English misc (75) MCQs with Answers

Why has T.S. Eliot called modern man a 'Hollow Man'?

• A.He is physically weak
• B.He is feeling less
• C.He is spiritually empty
• D.He lacks intelligence

The Theatre of the Absurd was inspired by which philosophical movement?

• A.Rationalism
• B.Empiricism
• C.Existentialism
• D.Stoicism

A fable is a short story with characters.

• A.human
• B.animal
• C.mythical
• D.inanimate

Which one of the following was written by Alexander Pope?

• A.The Rape of the Lock
• B.Paradise Lost
• C.The Faerie Queene
• D.The Canterbury Tales

In the poem "The Rain" by W.H. Davies, who drinks water?

• A.The birds
• B.The leaves
• C.The sun
• D.The rain

From forth the fatal loins of these foes. The given sentence is the example of _?

• A.Alliteration
• B.Simile
• C.Metaphor
• D.Personification

Tripitakas : Talmud : Agamas : Kojiki — These are all:

• A.Names of ancient languages
• B.Names of historical cities
• C.Names of religious books
• D.Names of mythological figures

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is categorized as a _ novel.

• A.Gothic
• B.Domestic
• C.Historical
• D.Epistolary

Which one of the following is not a Shakespearean play?

• A.Hamlet
• B.Othello
• C.The Spanish Tragedy
• D.King Lear

A figurative device in which one thing is compared to another unlike thing is _?

• A.Simile
• B.Hyperbole
• C.Personification
• D.Metaphor