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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5281. The Charge of the Light Bridge is a poem by________________?
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A. Arnold

B. Tennyson

C. D.G Rossetti

D. Leigh Hunt

5282. Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?
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A. a philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis.

B. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools

C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature

D. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number

5283. Who is the author of Blessed Damozel ?
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A. Tennyson

B. Robert Browning

C. D.G Rossetti

D. Christina Rossetti

5284. Complete this famous quote by John Dryden: Who think too little, and who talk too __________ ?
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A. much

B. often

C. long

D. fast

5285. What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?
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A. A and C

B. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society

C. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness

D. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail

5286. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572 ?
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A. The Massacre at Berlin

B. The Massacre at Rome

C. The Massacre at Copenhagen

D. The Massacre at Paris

5287. Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?
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A. Edward King

B. Hugh Clough

C. Milton

D. Arthur Hallam

5288. One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet ?
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A. Ovid

B. Horace

C. Virgil

D. Lucan

5289. What was Elizabeths close circle of advisers called ?
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A. The Privy Council

B. The Cabinet

C. Parliament

D. The Star Chamber

5290. Who was appointed as Poet-Laureate after William Wordsworth ?
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A. Tennyson

B. D.G Rossetti

C. Robert Browning

D. George Eliot

5291. Who succeeded Elizabeth I ?
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A. Edward VI

B. James I

C. Charles I

D. Mary Queen of Scots

5292. Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?
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A. Too many of its readers were women.

B. all of the above

C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.

D. It required less skill than other genres.

5293. What was common amongst D.G Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne ?
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A. They were all painters

B. They all belonged to the Oxford Movement

C. They were all Victorian Novelists

D. They all belonged to the Pre- Raphaelite School

5294. Which school did Milton attend ?
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A. Christs Hospital

B. St Pauls

C. Merchant Taylors

D. Westminster

5295. Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
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A. about half of middle class men

B. all women

C. almost all working class men

D. A, B and C

5296. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 extend the vote on parliamentary representation ?
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A. the working classes

B. women

C. the lower middle classes

D. slaves

5297. Which work did Edmund Spenser author ?
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A. The Faerie Queene

B. The Double

C. The Metamorphoses

D. The Castle of Perseverance

5298. What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \Peddlers, and Boats, and Wagons!\ ?
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A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden

B. Wordsworths devotion to the ordinary and everyday

C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge

D. the clumsiness of Shakespeares plots

5299. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?
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A. 48

B. 34

C. 17

D. 22

5300. What was Elizabeths nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh ?
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A. Water

B. Winter

C. William

D. Waldimor

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