English Literature MCQs

What was the date of birth of John Milton?

A. 9 December 1608
B. 19 August 1604
C. 6 June 1606
D. 22 April 1600

Which of the followings school did Milton attend?

A. Merchant Taylors’
B. Christ’s Hospital
C. St Paul’s
D. Westminster

The phrase ‘Pathetic fallacy’ is coined by _____?

A. Milton
B. Coleridge
C. Carlyle
D. John Ruskin

Keats’s Endymion is dedicated to _____?

A. Leigh Hunt
B. Milton
C. Shakespeare
D. Thomas Chatterton

Identify the character who is a supporter of Women’s Rights in Sons and Lovers ?

A. Mrs. Morel
B. Annie
C. Miriam
D. Clara Dawes

Longinus establishes that the most beautiful of meters is ______?

A. Dactylic Hexameter 
B. Iambic Pentameter
C. Torchaic Octameter
D. None

According to Longinus, there are ________ principle sources of sublime.

A. Three
B. Five
C. Six
D. None

Longinus asserts that nothing contributes more to loftiness of tone in writing than ______?

A. Grandeur Thought
B. Genuine Emotion
C. Impassioned Utterance
D. Splendour Style

The Canterbury Tales is written by _?

A. John Gower
B. Julian of Norwich
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. William Langland

According to Longinus, the queen of figures is ______?

A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Apostrophe
D. Metaphor
E. None

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