english literature MCQs – Page 209

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4161. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ?
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A. Samson

B. Reynaldo

C. Francisco

D. Gorgonzola

4162. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece ?
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A. Solan

B. Sappho

C. Lord Byron

D. John keats

4163. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England) ?
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A. Alexander Pope

B. Victor Hugo

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Milton

4164. What is the word for a play on words ?
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A. simile

B. pun

C. metaphor

D. haiku

4165. In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear ?
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A. All of the Above

B. repetition of words

C. stream of consciousness

D. shifts in narrative voice

4166. Who wrote about the idyllic Isle of Innisfree ?
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A. Dylan Thomas

B. Ezra Pound

C. Yeats

D. E. E. cummings

4167. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ?
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A. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral

B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral

C. both A and B

D. None of these

4168. Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ?
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A. Ernest Hemmingway

B. Virginia Woolf

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Ezra Pound

4169. In which work Edmund Spenser celebrates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle ?
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A. Amoretti

B. Prothalamion

C. Faerie Queen

D. Epithalamion

4170. Why did Poetry Quarterly cease publication in 1953 ?
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A. Shortage of paper

B. Owner convicted of fraud

C. Rise in taxation on magazines

D. Fall in Sales

4171. In The Dubliners, which literary style is used ?
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A. fantasy

B. gothic

C. realism

D. impressionism

4172. Who has defined poetry as a fundamental creative act using languages ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. H. W. Longfellow

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Dylan Thomas

4173. Which of the following is not a poet ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Browning

D. Terry Saylor

4174. With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified ?
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A. Charles Stuart Parnell

B. Wolfe Tone

C. Father Arnall

D. Daniel OConnell

4175. Which American writer published A brave and startling truth in 1996 ?
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A. Robert Hass

B. Maya Angelou

C. Micheal Palmer

D. Jessica Hagdorn

4176. In Ulysses, which characteristic(s) can be considered Modernist ?
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A. the use traditional language

B. the lack of taboo topics

C. the inclusion of various types of media

D. the sequential construction of time

4177. Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners ?
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A. the representation of a shallow, drab culture

B. the positive representation of the Catholic Church

C. the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind

D. the positive representation of cultural institutions

4178. Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
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A. married relationships

B. All of the Above

C. religious identity

D. national identity

4179. Which is/are an element(s) of Stephens aesthetic theories ?
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A. art should be harmonious and proportional

B. art should not please the perception

C. art should not produce stasis in the viewer

D. art should be kinetic

4180. Which poem ends I shall but love thee better after death ?
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A. Ode to a Grecian urn

B. Let me not to the marriage of true minds

C. How do I love thee

D. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes

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