english literature MCQs – Page 291

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

5801. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?
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A. the Battle of Hastings

B. the War of the Roses

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the Battle of Agincourt

5802. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?
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A. Augustine of Canterbury

B. Beowulf

C. Caedmon

D. Arthur

5803. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
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A. eleventh

B. tenth

C. fourteenth

D. twelfth

5804. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 ?
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A. French

B. Norwegian

C. Danish

D. Spanish

5805. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
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A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Sir Thomas Malory

C. John Gower

D. Caedmon

5806. Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. 1386

C. 1300

D. 1343

5807. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as______________?
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A. none of the above

B. poets corner

C. legends corner

D. Chaucers corner

5808. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?
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A. Edward III

B. Louis XIV

C. Henry V

D. Henry II

5809. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge ?
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A. Westminster Palace

B. Tower of London

C. St. Georges chapel at Windsor

D. Buckingham Palace

5810. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
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A. conversion to Christianity

B. everlasting shame

C. mild melancholia

D. banishment to Asia

5811. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry ?
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A. Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.

B. Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.

C. Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.

D. Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed

5812. Who was the first English Christian king ?
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A. Richard III

B. Alfred

C. Ethelbert

D. Richard II

5813. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?
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A. the War of the Roses

B. the Battle of Agincourt

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the Battle of Hastings

5814. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 ?
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A. Hungarian

B. French

C. Norwegian

D. Spanish

5815. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
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A. the Geats

B. the Normans

C. the Danes

D. the Anglo-Saxons

5816. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?
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A. Their readers primary language was English.

B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.

C. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.

D. a and c only

5817. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
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A. repetition of parallel syntactic structures

B. ironic understatement

C. stress on every third diphthong

D. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

5818. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with_______________?
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A. bewilderment and visceral loathing.

B. bigotry and shallow triumphalism.

C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.

D. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.

5819. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?
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A. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.

B. The common people were still essentially pagan.

C. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.

D. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.

5820. The use of \whale-road\for sea and \lifehouse\ for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?
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A. symbolism

B. metonymy

C. kenning

D. simile

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