Matthew Arnold MCQs [English Literature & Famous Authors]

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: April 15, 2025

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1. For Matthew Arnold, “a poetry of revolt against moral ideas” is:



2. In chapter _____ of Culture and Anarchy, does Arnold mention Hebraism and Hellenism?



3. Hearing of the death of Arnold in an accident, a certain critic remarked:



4. “Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.” In which poem of Arnold’s does this line occur?



5. Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy deals with the subject of which of the following?



6. Matthew Arnold began his career as:



7. Matthew Arnold’s Thyrsis is an elegy on the death of which of the following?



8. What is the basic idea/theme of Arnold’s Literature and Dogma?



9. Philistines in Culture and Anarchy stand for:



10. The story of Sohrab and Rustum is taken from:



11. Arnold calls a certain poet “a beautiful but ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain.” This line refers to which of the following poets?



12. In which university did Matthew Arnold rise to the position of Chairmanship of Poetry?



13. For which poem did Arnold win a prize at Rugby School?



14. As said by Arnold, ______ is the next to Shakespeare and Milton.



15. “Poetry is a criticism of life, under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.” Where does Arnold give this definition of poetry?



16. According to Arnold, poetry interprets life in ____ ways.



 

Matthew Arnold Basic info
Matthew Arnold Basic info
Matthew Arnold Books names
Matthew Arnold Books names

Matthew Arnold Books names

The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems 1849
Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems 1852
Poems: A New Edition 1867
Culture and Anarchy 1869
Essays in Criticism 1865, 1888
On Translating Homer 1861
Literature and Dogma 1873
God and the Bible 1875
Irish Essays 1882

Matthew Arnold Basic info

Full Name Matthew Arnold
Born December 24, 1822
Died April 15, 1888
Nationality English
Occupation Poet, Critic, Essayist
Literary Period Victorian
Famous Works “Dover Beach”, “Culture and Anarchy”, “The Scholar Gipsy”, “Thyrsis”, “Essays in Criticism”
Notable Themes Culture, society, morality, education, religion
Literary Style Reflective, meditative, elegiac, critical
Influences Romanticism, Classical literature, German philosophy

MCQs from Some Famous Poems of Matthew Arnold

  1. MCQs Thyrsis by Matthew Arnold
  2. MCQs – Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
  3. MCQs – The Scholar-Gipsy by Matthew Arnold
  4. MCQs – Empedocles on Etna by Matthew Arnold
  5. MCQs – The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold

Summary of Some Famous poems of Matthew Arnold

  1. Summary – Dover Beach 
  2. Summary – The Scholar-Gipsy 
  3. Summary – Thyrsis 
  4. Summary – Empedocles on Etna 
  5. Summary – The Forsaken Merman 

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