English Literature Mcqs
What is the name of Shakespeare’s son ?

A. William
B. John
C. Hamlet
D. Hamnet

In verse, “meter” refers to which of the following ?

A. The length of a written line
B. The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
C. The height of the stage
D. The number of words in a line

What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance ?

A. Humanism
B. The rise of queen elizabeth
C. The popularity of theater
D. The life of shakespeare

In drama, a “soliloquy” refers to which of the following ?

A. A dialogue between two characters
B. A character’s final words before dying
C. A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience
D. A rhyming line

Which of Shakespeare’s play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television ?

A. Taming of the shrew
B. The two noble kinsmen
C. Troilus and cressida
D. Cymbeline

Who is the heroin of The Tempest ?

A. Ophelia
B. Desdemona
C. Miranda
D. Helena

Which of the following is Hamlet’s mother ?

A. Beatrice
B. Margaret
C. Gertrude
D. Rosalind

“I have no other but a woman’s reason I think him so, because I think him so” Which of Shakespeare’s play contain above lines ?

A. The two gentle men of verona
B. Merry wives of windsor
C. The noble kinsman
D. Measure for measure

Desdemona was killed by _________________?

A. Iago
B. Casio
C. Othello
D. Brabantio