english literature MCQs – Page 23

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

441. Which of the following poets wrote about World War II ?
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A. Rudyard Kipling

B. Karl Shapiro

C. Rupert Brooke

D. Hart Crane

442. Rupert Brookes The Soldier opens with the following lines: If I should die, think only this of me:/That theres some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England. Which of the following statements best describes these lines and Brookes poem as a whole ?
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A. These lines and the poem as a whole use both the political concept of a nation and the spiritual concept of eternity to give meaning to soldiers deaths on the battlefield.

B. These lines and the poem as a whole are primarily concerned with the extension of Britains imperial power.

C. These lines and the poem as a whole seek to directly express the horrors of war.

D. These lines and the poem as a whole rely on assonance to magnify the critique of war expressed in the poem.

443. Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofskys poem, A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques ?
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A. Kabalistic imagery

B. Historic and contemporary imagery

C. Everyday imagery

D. Nationalist imagery

444. Complete the following sentence. Yeatss Sailing to Byzantium is a good example of High Modernism, because it_____________?
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A. embraces the rhythms and diction of common mans speech.

B. attempts to create a modernist high culture.

C. was written at the very beginning of the 20th century.

D. does not employ rhyme.

445. Who is the author of A Brief History of Time ?
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A. Stephen Hawking

B. Albert Einstein

C. Isaac Newton

D. Jagadish Chandra Basu

446. A poem which consists of fourteen line is called________________?
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A. None of these

B. A ballad

C. An Ode

D. A Sonnet

447. Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moores poem England suggests which of the following ?
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A. Moores harsh critique of the carnage of World War I

B. Moores particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism

C. Moores emotional and aesthetic attachment to England

D. Moores interest in Englands civilizing mission in the world

448. Jane Austen wrote during this period________________?
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A. Middle English

B. Victorian

C. Regency

D. Restoration

449. The novel Talisman is written by_______________?
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A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. Charles Dickens

C. Jane Austen

D. Sir Walter Scott

450. Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Thomas Carew

C. John Skelton

D. Sir Thomas Wyatt

451. Sweet are the uses of adversity was stated by__________________?
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A. Milton

B. Valtaire

C. Tolstoy

D. Shakespeare

452. What do you mean by Phonetics ?
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A. study of language and rules

B. study of speech sounds

C. study of meaning and syntax

D. study of insects

453. Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?
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A. Is there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry?

B. The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

C. Is there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust?

D. Is it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust?

454. Wilfred Owens Anthem for Doomed Youth begins with the following lines: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons. Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?
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A. These lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the Great War, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism.

B. These lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges.

C. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

D. These lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have.

455. Find the Odd man out ?
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A. The Falcon

B. Ulysses

C. The Virginians

D. On Liberty

456. Who is famous for representing London in his novels ?
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A. Dickens

B. W. Scott

C. Hardy