english literature MCQs – Page 286

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5701. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more __________but less ___________ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?
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A. radical; inventive

B. brash; confident

C. popular; reverenced

D. anxious; haunting

5702. In which work do you read: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair! ?
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A. In Memoriam

B. Song to Aella

C. Ozymandias

D. The Man of Feeling

5703. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day clich. Which of the following did not originate with him ?
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A. To err is human, to forgive divine

B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath

C. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

D. A little learning is a dangerous thing

5704. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?
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A. the coteries of plenty

B. the bluestockings

C. the tattlers and spectators

D. the Pre-Raphaelites

5705. 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 Toleration Act

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

5706. What is the delicate balancing act of Marvells\Horatian Ode\ ?
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A. praising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity

B. celebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime

C. celebrating Cromwells victories whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king

D. praising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs

5707. Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London_______________?
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A. fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.

B. doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000

C. doubled from 60,000 to 120,000.

D. remained constant.

5708. Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?
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A. a lyric poem written in the first person

B. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style

C. a political tract demanding labor reform

D. a comedy of manners

5709. Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
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A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.

B. all of the above

C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.

D. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.

5710. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. political correctness gone mad

B. kitchen sink drama

C. angry young men

D. \nothing happens-twice\

5711. The poem The Battle of Maldon celebrates events which took place in the 10th century, but who was it between______________?
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A. French and English

B. Normans and English

C. Dutch and English

D. Danes and English

5712. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new \mythical method\in place of the old \narrative method\and demonstrates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about \making the modern world possible for art\ ?
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A. James Joyces Ulysses

B. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

C. Virginia Woolfs The Waves

D. James Joyces Finnegans Wake

5713. What did Henry James describe as loose baggy monsters ?
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A. publishers

B. plays

C. novels

D. the English

5714. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentiethcentury thinker Sigmund Freud associated ?
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A. anarchism

B. phrenology

C. psychoanalysis

D. eugenics

5715. Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
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A. the Irish National Theatre

B. the Globe Theatre

C. the Abbey Theatre

D. both A and C

5716. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. religious symbolism and society comedy

C. regional dialect and political critique

D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

5717. Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
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A. Izaak Walton

B. John Skelton

C. Isabella Whitney

D. Katherine Philips

5718. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

C. religious symbolism and society comedy

D. regional dialect and political critique

5719. Horaces doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was interpreted to mean______________?
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A. A picture is worth a thousand words.

B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.

C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.

D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

5720. Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
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A. troubadour

B. bard

C. skald

D. chorister

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