All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers

• A. 3
• B. 5
• C. 8
• D. 12

Explanation: Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway had three children: Susanna, and the twins Hamnet and Judith.

• A. The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta
• B. The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
• C. The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
• D. The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta

Explanation: The first published title was The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta.

• A. 33
• B. 29
• C. 47
• D. 54

Explanation: Marlowe was born in 1564 and died in 1593, so he was about 29 years old.

• A. 30 May 1593
• B. 12 September 1598
• C. 26 April 1601
• D. 15 February 1611

Explanation: Christopher Marlowe died on 30 May 1593 at Deptford after a violent encounter. The other dates do not belong to major events in his life.

• A. 26 February 1564
• B. 12 January 1569
• C. 30 April 1560
• D. 10 October 1547

Explanation: Marlowe was baptised on 26 February 1564 at Canterbury, shortly before his birth year became associated with Shakespeare's.

• A. Oxford University
• B. Trinity College
• C. Corpus Christi College
• D. Queens college

Explanation: Marlowe received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1584.

• A. Dr.Faustus
• B. Tamburlaine
• C. The Tragedy of Dido
• D. The Jew of Malta,

Explanation: Tamburlaine was Marlowe's breakthrough and is generally regarded as his first play.

• A. Illness
• B. stabbing
• C. poisoned
• D. Hanged

Explanation: Marlowe died from a stab wound during an argument at a lodging house in Deptford.

• A. British
• B. German
• C. Dutch
• D. American

Explanation: Marlowe was an English playwright of the Elizabethan period, and British is the only applicable nationality among the choices.

• A. The Jew of Malta
• B. Dido, Queen of Carthage
• C. Edward the Second
• D. Tamburlaine the Great

Explanation: Dido, Queen of Carthage is often identified as Marlowe's earliest or first play, although its exact date and the extent of Thomas Nashe's…

• A. London
• B. Norflock
• C. Canterbury
• D. Warwick

Explanation: Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury in 1564. London was his later place of education and literary activity, not his birthplace.

• A. Doctor Faustus
• B. Edward the Second
• C. The Massacre at Paris
• D. The Jew of Malta

Explanation: Edward the Second dramatizes the deposition and death of King Edward II by rebellious barons, with Queen Isabella also involved in the…

• A. English Puritan theatre
• B. English Renaissance theatre
• C. Restoration theatre
• D. English Neo-Classical theatre

Explanation: Marlowe was a major dramatist of the English Renaissance, alongside Shakespeare and other writers of the late sixteenth century.

• A. 1597
• B. 1601
• C. 1587
• D. 1592

Explanation: The Jew of Malta is generally dated to its first recorded performance in 1592, although it was probably written a few years earlier.

• A. Doctor Faustus
• B. Dido, Queen of Carthage
• C. Edward the Second
• D. Tamburlaine the Great

Explanation: The title page of Dido, Queen of Carthage attributes the play to Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe.

• A. Dactylic Hexameter
• B. Iambic Pentameter
• C. Torchaic Octameter
• D. None

Explanation: Longinus considers the dactylic hexameter the most beautiful metre because its long, rolling movement suits elevated and epic subjects.

• A. Three
• B. Five
• C. Six
• D. None

Explanation: Longinus identifies five principal sources of sublimity: grandeur of thought, strong emotion, effective figures, noble diction, and…

• A. Grandeur Thought
• B. Genuine Emotion
• C. Impassioned Utterance
• D. Splendour Style

Explanation: Longinus gives genuine emotion or passion the greatest power to raise the tone of writing because sincere feeling communicates force…

• A. Imitation
• B. Pleasure
• C. Composition
• D. Puerility

Explanation: For Longinus, sublimity is an excellence that elevates the whole composition and produces a powerful effect on the reader.

• A. Bradley
• B. Dover Wilson
• C. Earnest Jones
• D. Freud

Explanation: Ernest Jones wrote Hamlet and Oedipus, applying Freudian psychoanalysis to Hamlet’s hesitation and his relationship with his mother.