Famous Playwright - Poet And Others(English Literature ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Which of the following statement is correct ?
  1.    Shakespeare’s first child Susanna was born in 1583.
  2.    In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
  3.    both a and b
  4.    None of above.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> both a and b
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Question 2. Of which poet was it said ’Even if he’s not a great poet, he’s certainly a great something’ ?
  1.    Elliot
  2.    Kipling
  3.    Cummings
  4.    Brooke
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Kipling
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Question 3. In which language the stories of Canterbury tale are written ?
  1.    French
  2.    Latin
  3.    Middle english
  4.    English
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Middle english
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Question 4. Why did ’Poetry Quarterly’ cease publication in 1953 ?
  1.    Owner convicted of fraud
  2.    Fall in Sales
  3.    Rise in taxation on magazines
  4.    Shortage of paper
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Owner convicted of fraud
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Question 5. How many languages did chaucer know ?
  1.    2
  2.    4
  3.    1
  4.    5
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 4
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Question 6. 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’ ?
  1.    Comfort
  2.    Leisure
  3.    Relaxation
  4.    Tranquility
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Leisure
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Question 7. What is a funny poem of five lines called _________________ ?
  1.    Quartet
  2.    Limerick
  3.    Sextet
  4.    Palindrome
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Limerick
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Question 8. In what form did Dylan Thomas’s ’Under Milk Wood’ first become known ?
  1.    Book of poetry
  2.    A radio play
  3.    A stage play
  4.    a short film
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> A radio play
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Question 9. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ?
  1.    Light verse
  2.    Romantic
  3.    Political satire
  4.    War poems
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> War poems
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Question 10. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess ?
  1.    Carolyn Kizer
  2.    Mary Oliver
  3.    Sylvia Plath
  4.    Marianne Moore
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Sylvia Plath
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