english literature MCQs – Page 257

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5121. A play that begins in medias res________________?
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A. begins with a preview of the plays conclusion.

B. begins at the apparent end of the story.

C. opens by plunging the viewer into a crucial series of events.

D. introduces the characters of the play one by one.

5122. Which of the following lines of poetry is written in iambic pentameter ?
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A. I wandered lonely as a cloud.

B. I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.

C. To be or not to be, that is the question.

D. And the world didnt even think of stopping for me.

5123. Which of the following descriptions best describes the character of Hamlet ?
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A. Hamlet is depressed yet highly intelligent.

B. Hamlet is intellectually passive and deeply frightened of his fathers ghost.

C. Hamlet is naive and simple minded.

D. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative.

5124. A work of criticism that considers how the authors childhood trauma influenced his characters would be an example of_____________?
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A. New Criticism.

B. structuralism.

C. psychoanalytic criticism.

D. Marxist criticism.

5125. What is the central argument in Dr. Richard Kellys The Novelists Eye ?
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A. All novelists are painters at heart.

B. George du Maurier felt that black-andwhite illustrators could be as important as novelists and painters.

C. George du Maurier was a tremendous influence on Victorian novelists.

D. George du Maurier attacked the social position of the novelist in his illustrations.

5126. Marxist theory focuses on examining which of the following aspects of literary texts ?
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A. Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes

B. The political and social meanings of literary texts

C. The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts

D. All of these

5127. Which of the following offers the best definition of a Greek theatrical comedy ?
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A. A play in which characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better

B. A play in which characters make humorous remarks

C. A play in which elite members of society are mocked

D. A play in which no characters die or suffer

5128. What are some of the hallmarks or conventions of the poetic form of the ode ?
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A. Complexity in language, lengthiness in form, and seriousness in attitude

B. Simplicity in language, lengthiness in form, and humorousness in attitude

C. Simplicity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude

D. Complexity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude

5129. Reader-response theory focuses on considering how ?
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A. readers experience a literary work.

B. readers choose their favorite works of literature.

C. readers decide which works of literature to read.

D. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses.

5130. What is hermeneutics ?
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A. The study of textual interpretation

B. The psychological study of authors

C. A system for categorizing books

D. A reader-response test

5131. Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of pathos ?
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A. Pathos refers to a writers ability to present evidence.

B. Pathos refers to a writers presentation of character and image.

C. Pathos refers to a writers ability to inspire action in readers.

D. Pathos refers to a writers ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

5132. Which of the following offers the best definition of the concept of persuasion ?
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A. Persuasion is the art of making readers or listeners believe what the writer or speaker is stating.

B. Persuasion is the use of syllogisms to influence the opinions of readers and listeners.

C. Persuasion is the opposite of rhetoric.

D. Persuasion is the art of lying to good effect.

5133. Which of the following offers the best definition of a frame narrative ?
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A. A story within a story

B. A narrative that summarizes the plot of the novel

C. A story that reminds the reader that the story is fictional

D. A narrative that introduces readers to the main characters of a story

5134. Jane Austens Northanger Abbey pursues which of the following themes ?
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A. The ways in which appearances dont always match realities

B. The conflict between marriages based on love and those based on money

C. All of these

D. The danger in not recognizing the difference between reality and fiction

5135. Ethos is important to establish in which of the following types of arguments ?
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A. Political arguments

B. Emotional arguments

C. Deductive arguments

D. Inductive arguments

5136. Which of the following offers the best definition of the concept of narrative poetry ?
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A. A narrative poem has a plot and tells a story.

B. A narrative poem is a poem that does not have a plot or tell a story.

C. A narrative poem is vague and difficult in style.

D. A narrative poem is a poem written in the style of a conversation.

5137. What is one reason that Mystery Plays are referred to as such ?
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A. They explore mysterious religious topics.

B. They involve the solving of a crime.

C. They were produced by medieval craft guilds, which were knows as mysteries.

D. They were written by medieval mystics.

5138. Which of the following statements best defines the poetic form of the villanelle ?
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A. A poem that carries a pattern on two rhymes and offers an alternating refrain

B. A poem that eulogizes the dead

C. A poem that celebrates the life of a cruel person

D. A poem that has no rhyme scheme

5139. Which of the following statements offers the best characterization of a Greek tragedy ?
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A. In a Greek tragedy, the hero suffers but always survives at the end of the play.

B. In a Greek tragedy, evil people are vanquished by the forces of good.

C. In a Greek tragedy, characters undergo reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.

D. In a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero dies at the end of the play.

5140. Which of the following statements offers the best definition of an epistolary novel ?
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A. A novel set in the past

B. A novel that consists entirely of dialogue

C. A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles

D. A novel that is set in the countryside of Europe

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