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English Literature Quiz Questions for Competitive Exams

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Q :  

From which of Shakespeare's plays is this famous line:" Did my heart love til now?/Forswear it, sight/for I never saw true beauty until this night?

(A) A Midsummer Night's Dream

(B) Hemlet

(C) Othello

(D) Romeo and Juliet

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?

(A) Alliterative

(B) Epic

(C) Acrostic

(D) Haiku

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom? 

(A) Sir Walterr Scoot

(B) William Butler

(C) Henry Longfellow

(D) Robert Burns

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?

(A) Vancouver

(B) Toronto

(C) Ottowa

(D) Montreal

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High Modern Literature?

(A) Skeptical

(B) Authoritative

(C) Impressionistic

(D) Both a and c

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which Welsh poet wrote, "Under Milk Wood?"

(A) Anthony Hopkins

(B) Richard Burton

(C) Tom Jones

(D) Dylan Thomas

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Who wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles?"

(A) Agatha Christie

(B) H Ryder Haggard

(C) P D James

(D) Arthur Conan Doyle

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which culture is known for its long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?

(A) Hindu

(B) Cltic

(C) Arabic

(D) Arameic

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Complete this Shakespearan line - Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring:

(A) Impediments

(B) Inconveniences

(C) Worries

(D) Troubles

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who wrote Canterbury Tales?

(A) Geoffrey Chaucer

(B) Dick Whittington

(C) Thomas Lancaster

(D) King Richard II

Correct Answer : A

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