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Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

261. Yusef Komunyakaas Blue Dementia is an example of what kind of poetry ?
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A. Jazz poetry

B. Romantic poetry

C. Protest poetry

D. Lyric poetry

262. Who is the writer of the poem Nun Priests Tale ?
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A. Cynewulf

B. Shelley

C. Robert Browning

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

263. Adela is a character from_______________?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. Hamlet

C. A Passage to India

D. Doctor Faustus

264. Which poem of Tennyson was particularly like by Queen Victoria ?
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A. None of these

B. The Idylls of the kings

C. In Memoriam

D. Charge of the Light Brigade

265. In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
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A. With a friend.

B. In the stables.

C. In a remote cabin.

D. Under the floorboards.

266. Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
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A. modern

B. Greek

C. romantic

D. classical

267. Who wrote the book Ivan Hoe ?
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A. Ernest Hemingway

B. R L Stevenson

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. O Henry

268. In Chapter XV of William Wells Browns Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
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A. She is one-eighth Black.

B. She cannot be a slave.

C. She is one-quarter Black.

D. She is White.

269. In Paul Laurence Dunbars A Cabin Tale, which character is a trickster figure?
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A. The farmer.

B. Bear.

C. Weasel.

D. The young boy.

270. Who is the author of Heaven and Earth ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. Lord Tennyson

271. Which of the following is considered the first great work in world literature ___________?
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A. Brother Karamazov

B. Epic of Gilgamesh

C. Divine Comedy

D. Anna Karenina

272. In what way is Jane Toomers Cane an example of Modernism ?
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A. Its fractured, collage effect.

B. Its focus on landscape.

C. Its insistence on plot.

D. Its focus on modern city life.

273. A person who writes about his own life writes ______________?
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A. a chronicle

B. a biography

C. an autobiography

D. a diary

274. Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walkers Everyday Use ?
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A. She doesnt want Maggie to have it.

B. She loves the beauty of it.

C. She is proud of her heritage.

D. She wants to display it for her friends to see.

275. Who is known as the national poet of England_________________?
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A. John Keats

B. T. S. Eliot

C. William Shakespeare

D. William Wordsworth

276. In Shakespeares Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is a remark by________________?
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A. Bradley

B. Goddord

C. Nicoll

D. Coleridge

277. What is an Effigy ?
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A. a sonnet

B. an image or dummy

C. a lamentation

D. a poem

278. Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
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A. Thomas Hobbes

B. Jeremy Taylor

C. Aphra Ben

D. Robert Herrick

279. Picture of Dorian Gray was written by__________________?
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A. George Eliot

B. Hardy

C. None of these

D. Oscar Wild

280. What was the Great Migration ?
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A. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroad.

B. When African Americans settled Liberia.

C. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

D. When African Americans migrated to the South from the North.

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