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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3001. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the phrase the little bark mean ?
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A. It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.

B. It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.

C. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

D. It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.

3002. In which of the following ways was Dante involved in the Italian politics of his time ?
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A. He conducted diplomatic missions.

B. All of the above

C. He held several positions in the local government.

D. He literally fought at the Battle of Campaldino.

3003. What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ?
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A. The Ruines of Time

B. The Visions of Petrarch

C. A View of the Present State of Ireland

D. Visions of the worlds vanitie

3004. In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story ?
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A. Sophocless Antigone

B. Virgils The Aeneid

C. Homers The Iliad

D. Homers The Odyssey

3005. Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of_____________?
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A. Venice

B. Denmark

C. England

D. Maine

3006. In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents punishments ?
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A. The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell.

B. The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.

C. The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.

D. The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.

3007. Which of the following are popular sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. whether the novel has a plot

B. whether the novel has definite characters

C. whether the novel has a protagonist

D. All of the Above

3008. Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ?
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A. Virginia Woolf

B. Ezra Pound

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Ernest Hemmingway

3009. The levels of purgatory are associated with which religious concept ?
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A. The seven deadly sins

B. The planets

C. The Augustan calendar

D. The seven sacraments

3010. Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
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A. national identity

B. religious identity

C. married relationships

D. All of the Above

3011. Which of the following is the theme of De Vulgari Eloquentia ?
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A. The language of different literary genres

B. All of the above

C. The difference between grammar and language

D. The historical evolution of language

3012. In The Paradiso, how does Dantes journey through heaven end ?
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A. With his exclusion from purgatory

B. With a vision of the Trinity

C. With his death

D. With his return to hell

3013. How many lines are in Spenserian stanza ?
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A. 9

B. 12

C. 24

D. 8

3014. In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel ?
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A. it does not explore a characters internal development

B. it uses experimental language

C. it follows a traditional narrative structure

D. it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life

3015. In which way was Dante a precursor of humanism ?
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A. He rejected the influence of Scholasticism.

B. He wrote classical epics with Christian materials.

C. He was uninterested in the poetics of the sublime.

D. He promoted the worship of idolatrous statues from the ancient times.

3016. In The Paradiso, which class of people does Dante place on the moon ?
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A. The best emperors and rulers

B. The souls of those who abandoned their vows

C. The proud

D. Those with the most constancy of characters

3017. How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver ?
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A. 4

B. 2

C. 7

D. 9

3018. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
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A. St Louis

B. Denver

C. Toronto

D. Cuba

3019. Which represents an example of alliteration ?
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A. Language Arts

B. A beautiful scenery with music

C. I like music

D. Peter Piper Picked Peppers

3020. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?
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A. The Legend of Good Women

B. The House of Fame

C. Troilus and Criseyde

D. The Book of the Duchess

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