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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

2981. In Saturn, what does Peter Damian say about Gods ways ?
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A. He says that Gods ways are similar to those of Roman emperors.

B. He says that Gods ways are extremely simple.

C. He says that Gods ways are beyond human understanding.

D. He says that Gods ways are only available to those in heaven.

2982. Who was Can Grande ?
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A. The poet who leads Dante on a tour of hell

B. Dantes enemy

C. The emperor of Italy in Dantes lifetime

D. Dantes patron

2983. In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ?
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A. it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed

B. it reveals characters literal inability to move away from Ireland

C. All of the Above

D. it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine

2984. Who wrote this famous line: Shall I compare thee to a summers day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate ?
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A. TS Eliot

B. Shakespeare

C. Charlotte Bronte

D. Lord Tennyson

2985. In The Inferno, how are the wrathful punished ?
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A. They are burned in their graves.

B. They roll heavy stones onto one another.

C. They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp.

D. They are forced to lie under the surface of a marsh.

2986. In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent ?
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A. Compassion

B. Temperance

C. Fortitude

D. Reason

2987. What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ?
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A. The Murder of Gonzago

B. Vice of Kings

C. The Slaying of Lucianus

D. Slings and Arrows

2988. Please identify the text from which then must any what you like in the power of empthoo comes ?
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A. The Dead

B. Araby

C. Finnegans Wake

D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

2989. In The Paradiso, who leads Dante on his tour of heaven ?
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A. Ulysses

B. Virgil

C. Beatrice

D. Cato

2990. From what source is the title of Finnegans Wake taken ?
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A. a poem by Eliot

B. a poem by Yeats

C. a popular Irish ballad

D. an ancient epic

2991. What are the three parts of Stephens espoused aesthetic theory ?
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A. kinesis, clarity, and perception

B. clarity, wholeness, and kinesis

C. wholeness, harmony, and clarity

D. perception, clarity, and wholeness

2992. In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell ?
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A. The circle of lust

B. The circle of gluttony

C. The circle of heresy

D. The circle of treachery

2993. a description that appeals to one of the five senses____________?
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A. none of the above

B. imagery

C. metaphor

D. personification

2994. In The Purgatorio, which of the following characters does Dante dream about ?
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A. Brutus and Cassius

B. Rachel and Leah

C. Dido and Aeneas

D. Pope Boniface and Pope Clement

2995. In The Purgatorio, how does Dante represent the entryway to the seventh terrace of lust ?
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A. He must be escorted into the terrace by an angelic messenger.

B. He must be allowed by Cerberus to pass.

C. He must first be ferried across the River Lethe.

D. He must walk through an immense wall of flames.

2996. Which character does Dante meet at the end of his journey through purgatory ?
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A. Homer

B. Cato

C. Virgil

D. Beatrice

2997. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ?
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A. Samson

B. Gorgonzola

C. Reynaldo

D. Francisco

2998. In De Monarchia, what political opinion does Dante express about empire ?
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A. He promotes the separation of Church and State.

B. He declares papal authority infallible.

C. He declares emperors infallible.

D. He says that all empires should be ruled by dictators.

2999. During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?
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A. Hundred Years War

B. Ten Years War

C. Nine Years War

D. Seventeen Years War

3000. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ?
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A. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesnt.

B. A simile is more descriptive.

C. No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

D. A simile must use animals in the comparison.

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