english literature MCQs – Page 16

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

301. Which of the following traditions was an important influence on Louis Zukofskys poetry ?
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A. Kabalistic Judaism

B. American Romanticism

C. Taoism

D. British Neo-Classicism

302. Which work was completed last ?
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A. George Herberts The Temple

B. William Shakespeares Tempest

C. Ben Jonsons Volpone

D. John Miltons Paradise Lost

303. Historical events often influence literature. Which of the following did NOT occur during the Restoration period ?
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A. The Exclusion Bill Crisis

B. Charles II was restored to the throne

C. The French Revolution

D. The Great Fire of London

304. The prevailing feature of Chaucers humour is its__________________?
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A. urbanity

B. triviality

C. crudity

D. sanctity

305. Which of the following statements accurately compares Rupert Brookes The Soldier and Siegfried Sassoons The Rear Guard ?
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A. Both poems praise Britains military power and its imperial ambitions.

B. Both poems describe Britains civilizing mission in the world.

C. Both poems seek to respond to the harsh political and military realities of their day.

D. Both poems romanticize war and glorify the life of the soldier.

306. Which of the following statements best characterizes the role played by Gertrude Stein in American modernism ?
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A. Stein was a proponent of low modernism.

B. Stein was an opponent of vanguard trends.

C. Stein was primarily a muse for modernist poets.

D. Stein was a crucially important figure in the Paris migr community.

307. What do you mean by Heroic Couplet ?
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A. a poem of lamentation

B. a song for mourning

C. a two line stanza

D. a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter

308. This work was NOT originally published in the 20th Century ?
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A. E.M. Forsters A Room With A View

B. Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway

C. Thomas Hardys Tess of the DUrbervilles

D. Henry Jamess The Ambassadors

309. Who wrote Crime and Punishment ?
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A. Shelley

B. Byron

C. Dostoyevsky

D. Tolstoy

310. Who is contemporary of William Shakespeare ?
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A. All of them

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. John Milton

D. Lord Tennyson

311. In Memoriam is _______________?
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A. neither

B. an ode

C. an elegy

D. a sonnet

312. Who was a friend of John Milton ?
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A. Andrew Marvell

B. John Donne

C. John Dryden

D. Alexander Pope

313. Keats widespread appeal is to the Readers interest in the supernatural ?
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A. TRUE

B. False

C. both A and B

D. none of these

314. What is the feature of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Modernism

B. Post-modernism

C. None of the above

D. Imagination

315. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between Futurism and Vorticism ?
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A. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the Futurists, Vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrialization.

B. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas Vorticism was free of all political entanglements.

C. Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas Vorticism was short-lived.

D. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas Futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrialization.

316. Who is the writer of the poem A Grammarians Funeral ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Wordsworth

C. Shelley

D. Robert Browning

317. Yeats was______________?
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A. Both

B. Victorian poet

C. a modern poet

D. None of these

318. What was the nationality of OscarWilde ?
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A. French