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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5421. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
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A. all of the above

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Thomas Carlyle

D. Charles Dickens

5422. Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the supreme governor of all things spiritual. Who was it ?
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A. The Archbishop of Canterbury

B. Each man was his own supreme governor

C. Queen Elizabeth I

D. The Pope in Rome

5423. In what country did the Renaissance begin ?
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A. Italy

B. England

C. France

D. Germany

5424. What does the phrase \White Mans Burden,\ coined by Kipling, refer to ?
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A. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the worlds problems

B. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world

C. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world

D. Britains manifest destiny to colonize the world

5425. Who exemplified the role of the \peasant poet\ ?
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A. John Clare

B. A and C only

C. Robert Burns

D. John Keats

5426. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
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A. all of the above.

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Thomas Carlyle

D. Charles Dickens

5427. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots ?
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A. Lutheran

B. Presbyterian

C. Catholic

D. Episcopalian

5428. Utopia was written by_____________?
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A. Poliziano

B. Thomas More

C. Machiavelli

D. Cervantes

5429. Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
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A. Robert Corrigan

B. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

C. all but C

D. Oscar Wilde

5430. Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
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A. Troilus and Criseyde

B. The Book of Duchess

C. The House of Fame

D. The Legend of Good Women

5431. In Marlowes play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?
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A. Shylock

B. Solomon

C. Barabas

D. Lazarus

5432. 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. geology

B. all of the above

C. discoveries in astronomy about stellar distances

D. evolution

5433. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?
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A. Richard III

B. John

C. Edward II

D. Henry V

5434. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?
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A. They were all poets

B. They were all atheists

C. They were all associated with the Oxford Movement

D. They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School

5435. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family ?
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A. Stuart

B. Tudor

C. Windsor

D. Plantagenet

5436. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
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A. abstract logical deductions

B. theoretical science

C. metaphysics

D. A, B, and C

5437. Which contemporary discussions on womens rights did Tennysons The Princess address ?
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A. the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

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

C. the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

D. the debate on womens suffrage

5438. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned ?
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A. Investiture

B. Gala

C. Invocation

D. Coronation

5439. Elizabeth Barretts poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
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A. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians

B. womens rights and suffrage

C. chartism

D. child labor

5440. Dunstan is a character from the novel________________?
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A. Adam Bede

B. Emma

C. Silas Marner

D. Hard Times

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