British Literature
JKPSC Assistant Professor (English Literature) · English Literature · 107 practice questions with answers and explanations: 48 Easy, 59 Medium, 0 Hard.
Sample questions
Sample Easy question 1
The poet of 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' is:
- William Blake
- Thomas Gray
- William Wordsworth
- Robert Burns
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Answer: A. Blake published the volumes in 1789 and 1794.
Sample Easy question 2
Who wrote 'The Faerie Queene'?
- Christopher Marlowe
- Edmund Spenser
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Philip Sidney
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Answer: B. It was published in 1590 and 1596.
Sample Easy question 3
The line 'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' is from:
- Shelley's Defence of Poetry
- Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads
- Arnold's Study of Poetry
- Coleridge's Biographia Literaria
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Answer: B. It states the Romantic view of poetry.
Sample Medium question 4
The Oxford Movement of the 1830s influenced Victorian literature through:
- Romantic nationalism
- Atheism
- Scientific rationalism
- A revival of High Church ideas
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Answer: D. John Henry Newman was a leader.
Sample Medium question 5
'The Vicar of Wakefield' was written by:
- Samuel Johnson
- Richard Sheridan
- Edmund Burke
- Oliver Goldsmith
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Answer: D. Published in 1766.
Sample Medium question 6
Who wrote the comedy 'The School for Scandal'?
- Oliver Goldsmith
- George Farquhar
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- William Congreve
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Answer: C. First staged in 1777.
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