All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers

• A. John Donne
• B. Sir Walter Raleigh
• C. Sir Thomas More
• D. John Foxe

Explanation: John Foxe became England’s first major literary celebrity through the enormous popularity of his Protestant history, Acts and Monuments…

• A. "Euphues"
• B. "Paradise Lost"
• C. "Utopia"
• D. "Zelauto"

Explanation: John Lyly’s Euphues, or The Anatomy of Wit popularised an elaborate prose style known as euphuism, which strongly influenced contemporary…

• A. Hexagrams
• B. Epigrams
• C. Heroic couplets
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Epigrams, brief pointed poems or inscriptions, were among the literary components associated with Foxe's Acts and Monuments.

• A. Sir Thomas More
• B. Sir Walter Raleigh
• C. Sir Philip Sidney
• D. John Milton

Explanation: Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London for roughly thirteen years, beginning in 1603.

• A. Untypical
• B. Not untypical
• C. Exploded
• D. Rejected

Explanation: “Not untypical” means that Foxe's attitude was fairly characteristic rather than unusual, preserving the cautious wording of the…

• A. Anachronistic
• B. Euphuistic
• C. Marxist
• D. Solipsistic

Explanation: John Lyly is associated with euphuism, an ornate prose style marked by balanced sentences, elaborate comparisons, and excessive…

• A. Restoration
• B. Glorious Revolution
• C. French Revolution
• D. Seven Years War

Explanation: John Foxe's Acts and Monuments remained influential for a long period but lost much of its authority after the Glorious Revolution of…

• A. John Foxe
• B. John Lyly
• C. Sir Thomas More
• D. Sir Walter Raleigh

Explanation: John Foxe's historical and religious narratives present exemplary stories whose events are arranged in chronological sequence.

• A. "95 Theses"
• B. "Utopia"
• C. "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit"
• D. "Paradise Lost"

Explanation: Lyly became famous through Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit, whose highly patterned style gave rise to the term euphuism.

• A. Protestantism
• B. Catholicism
• C. Roman Catholicism
• D. Buddhism

Explanation: Foxe's Book of Martyrs is chiefly a Protestant account of Christians persecuted by Roman Catholic authorities.

• A. Identify the Mode of Development
• B. Analysis of the Author
• C. Subsequent Readings/Reviews
• D. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation: Analysing the author gives the reader an initial sense of the writer's purpose, background, and standpoint before deeper interpretation.

• A. Aristotle
• B. Dante
• C. Longinus
• D. Plato

Explanation: Symposium is a philosophical dialogue by Plato, structured as a discussion of love among several speakers.

• A. Shakespeare's
• B. Marlowe's
• C. Spenser's
• D. Sidney's

Explanation: The statement appears in Sir Philip Sidney’s Defence of Poesy, where he argues that poetic identity depends on more than rhyme and metre.

• A. Mathew Arnold
• B. Walter Pater
• C. T. S. ELiot
• D. William Hazlit

Explanation: On Translating Homer is Matthew Arnold’s series of lectures and essays on Homeric translation and the qualities of Homer’s style.

• A. Roger Ascham
• B. Stephen Hawes
• C. John Skelton
• D. Stephen Gosson

Explanation: The School of Abuse (1579) was written by Stephen Gosson as an attack on poetry and drama.

• A. Plato
• B. Aristotle
• C. Horace
• D. Longinus

Explanation: Aristotle established the Lyceum in Athens after leaving Plato’s Academy.

• A. not be too scenic
• B. capture our soul
• C. be simple and plain
• D. not dazzle

Explanation: Emerson's statement warns that a picture should not overwhelm the viewer through excessive surface beauty or visual effect.

• A. examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare
• B. create a very vivid and impressive picture
• C. shows his real intentions in writing
• D. portray humans allegorically

Explanation: By reducing human combat to the scale of an ant battle, Thoreau exposes warfare as aggressive, dominating, and foolish rather than heroic.

• A. honor and glory
• B. meticulous faction
• C. responsibility
• D. revenge and betrayal

Explanation: In “The Battle of the Ants” in Walden, Thoreau describes the ants in heroic and martial terms, giving their struggle a sense of honour and…

• A. Himself
• B. Indians
• C. His son, john
• D. His son, William

Explanation: Franklin presents Part One as a letter to his son William, combining family history with advice about self-improvement.