English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs encompass key literary periods, famous authors, genres, and literary techniques. Designed for university students and competitive exams like CSS and lecturers’ tests, these MCQs test knowledge on drama, prose, poetry, and criticism. Whether it's Chaucer, Shakespeare, Romantic poets, or modern literature, the questions help deepen literary analysis and appreciation. Perfect for academic revision and entrance test preparation.
Q: A Shakespeare tragedy ends with
A) Marriage
B) Reconciliation
C) Celebration
D) Death
Q: Romanticism values
A) Industrialization
B) Rationalism
C) Nature and emotion
D) Uniformity
Q: The Globe Theatre is associated with
A) Charles Dickens
B) Jane Austen
C) William Shakespeare
D) Samuel Johnson
Q: A round character shows
A) No change
B) Only background traits
C) One trait
D) Development
Q: Samuel Richardson pioneered
A) Tragic poetry
B) Epistolary novels
C) Modernist fiction
D) Allegories
Q: The poem “Dover Beach” was written by
A) Arnold
B) Eliot
C) Hopkins
D) Wordsworth
Q: The literary term ‘satire’ means
A) Praise
B) Celebration
C) Mockery
D) Description
Q: The poet of "The Waste Land"
A) William Wordsworth
B) T.S. Eliot
C) W.B. Yeats
D) John Keats
Q: The phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” is associated with
A) Samuel Johnson
B) Matthew Arnold
C) S.T. Coleridge
D) William Blake
Q: The character of Hamlet is the prince of
A) Norway
B) France
C) Denmark
D) Scotland