English Literature Mcqs – MCQs

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1.Who is the author of the prose work titled 'Sartor Resartus'?

2.Who is the author of the poem 'Lucy Gray'?

3.Who authored the poem titled 'Andrea Del Sarto'?

4.Who is the author of the famous book 'The Jungle Book'?

5.Who wrote the book titled ‘The Rape of Bangladesh’?

6.What does the term 'Renaissance' signify?

7.What is the main theme conveyed in the poem 'Ozymandias'?

8.Who stated the observation, "In Shakespeare’s tragedies, character is not destiny, but there is character and destiny"?

9.In which year was William Shakespeare born?

10.What type of literary work is 'Lapis Lazuli'?

11.How is Della characterized in the story "The Gift of the Magi"?

12.Who is the author of the novel titled 'Lord Jim'?

13.In which year was Lord Byron born?

14.Who is the author of the poem titled 'The Solitary Reaper'?

15.Who is considered the earliest significant modernist figure in English literature?

16.How would you classify Hardy's outlook?

17.Who were known as the University Wits?

18.Which literary genre is based on a medical theory?

19.Emile Zola is best known as a prominent __________________?

20.The phrase 'All that glitters is not gold' is famously found in which of Shakespeare's works?