The line “fools are my theme, let satire be my song” demonstrates a sentiment that would likely appear in a poem by_________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?

   A. William Shakespeare
   B. Thomas Kyd
   C. John Dryden
   D. John Donne

2. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who says “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (III.ii.15) ?

   A. Puck
   B. Nick Bottom
   C. Hippolyta
   D. Helene

3. The Song of the Lotus is a poem by____________?

   A. Coleridge
   B. Eliot
   C. Tennyson
   D. Keats

4. As a result of the outbreak of World War I and anti-German sentiment which important British public figure had to adopt the family name of Windsor ?

   A. The Suffragette Emmeline Pankhust
   B. King George V
   C. King Edward VII
   D. King James II

5. Which of the following best defines satire ?

   A. Literature that relies on devices like irony, sarcasm, and humor
   B. A work of literature that attempts to improve society
   C. A text that exposes serious flaws under the veil of comedy
   D. All of these answers

6. Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?

   A. its mocking tone.
   B. its absurd response to a real issue.
   C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
   D. its attempt to shock readers into acting.

7. Which of the following texts provides the best example of medieval estates satire ?

   A. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
   B. “Piers Plowman”
   C. “The Canterbury Tales”
   D. “The Book of Margery Kempe”

8. Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel” ?

   A. The Duke of Monmouth
   B. Charles II
   C. The Earl of Shaftesbury
   D. Cromwell

9. Complete this Shakespearan line – Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring________________?

   A. Impediments
   B. Inconveniences
   C. Worries
   D. Troubles

10. “But God’s eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone.” In which poem do these lines appear ?

    A. We Are Seven (Wordsworth)
    B. Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde)
    C. Prisoner of Chillon (Byron)
    D. None of these