English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs cover major literary periods, renowned authors, genres, and techniques. Ideal for CSS, lecturer tests, and academic exams, they enhance understanding of drama, poetry, prose, and criticism from Chaucer to modern literature.
Q: A dramatic monologue involves
A) Multiple voices
B) No characters
C) One speaker
D) Dialogue
✅ Correct Answer: C
Explanation: A single character reveals their thoughts in a dramatic monologue.
Q: Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of
A) Victorian prose
B) Elizabethan drama
C) Romantic poetry
D) Anglo-Saxon verse
✅ Correct Answer: C
Explanation: "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth and Coleridge initiated Romanticism.
Q: The term ‘Metaphysical poets’ applies to
A) Milton
B) Donne and others
C) Chaucer
D) Shakespeare
✅ Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Poets like Donne used intellect and wit, thus termed metaphysical.
Q: Frankenstein was authored by
A) Mary Shelley
B) Bram Stoker
C) Charles Dickens
D) H.G. Wells
✅ Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" during the early 19th century.
Q: A soliloquy reveals
A) Setting
B) Plot
C) Inner thoughts
D) Conflict
✅ Correct Answer: C
Explanation: A soliloquy is a speech expressing a character’s internal thoughts.