english literature MCQs – Page 210

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

4181. What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ?
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A. Vice of Kings

B. The Murder of Gonzago

C. The Slaying of Lucianus

D. Slings and Arrows

4182. Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it makes the readers experience of the characters less intimate

B. it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language

C. it prevents exploration of the unconscious

D. it obscures the characters immediate thoughts

4184. According to Stephen, how is art represented in the lyrical form ?
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A. the image is presented in immediate relation to others only

B. the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself

C. the image is presented is immediate relation to the artist and others

D. the image is presented in a way that is not purely personal

4185. Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival ?
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A. W.B. Yeats

B. George Russell

C. All of the Above

D. J.M. Synge

4187. Which of Chaucers works is associated with Valentines Day ?
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A. The Canterbury Tales

B. Parlement of Foules

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Book of the Duchess

4188. What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ?
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A. Visions of the worlds vanitie

B. A View of the Present State of Ireland

C. The Visions of Petrarch

D. The Ruines of Time

4189. ____________is a late 20th century play written by a woman ?
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A. Top Girls

B. Camille

C. Queen Cristina

D. The Homecoimg

4191. What is the function of the Linati schema ?
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A. it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses

B. it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners

C. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake

D. it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners

4192. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?
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A. The Book of the Duchess

B. The House of Fame

C. Troilus and Criseyde

D. The Legend of Good Women

4193. A poem with no meter or rhyme______________?
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A. free verse

B. lyric

C. narrative

D. none of the above

4194. Which one of the following is an unfinished work of Edmund Spenser ?
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A. The Faerie Queene

B. The Shepheardes Calender

C. Amoretti

D. Astrophel

4195. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem ?
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A. rhyme and reason

B. theme, purpose, form, and mood.

C. purpose and audience

D. characters, main idea, and theme

4196. In Finnegans Wake, which of the following typify family life ?
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A. murder

B. slander

C. All of the Above

D. hypocrisy

4197. Which is the first major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ?
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A. The House of Fame

B. Troilus and Criseyde

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Book of the Duchess

4198. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess ?
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A. Carolyn Kizer

B. Marianne Moore

C. Sylvia Plath

D. Mary Oliver

4200. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ?
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A. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth

B. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley