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UGC NET/SET English: MCQs on Early Fiction (Pre-Chaucerian to Elizabethan) 📜 Pre-Chaucerian to Elizabethan Fiction & Short Stories “The past is a foreign country: they did things differently there.” — A comprehensive set of 100 MCQs for UGC NET/SET English, ranging from the easy to the challenging, covering key texts, authors, and literary concepts from this rich period. 📖 SECTION A: PRE-CHAUCERIAN PERIOD (Easy - 20 Questions) 1. Which is the earliest surviving long poem in Old English? A) The Canterbury Tales B) Beowulf C) The Wanderer D) The Seafarer Answer: B) Beowulf 2. Beowulf is written in which language? A) Latin B) Middle English C) Old English (Anglo-Saxon) D) Norman French Answer: C) Old English (Anglo-Saxon) 3. Who is the protagonist of Beowulf? A) A Danish king B) A Geatish warrior C) A monster D) A Christian monk Answer: B) A Geatish warrior 4. Which monster does Beowulf fight first? A) The dragon B) Grendel...

British Poetry MCQs for UGC NET/GATE (Moderate Level) BRITISH DRAMA MCQS (CLICK HERE) 1. Who wrote the poem "The Waste Land"? A) W.B. Yeats B) T.S. Eliot C) Ezra Pound D) Dylan Thomas Answer: B) T.S. Eliot Explanation: Published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's landmark modernist poem depicting post-WWI disillusionment. 2. Which Romantic poet wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"? A) William Wordsworth B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge C) John Keats D) Percy Bysshe Shelley Answer: C) John Keats Explanation: Keats composed this ode in 1819, exploring themes of mortality, transcendence, and the power of imagination. 3. In which century did Geoffrey Chaucer write "The Canterbury T...

CLICK HERE FOR MORE MCQS British Drama MCQs for UGC NET/GATE (Moderate Level) 1. Who wrote the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"? A) Harold Pinter B) Tom Stoppard C) Samuel Beckett D) John Osborne Answer: B) Tom Stoppard Explanation: Tom Stoppard's 1966 absurdist play expands upon the story of two minor characters from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". 2. Which of these plays is NOT by Christopher Marlowe? A) Tamburlaine the Great B) The Jew of Malta C) Doctor Faustus D) The Alchemist Answer: D) The Alchemist Explanation: "The Alchemist" is a comedy by Ben Jonson, not Marlowe. Marlowe's works include the other three options. 3. What is the central theme of John Osborne's...