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This set of General English Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Sonnet 116 and Death be not proud Set 1
Q1 | William Shakespeare was born in the year:
- 1588
- 1564
- 1616
- 1600
Q2 | Sonnet 116 shares the poet’s reflections on the nature of:
- ideal love
- ideal companionship
- ideal moments
- ideal friendship
Q3 | Love is not love/ Which alters when it alterations ______
- seen
- sees
- finds
- meets
Q4 | Love alters not with his brief _______ and weeks
- hours
- minutes
- honours
- times
Q5 | “Death be not Proud” first appeared as ____________ in Songs and Sonnets in1633.
- Holy Sonnet IX
- Holy Sonnet X
- Holy Sonnet III
- Holy Sonnet XI
Q6 | From rest and sleep, which but thy _________ be
- melancholy
- statements
- pictures
- remembrances
Q7 | And soonest our best men with thee do go,/ Rest of their ______, and soul’sdelivery
- bones
- bodies
- leaps
- souls
Q8 | One short sleep past, we wake ___________
- eternally
- immortally
- extraordinarily
- inevitably
Q9 | Let Me Not To The Marriage of True Minds is
- An allegory
- An epic
- A sonnet
- A metaphysical poem
Q10 | The remover who comes with his bending sickle is
- Time
- Distance
- Society
- Hardships
Q11 | Love is not love if it alters
- With every season
- For any reason
- With time
- When beauty fades
Q12 | Love does not alter with brief hours and
- Minutes
- Weeks
- Days
- Seconds
Q13 | John Donne is
- Afraid of death
- Challenging death
- Submitting to death
- Resisting death
Q14 | According to Donne, death is a slave to
- Poison
- Chance
- Sleep
- Fate
Q15 | According to Donne, the thing that is better than the stroke of death is
- Sleep
- Poison
- Poppy
- Dreams
Q16 | Rest of their bones refers to
- The bones of everyone
- The bones of poets
- The bones of our best men
- The bones of rich men
Q17 | “Sonnet 116” is a record of the poet’s reflections on the nature of
- classical love
- friendship love
- romantic love
- ideal love
Q18 | “Death, be not proud” first appeared as ‘Holy Sonnet X’ in Songs and Sonnets, acollection of 19 sonnets published in
- 1632
- 1633
- 1639
- 1640
Q19 | Shakespeare’s notion of ideal love in “Sonnet 116” is juxtaposed with the problemsof
- Instability
- Unsteadiness
- Unfaithfulness
- flux and change
Q20 | According to John Donne, when we wake eternally, there shall be no more
- Pain
- Hunger
- Grief
- Death
Q21 | Shakespeare compares true love to-
- a sun
- the guiding star
- the moon
- a compass
Q22 | What is the theme of Let me not to the Marriage of True Minds by Shakespeare?
- Even the strongest love is temporary
- True love remains steady
- Age and time alter love
- Love changes as life changes
Q23 | Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments; love is not _________.
- love
- true
- alter
- steady
Q24 | In the poem Death be not Proud, Donne has presented ‘death’ as a –
- powerless figure
- powerful figure
- murderer
- ruler over his soul
Q25 | Donne considers death an immense pleasure similar to –
- sleep and fun
- fun and game
- sleep and rest
- rest and game