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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4221. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Catholic faith ?
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A. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral

B. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

C. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith

D. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel

4222. How do Shem the Penman and Shaun the Post differ ?
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A. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer

B. while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

C. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist

D. while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work

4223. How many books were originally planned to form the work The Faerie Queene ?
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A. 23

B. 18

C. 8

D. 12

4224. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats ?
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A. To some ladies

B. Endymion

C. None of above

D. To hope

4225. With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime ?
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A. Harriet Weaver

B. Arthur Symons

C. W.B. Yeats

D. All of the Above

4226. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy ?
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A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Titus Andronicus

D. None of the above

4227. In what form did Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood first become known ?
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A. Book of poetry

B. a short film

C. A radio play

D. A stage play

4228. How are Polonius and Laertes related ?
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A. Brother/brother

B. Uncle/nephew

C. Father/son

D. Cousin/cousin

4229. What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father ?
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A. she is a source of secret, repressed desire

B. she is an example of piety

C. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references

D. she represents the functional family structure

4230. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?
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A. natural work

B. allegorical work

C. religious work

D. pastoral work

4231. When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ?
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A. Early 1380s

B. In 1376

C. Early 1370s

D. In 1364

4232. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
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A. The Comic

B. The Tragic

C. The Epic

D. The Occult

4233. With which text(s) is the word riverrun associated ?
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A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. The Dubliners

C. Finnegans Wake

D. Ulysses

4234. Who wrote The Winters Tale ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. William Shakespeare

C. John Dryden

D. Christopher Marlowe

4235. In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?
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A. puns

B. All of the Above

C. parodies

D. unconventional syntax

4236. chaucers franklin was guilty of which sin ?
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A. Corruption

B. Gluttony

C. Theft

D. Lust

4237. In A Mother, what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn ?
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A. the English language

B. the violin

C. the Irish language

D. the piano

4238. What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end

B. the novel is clearly written from the future to the past

C. the last sentence and first sentence are circular

D. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it

4239. Who wrote this famous line: Shall I compare thee to a summers day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate ?
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A. Charlotte Bronte

B. Shakespeare

C. Lord Tennyson

D. TS Eliot

4240. According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it is linked with sexual perversions

B. it represents the Freudian primal scene

C. it represents original sin

D. All of the Above

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