Romanticism MCQs | EnglishBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 8, 2025 37 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/37 Subscribe 1. Who was called ‘a reed through which all things blew to music’? (A) Swinburne (B) Morris (C) D.G. Rossetti (D) None of A, B, and C 2. A.C. Swinburne was born in (A) 1837 (B) 1836 (C) 1835 (D) 1838 3. These lines occur in Swinburne’s: “If you were April’s lady, And I were lord in May, We’d throw with leaves for hours, And draw for days with flowers.” 4. Stevenson’s first masterpiece published in 1883 is (A) Kidnapped (B) Weir of Hermiston (C) Beach of Falesa (D) Treasure Island 5. Which fiction of Stevenson illustrates the doubleness of man’s nature? (A) Treasure Island (B) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (C) Weir of Hermiston (D) Kidnapped 6. Swinburne’s “Atalanta in Calydon” is a (A) Comedy (B) Tragi-comedy (C) Tragedy (D) History 7. Swinburne’s “Atalanta in Calydon”, a beautiful lyric drama is modelled on (A) English tragedy (B) Roman tragedy (C) Greek tragedy (D) Spanish tragedy 8. “Songs before Sunrise” is a well-known work of (A) Morris (B) D.G. Rossetti (C) Edith Sitwell (D) A.C. Swinburne 9. R.L. Stevenson was born in (A) 1860 (B) 1870 (C) 1840 (D) 1850 10. Besides being a novelist, Stevenson was also a/an (A) Essayist (B) Historian (C) Poet (D) Philosopher 11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a (A) Satire (B) Romance (C) Modern allegory (D) Fable 12. Treasure Island was published in a (A) Periodical (B) British Journal (C) London daily (D) None of A, B, and C 13. An Inland Voyage written in 1878, is a work of (A) Kipling (B) Chesterton (C) Conrad (D) Stevenson 14. Travels with a Donkey, a travel book has been written by (A) George Gissing (B) Stevenson (C) George Moore (D) Rudyard Kipling 15. Besides St. Ives, which novel was left unfinished at Stevenson’s death? (A) Weir of Hermiston (B) The Master of Ballantrae (C) Kidnapped (D) An Inland Voyage 16. Which novel by Stevenson was left unfinished by his early death? (A) Treasure Island (B) St. Ives (C) Kidnapped (D) None of A, B, and C 17. Stevenson’s Underwoods is a volume of (A) Poems (B) Stories (C) Essays (D) Hymns 18. New Arabian Nights, written in 1882 is a work of (A) Butler (B) Stevenson (C) Kipling (D) H.G. Wells 19. Whose novels mark a return to the pure romanticism of Walter Scott? (A) Stevenson (B) Meredith (C) Hardy (D) Oscar Wilde 20. The novels The Master of Ballantrae and David Balfour have been written by (A) Hardy (B) Conrad (C) H.G. Wells (D) Stevenson 21. Who is a writer of novel of adventure? (A) Kipling (B) Meredith (C) Hardy (D) Stevenson 22. Who formulated a philosophy of receptivity to works of art as a means of enriching human experience through responses of the sensibilities? (A) Ruskin (B) Swinburne (C) Morris (D) Walter Pater 23. The core of Pater’s thinking can be found in the famous ‘Conclusion’ to his work (A) Essay on Style (B) Studies in the History of the Renaissance (C) Marius, the Epicurean (D) Imaginary Portraits 24. The novel Treasure Island has been written by (A) Stevenson (B) H.G. Wells (C) Conrad (D) Oscar Wilde 25. Marius, the Epicurean, a well-known novel has been written by (A) Meredith (B) Walter Pater (C) Wilde (D) Hardy 26. Essay on Style, a critical work has been composed by (A) John Symonds (B) Matthew Arnold (C) Walter Pater (D) None of A, B, and C 27. The expression ‘hedonistic aestheticism’ is related to (A) Swinburne (B) Walter Pater (C) Meredith (D) Morris 28. Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest was published in (A) 1890 (B) 1893 (C) 1895 (D) 1898 29. Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland in (A) 1858 (B) 1856 (C) 1854 (D) 1860 30. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a (A) Short story (B) Drama (C) Poem (D) Novel 31. Oscar Wilde passed away in France in (A) 1898 (B) 1902 (C) 1900 (D) 1905 32. Who has paid explicit tribute to Keats and Shelley in his poem The Garden of Eros? (A) Morris (B) A.E. Housman (C) Robert Bridges (D) Oscar Wilde 33. In which work of Wilde is the cruelty of sexual passion portrayed in a realistic manner? (A) The Importance of Being Earnest (B) Salome (C) De Profundis (D) Windermere’s Fan 34. Which work of Oscar Wilde was written during his imprisonment? (A) A Woman of No Importance (B) The Happy Prince (C) The Duchess of Padua (D) De Profundis 35. Which play of Wilde was first written in French? (A) The Duchess of Padua (B) An Ideal Husband (C) A Woman of No Importance (D) Salome 36. Which work of Wilde reflects his aestheticism in all its aspects? (A) The House of Pomegranates (B) The Picture of Dorian Gray (C) De Profundis (D) The Happy Prince 37. Which author, being charged with a breach of morality, spent two years in penal servitude? (A) Oscar Wilde (B) Walter Pater (C) Swinburne (D) Arthur Symons Related Posts:Precursors Of Romanticism MCQsEnglish MCQs for MA English masters classMCQS for Lecturer English, test, examMCQs for test (Exam) of Lecturer EnglishMCQs for the subject test (Exam)of EnglishMCQs for subject test English assistant professor