English Literature Mcqs — Test 84

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Question 1

Where does the sonnet form originate from ?

Question 2

Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas ?

Question 3

How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ?

Question 4

In Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis,” how is Adonis killed ?

Question 5

Fill in the blank. The plot of “Venus and Adonis” is based on passages from_____________?

Question 6

What century does the play, “Henry V,” take place in ?

Question 7

Blank verse refers to which of the following ?

Question 8

In the play, “Richard III,” who speaks of “the winter of our discontent” (I.i.1) ?

Question 9

In the play, “Richard III,” who is Richard’s elder brother ?

Question 10

In the play, “Henry V,” who states that “If we are marked to die, we are enough/To do our country loss__________” (IV.iii.20-21) ?