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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4261. In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond ?
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A. Odysseus

B. Nausicaa

C. Telemachus

D. Nestor

4262. Which of the following figures of speech are present in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. jokes

B. portmanteaus

C. allusions

D. All of the Above

4263. How does Joyce parallel Leopold and Stephen ?
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A. both are mature

B. both tend to be cheerful

C. both are artists

D. both dislike music

4264. a description that appeals to one of the five senses____________?
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A. personification

B. imagery

C. metaphor

D. none of the above

4265. Which text(s) are referenced in Joyces Ulysses ?
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A. Wildes The Picture of Dorian Grey

B. The Bible

C. Yeats Who Goes with Fergus

D. All of the Above

4266. Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of High-Modern Literature ?
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A. Skeptical

B. Authoritative

C. Impressionistic

D. Both a & c

4267. In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion ?
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A. All of the Above

B. A Painful Case

C. Eveline

D. The Dead

4268. Carl Sandburg Planked whitefish contains what kind of imagery ?
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A. War

B. Sea scenes

C. Innocent childhood

D. Rural Idyll

4269. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819 ?
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A. Emily Dickinson

B. Paul Dunbar

C. John Greenleaf Whittier

D. Walt Whitman

4270. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds_____________?
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A. alliteration

B. rhyme

C. onomatopoeia

D. none of the above

4271. Which character says he fear[s] those big words that make us so unhappy ?
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A. Leopold Bloom

B. Gabriel Conroy

C. Mr. Deasy

D. Stephen Dedalus

4272. What is a sonnet ?
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A. A poem of twelve lines

B. A poem of eight lines

C. A poem of six lines

D. A poem of fourteen lines

4273. which of these is magnum opus of chaucer ?
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A. House of fame

B. Parliament of fowls

C. The canterbury tales

D. Troilus and criseyde

4274. When did Edmund Spenser die ?
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A. 1632

B. 1589

C. 1621

D. 1599

4275. Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of_____________?
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A. Denmark

B. England

C. Venice

D. Maine

4276. in which language the stories of Canterbury tale are written ?
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A. Middle english

B. French

C. Latin

D. English

4277. How many languages did chaucer know ?
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A. 5

B. 1

C. 4

D. 2

4278. What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ?
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A. it was considered too conventional for publication

B. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it

C. it was praised by the government and churches

D. it was banned for obscenity

4279. In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?
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A. they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life

B. they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration

C. All of the Above

D. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance

4280. In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?
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A. The Boarding House

B. An Encounter

C. The Dead

D. Araby

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