English Lecturer Test 100 Important Mcqs Set-1 1- Who is the author of "A Farewell to Arms"? A. H.G. WellsB. GeorgeC. Thomas HardyD. Ernest Hemingway View Answer Answer : D. Ernest Hemingway Description 2- "Gerontion" is a poem by: A. T.S. EliotB. W.B. YeatsC. Matthew ArnoldD. Robert Browning View Answer Answer : A. T.S. Eliot Description 3- Who was the author of "For Whom the Bell Tolls"? A. Charles DickensB. HomerC. Lord TennysonD. Ernest Hemingway View Answer Answer : D. Ernest Hemingway Description 4- Who is the "University Wits" in the following list? A. John DrydenB. Robert GreeneC. Thomas GrayD. William Shakespeare View Answer Answer : B. Robert Greene Description 5- S.T. Coleridge did not write: A. EmmaB. Kubla KhanC. Biographia LiterariaD. Fears in Solitude View Answer Answer : A. Emma Description 6- Who has written 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience'? A. S.T. ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William BlakeD. William Wordsworth View Answer Answer : C. William Blake Description 7- "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is written by: A. W.B. YeatsB. John KeatsC. Thomas GrayD. William Wordsworth View Answer Answer : C. Thomas Gray Description 8- Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"? A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William LanglandD. Thomas More View Answer Answer : B. Geoffrey Chaucer Description 9- Who is the author of "Animal Farm"? A. George OrwellB. Thomas MoreC. Boris PasternakD. Charles Dickens View Answer Answer : A. George Orwell Description 10- Who is the author of "India Wins Freedom"? A. Mahatma GandhiB. J.L. NehruC. Abul Kalam AzadD. All of them View Answer Answer : C. Abul Kalam Azad Description 11- Who is not a Victorian poet? A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William WordsworthD. Matthew Arnold View Answer Answer : C. William Wordsworth Description 12- Ruskin began as a defence of contemporary landscape artists especially Turner. A. The Stones of VeniceB. The Two PathsC. Modern PaintersD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. Modern Painters Description 13- 'The Palliser Novels' describes the political novels of: A. Charles DickensB. B. DisraeliC. W. H. WhiteD. None of these View Answer Answer : D. None of these Description 14- Queen Victoria regarded ______ as the perfect poet of 'love and loss'. A. D. G. RossettiB. BrowningC. SwinburneD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Browning Description 15- A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as ______. A. Ottawa RimaB. BalladC. Spenserian StanzaD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Ottawa Rima Description 16- _____ first used blank verse in English poetry. A. Sir Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Earl of SurreyD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. Earl of Surrey Description 17- The Aesthetic Movement during the 1880s was NOT influenced by ______. A. PaterB. Matthew ArnoldC. The Pre-RaphaelitesD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Matthew Arnold Description 18- "Faith un-faithful kept him falsely true". In this line of Tennyson, which rhetorical figure is used? A. OxymoronB. MetaphorC. SimileD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Oxymoron Description 19- "Silent Woman" was written by: A. KalidasB. John RuskinC. John DrydenD. Ben Jonson View Answer Answer : D. Ben Jonson Description 20- Who of the following was both a poet and painter? A. KeatsB. BlakeC. DonneD. Spencer View Answer Answer : B. Blake Description 1 2 3 4 5
