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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4381. In The Paradiso, Dante focuses on which kind of politics ?
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A. The politics of Ravenna

B. The politics of Italian city-states

C. The politics of the Roman Empire

D. The politics of ancient Greece

4382. According to Dante, which is the most serious sin in hell ?
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A. Gluttony

B. Treachery

C. Avarice

D. Heresy

4383. Shakespeares Sonnet 153 is what kind of poem ?
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A. A poem about Shakespeare and his father

B. A poem about love

C. A poem about writing poetry

D. A poem about death

4384. Which of the following poems is considered to be the most neglected of Shakespeares ?
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A. The Rape of Lucrece

B. A Lovers Complaint

C. The Phoenix and Turtle

D. Venus and Adonis

4385. Who was Shakespeares wife ?
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A. Elizabeth Marlowe

B. Joan Shakespeare

C. Anne Hathaway

D. Juliet Shakespeare

4386. Which of the following was a popular medieval criticism about the Church ?
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A. Many people were unable to understand Church texts written in Latin.

B. Many people took issue with the Popes inordinate wealth and power.

C. All of the above

D. Many people were unable to understand the language of the Mass.

4387. I have no other but a womans reason I think him so, because I think him so Which of Shakespeares play contain above lines ?
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A. The two gentle men of Verona

B. Measure for measure

C. Merry wives of Windsor

D. The noble Kinsman

4388. In The Dubliners, which literary device does Joyce use most frequently ?
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A. chiasmus

B. pentameter

C. fantasy

D. acatalectic

4389. Who is the central heroine of the play, Twelfth Night ?
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A. Orsino

B. Feste

C. Viola

D. Maria

4390. In Hamlet, who says that something is rotten in the state of Denmark ?
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A. Horatio

B. Claudius

C. Hamlet

D. Marcellus

4391. In which section of The Divine Comedy does Saint Bernard appear ?
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A. The Paradiso

B. The Purgatorio

C. The Inferno

D. The Convivio

4392. The play, Richard III, takes place in what country ?
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A. Norway

B. France

C. England

D. Greece

4393. In his lectures on Shakespeares tragedies, A.C. Bradley states that he will not do which of the following ?
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A. Compare Shakespeare to other writers.

B. Discuss any aspect of Shakespeares philosophy.

C. Consider anything about Shakespeares comedies.

D. Evaluate and examine Hamlet.

4394. In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem ?
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A. Sonnet

B. Elegy

C. Aubade

D. Ode

4395. For what reason was Dante exiled from his home ?
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A. Because he was embroiled in the conflict between the Black Guelphs and White Guelphs

B. Because many people were deeply offended by The Divine Comedy

C. Because Beatrices family wanted the two lovers separated

D. Because Pope Boniface VIII was upset by his representation of the church in The Divine Comedy

4396. In The Inferno, how are the wrathful punished ?
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A. They are burned in their graves.

B. They are forced to lie under the surface of a marsh.

C. They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp.

D. They roll heavy stones onto one another.

4397. By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly influenced ?
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A. John Foxe

B. William Bradshaw

C. William Tyndale

D. Thomas Aquinas

4398. Which of the following is the theme of De Vulgari Eloquentia ?
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A. The difference between grammar and language

B. The language of different literary genres

C. The historical evolution of language

D. All of the above

4399. In The Inferno, how is the idea of Fortune represented ?
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A. Fortune is a divine minister similar to an angel.

B. Fortune is responsible for the distribution of worldly goods.

C. Fortune is beyond human understanding.

D. All of the above

4400. Which of the following characterizes Modernism ?
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A. the use of traditional formal structure

B. the desire to break with established forms

C. the desire to show realistic forms

D. the lack of interest in characters psyches

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