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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) .
| 1. |
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales? |
| A. | oscar wilde |
| B. | sir gawain |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» C. geoffrey chaucer | |
| 2. |
In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the parson's brother is the |
| A. | doctor |
| B. | knight |
| C. | oxford cleric |
| D. | plowman |
| Answer» D. plowman | |
| 3. |
The Canterbury Tales is structured as a |
| A. | parody |
| B. | folk ballad |
| C. | melodrama |
| D. | frame story |
| Answer» D. frame story | |
| 4. |
In the opening lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the narrator |
| A. | criticises chivalry |
| B. | attacks the corruption in the church |
| C. | rejoices in the renewing cycle of life |
| D. | establishes the ideal of the renaissance man |
| Answer» C. rejoices in the renewing cycle of life | |
| 5. |
In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim whose profession gives him a special love of gold is the |
| A. | parson |
| B. | doctor |
| C. | summoner |
| D. | franklin |
| Answer» B. doctor | |
| 6. |
In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's characters are |
| A. | on a religious pilgrimage |
| B. | part of a wedding party |
| C. | in a riding club |
| D. | on their way to the holy land |
| Answer» A. on a religious pilgrimage | |
| 7. |
Chaucer's wife of Bath is |
| A. | shy |
| B. | patient |
| C. | independent |
| D. | humourless |
| Answer» C. independent | |
| 8. |
Immediately prior to joining the others in the pilgrimage to Canterbury, the knight had |
| A. | been at court |
| B. | gone to visit his rural estate |
| C. | been engaged in battles overseas |
| D. | bought new clothes for the pilgrimage |
| Answer» C. been engaged in battles overseas | |
| 9. |
In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the |
| A. | parson |
| B. | monk |
| C. | pardoner |
| D. | summoner |
| Answer» B. monk | |
| 10. |
In describing the friar as "a noble pillar to his Order", Chaucer uses |
| A. | epigram |
| B. | irony |
| C. | inversion |
| D. | apostrophe |
| Answer» B. irony | |
| 11. |
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day is sonnet number _____ |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 26 |
| Answer» C. 18 | |
| 12. |
The sonnet is addressed to a ____ |
| A. | young man |
| B. | young woman |
| C. | old man |
| D. | beautiful girl |
| Answer» A. young man | |
| 13. |
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? |
| A. | 123 |
| B. | 148 |
| C. | 188 |
| D. | 154 |
| Answer» D. 154 | |
| 14. |
Shakespeare's sonnets were published in ____ |
| A. | 1611 |
| B. | 1609 |
| C. | 1599 |
| D. | 1623 |
| Answer» B. 1609 | |
| 15. |
Who was the publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets? |
| A. | richard burbage |
| B. | cuthbert burbage |
| C. | thomas thorpe |
| D. | henry wriothesley |
| Answer» C. thomas thorpe | |
| 16. |
Who is known as the Bard of Avon? |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | ben jonson |
| Answer» C. william shakespeare | |
| 17. |
How many narrative poems did Shakespeare write? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» A. 2 | |
| 18. |
Venus and Adonis were published in ____ |
| A. | 1598 |
| B. | 1592 |
| C. | 1593 |
| D. | 1594 |
| Answer» C. 1593 | |
| 19. |
The Rape of Lucrece was written by ____ |
| A. | alexander pope |
| B. | john dryden |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» D. william shakespeare | |
| 20. |
Who introduced sonnets in England? |
| A. | wyatt and surrey |
| B. | sidney and spenser |
| C. | marlowe and shakespeare |
| D. | shakespeare and jonson |
| Answer» A. wyatt and surrey | |
| 21. |
Who wrote the poem, The Canonization? |
| A. | john milton |
| B. | john webster |
| C. | john donne |
| D. | john lyly |
| Answer» C. john donne | |
| 22. |
John Donne is a representative of the _____ |
| A. | metaphysical poets |
| B. | romantic poets |
| C. | neo-classical poets |
| D. | war poets |
| Answer» A. metaphysical poets | |
| 23. |
The Canonization was published in ____ |
| A. | 1632 |
| B. | 1634 |
| C. | 1631 |
| D. | 1633 |
| Answer» D. 1633 | |
| 24. |
The Sun Rising was written by ____ |
| A. | john donne |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | andrew marvell |
| D. | richard crawshaw |
| Answer» A. john donne | |
| 25. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | john donne |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | andrew marvell |
| D. | richard crawshaw |
| Answer» B. john milton | |
| 26. |
Who is the author of Paradise Lost? |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | richard crawshaw |
| Answer» C. john milton | |
| 27. |
When was Paradise Lost published? |
| A. | 1674 |
| B. | 1667 |
| C. | 1666 |
| D. | 1665 |
| Answer» B. 1667 | |
| 28. |
The first version of Paradise Lost consisted of ____ |
| A. | 12 books |
| B. | 18 books |
| C. | 24 books |
| D. | 10 books |
| Answer» D. 10 books | |
| 29. |
The second edition of Paradise Lost was published in ____ |
| A. | 1669 |
| B. | 1674 |
| C. | 1666 |
| D. | 1680 |
| Answer» B. 1674 | |
| 30. |
The second edition of Paradise Lost consisted of ____ |
| A. | 10 books |
| B. | 12 books |
| C. | 14 books |
| D. | 16 books |
| Answer» B. 12 books | |
| 31. |
Mac Flecknoe was written by ____ |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | alexander pope |
| C. | aphra behn |
| D. | samuel johnson |
| Answer» A. john dryden | |
| 32. |
Mac Flecknoe is a direct attack on ____ |
| A. | flecknoe |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | dr johnson |
| D. | thomas shadwell |
| Answer» D. thomas shadwell | |
| 33. |
When was Mac Flecknoe published? |
| A. | 1680 |
| B. | 1683 |
| C. | 1682 |
| D. | 1667 |
| Answer» C. 1682 | |
| 34. |
Mac Flecknoe is a/an ____ |
| A. | elegy |
| B. | sonnet |
| C. | satire |
| D. | ballad |
| Answer» C. satire | |
| 35. |
Who wrote Absalom and Acitophel? |
| A. | alexander pope |
| B. | john dryden |
| C. | john donne |
| D. | philip sidney |
| Answer» B. john dryden | |
| 36. |
To His Coy Mistress was written by ____ |
| A. | andrew marvell |
| B. | john donne |
| C. | richard crawshaw |
| D. | henry vaughan |
| Answer» A. andrew marvell | |
| 37. |
To His Coy Mistress was published in ____ |
| A. | 1678 |
| B. | 1679 |
| C. | 1681 |
| D. | 1682 |
| Answer» C. 1681 | |
| 38. |
Who wrote An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland? |
| A. | andrew marvell |
| B. | henry vaughan |
| C. | richard crawshaw |
| D. | john donne |
| Answer» A. andrew marvell | |
| 39. |
Who wrote Upon Appleton House? |
| A. | john donne |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | andrew marvell |
| D. | alexander pope |
| Answer» C. andrew marvell | |
| 40. |
Andrew Marvell was a/an ____ |
| A. | georgian poet |
| B. | elizabethan poet |
| C. | metaphysical poet |
| D. | romantic poet |
| Answer» C. metaphysical poet | |
| 41. |
The Garden was written by ____ |
| A. | charles dickens |
| B. | andrew marvell |
| C. | charlotte bronte |
| D. | jane austen |
| Answer» B. andrew marvell | |
| 42. |
Elegy written in a Country Churchyard was written by ____ |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | william blake |
| C. | s t coleridge |
| D. | thomas gray |
| Answer» D. thomas gray | |
| 43. |
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard was published in ____ |
| A. | 1742 |
| B. | 1751 |
| C. | 1743 |
| D. | 1745 |
| Answer» B. 1751 | |
| 44. |
Who wrote On the Death of Richard West? |
| A. | thomas gray |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | p b shelley |
| D. | alfred lord tennyson |
| Answer» A. thomas gray | |
| 45. |
Who wrote The Progress of Poesy: A Pindaric Ode? |
| A. | john keats |
| B. | thomas gray |
| C. | p b shelley |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» B. thomas gray | |
| 46. |
Who wrote The Fatal Sisters: An Ode? |
| A. | thomas hardy |
| B. | lord alfred tennyson |
| C. | matthew arnold |
| D. | thomas gray |
| Answer» D. thomas gray | |
| 47. |
Who wrote The Bard: A Pindaric Ode? |
| A. | thomas gray |
| B. | dr johnson |
| C. | alexander pope |
| D. | john dryden |
| Answer» A. thomas gray | |
| 48. |
Hamlet was written by ____ |
| A. | ben jonson |
| B. | thomas gray |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» C. william shakespeare | |
| 49. |
The setting of Hamlet is ____ |
| A. | rome |
| B. | england |
| C. | poland |
| D. | denmark |
| Answer» D. denmark | |
| 50. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's father? |
| A. | polonius |
| B. | claudius |
| C. | king hamlet |
| D. | horatio |
| Answer» C. king hamlet | |
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