English Literature MCQs with explanations

Question 1

In which country is Macbeth set?

Accepted Answer

Scotland

Question 2

According to most scholars, what does The Purgatorio allegorically represent?

Accepted Answer

The penitent life

Question 3

According to Professor Hammer, which of the following characteristics did Langston Hughes share with modernist poets like William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost?

Accepted Answer

Both A and C

Question 4

Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a________?

Accepted Answer

lawyer

Question 5

“The tragic-comedy which is the product of the English theatre is one the most monstrous inventions that ever entered into a poet’s thought.” Whose view is this?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Addison’s

Question 6

When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from________?

Accepted Answer

The Hebrew Bible

Question 7

‘Hearing’ a colour or ‘Seeing’ a smell is an example of________?

Accepted Answer

Synaesthesia

Question 8

The statements below are steps on “How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay”. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay?

Accepted Answer

Analysis of the Author

Question 9

When, is it estimated, was ’Dr Faustus’ first performed?

Accepted Answer

1594

Question 10

Which character says he “fear[s] those big words that make us so unhappy”?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Dedalus

English Literature MCQs with Explanations