english literature MCQs – Page 269

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5361. Who was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson to have been greater than Homer ?
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A. Decameron

B. Macpherson

C. Merlin

D. Ossian

5362. What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose ?
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A. a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer

B. the deconstruction of the truth-fiction dichotomy and an accompanying relativistic sense that every opinion was of equal value

C. a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia

D. the forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London

5363. Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize Victorian poetry and allow Victorian poets to represent psychology in a different way ?
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A. the use of pictorial description to construct visual images to represent the emotion or situation of the poem

B. perspective, as in the dramatic monologue

C. sound as a means to express meaning

D. all of the above

5364. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth ?
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A. Philology

B. Alchemy

C. Zoology

D. Astrology

5365. In literature, some of Shakespeares most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?
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A. English Renaissance theatre

B. William Shakespeare

C. Ben Jonson folios

D. Ben Jonson

5366. Heathcliff is a character from_____________?
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A. Vanity Fair

B. Jane Eyre

C. Emma

D. Wuthering Heights

5367. Which best describes the minority of Evangelicals in the Church of England ?
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A. A group of unattractive people relegated to the colonies to perform missionary work where they wouldnt tarnish the aesthetics of the Church of England.

B. Also called Nonconformists or Dissenters, Evangelicals led the missionary movement in the colonies, advocated a Puritan moral code, and were responsible for the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire as early as 1833.

C. They were part of the High Church or the \Catholic\side of the church.

D. They were devout \tractarians,\as described by John Henry Newman.

5368. When did John Milton die ?
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A. 17 April 1688

B. 2 June 1700

C. 4 February 1702

D. 8 November 1674

5369. Who was the leader of Pre-Raphaelite group of artists in England ?
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A. Swinburne

B. D.G Rossetti

C. Morris

D. Christina Rossetti