english literature MCQs – Page 273

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5441. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
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A. Mary Wollstonecraft

B. Fanny Burney

C. Jane Austen

D. Anna Letitia Barbauld

5442. Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of thee. Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?
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A. Horatio Herbert Kitchener

B. William Wordsworth

C. William Blake

D. John Keats

5443. Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret ?
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A. Welsh

B. Gaelic

C. French

D. Esperanto

5444. Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
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A. Edward FitzGerald

B. John Ruskin

C. all but c

D. William Morris

5445. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
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A. Dryden

B. Bunyan

C. Crabbe

D. Addison

5446. Who were the \Two Nations\referred to in the subtitle of Disraelis Sybil (1845) ?
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A. Britain and Germany

B. England and Ireland

C. the rich and the poor

D. Anglicans and Methodists

5447. When was John Milton born ?
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A. 22 April 1600

B. 9 December 1608

C. 19 August 1604

D. 6 June 1606

5448. who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance ?
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A. roman and greek

B. roman and french

C. greek and austrian

D. french and greek

5449. Which rulers reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth I

B. King John

C. King Henry VIII

D. Queen Victoria

5450. Elizabeths reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned ?
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A. 45

B. 50

C. 40

D. 35

5451. Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
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A. Republicans

B. Liberals

C. Radicals

D. both B and C

5452. 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. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from 300 billion to 800 billion.

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

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

5453. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?
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A. George III

B. George IV

C. Edward VII

D. William IV

5454. Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

C. all but C

D. Robert Corrigan

5455. Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ?
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A. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

B. William Godwins Caleb Williams

C. Sir Walter Scotts Waverley

D. Jane Austens Emma

5456. By 1890, what percentage of the earths population was subject to Queen Victoria ?
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A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 1%

D. 15%

5457. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?
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A. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.

B. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

C. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.

D. Britains preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.

5458. Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the______________?
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A. skald

B. chorister

C. bard

D. troubadour

5459. Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in ones untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom ?
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A. Mourning clothes

B. Long processionals

C. Strict simplicity

D. Tolling of church bells

5460. Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by ?
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A. George Herbert

B. Sir Walter Scot

C. Christopher Marlow

D. Ben Johnson

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