English Literature Quiz Questions for Competitive Exams
What is the title of the poem that begins thus - "What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'?
(A) Comfort
(B) Leisure
(C) Relaxation
(D) Tranquility
Correct Answer : B
Which of the following is not an English poet (i.e. from England)?
(A) Victor Huge
(B) Alexander Pope
(C) John Milton
(D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Correct Answer : A
Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
(A) William Blake
(B) William Shakespeare
(C) William Morris
(D) William Wordsworth
Correct Answer : D
What is a funny poem of five lines called?
(A) Quartet
(B) Limerick
(C) Sextet
(D) Palindrome
Correct Answer : B
How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?
(A) An awful way to earn a living
(B) A game of knowledge
(C) The soul exposed
(D) An explosion of language
Correct Answer : B
Sasoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?
(A) Light verse
(B) Romantic
(C) Political satire
(D) War poems
Correct Answer : D
Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
(A) Denver
(B) St Louise
(C) Cuba
(D) Toronto
Correct Answer : B
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
(A) 24
(B) 31
(C) 21
(D) 28
Correct Answer : D
The magazine Contemporary Poetry and Prose was inspired by which exhibition?
(A) The Festival of Britain
(B) The Surrealist Exhibition
(C) People of th 20th Century
(D) Drawing the 20th Century
Correct Answer : B
Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?
(A) Carolyn Kizer
(B) Mary Oliver
(C) Sylvia Plath
(D) Marianne Moore
Correct Answer : C
Showing page 2 of 4
enhttps://www.examsbook.com/english-literature-quiz-questions-for-competitive-exams/242english-literature-quiz-questions-for-competitive-examsAbout author
Rajesh Bhatia
A Writer, Teacher and GK Expert. I am an M.A. & M.Ed. in English Literature and Political Science. I am highly keen and passionate about reading Indian History. Also, I like to mentor students about how to prepare for a competitive examination. Share your concerns with me by comment box. Also, you can ask anything at linkedin.com/in/rajesh-bhatia-7395a015b/.
Read more articles