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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5381. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time ?
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A. Martin Luther

B. Poliziano

C. Alexander VI

D. Cervantes

5382. A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as____________?
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A. An extended metaphor

B. A pastoral poem

C. A Petrarchan Sonnet

D. A Protestant Poem

5383. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What science did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future ?
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A. Metallurgy

B. Astrology

C. Geocentricity

D. Alchemy

5384. Which of the following discoveries, theories, and events contributed to Victorians feeling less like they were a uniquely special, central species in the universe and more isolated ?
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A. all of the above

B. evolution

C. geology

D. discoveries in astronomy about stellar distances

5385. From where Matthew Arnold took the story for his Sohras and Rustam ?
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A. Canterbury Tales

B. Arabian Nights

C. Pilgrims Progress

D. Shah Namah

5386. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in_____________?
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A. 1876

B. 1843

C. 1892

D. 1854

5387. Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?
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A. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India

B. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

C. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from 300 billion to 800 billion.

D. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.

5388. The father of humanism was_______________?
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A. Pico della Mirandola

B. Petrarch

C. Boccaccio

D. Dante

5389. What proceeded Jacobean era ?
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A. Victorian era

B. Elizabethan Era

C. Caroline era

D. Jacobean Era

5390. What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelleys poems to the working classes A Song: \Men of England\and England in 1819 ?
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A. the Battle of Waterloo

B. the Peterloo Massacre

C. the organization of a working class mens choral group in Southern England

D. the storming of the Bastille

5391. Fill in the blanks from Tennysons The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the ..: Man to command and woman to ____________?
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A. throne; scepter; soul; decree

B. school; scalpel; pen; set free

C. crop; scabbard; foot; agree

D. hearth; needle; heart; obey

5392. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworths claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as \the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings\ ?
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A. doggerel rhyme

B. the lyric poem written in the first person

C. the sonnet

D. the political tract

5393. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland ?
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A. the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada

B. the Act of Union

C. the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

D. the Toleration Act

5394. Who wrote: There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. ?
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A. Henry David Thoreau

B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Henrik Ibsen

D. Robert Browning

5395. Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance ?
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A. emphasis on individuality

B. the development of social insurance programs

C. the emergence of merchant oligarchies

D. confidence in human rationality

5396. Wordsworth described all good poetry as______________?
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A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition

B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

C. the polite patter of a corrupted age

D. the divine gift of grace

5397. What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign ?
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A. Calvinism

B. The Lutheran Church

C. The Anglican Church

D. The Roman Catholic Church

5398. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was ?
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A. Herbert Spencer

B. John Donne

C. Charles Bacon

D. John Milton

5399. Which country believed it had an Invincible Armada before 1588 ?
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A. England

B. The Netherlands

C. Spain

D. France

5400. Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary ?
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A. Prometheus

B. Cain

C. Satan

D. George III

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