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: The character Mr. Darcy appears in
A) Jane Eyre
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Sense and Sensibility
D) Emma
✅ Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is one of the central characters in Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."
Q: The figure known for the sonnet sequence "Astrophel and Stella"
A) Philip Sidney
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) Thomas Campion
✅ Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Sir Philip Sidney authored this sequence, one of the earliest English sonnet cycles.
Q: The poetic term for a 14-line poem
A) Ode
B) Ballad
C) Elegy
D) Sonnet
✅ Correct Answer: D
Explanation: A sonnet traditionally consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter.
Q: The line “To be, or not to be” is taken from
A) Macbeth
B) Hamlet
C) Othello
D) King Lear
✅ Correct Answer: B
Explanation: This famous soliloquy is from Shakespeare’s "Hamlet," Act 3, Scene 1.
Q: The author of the novel "Hard Times"
A) Thomas Hardy
B) Charles Dickens
C) George Eliot
D) William Thackeray
✅ Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Charles Dickens wrote "Hard Times" as a critique of industrial society.