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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4301. What is a funny poem of five lines called _________________ ?
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A. Quartet

B. Palindrome

C. Limerick

D. Sextet

4302. From whom does Stephen borrow his idea of clarity ?
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A. Ezra Pound

B. Augusta Gregory

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Thomas Aquinas

4303. How many soliloquies does Hamlet deliver ?
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A. 7

B. 2

C. 9

D. 4

4304. According to Randy Hofbauer, what is/are the purpose(s) of the epiphany ?
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A. it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth

B. it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church

C. it ends Stephens period of enlightenment

D. it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever

4305. In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ?
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A. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult

B. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus

C. he refers to the mythical Daedalus

D. he refers to the Oedipal myth

4306. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what ?
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A. Architect

B. Dramatist

C. Politician

D. Novelist

4307. In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ?
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A. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie

B. The Teares of the Muses

C. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale

D. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay

4308. Who wrote the poems, On death and Women, Wine, and Snuff ?
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A. John Keats

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Milton

D. P.B Shelley

4309. Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as_______________?
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A. The father of English literature

B. The father of English language

C. The reformer of English language

D. The poet of English language

4310. In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique style does Joyce use ?
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A. vowel shift

B. chiasmus

C. stream of consciousness

D. acatalectic

4311. In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often compare life ?
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A. a book

B. a newspaper

C. a law

D. a stream

4312. Using words or letters to imitate sounds_____________?
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A. onomatopoeia

B. simile

C. alliteration

D. none of the above

4313. Sylvia Plath married which English poet ?
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A. Causley

B. Larkin

C. Masefield

D. Hughes

4314. Which problem(s) shaped Joyces early home life?
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A. poverty

B. lack of stable work

C. his fathers alcoholism

D. All of the Above

4315. Who wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles ?
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A. P D James

B. Arthur Conan Doyle

C. Agatha Christie

D. H Ryder-Haggard

4316. According to most critics, what does the circular structure of Finnegans Wake represent ?
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A. unrequited love

B. the unconscious

C. the patterns of birth, life, and death

D. the impossibility of resurrection

4317. What is the significance of the words moocow and tuckoo, according to most critics ?
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A. it represents Joyces decision not to use stream of consciousness

B. it emulates an adults intellectual process

C. it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child

D. it represents Joyces shift to more conventional language

4318. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as _______________-?
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A. Assonance

B. Scansion

C. Prosody

D. Allegory

4319. Applying human qualities to non-human things ?
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A. none of the above

B. alliteration

C. onomatopoeia

D. personification

4320. In what context does Joyce use the term amor matris, or motherly love ?
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A. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art

B. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity

C. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships

D. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death

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