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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

381. After Apple Picking is written by_______________?
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A. Robert Browning

B. Robert Frost

C. both A and B

D. none of these

382. Which of the following does Professor Hammer identify as one of the most important goals of Imagist poetry ?
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A. The privileging of image over sound

B. The privileging of colors over textures

C. The privileging of individual detail over the larger pattern

D. The privileging of rhythm over meaning

383. Which of the following works was written before the all-important Battle of Hastings?
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A. Sons and Lovers

B. Beowulf

C. The Domesday Book

D. Canterbury Tales

384. Which of the following best characterizes the contrast between Gertrude Steins poetry and Imagist poetry ?
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A. Stein sought precision and clarity in her poems, whereas the Imagists sought experimental forms that enhanced visual imagery.

B. Stein experimented only with the sound qualities of language, whereas the Imagists focused on visual imagery.

C. Stein experimented with language that skirted the edges of sense, whereas the Imagists sought precision and clarity of expression.

D. Stein sought to combine classical poetic form with contemporary content, whereas the Imagists used traditional poetic subject matter but experimented with form.

385. The Rape of the Lock is a_______________?
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A. Parody

B. Romance

C. Elegy

D. Sonnet

386. Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?
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A. All of these answers

B. It was followed by Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and by the entrenchment of the Soviet totalitarian system of rule.

C. It brought unprecedented destruction and loss of life, thereby putting into question the entirecultural and political legacy of Western civilization.

D. It was followed by the Cold War, which affected international politics throughout the world.

387. The Alchemist is written by_______________?
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A. None of them

B. Ben Johnson

C. Marlowe

D. Samuel Johnson

388. According to the literary critic, Paul Fussell, which of the following was a central trope of English poetry written during the Great War ?
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A. Patriotic imagery

B. Apocalyptic imagery

C. Irony

D. Nihilism

389. One of the following was a Romantic poet______________?
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A. Browning

B. Shelley

C. Arnold

D. Tennyson

390. Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
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A. Jeremy Taylor

B. John Dryden

C. Thomas Hobbes

D. Robert Herrick

391. Siegfried Sassoons The Dragon and the Undying includes the following lines: Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilderd seas. Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect ?
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A. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

B. Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare

C. Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

D. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare

392. Which of the following literary devices are present in Langston Hughess poem Ku Klux ?
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A. Oxymoron

B. Allegory

C. Alliteration

D. Irony

393. What is the double-bind that African- American women poets encountered in the thirties and forties, according to Anthony Waltons essay ?
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A. Being a subordinated woman in a male dominated culture and a member of a suppressed minority race in the middle of a dominant white culture

B. Being ignored by a traditional poetry reading public because what they wrote about was the travails of subsistence living

C. Being overworked in menial jobs having to raise large families

D. Having little formal education with little access to publishers

394. Who is the father of English Literature ?
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A. Roger Bacon

B. Cynewulf

C. Robert Browning

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

395. Which was the oldest period in English literature ?
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A. Anglo-Saxon

B. Chaucers period

C. Anglo-Norman

D. Middle Age

396. Which of the following statements best characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnsons poem Black Woman ?
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A. This poem describes the relationship between a black woman and her child.

B. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.

C. The poem is a conversation between a black woman and her ancestors.

D. This poem focuses primarily on the different experiences of black and white women.

397. What is a plot ?
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A. arrangement of the incidents

B. choice of poem

C. an idea about writing

D. the choice of words

398. The first stanza of Countee Cullens A Brown Girl Dead reads: With two white roses on her breasts,/White candles at head and feet,/Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;/Lord Death has found her sweet. Which of the following statements accurately characterizes these lines ?
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A. These lines evoke Christian imagery to emphasize the dignity of the girl who died.

B. These lines evoke Christian imagery to suggest that death erases racial divisions.

C. These lines present the problem of racial prejudice in an ironic mode.

D. Both A and B

399. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king ?
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A. Richard III

B. James 1

C. Henry II

D. Edward III

400. Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliots The Waste Land and the futurist aesthetic project ?
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A. The Waste Land confronts the fragmentation of modernity by exploring a variety of modes and voices, whereas the futurists do not focus on the fragmentation of modern experience, praising speed and industrial progress instead.

B. The Waste Land is primarily concerned with nature, whereas the futurists are most interested in industrial and urban landscapes.

C. The Waste Land is an ironic exploration of Romantic themes, whereas the futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the classical tradition in their poetry.

D. The Waste Land focuses on the personal connection between poet and speaker, whereas the futurists focus on an impersonal connection between humans and industry.

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