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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

321. What is anthology ?
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A. collection of poems

B. study of poetry

C. fish cultivation

D. collection of insects

322. According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, The Strivings of the Negro People, what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?
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A. Feeling like an outcast in your own house

B. Wrapping yourself in the armor of anger and resentment

C. All of the above

D. Becoming a stuttering sycophant just to survive

323. James Joyces famous novel_____________?
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A. Tom Jones

B. Rebecca

C. Roots

D. Ulysses

324. In Memoriam by Tennyson is________________?
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A. a collection of elegies

B. a dramatic lyric

C. a lyric

D. an elegy

325. Poet Alexander Popes famous work_________________?
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A. Spectator

B. The Deserted Village

C. Man was made to mourn

D. The Rape of Lock

326. I count religion but a childish toy is a line from Marlowes play______________?
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A. Tamburlaine

B. Dr. Faustus

C. Edward II

D. The Jew of Malta

327. Which of the following literary devices is most prominent in Gertrude Steins poem New ?
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A. Circumlocution

B. Metaphor and allusion

C. Simile

D. Assonance and word repetition

328. Who is the writer of The Charge of the Light Brigade ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. George Bernard Shaw

C. A. Lord Tennyson

D. Christopher Marlowe

329. Who wrote Beauty is truth, truth beauty ?
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A. wordsworth

B. Shakespeare

C. Eliot

D. John Keats

330. Lycidas is written by_____________?
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A. Alexander Pope

B. John Milton

C. Henry Fielding

D. Thomas Hardy

331. From 1st January 2007, how many digits contains in ISBN (International Standard Book Number)?
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A. 13

B. 10

C. 15

D. 9

332. Which of the following writers would be an appropriate subject for a class on The Literature of the British Empire ?
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A. Charlotte Bronte

B. Any of these

C. Rudyard Kipling

D. Edward Fitzgerald

333. Total number of sonnets written by Shakespeare______________?
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A. 194

B. 102

C. 154

D. 163

334. Vanity Fair is a novel by_______________?
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A. Thackeray

B. Fielding

C. Scott

D. Dickens

335. Tales from Shakespeare is written by________________?
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A. Lawrence

B. Shakespeare

C. Lamb

D. Mary Anne Evans

336. Shakespeares Hamlet was published in________________?
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A. 1610

B. None of these

C. 1602

D. 1608

337. Which one of the following is a comedy ?
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A. Alls Well that Ends Well

B. Hamlet

C. Antony and Cleopatra

D. Timon of Athens

338. What does Gertrude Steins term the Lost Generation designate ?
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A. It refers to a group of talented American migr writers who lived in Europe after World War I.

B. It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I.

C. It refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended.

D. Both A and B

339. Hearing a colour or Seeing a smell is an example of______________?
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A. Contrast

B. Synaesthesia

C. Oxymoron

D. Sensuousness

340. On Heroes and Heroworship is written by________________?
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A. Huxley

B. Mill

C. Carlyle

D. Ruskin

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