English Lecturer Test 100 Important Mcqs Set-2

21- A poem with rhyme and meter is usually called:

A. Free verse
B. Structured poetry
C. Prose poetry
D. Experimental

Answer : B. Structured poetry

22- John Keats is primarily a poet of:

A. Beauty
B. Politics
C. Science
D. Revolution

Answer : A. Beauty

23- Sylvia Plath’s husband was:

A. Ted Hughes
B. Robert Frost
C. W.H. Auden
D. Dylan Thomas

Answer : A. Ted Hughes

24- Walt Whitman was born in:

A. USA
B. Canada
C. France
D. England

Answer : A. USA

25- “The Colossus” was written by:

A. Sylvia Plath
B. Emily Dickinson
C. Maya Angelou
D. Elizabeth Bishop

Answer : A. Sylvia Plath

26- “If” was written by:

A. Kipling
B. Tennyson
C. Browning
D. Shelley

Answer : A. Kipling

27- Grammar is NOT a:

A. Figure of speech
B. Style
C. Rhetorical device
D. Literary device

Answer : D. Literary device

28- Poetry existed before:

A. Writing
B. Printing
C. Publishing
D. Reading

Answer : A. Writing

29- The earliest epic poem is:

A. Iliad
B. Gilgamesh
C. Odyssey
D. Beowulf

Answer : B. Gilgamesh

30- Which is NOT a poetic tradition?

A. Epic
B. Tragic
C. Comic
D. Occult

Answer : D. Occult

31- Study of meter and structure is:

A. Prosody
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Phonetics

Answer : A. Prosody

32- Shakespeare used mostly:

A. Free verse
B. Iambic pentameter
C. Blank rhyme
D. Dactylic meter

Answer : B. Iambic pentameter

33- William Carlos Williams is known for:

A. Variable foot
B. Epic poetry
C. Romantic poetry
D. Classical poetry

Answer : A. Variable foot

34- “Shall I compare thee…” is written by:

A. Eliot
B. Keats
C. Milton
D. Shakespeare

Answer : D. Shakespeare

35- Folk ballads date back to:

A. 12th century
B. 14th century
C. 18th century
D. 20th century

Answer : B. 14th century

36- “Romeo and Juliet” contains the line:

A. True
B. False
C. Unknown
D. None

Answer : A. True

37- A poem formed by first letters is:

A. Ode
B. Epic
C. Acrostic
D. Sonnet

Answer : C. Acrostic

38- “Auld Lang Syne” is by:

A. Shelley
B. Byron
C. Wordsworth
D. Robert Burns

Answer : D. Robert Burns

39- Stephen Dunn is known as:

A. Poet of war
B. Poet of revolution
C. Poet of middleness
D. Poet of violence

Answer : C. Poet of middleness

40- Cambridge School emerged in:

A. 1900s
B. 1920s
C. 1950s
D. 1980s

Answer : B. 1920s

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