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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5141. Which of the following offers the best description of literary theory ?
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A. Literary theory involves considering the publication history of literary texts.

B. Literary theory involves measuring the quality of a literary work.

C. Literary theory involves describing the underlying principles of a literary work.

D. Literary theory involves coming to a precise understanding of a writers psychology.

5142. According to Dr. Taormina, Victorian novelists generally________________?
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A. wanted to subvert middle class values.

B. had a negative view of human nature.

C. accepted middle class values.

D. wrote in a hyperrealistic fashion.

5143. Which of the following statements best represents the main theme of Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.

B. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.

C. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.

D. People are fundamentally unable to realize any sort of inherent meaning in existence.

5144. According to Dr. Frances Pritchetts version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqis The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?
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A. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.

C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.

D. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.

5145. In Characters of Shakespeares Plays, how does William Hazlitt ultimately conceptualize the character of Hamlet ?
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A. As a brilliant warrior

B. As a crazed fool

C. As a profound philosophical genius

D. As boyish and immature

5146. Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of ethos ?
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A. Ethos refers to a writers ability to inspire action in readers.

B. Ethos refers to a writers ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

C. Ethos refers to a writers ability to present evidence.

D. Ethos refers to a writers presentation of character and image.

5147. What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the unacknowledged legislators of the world ?
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A. He is suggesting that artists serve to develop culture.

B. He is suggesting that the making of laws is itself an art.

C. He is suggesting that artists are repressed throughout society.

D. He is suggesting that all artists are from high social classes.

5148. Dr. Allen Shoafs essay, Hamlet: Like Mother, Like Son, argues which of the following points ?
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A. Hamlets fathers ghost is not really a ghost.

B. Hamlet feels a sense of desire for both his mother and his father.

C. Hamlet is truly insane in the play.

D. Hamlet is an impossible play to truly understand.

5149. In Becketts Waiting for Godot, which of the following statements best describes the plays setting ?
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A. Ancient and sophisticated

B. Stark and sterile

C. Futuristic and technologically advanced

D. Flowery and ornate

5150. In her text, History of the Novel, How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the novel ?
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A. A narrative that conveys the illusion of reality

B. A narrative that emphasizes character development

C. All of these

D. A narrative with a unified, plausible plot structure

5151. According to Anthony DiMatteos Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: Reason of State in Hamlet, how does Shakespeare tend to present political rulers in Hamlet?
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A. Shakespeare presents political rulers as often meeting ruinous and violent endings.

B. Shakespeare presents political rulers as flawless, perfect human beings.

C. Shakespeare considers all political rulers to be corrupt.

D. Shakespeare only presents fictional political rulers and does not explore any political realities.

5152. Which of the following best describes epic theater as defined by Berthold Brecht ?
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A. Epic theater is plot-driven theater.

B. Epic theater turns the passive spectator into an active observer.

C. Epic theater privileges feeling over reason.

D. Epic theater maintains the illusion of realism.

5153. Which of the following lines provides an example of a poetic apostrophe ?
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A. Death, that which feels nothing.

B. She is a woman of beauty and wonder.

C. Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee.

D. I wandered lonely as a cloud.

5154. Which of the following may be an antagonist to the protagonist of a novel ?
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A. The protagonist

B. All of these

C. Society

D. Another character

5155. Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea behind Anthony DiMatteos essay, Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: Reason of State in Hamlet ?
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A. Hamlet is a tragedy that focuses on the Elizabethan eras loss of faith in humanitys ability to govern itself without violence.

B. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects upon enlightened and progressive political systems that developed during Shakespeares time.

C. Hamlet is a tragedy focusing on the plight of the early-modern self.

D. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects Shakespeares own political circumstances.

5156. Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeares Hamlet is not true ?
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A. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his fathers death.

B. Ophelia dies by drowning.

C. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take.

D. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet.

5157. As a mode of literary criticism or theory, gender theory attempts to bring which of the following to literary texts ?
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A. An understanding of the various conceptions and understandings of gender that have carried throughout various cultures

B. An understanding of how standard histories of western societies are presented in terms of heterosexual identity

C. An understanding of gender as a human construct

D. All of these.

5158. Psychoanalytic criticism during its earliest stages tended to focus on_____________?
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A. the typographical structures of literary texts.

B. the psychologies of individual authors.

C. how children relate to their parents in terms of literary texts.

D. translation issues.

5159. In his introductory lecture, how does Paul Fry define literary theory ?
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A. A hypothesis about how literary texts can be understood

B. A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts

C. A trend in university English departments

D. The practice of interpreting literary texts

5160. Which of the following statements offers the best definition of the term Bildungsroman ?
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A. A story of one persons fall from grace and into destruction

B. A story of one persons selfrealization and attempt to return to innocence

C. A story of one persons growth and development within a particular social order

D. A story of one persons success within a capitalistic economic system

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