english literature MCQs – Page 278

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5541. Which of the following might be addressed/represented by pastoral poetry ?
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A. A and C only

B. shepherd and shepherdesses who fall in love and engage in singing contests

C. heroic stories in epic form

D. a celebration of the humility, contentment, and simplicity of living in the country

5542. Who served as Protector under Englands first written constitution ?
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A. Praisegod Barebone

B. George Monk

C. Oliver Cromwell

D. Gerrard Winstanley

5543. Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states ?
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A. A, Band C

B. childhood

C. opium

D. dreams

5544. Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry ?
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A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology

B. An effort to represent human nature

C. Fantastic comparisons

D. Use of the rhymed couplet

5545. A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?
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A. Cocaine

B. Opium

C. Alcohol

D. Heroine

5546. Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ?
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A. Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods

B. Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence

C. A and C only

D. Goethes Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality

5547. Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?
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A. Paul Scotts Staying On

B. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

C. E. M. Forsters A Passage to India

D. Jean Rhyss Wide Sargasso Sea

5548. Who wrote: Thats my last Duchess painted on the wall / looking as if she were alive. ?
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A. Oscar Wilde

B. Lord Byron

C. Robert Browning

D. William Wordsworth

5549. Whose great Dictionary, published in 1755, included more than 114,000 quotations ?
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A. Ben Jonson