English misc (75) MCQs with Answers

It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat; I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. This excerpt is from which famous novel?

• A.Robinson Crusoe
• B.Gulliver's Travels
• C.Treasure Island
• D.The Pilgrim's Progress

Which one of the following is the chief representative of Metaphysical School of Poetry?

• A.John Dryden
• B.John Donne
• C.John Milton
• D.John Keats

In 'Hitchhiking Across the Sahara', what is the town of Ghardara famous for?

• A.for its ancient ruins
• B.for its oasis gardens
• C.for its salt mines
• D.for flies

Elegy is a poem that is written about someone's?

• A.Birth
• B.Marriage
• C.Death
• D.Achievement

Who disagreed with Jorkens about determination?

• A.Mulligan
• B.Gribben
• C.Terbut
• D.Ferguson

Which of the following works was not written by John Milton?

• A.Paradise Lost
• B.Paradise Regained
• C.Samson Agonistes
• D.Absalom and Achitophel

Which is the shortest period of English Literature?

• A.Victorian period
• B.Romantic period
• C.Restoration period
• D.Elizabethan period

Bernard Shaw was inspired by a Norwegian playwright named as?

• A.Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
• B.August Strindberg
• C.Henrik Pontoppidan
• D.Henrik Ibsen

A poem with fourteen lines is known as _?

• A.Elegy
• B.Sonnet
• C.Ode
• D.Ballad

Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

• A.Christopher Marlowe
• B.John Milton
• C.William Shakespeare
• D.Geoffrey Chaucer