30 important mcq on the renaissance period l mcq on English Literature
1. Shakespeare's 'measures for measures ' is a suddessful----
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Tragi-comedy
D. Melodrama
Answer: C
2. The sentence ' Who would have thought shylock was so unkind?' express -----
A. Hyperbole
B. Interrogation
C. Command
D. Wonder
Answer: D
3. "To be or not to be" that is the----
A. Meaning
B. Question
C. Answer
D. Issue
Answer: B
4. A machiavellian character is----
A. An honest person
B. A selfish person
C. A courageous person
D. A judicious person
Answer: B
5. Renaissance is---- word
A. An italian
B. A Russian
C. A European
D. A French
Answer : B
6. Where did the renaissance start from
A. England
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. USA
Answer: C
7. The main feature of the renaissance is----
A. Humanism
B. Utopia
C. Polyolbian
D. Opus majas
Answer: A
8. Who is the 'University wits ' in the following list?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas gray
C. Robert Greene
D. John Dryden
Answer : C
9. Elizabethan tragedy is centred on-----
A. Love
B. War
C. Revenge
D. Philosophy
Answer: C
10. Which is the oldest period in English literature?
A. Anglo-norman
B. Anglo-saxan
C. Chaucers period
D. Middle
Answer: B
11. Who wrote the plays " the tempest" and " the mid summer nights dream?
A. Ben jonson
B. Christopher marlowr
C. John drydan
D. William Shakespeare
Answer: D
12. Julias ceasar was the ruler of rome about----
A. 1000 years ago
B. 1500 years ago
C. 2000 years ago
D. 3000 years ago
Answer: C
13. 'Frality the name is woman' --- is a famous dialogue from.
A. Christopher marlowe
B. John webster
C. W. Shakespeare
D. T.S Eliot
Answer: C
14. ' The merchant of venice' is a Shakespean play about---
A. A jew
B. A moor
C. A Roman
D. A Turk
Answer: A
15. Othello gave desdemona ______ as a taken of lovr.
A. Ring
B. Handkerchief
C. Pendant
D. Bangles
Answer: B
16. Which of the following is not apoetic tradition?
A. The epic
B. The comic
C. The occult
D. The tragic
Answer: C
17. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what of verse?
A. Alliterative verse
B. Sonnet form
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Daetylic hexameter
Answer: CC
18. Who has written the play volpone?
A. John Webster
B. Ben jonson
C. Christopher marlowe
D. William Shakespeare
Answer: b
19. Fill in the blank_____ is Shakespeare last play.
A. As you like it
B. Macbeth
C. Tempest
D. Othello
Answer: C
20. Which period is known as ' the golden age' of english
A. The victorian age
B. The eighteenth century
C. The restoration
D. The Elizabethan age
Answer: D
21. Jacobean Period of English literature refers to
A. 1558-1602
B. 1625-1649
C. 1603-1625
D. 1649-1660
Answer: C
22. 'For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love. This ine written by
A. Emily Dickinson
B. T.S Eliot
C. Mathew Arnold
D. John donne
Answer: D
23. The play 'spanish Tragedy' is Written by....
A. Thimas kyd
B. Willaim Shakespeare
C. Christopher marlowe
D. Ben Johnson
Answer: A
24. Shakespeare is known mostly for his
A. Poetry
B. Novels
C. Autobiography
D. Plays
Answer: D
25. Which of the following is a play by Shakespeare
A. King lear
B. The duchess of malfi
C. Candida
D. Waiting for godot
Answer: A
26. William Shakespeare was an english dramatist and poet of thr ------- century
A. Fifteenth
B. Sixteenth
C. Fourteenth
D. Seventeenth
Answer: B
27. Which of the following plays is by william Shakespeare?
A. Desire under the elms
B. Measure for measure
C. Pygmalion
D. Cocktail party
Answer: B
28. Willaim Shakespeare is the author of
A. Pride and prejudice
B. Waiting for godot
C. Sound of magic
D. King lear
Answer: D
29. Shakespeare is the Writer of------
A. The tempest
B. The idea of University
C. The hairy ape
D. Riders to the sea
Answer: A
30. A sonnet is a lyric poem of----
A. 12 lines
B. 24 lines
C. 14 lines
D. 10 lines
Answer: C
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Tragi-comedy
D. Melodrama
Answer: C
2. The sentence ' Who would have thought shylock was so unkind?' express -----
A. Hyperbole
B. Interrogation
C. Command
D. Wonder
Answer: D
3. "To be or not to be" that is the----
A. Meaning
B. Question
C. Answer
D. Issue
Answer: B
4. A machiavellian character is----
A. An honest person
B. A selfish person
C. A courageous person
D. A judicious person
Answer: B
5. Renaissance is---- word
A. An italian
B. A Russian
C. A European
D. A French
Answer : B
6. Where did the renaissance start from
A. England
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. USA
Answer: C
7. The main feature of the renaissance is----
A. Humanism
B. Utopia
C. Polyolbian
D. Opus majas
Answer: A
8. Who is the 'University wits ' in the following list?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas gray
C. Robert Greene
D. John Dryden
Answer : C
9. Elizabethan tragedy is centred on-----
A. Love
B. War
C. Revenge
D. Philosophy
Answer: C
10. Which is the oldest period in English literature?
A. Anglo-norman
B. Anglo-saxan
C. Chaucers period
D. Middle
Answer: B
11. Who wrote the plays " the tempest" and " the mid summer nights dream?
A. Ben jonson
B. Christopher marlowr
C. John drydan
D. William Shakespeare
Answer: D
12. Julias ceasar was the ruler of rome about----
A. 1000 years ago
B. 1500 years ago
C. 2000 years ago
D. 3000 years ago
Answer: C
13. 'Frality the name is woman' --- is a famous dialogue from.
A. Christopher marlowe
B. John webster
C. W. Shakespeare
D. T.S Eliot
Answer: C
14. ' The merchant of venice' is a Shakespean play about---
A. A jew
B. A moor
C. A Roman
D. A Turk
Answer: A
15. Othello gave desdemona ______ as a taken of lovr.
A. Ring
B. Handkerchief
C. Pendant
D. Bangles
Answer: B
16. Which of the following is not apoetic tradition?
A. The epic
B. The comic
C. The occult
D. The tragic
Answer: C
17. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what of verse?
A. Alliterative verse
B. Sonnet form
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Daetylic hexameter
Answer: CC
18. Who has written the play volpone?
A. John Webster
B. Ben jonson
C. Christopher marlowe
D. William Shakespeare
Answer: b
19. Fill in the blank_____ is Shakespeare last play.
A. As you like it
B. Macbeth
C. Tempest
D. Othello
Answer: C
20. Which period is known as ' the golden age' of english
A. The victorian age
B. The eighteenth century
C. The restoration
D. The Elizabethan age
Answer: D
21. Jacobean Period of English literature refers to
A. 1558-1602
B. 1625-1649
C. 1603-1625
D. 1649-1660
Answer: C
22. 'For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love. This ine written by
A. Emily Dickinson
B. T.S Eliot
C. Mathew Arnold
D. John donne
Answer: D
23. The play 'spanish Tragedy' is Written by....
A. Thimas kyd
B. Willaim Shakespeare
C. Christopher marlowe
D. Ben Johnson
Answer: A
24. Shakespeare is known mostly for his
A. Poetry
B. Novels
C. Autobiography
D. Plays
Answer: D
25. Which of the following is a play by Shakespeare
A. King lear
B. The duchess of malfi
C. Candida
D. Waiting for godot
Answer: A
26. William Shakespeare was an english dramatist and poet of thr ------- century
A. Fifteenth
B. Sixteenth
C. Fourteenth
D. Seventeenth
Answer: B
27. Which of the following plays is by william Shakespeare?
A. Desire under the elms
B. Measure for measure
C. Pygmalion
D. Cocktail party
Answer: B
28. Willaim Shakespeare is the author of
A. Pride and prejudice
B. Waiting for godot
C. Sound of magic
D. King lear
Answer: D
29. Shakespeare is the Writer of------
A. The tempest
B. The idea of University
C. The hairy ape
D. Riders to the sea
Answer: A
30. A sonnet is a lyric poem of----
A. 12 lines
B. 24 lines
C. 14 lines
D. 10 lines
Answer: C
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