English Literature Quiz Questions for Competitive Exams
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
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
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
Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?
(A) Vancouver
(B) Toronto
(C) Ottowa
(D) Montreal
Correct Answer : C
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
Which Welsh poet wrote, "Under Milk Wood?"
(A) Anthony Hopkins
(B) Richard Burton
(C) Tom Jones
(D) Dylan Thomas
Correct Answer : D
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
Which culture is known for its long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
(A) Hindu
(B) Cltic
(C) Arabic
(D) Arameic
Correct Answer : C
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
Who wrote Canterbury Tales?
(A) Geoffrey Chaucer
(B) Dick Whittington
(C) Thomas Lancaster
(D) King Richard II
Correct Answer : A