
c) Samuel
Richardson
d) Henry
Fielding
111. Who
wrote "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" during the
Enlightenment period?
a) John
Locke
b) David
Hume
c) Immanuel
Kant
d) Voltaire
112. Who
wrote "Candide" during the Enlightenment period?
a) Samuel
Johnson
b) Jonathan
Swift
c) Voltaire
d)
Alexander Pope
113. Which
literary movement emerged during the latter part of the Enlightenment period?
a)
Romanticism
b) Modernism
c) Realism
d)
Naturalism
114. The
Romantic period in English literature is generally considered to have begun in:
a) The late
16th century
b) The late
17th century
c) The late
18th century
d) The late
19th century
115. Which
of the following is not a characteristic of Romantic literature?
a) Emphasis
on emotion and individualism
b) Focus on
nature and the supernatural
c) Use of
elaborate and complex language
d)
Celebration of imagination and creativity
116. Which
of the following Romantic Age poets is the national poet of Greece?
a) PB Shelley
b)
John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Lord Byron
117. Which
Romantic poet wrote the famous poem "Ode to a Nightingale"?
a) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
b) John
Keats
c) William
Wordsworth
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
118. Which
Romantic poet wrote the famous poem "Ode to the West Wind"?
a) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
b) John
Keats
c) William
Wordsworth
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
119. Which Romantic
poet wrote the famous poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
a) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
b) John
Keats
c) William
Wordsworth
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
120. Which
Romantic poet is known for his "Songs of Innocence and Experience"?
a) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
b) John
Keats
c) William
Blake
d) William
Wordsworth
121. Which
Romantic poet is known for his "Lyrical Ballads" collection,
co-authored with Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
a) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
b) John
Keats
c) William
Blake
d) William
Wordsworth
122. Who is
considered to be the father of Romanticism?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c) William
Blake
d) William
Godwin
123. Which
of the following novels is not considered a product of the Romantic era?
a)
Wuthering Heights
b) Jane
Eyre
c) Pride and
Prejudice
d)
Frankenstein
124. Which
Romantic poet is known for his odes?
a) John
Keats
b) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
c) Lord
Byron
d) William
Wordsworth
125. Which
Romantic poet is known for his epic poem, Don Juan?
a) John
Keats
b) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
c) Lord
Byron
d) William
Wordsworth
126. Which
Romantic poet wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c) John
Keats
d) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
127. Which
of the following is not a characteristic of Romanticism?
a) Emphasis
on reason and logic
b) Emphasis
on emotion and imagination
c)
Appreciation of nature
d) Interest
in the supernatural
128. Which
Romantic author is known for his emphasis on the sublime?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c) Edmund
Burke
d) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
129. Which
Romantic author is known for his social criticism?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c) William
Blake
d) John
Keats
130. Which
Romantic author is known for his interest in Gothic literature?
a) Jane
Austen
b) William
Wordsworth
c) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
d) William
Godwin
131. Which
Romantic author is known for his interest in the supernatural?
a) Jane
Austen
b) William
Wordsworth
c) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
d) William
Godwin
132. Who is
considered the pioneer of the Romantic Movement in English literature?
a) John
Keats
b) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
c) William
Wordsworth
d) Lord
Byron
133. Which
novel is considered the pinnacle of the Romantic literary tradition?
a)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
b) Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
c)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
d) Sense
and Sensibility by Jane Austen
134. Which
of the following poets is known for his emphasis on the sublime and the
supernatural in his poetry?
a) John
Keats
b) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
c) Lord
Byron
d) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
135. Which
novel is considered a critique of the industrial revolution and its impact on
society?
a) Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
b)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
c) Mary
Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
d) North
and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
136. Which
Romantic poet is known for his use of natural imagery and his emphasis on
imagination and the supernatural?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) John
Keats
c) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord
Byron
137. Who is
often considered the pre-eminent novelist of the Victorian era?
a) Charles
Dickens
b) Jane
Austen
c) George
Eliot
d) William
Makepeace Thackeray
138. Which
novel by Charlotte Bronte features a plain governess named Jane Eyre?
a)
Wuthering Heights
b) North
and South
c) Jane
Eyre
d) Sense
and Sensibility
139. Who is
the author of the novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
a) Charles
Dickens
b) Thomas
Hardy
c) Emily
Bronte
d) George
Eliot
140. Who
wrote the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray?
a) Oscar
Wilde
b) Robert
Louis Stevenson
c) Bram
Stoker
d) H.G.
Wells
141. What
literary movement, which emphasized realism and a concern for social issues,
emerged during the Victorian era?
a)
Romanticism
b) Gothic
literature
c) Realism
d)
Naturalism
142. Who
wrote the novel Middlemarch?
a) Charles
Dickens
b) George
Eliot
c) Emily
Bronte
d) Thomas
Hardy
143. Who won the Noble Prize in Literature in 1907?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Rudyard Kipling
c) Samuel Becket
d) GB Shaw
144. Who is
the author of the poem "Dover Beach"?
a) Alfred
Lord Tennyson
b) Robert
Browning
c) Matthew
Arnold
d)
Christina Rossetti
145. Who is
the author of the novel Great Expectations?
a) William
Makepeace Thackeray
b) Jane
Austen
c) Charles
Dickens
d) George
Eliot
146. Who is
the author of the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
a) Alfred
Lord Tennyson
b) Robert
Browning
c) Matthew
Arnold
d) Christina
Rossetti
147. Who
was the queen during the Victorian period in England?
a)
Elizabeth I
b) Victoria
c) Mary I
d) Anne
148. Who is
considered the father of the Victorian novel?
a) Jane
Austen
b) Charles
Dickens
c) Thomas
Hardy
d) George
Eliot
149. Which
of the following writers is known for his/her work on social issues and is
famous for the novel "Oliver Twist"?
a) Thomas
Hardy
b) Emily
Bronte
c) Charles
Dickens
d) George
Eliot
150. Who is
the author of the novel "Jane Eyre"?
a)
Charlotte Bronte
b) Emily
Bronte
c) Anne
Bronte
d)
Elizabeth Gaskell
151. Who
wrote the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
a) Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
b) Robert
Browning
c) John
Keats
d) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
152. Which
of the following writers is known for his/her work on the supernatural and
gothic fiction?
a) Robert
Browning
b) Oscar
Wilde
c) Bram
Stoker
d) Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
153. Shelley wrote ..........., an elegy on the death of Keats.
a) Adonais
b) In memoriam
c) Hyperian
d) Of sorrow
154. Who wrote the poem "Dover Beach"?
a) Matthew
Arnold
b) Robert
Browning
c) Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
d) John
Keats
155. Who
wrote the novel "Wuthering Heights"?
a)
Charlotte Bronte
b) Emily
Bronte
c) Anne
Bronte
d)
Elizabeth Gaskell
156. Which
of the following writers is known for her work on feminism and is famous for
the novel "Middlemarch"?
a) Jane
Austen
b) Virginia
Woolf
c) George
Eliot
d) Emily
Bronte
157. Who is
considered the father of the English novel?
a) William
Shakespeare
b) John
Milton
c) Charles
Dickens
d) Samuel
Richardson
158. Who
wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
a) Charles
Dickens
b) Jane
Austen
c) William
Wordsworth
d) Oscar
Wilde
159. Who is
known as the Romantic poet?
a) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
b) William
Wordsworth
c) John
Keats
d) All of
the above
160. Name the author of the "Piers Plowman".
a) Thomas Hardy
b) William langland
c) Ezra Pound
d) Virginia
Woolf
161. Who is
considered the founder of the Victorian Age?
a) Charles
Dickens
b) Queen
Victoria
c) Alfred
Tennyson
d) William
Makepeace Thackeray
162. Who
wrote the famous novel "Oliver Twist"?
a) Jane
Austen
b) Charles
Dickens
c) Emily
Bronte
d) Oscar
Wilde
163. Who is
known for writing the novel "Dracula"?
a) Mary
Shelley
b) Bram
Stoker
c) Oscar
Wilde
d) Robert
Louis Stevenson
164. Who is
known for writing the novel "Heart of Darkness"?
a) Joseph
Conrad
b) Oscar
Wilde
c) Virginia
Woolf
d) James
Joyce
165. Who
wrote the famous poem "The Waste Land"?
a) W.B.
Yeats
b) T.S.
Eliot
c) Ezra
Pound
d) Robert
Frost
166. Who is
known for writing the novel "To the Lighthouse"?
a) Virginia
Woolf
b) James
Joyce
c) Joseph
Conrad
d) D.H.
Lawrence
167. Who is
considered the father of modern English poetry?
A) T.S.
Eliot
B) W.B.
Yeats
C)
Robert Frost
D) W.H.
Auden
168. Which
of the following literary movements emerged during the Modern Period?
A)
Romanticism
B) Realism
C)
Modernism
D) Gothic
169. Who
wrote the novel "Mrs. Dalloway"?
A) Virginia
Woolf
B) James
Joyce
C) D.H.
Lawrence
D) Joseph
Conrad
170. Who is
the author of the poem "The Waste Land"?
A) W.B. Yeats
B) T.S.
Eliot
C) Robert
Frost
D) Ezra
Pound
171. Which
of the following writers is associated with the "Lost Generation"?
A) F. Scott
Fitzgerald
B) Ernest
Hemingway
C) William
Faulkner
D) All of
the above
172. Who is
known as the father of the English novel?
a) Samuel
Richardson
b) Jane
Austen
c) Charles
Dickens
d) William
Thackeray
173. Who is
the author of "Gulliver's Travels"?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) John
Keats
c) Jonathan
Swift
d) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
174. Who is
the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?
a) Emily
Bronte
b)
Charlotte Bronte
c) Jane
Austen
d) Virginia
Woolf
175. Who is
the author of "Frankenstein"?
a) Mary
Shelley
b) Edgar
Allan Poe
c)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
d) Herman
Melville
176. Which
of the following poets is known as the founder of the Romantic Movement in
English literature?
a) William
Wordsworth
b) John
Keats
c) Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
d) Percy
Bysshe Shelley
177. Which
of the following novels is written by Charles Dickens?
a)
Wuthering Heights
b) Jane
Eyre
c) David
Copperfield
d) Tess of
the d'Urbervilles
178. Who is
the author of "Robinson Crusoe"?
a) Daniel
Defoe
b) Henry
Fielding
c) Laurence
Sterne
d) Jonathan
Swift
179. Who is
the author of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
a) Oscar
Wilde
b) Thomas
Hardy
c) George
Eliot
d) Bram
Stoker
180. Who is
the author of "Dracula"?
a) Mary
Shelley
b) Bram
Stoker
c) Edgar
Allan Poe
d)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
181. Which
of the following is a novel by Jane Austen?
a) Emma
b) Great
Expectations
c) Oliver
Twist
d) A Tale
of Two Cities
182. Which
of the following is a characteristic of postmodern literature?
a. Emphasis
on individual experience
b. Faith in
reason and scientific progress
c. Emphasis
on social hierarchy
d. Use of
fragmentation and pastiche
183. Which
of the following is a postmodern novel?
a. "To
Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
b.
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
c.
"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
d.
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
184. Which
of the following Novels is called the "Novel without Hero"?
a. Sense and Sensibility
b. Women of No Importance
c. Mill on the Floss
d. Vanity Fair
185. Which
of the following literary techniques is commonly used in postmodern literature?
a. Stream
of consciousness narration
b. Realism
c. Linear plot structured. Traditional character development
186. Which
of the following literary movements directly preceded the Postmodern period in
English literature?
a.
Romanticism
b. Realism
c.
Modernism
d.
Renaissance
187. Who is
considered the most influential Postmodern writer?
a. William
Faulkner
b. Samuel
Beckett
c. Salman
Rushdie
d. David
Foster Wallace
188. What
is a common theme in Postmodern literature?
a. The
search for identity
b. The
struggle for social justice
c. The
decline of morality
d. The
celebration of traditional values
189. Which
of the following is NOT a characteristic of Postmodern literature?
a.
Fragmentation of narrative structure
b.
Self-referentiality
c. Realism
d. Irony
190. When
did the Postmodern period in English literature begin?
a) the 1920s
b) 1950s
c) 1960s
d) 1980s
191. Which
of the following writers is NOT associated with Postmodern literature?
a) Salman
Rushdie
b) Margaret
Atwood
c) Virginia
Woolf
d) Thomas
Pynchon
192. Postmodern
literature is characterized by which of the following?
a)
Fragmentation of narrative structure
b) Use of
multiple narrators
c) Parody
and satire
d) All of
the above
193. Which
of the following works is an example of Postmodern literature?
a)
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
b)
"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot
c)
"The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon
d) "To
the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf
194. Postmodern
literature often deals with which of the following themes?
a) Identity
b) Language
c) History
d) All of
the above
195. Which
of the following literary movements influenced Postmodern literature?
a)
Modernism
b)
Romanticism
c) Realism
d) None of
the above
196. Which
of the following Postmodern writers is known for his use of metafiction?
a) Margaret
Atwood
b) Don
DeLillo
c) Thomas
Pynchon
d) Salman
Rushdie
197. Postmodern
literature is often characterized by a rejection of which of the following?
a) Realism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Modernism
d) All of
the above
198. Which
of the following is a notable work of Postmodern literature that explores the
theme of colonialism?
a)
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
b)
"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie
c)
"White Teeth" by Zadie Smith
d)
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
199. Postmodern
literature is often characterized by a blurring of which of the following
distinctions?
a) Fiction
and nonfiction
b) High and
low culture
c) Reality
and fantasy
d) All of
the above
200. Who has remained Poet Laureate for the longest time ever?
a) Southey
b) Tennyson
c) Wordsworth
d) Dryden
201. Who is
the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
a) Harper
Lee
b) Toni
Morrison
c) Maya
Angelou
d) Alice
Walker
202. Which
novel by Herman Melville features the character, Captain Ahab?
a)
Moby-Dick
b) Typee
c) Billy
Budd
d)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
203. Who
wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?
a) Ernest
Hemingway
b) J.D.
Salinger
c) Truman
Capote
d) Saul
Bellow
204. Which
American author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930?
a) William
Faulkner
b) Ernest
Hemingway
c) Sinclair
Lewis
d) Pearl S.
Buck
205. Who
wrote the poem "The Waste Land"?
a) T.S.
Eliot
b) Robert
Frost
c) Langston
Hughes
d) Wallace
Stevens
206. John Milton got blind at the age of;
a)
40
b) 45
c) 43
d) 48
207. Who is the author of "Beloved"?
a) Toni
Morrison
b) Maya
Angelou
c) Alice
Walker
d) Zora
Neale Hurston
208. Which
American poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?
a) Langston
Hughes
b) Robert
Frost
c) Emily
Dickinson
d) Walt
Whitman
209. Who is
the author of "Invisible Man"?
a) Ralph
Ellison
b) Richard
Wright
c) James
Baldwin
d) Toni
Morrison
210. Which
American author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954?
a) Ernest
Hemingway
b) William
Faulkner
c) Saul
Bellow
d) John
Steinbeck
211. Who
wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?
a)
Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur
Miller
c) Eugene
O'Neill
d) Thornton
Wilder
212. Which
American poet is known for his work "Leaves of Grass"?
a) Edgar
Allan Poe
b) Ralph
Waldo Emerson
c) Henry
David Thoreau
d) Walt
Whitman
213. Who
wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby"?
a) Ernest
Hemingway
b) F. Scott
Fitzgerald
c) William
Faulkner
d) Harper
Lee
214. Who
wrote the novel "Moby-Dick"?
a) Herman
Melville
b)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
c) Mark
Twain
d) Edgar
Allan Poe
215. Which
American author is known for her work "The Bell Jar"?
a) Sylvia
Plath
b) Flannery
O'Connor
c) Zora
Neale Hurston
d) Toni
Morrison
216. Who
wrote the novel "Invisible Man"?
a) Richard
Wright
b) James
Baldwin
c) Ralph
Ellison
d) Maya
Angelou
217. What is called the a pause within a poetic line that breaks the regularity of the metrical pattern?
a) Caesura
b) Hyperbole
c) Blank Verse
d) Anaphora
218. Which
figure of speech involves the comparison of two unlike things or quantities?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d.
Hyperbole
219. Which
figure of speech is the opposite of hyperbole and involves an intentional
understatement for emphasis?
a. Metonymy
b. Irony
c. Litotes
d. Oxymoron
220. Which
figure of speech involves attributing human qualities to non-human objects or
animals?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d.
Alliteration
221. Which
figure of speech involves the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of
several words nearby?
a. Metonymy
b.
Alliteration
c.
Synecdoche
d.
Onomatopoeia
222. Which
figure of speech involves the use of words with contradictory or opposite
meanings for effect?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d. Oxymoron
223. Which
figure of speech involves substituting one word for another closely associated
word?
a. Metaphor
b.
Synecdoche
c. Metonymy
d. Irony
224. Which
figure of speech involves a word or phrase that is used to represent something
else that it is closely related to?
a. Metaphor
b.
Synecdoche
c. Metonymy
d. Allusion
225. Which
figure of speech involves using words with the same or similar sounds to create
a pleasing effect?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d. Rhyme
226. Which
figure of speech involves saying the opposite of what is meant for effect?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d. Irony
227. Which
figure of speech involves the use of words that imitate the sound they
describe?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c.
Personification
d.
Onomatopoeia
228. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "She's a breath of fresh
air"?
a.
Hyperbole
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d.
Personification
229. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The wind whispered through
the trees"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
230. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The stars danced in the
night sky"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
231. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "He was as hungry as a
bear"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c. Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
232. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "Her eyes were oceans of
blue"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
a.
Epic
b. Pun
c.
Synthesis
d. Genre
234. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The thunder growled like
an angry beast"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
235. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "Her laughter was music to
my ears"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
236. In Shakespeare's famous tradey Hamlet there is line "To be or not be" which is called a type of;
a. Pun
b. Monologue
c.
Lyric
d. Soliloquy
237. What
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The car zoomed past
me"?
a.
Personification
b. Simile
c.
Hyperbole
d. Metaphor
a)
Ballad
b) Blank Verse
c) Sonnet
d)
Caesura
239. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The leaves danced in the
wind"?
a)
Personification
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
240. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "He is a shining
star"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
241. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "She sings like an
angel"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
242. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The sun smiled down on
us"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
243. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "Life is a journey"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
244. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "I've told you a million
times to clean your room"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
245. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The wind whispered through
the trees"?
a)
Personification
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
246. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "His heart is made of
stone"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
247. Which
figure of speech is being used in the sentence "The world is my
oyster"?
a)
Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Metaphor
d)
Personification
248. What
figure of speech is used in the phrase "as blind as a bat"?
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
249. What
figure of speech is used in the phrase "he was a lion in battle"?
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
250. Which
figure of speech is used in the phrase "I'm so hungry I could eat a
horse"?
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d) Personification
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