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: Wordsworth defined poetry as
A) A spontaneous overflow of feelings
B) A set of rhymed couplets
C) Didactic expression
D) Dramatic irony
Q: The novel "Jane Eyre" was written by
A) Emily Brontë
B) Mary Shelley
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) George Eliot
Q: The main character of "Pride and Prejudice" is
A) Emma Woodhouse
B) Elizabeth Bennet
C) Catherine Earnshaw
D) Anne Elliot
Q: "Frankenstein" was first published during the
A) Elizabethan era
B) Romantic period
C) Modernist age
D) Victorian age
Q: The epic poem "Beowulf" was originally written in
A) Middle English
B) Latin
C) Old English
D) Norse