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 Metaphysical poets were known for
A) Simplicity of language
B) Pastoral themes
C) Use of conceits
D) Folk ballads
Q: The father of English tragedy
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) William Shakespeare
C) Thomas Kyd
D) Ben Jonson
Q: The author who created the character Sherlock Holmes
A) H.G. Wells
B) Arthur Conan Doyle
C) Wilkie Collins
D) Edgar Allan Poe
Q: The period in which Chaucer wrote
A) Elizabethan
B) Victorian
C) Anglo-Saxon
D) Middle English
Q: The Romantic poet who died at a young age of tuberculosis
A) William Blake
B) Lord Byron
C) John Keats
D) Percy Shelley