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: "Paradise Lost" was authored by
A) John Keats
B) John Milton
C) William Blake
D) Geoffrey Chaucer
Q: Shakespeare’s tragedy "Macbeth" centers on the theme of
A) Justice
B) Revenge
C) Ambition
D) Forgiveness
Q: The term “Stream of Consciousness” is associated with
A) Charles Dickens
B) Jane Austen
C) Virginia Woolf
D) Daniel Defoe
Q: "Waiting for Godot" was written by
A) Samuel Beckett
B) Harold Pinter
C) T.S. Eliot
D) Eugene O’Neill
Q: The Victorian novel often focused on
A) Mythology
B) Supernatural elements
C) Social criticism
D) Poetry