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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5341. Which of the following factors did not contribute to the growth of the reading public in this period ?
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A. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press

B. The notoriety of the \Lake School\

C. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools

D. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books

5342. What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer ?
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A. The sonnet

B. Trochaic Heptameter

C. Blank verse

D. Free-flow verse

5343. Which relative did Elizabeth I have executed ?
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A. Mary I

B. Catherine of Aragon

C. Mary, Queen of Scots

D. Anne Boleyn

5344. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?
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A. Criticism of the queen

B. Murder

C. Witchcraft

D. Sexuality

5345. The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victorias reign was celebrated in______________?
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A. 1871

B. 1859

C. 1842

D. 1837

5346. Who was the first Tudor King ?
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A. Henry VII

B. George III

C. James I

D. Henry VIII

5347. How would Natural Supernaturalism be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ?
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A. a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes

B. a form of animism in which objects in the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits

C. a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with a supernatural being

D. the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium

5348. What did Victorian journalists mean by terming certain women \surplus\or \redundant\ ?
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A. They remained unmarried due to a population imbalance between the sexes.

B. They were women writers who wrote frequently about similar topics.

C. Their willingness to work for low wages resulted in a surplus of textiles, causing them to drop in price.

D. They prostituted themselves as a way to make money in a market economy that didnt provide extensive job opportunities to women.

5349. Which contemporary discussions on womens rights did Tennysons The Princess address ?
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A. the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

B. the debate on womens suffrage

C. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first womens college in London

D. the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

5350. What is the name for the process of dividing land into privately owned agricultural holdings ?
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A. division

B. segregation

C. partition

D. enclosure

5351. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin ?
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A. Blatant

B. Unaccountable

C. Pandemonium

D. Space used to mean outer space

5352. What was the nickname of Mary I ?
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A. None of the Above

B. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

C. Bloody Mary

D. Mary, Queen of Scots

5353. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
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A. Lycidas

B. Il Penseroso

C. LAllegro

D. Absolom and Achitophel

5354. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work not serious poetry, but it was another critic who accused him of callousness to the intrinsic nature of English. Who ?
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A. William Empson

B. Mariella Frostrup

C. Harold Bloom

D. FR Leavis

5355. In In Memorium, Tennyson mourns the death of ________________?
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A. Keats

B. Arthur Hallam

C. Lord Byron

D. Hugh Clough

5356. Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 ?
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A. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

C. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt

D. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake

5357. Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) first appeared in the Romantic era ?
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A. The Spectator

B. The Edinburgh Review

C. a and c only

D. London Magazine

5358. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match ?
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A. Wealth

B. Lineage

C. Love

D. Property

5359. George Eliots novel Romola is a________________?
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A. Autobiographical novel

B. Historical novel

C. Picaresque novel

D. Gothic novel

5360. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?
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A. 1600

B. 1500

C. 1575

D. 1588

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