British Literature From Chaucer Set 4

Master of Arts in English (MA English)

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This set of British Literature from Chaucer Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on British Literature From Chaucer Set 4

Q1 | Find the odd one out.
  • cariola
  • grisolan
  • horatio
  • daniel de bosola
Answer: horatio
Q2 | The White Devil was written by ____
  • william shakespeare
  • john webster
  • thomas kyd
  • john fletcher
Answer: john webster
Q3 | When was the play The Rivals first performed?
  • 1775
  • 1776
  • 1774
  • 1777
Answer: 1775
Q4 | The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____
  • the duchess of malfi
  • the way of the world
  • the rivals
  • hamlet
Answer: the rivals
Q5 | Who wrote the play The School for Scandal?
  • william shakespeare
  • john fletcher
  • john webster
  • r b sheridan
Answer: r b sheridan
Q6 | When was the School for Scandal first performed?
  • 1776
  • 1777
  • 1774
  • 1775
Answer: 1777
Q7 | Who wrote the essay Of Marriage?
  • joseph addison
  • jonathan swift
  • francis bacon
  • daniel defoe
Answer: francis bacon
Q8 | Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church?
  • joseph addison
  • jonathan swift
  • francis bacon
  • richard steele
Answer: joseph addison
Q9 | Who wrote the novel Gulliver’s Travels?
  • jonathan swift
  • daniel defoe
  • henry fielding
  • samuel richardson
Answer: jonathan swift
Q10 | Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews?
  • charles dickens
  • samuel richardson
  • jonathan swift
  • henry fielding
Answer: henry fielding
Q11 | Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe?
  • henry fielding
  • daniel defoe
  • jonathan swift
  • samuel richardson
Answer: daniel defoe
Q12 | Who wrote the essay Of Truth?
  • joseph addison
  • francis bacon
  • richard steele
  • william hazlitt
Answer: francis bacon
Q13 | Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books?
  • daniel defoe
  • francis bacon
  • jonathan swift
  • charles dickens
Answer: jonathan swift
Q14 | Joseph Andrews was published in ____
  • 1742
  • 1843
  • 1858
  • 1750
Answer: 1742
Q15 | Robinson Crusoe was published in ____
  • 1752
  • 1737
  • 1715
  • 1719
Answer: 1719
Q16 | Who wrote the novel Tom Jones?
  • daniel defoe
  • henry fielding
  • charles dickens
  • samuel richardson
Answer: henry fielding
Q17 | Who wrote the novel Shamela?
  • daniel defoe
  • samuel richardson
  • henry fielding
  • laurence sterne
Answer: henry fielding
Q18 | Who wrote the novel Amelia?
  • henry fielding
  • samuel richardson
  • laurence sterne
  • tobias smollett
Answer: henry fielding
Q19 | Who wrote the novel Moll Flanders?
  • henry fielding
  • samuel richardson
  • daniel defoe
  • laurence sterne
Answer: daniel defoe
Q20 | Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year?
  • emily bronte
  • charlotte bronte
  • jane austen
  • daniel defoe
Answer: daniel defoe
Q21 | Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack?
  • jane austen
  • daniel defoe
  • charles dickens
  • william makepeace thackeray
Answer: daniel defoe
Q22 | Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great?
  • henry fielding
  • samuel richardson
  • william makepeace thackeray
  • laurence sterne
Answer: henry fielding
Q23 | Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next?
  • charles dickens
  • tobias smollett
  • henry fielding
  • laurence sterne
Answer: henry fielding
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