english literature MCQs – Page 208

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4141. Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
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A. Jeremy Taylor

B. Robert Herrick

C. John Dryden

D. Thomas Hobbes

4142. Which is called the Victorian Age______________?
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A. None of these

B. 20th Century

C. 19th Century

D. 18th Century

4143. What is the feature of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Modernism

B. None of the above

C. Imagination

D. Post-modernism

4144. World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event ?
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A. Wilfred Owen

B. Oscar Wilde

C. Siegfried Sassoon

D. T.S. Eliot

4145. Browning is famous for his______________?
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A. Dramatic Monologues

B. Sensory images

C. Narrative ballads

D. Blank Verse

4146. I count religion but a childish toy is a line from Marlowes play______________?
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A. Edward II

B. The Jew of Malta

C. Tamburlaine

D. Dr. Faustus

4147. To what does the title of Joyces short story After the Race refer ?
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A. the decline of the Irish race

B. the race for Irelands welfare

C. the race to establish an empire

D. the race for more modes of transportation

4148. Which event(s) caused the Easter Rising ?
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A. the Irish desire for independence

B. All of the Above

C. an increase in Irish nationalism

D. the formation of the secret, revolutionary IRB

4149. When was Edmund Spenser born ?
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A. 1569

B. 1558

C. 1542

D. 1552

4150. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as______________?
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A. none of the above

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. personification

4151. Which best describes Blooms attitude towards nationalism ?
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A. he is disinterested in nationalism

B. he hopes to join the IRB

C. he is opposed to the nationalist cause

D. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

4152. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
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A. Vancouver

B. Ottowa

C. Montreal

D. Toronto

4153. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________?
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A. personification

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. none of the above

4154. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ?
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A. Stuart

B. Plantagenet

C. Tudor

D. Anjou

4155. Which best describes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in terms of genre ?
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A. bildungsroman

B. pastoral

C. comedy of manners

D. satire

4156. At the end of Eveline, what decision does the title character make ?
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A. she decides to quit her job

B. she decides to stay in Ireland

C. she leaves for France

D. she decides to leave her mother

4157. Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ?
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A. the supremacy of Britain

B. Irish nationalism

C. the positive side of war with Germany

D. the Irish nations inability to survive without Englands help

4158. Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ?
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A. the free dream associations

B. the sketchy, episodic structure

C. the invented words

D. All of the Above

4159. What was strange about Emily Dickinson ?
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A. She never attempted to publish her poetry

B. She rarely left home

C. She wrote in code

D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink

4160. To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender ?
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A. Boyle

B. Philip Sidney

C. Queen Elizabeth

D. Chaucer

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