English Lecturer Test 100 Important Mcqs Set-2

1- Which poem ends with the line “I shall but love thee better after death”?

A. Sonnet 18
B. Sonnet 130
C. Ode to a Grecian Urn
D. How Do I Love Thee

Answer : D. How Do I Love Thee

2- Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?

A. Sappho
B. Homer
C. Lord Byron
D. John Keats

Answer : C. Lord Byron

3- Edward Lear is famous for which type of poetry?

A. Elegy
B. Lyric poetry
C. Epic poetry
D. Nonsense poetry

Answer : D. Nonsense poetry

4- In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the guests were going to:

A. Wedding
B. Funeral
C. Battle
D. Market

Answer : A. Wedding

5- Which poet was described as “very yellow and glum”?

A. T.S. Eliot
B. W.B. Yeats
C. Ezra Pound
D. Walt Whitman

Answer : A. T.S. Eliot

6- What is a notable fact about Emily Dickinson?

A. She traveled widely
B. She rarely left her home
C. She was a politician
D. She wrote novels

Answer : B. She rarely left her home

7- Rupert Brooke is associated with which war?

A. Boer War
B. Vietnam War
C. First World War
D. Second World War

Answer : C. First World War

8- Which poet laureate wrote about a church mouse?

A. Ted Hughes
B. Philip Larkin
C. John Betjeman
D. W.H. Auden

Answer : B. Philip Larkin

9- Who wrote “A Brave and Startling Truth”?

A. Maya Angelou
B. Sylvia Plath
C. Elizabeth Bishop
D. Audre Lorde

Answer : A. Maya Angelou

10- “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” was written by:

A. W.B. Yeats
B. Dylan Thomas
C. T.S. Eliot
D. Ezra Pound

Answer : A. W.B. Yeats

11- Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called:

A. Meter
B. Tone
C. Rhyme
D. Alliteration

Answer : A. Meter

12- Repetition of ending sounds is called:

A. Rhyme
B. Rhythm
C. Meter
D. Assonance

Answer : A. Rhyme

13- Giving human qualities to objects is:

A. Irony
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification

Answer : D. Personification

14- Repetition of initial consonant sounds is:

A. Alliteration
B. Rhyme
C. Assonance
D. Rhythm

Answer : A. Alliteration

15- Comparison using “like” or “as” is:

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Symbol
D. Allegory

Answer : B. Simile

16- Indirect comparison without “like/as” is:

A. Pun
B. Irony
C. Simile
D. Metaphor

Answer : D. Metaphor

17- Words imitating sounds are called:

A. Symbolism
B. Imagery
C. Alliteration
D. Onomatopoeia

Answer : D. Onomatopoeia

18- Language appealing to senses is:

A. Imagery
B. Tone
C. Mood
D. Symbol

Answer : A. Imagery

19- A poem that tells a story is:

A. Lyric
B. Narrative
C. Ode
D. Sonnet

Answer : B. Narrative

20- A poem without rhyme or meter is:

A. Epic
B. Ballad
C. Blank verse
D. Free verse

Answer : D. Free verse

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