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MCQs from History of English Literature


 MCQs - History of English Literature


Hi friends,How is your preparation going? I have framed few questions from History of English Literature, it will be useful for revision.





1.       Masques are performed in
a.       Blackfriars
b.      Globe
c.       The Swan
d.      Private royal halls
Answer: d

2.       Which play is called as the Newgate Pastoral?
a.       The Beggar’s Opera
b.      The Recruiting Officer
c.       The Relapse
d.      The Provoked wife
Answer: a
Explanation: The Relapse and The Provoked wife are plays by Vanbrugh. The Recruiting officer is by Farquhar. The Beggar’s Opera is by John Gay in 1728.

3.       Which poem celebrates St. Cecilia’s day?
a.       The Medal
b.      Alexander’s feast
c.       The Hind and the panther
d.      The Secular Masque
Answer: b
Explanation: All of the above are written by Dryden.

4.       In the adventures of Roderick Random written by Smollett who did Roderick marry in the end?
a.       Bianca
b.      Katherine
c.       Narcissa
d.      Emilia
Answer: c

5.       In the adventures of Peregrine Pickle written by Smollett who did Peregrine marry in the end?
a.       Bianca
b.      Katherine
c.       Narcissa
d.      Emilia
Answer: d

6.       Who wrote the complete history of England in 1757-58?
a.       Tobias Smollett
b.      Laurence Sterne
c.       Thomas Urquhart
d.      John Cleland
Answer: a

7.       Who is the protagonist of Henry Mackenzie’s novel “The man of feeling” is?
a.       Tom
b.      Harley
c.       Walton
d.      Sam
Answer: b

8.       Memoirs of Woman of pleasure is written by
a.       Tobias Smollett
b.      Laurence Sterne
c.       Thomas Urquhart
d.      John Cleland
Answer: d
Explanation: It is also called Fanny Hill. It is an erotic novel published in 1748.

9.       Fingal (1762) and Temora (1763 ) were written by
a.       Tobias Smollett
b.      Laurence Sterne
c.       James Macpherson
d.      John Cleland
Answer: c
Explanation:  Gaelic epics by Ossian constitute the poem. Later it was found that it was poems written by Macpherson though some parts may be borrowed from Gaelic epics

10.   Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is best known for her
a.       Epic poems
b.      Sonnets
c.       Novels
d.      Letters
Answer: d



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