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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4461. Hamlet is considered to be what kind of play ?
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A. Comedy

B. History

C. Tragedy

D. Epic poem

4462. In A Midsummer Nights Dream, who says Lord, what fools these mortals be! (III.ii.15) ?
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A. Puck

B. Nick Bottom

C. Hippolyta

D. Helene

4463. According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ?
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A. Autobiography

B. All of the above

C. Framed narrative

D. Lyric poetry

4464. In The Inferno, who initially leads him around hell ?
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A. Homer

B. Virgil

C. Judas

D. Saint Augustine

4465. Which of the following is a common element of vision literature ?
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A. A guide leads the narrator on a spiritual journey

B. A characters body is separated from his soul

C. All of the above

D. The themes usually involve life after death

4466. The Chartist Movement sought ?
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A. Protection of the political rights of the working class

B. Protection of the political rights of the middle class

C. Recognition of chartered trading companies

D. Political rights for women

4467. In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance ?
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A. Pope Clement

B. Saint Stephen

C. John the Baptist

D. Pope Boniface

4468. What religion had the most political and social power in Shakespeares time ?
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A. Mormonism

B. Buddhism

C. Catholicism

D. Protestantism

4469. In the play, Twelfth Night, who is Sebastian ?
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A. Violas eventual lover

B. Violas twin brother

C. Olivias uncle

D. A clown

4470. In A Midsummer Nights Dream, who is chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmens play ?
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A. Peter Quince

B. Francis Flute

C. Tom Snout

D. Nick Bottom

4471. For Joyce, what are epiphanies ?
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A. dream-like pieces of writing

B. short prose sketches that vary in character

C. All of the Above

D. deep realizations linked with religious faith

4472. What is terza rima ?
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A. A poetic form with five-line stanzas

B. A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme

C. A form of blank verse

D. A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes

4473. In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell ?
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A. The circle of lust

B. The circle of heresy

C. The circle of gluttony

D. The circle of treachery

4474. At the end of the play Richard III, what happens to Richard ?
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A. He is crowned king.

B. He was sent into exile.

C. He is arrested.

D. He is killed.

4475. Oedipus Complex is________________?
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A. a brothers attraction towards his sister

B. a kind of vitamin

C. a sons attraction towards his mother

D. a kind of physical ailment

4476. Which of the following historical figures influenced Dante ?
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A. Brunetto Latini

B. Thomas Aquinas

C. All of the above

D. Cicero

4477. Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeares plays, a troche is___________________?
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A. Only one syllable for the length of a foot

B. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot

C. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot

D. None of the above

4478. Fill in the blank. In the play, Macbeth, a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as________________?
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A. The violent trio

B. The Fatal Sisters

C. The Weird Sisters

D. The Dead Sisters

4479. Epipsychidion is composed by ______________?
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A. Coleridge

B. Wordsworth

C. Keats

D. Shelley

4480. Which was a common metaphor used by Irish writers in their depictions of the nation ?
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A. the metaphor of Ireland as a child

B. the metaphor of Ireland as a novel

C. the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier

D. the metaphor of Ireland as a woman

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