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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...

MCQs on Contemporary Literature for UGC NET ENGLISH JUNE 2025 1. Which of the following authors is most closely associated with the concept of "magic realism" in contemporary literature? A) Ernest Hemingway B) Gabriel García Márquez C) Virginia Woolf D) Jane Austen Answer: B) Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel García Márquez, especially with his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, is a seminal figure in the development and popularization of magic realism, a literary genre where magical elements are woven into a realistic setting. 2. Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things, primarily explores themes related to: A) Post-apocalyptic survival C) Colonialism and independence C) Caste, love, and social taboos in Kerala D) The American Dream Answer: C) Caste, love, and soc...