english literature MCQs – Page 187

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

3721. What is Faerie Queene ?
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A. An epic

B. A sonnet

C. A ballad

D. An allegory

3722. Section ____________, of The Sale of Goods Act deal with sellers lien ?
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A. 47

B. 46

C. 48

D. None of above

3723. Which famous work of John Miltons was based on the fall of man ?
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A. Paradise Regained

B. On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

C. Samson Agonistes

D. Paradise Lost

3724. Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that___________?
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A. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.

B. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.

C. All of the above.

D. texts are always heterogeneous.

3725. New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following ?
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A. Reject all previous modes of literary theory

B. Work only with ideas developed by post-Marxist theorists

C. Focus on a return to traditional critical methods

D. Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories

3726. What is mimesis ?
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A. A reversal

B. A poetic metaphor

C. A satire

D. An imitation

3727. What is dialogism ?
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A. All of the above.

B. A term that explains resistance to a monolithic text

C. A term used to describe how texts include a variety of styles

D. A term used to explain the use of multiple points of view in literature

3728. Which of the following ideas relates to J.L. Austins performativity theory ?
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A. Individuals perform gender actively.

B. Performance is the ultimate objective of all human beings.

C. Language is used to indicate action as well as thought.

D. Individuals develop consciousness through speech

3729. In her essay The Laugh of the Medusa, what does Hlne Cixous suggest for women ?
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A. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying womens literature from the past.

B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.

C. Women should be unconcerned with the struggle for identity.

D. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.

3730. Trauma theory is tremendously influenced by which theoretical school ?
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A. Deconstruction

B. Psychoanalysis

C. Feminism

D. Marxism

3731. Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory?
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A. Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.

B. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.

C. Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in a text act, while literary theory is concerned with why characters act.

D. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.

3732. What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is performed ?
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A. Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles.

B. Real gender roles are scripted by excellent writers.

C. Only individuals who have the capacity to perform have gender.

D. Gender roles do not exist.

3733. In her essay The Poem as Event, Louise M. Rosenblatt sees the reader as performing what function ?
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A. All of the above.

B. The reader acts upon the text.

C. The reader is acted upon by the text.

D. The reader brings individual knowledge to his or her reading of the text.

3734. How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader ?
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A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an authors intention.

B. The reader is less important than the authors context.

C. The reader is sublimated beneath the author.