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 dramatic monologue involves
A) Multiple voices
B) No characters
C) One speaker
D) Dialogue
Q: Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of
A) Victorian prose
B) Elizabethan drama
C) Romantic poetry
D) Anglo-Saxon verse
Q: The term ‘Metaphysical poets’ applies to
A) Milton
B) Donne and others
C) Chaucer
D) Shakespeare
Q: Frankenstein was authored by
A) Mary Shelley
B) Bram Stoker
C) Charles Dickens
D) H.G. Wells
Q: A soliloquy reveals
A) Setting
B) Plot
C) Inner thoughts
D) Conflict
Q: The Victorian novelist known for realism is
A) Dickens
B) Blake
C) Wordsworth
D) Marlowe
Q: The main character in Macbeth is driven by
A) Fear
B) Love
C) Ambition
D) Guilt
Q: The author of Ulysses is
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Virginia Woolf
C) James Joyce
D) Samuel Beckett
Q: Alfred Tennyson served as
A) Poet Laureate
B) War minister
C) Biographer
D) Novelist
Q: Literary realism focuses on
A) Supernatural
B) Idealism
C) Everyday life
D) Mythology