Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles ?”
A. Agatha Christie
B. H Ryder-Haggard
C. P D James
D. Arthur Conan Doyle
English Literature Mcqs
Which Welsh poet wrote “Under Milk Wood ? “
Which Welsh poet wrote “Under Milk Wood ? “
A. Anthony Hopkins
B. Richard Burton
C. Tom Jones
D. Dylan Thomas
Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
A. Vancouver
B. Toronto
C. Ottowa
D. Montreal
How has Stephen Dunn been described in ’the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ?
How has Stephen Dunn been described in ’the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ?
A. A poet of middleness
B. Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
C. One of the leading prairie poets
D. Has some distinction as a critic
From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ’Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’. ?
From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ’Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’. ?
A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. Hamlet
C. Othello
D. Romeo and Juliet
Who wrote this famous line: ’Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ ?
Who wrote this famous line: ’Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ ?
A. TS Eliot
B. Lord Tennyson
C. Charlotte Bronte
D. Shakespeare
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
A. Alliterative verse
B. Sonnet form
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Dactylic hexameter
Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
A. The Epic
B. The Comic
C. The Occult
D. The Tragic
In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess ?
In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess ?
A. Elizabeth Bishop
B. Sylvia Plath
C. Marianne Moore
D. Laura Jackson
Carl Sandburg ’Planked whitefish’ contains what kind of imagery ?
Carl Sandburg ’Planked whitefish’ contains what kind of imagery ?
A. Sea scenes
B. Rural Idyll
C. War
D. Innocent childhood