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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

561. The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
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A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine

B. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries

C. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn

D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries

562. Who composed The Preludes ?
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A. S T Coleridge

B. William Blake

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Shakespeare

563. Which of the following plays was actually performed on stage ?
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A. Shelleys Prometheus Unbound

B. Coleridges Remorse

C. Byrons Manfred

D. Shelleys The Cenci

564. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as_____________?
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A. The Protestant Revolution

B. The Protestant Resolution

C. The Protestant Restoration

D. The Protestant Reformation

565. What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?
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A. A and C

B. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society

C. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail

D. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness

566. Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
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A. Amsterdam

B. Paris

C. London

D. Tokyo

567. Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?
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A. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements.

B. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.

C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.

D. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse.

568. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated______________?
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A. just the same as men

B. confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

C. with emphasis on science and mathematics

D. not at all

569. 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.

570. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match ?
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A. Property

B. Lineage

C. Wealth

D. Love

571. What type of writing did Walter Pater define as the special and opportune art of the modern world ?
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A. the novel

B. comic drama

C. nonfiction proseB.

D. the lyric

572. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
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A. Lycidas

B. LAllegro

C. Il Penseroso

D. Absolom and Achitophel

573. Which of th following novels is called a Novel without a hero ?
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A. Pickwick Papers

B. Mill on the Floss

C. Northanger Abbey

D. Vanity Fair

574. What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era ?
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A. 1500-1520

B. 1558-1603

C. 1560-1570

D. 1575-1600

575. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 extend the vote on parliamentary representation ?
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A. slaves

B. the lower middle classes

C. women

D. the working classes

576. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?
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A. 1575

B. 1500

C. 1588

D. 1600

577. Complete the following sentence. Poetic images which idealize war and ascribe spiritual qualities to battle can be found primarily in English poems written_______________?
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A. in the early stages of World War I.

B. around 1900.

C. in the 1920s.

D. in the late stages of World War I.

578. Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
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A. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent

B. raucous celebration mixed with self congratulatory sophistication

C. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

D. studied melancholy and aestheticism

579. 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. Queen Victoria

D. King Henry VIII

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

B. Anglicans and Methodists

C. the rich and the poor

D. England and Ireland

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