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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

4481. The theme of Tennysons Poem The Princess is ?
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A. Rise of Democracy

B. Industrial Revolution

C. Womens Education and Rights

D. Queen Victorias coronation

4482. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what trait distinguishes Dantes purgatory from his hell ?
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A. Purgatory is less future-oriented.

B. Purgatory is less rooted in the human, natural world.

C. Purgatory is a place of redemptive intervention.

D. Purgatory includes references to time.

4483. According to Dante, what does the term gramatica mean ?
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A. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular.

B. It is synonymous with natural language.

C. It is the language spoken by everyday people.

D. It is static language with unchanging rules.

4484. The quote women who have intellect of love is from which text ?
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A. De Monarchia

B. The Divine Comedy

C. De Vulgari Eloquentia

D. Vita Nuova

4485. For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT ?
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A. Greek mythology

B. Early scientific studies

C. The works of earlier poets

D. European history

4486. In which way was Dante a precursor of humanism ?
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A. He was uninterested in the poetics of the sublime.

B. He promoted the worship of idolatrous statues from the ancient times.

C. He rejected the influence of Scholasticism.

D. He wrote classical epics with Christian materials.

4487. The quote abandon all hope ye who enter here is from which text ?
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A. The Divine Comedy

B. Vita Nuova

C. De Monarchia

D. De Vulgari Eloquentia

4488. In the play, A Midsummer Nights Dream, who is the queen of the fairies ?
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A. Lysander

B. Hermia

C. Oberon

D. Titania

4489. In Vita Nuova, how does Dante represent love ?
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A. Love obscures all possibility for salvation.

B. Love is problematic for Dante, because Beatrice is considered impure.

C. Love has little to do with spirituality.

D. Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation.

4490. According to critics, how does Dantes underworld differ from Virgils hell ?
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A. Unlike Virgils hell, Dantes underworld focuses on punishment for sins.

B. Unlike Virgils hell, Dantes underworld is not expected to last forever.

C. Unlike Virgils hell, Dantes underworld is concerned with destiny and future.

D. Unlike Virgils hell, Dantes underworld does not include examples of justice.

4491. According to skeptics of Shakespeares authorship, all of the following are considered to be the true authors of some of Shakespeares plays EXCEPT________________?
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A. John Shakespeare.

B. Thomas More.

C. Francis Bacon.

D. Earl of Oxford.

4492. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream ?
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A. Kubla Khan

B. Ode on the Departing Year

C. Christabel

D. The Ancient Mariner

4493. In the play, Richard III, who is manipulated into marrying Richard ?
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A. Duchess of York

B. Lady Anne

C. Margaret

D. Queen Elizabeth

4494. In The Purgatorio, where does Dante physically set purgatory ?
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A. In Florence

B. In Rome

C. In the southern hemisphere

D. In the northern hemisphere

4495. According to scholars, what is the function of the rose that Dante sees in paradise ?
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A. It symbolizes perfection and paradise.

B. It is a symbol of the Virgin Mary.

C. It alludes to the Garden of Eden.

D. All of the above

4496. In what year did the Easter Rising occur ?
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A. 1916

B. 1901

C. 1922

D. 1934

4497. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton ?
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A. Lycidas

B. Areopagitica

C. Sonnets

D. Paradise Lost

4498. In the play, Hamlet, who is Yorick ?
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A. A friend of Hamlets from school

B. A castle guard

C. The King of Norway

D. King Hamlets former jester

4499. In The Inferno, how does his journey end ?
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A. He returns to earth.

B. He remains in hell.

C. He escapes into Purgatory.

D. He emerges in Paradise.

4500. Who is Bertrams main companion throughout much of the play, Alls Well that Ends Well ?
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A. Lafew

B. Parolles

C. The First Lord

D. The Clown

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