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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

41. According to Longinus, there are ________principle sources of sublime.
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A. Six

B. Five

C. None

D. Three

42. The term Implicature might refer to_________?
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A. None of these

B. Conversational structure

C. Double meaning

D. Text Structure

43. In its general sense it refers to the creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences, in contrast to the communication systems of animals is called ?
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A. Productivity

B. Parole

C. Paradigmatic

D. Langue

44. A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items.
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A. Synergy

B. N. O. T

C. Syntagmatic

D. Performance

45. In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washingtons Up from Slavery, Washingtons primary goal is to______________?
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A. To be clean.

B. To be a teacher

C. Get a job.

D. Get an education.

46. What is Quinzaine ?
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A. a twenty line stanza

B. a fifteen line stanza

C. a fourteen line stanza

D. a thirteen line stanza

47. What is the name of Wordsworths long poem ?
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A. None of these

B. Don Juan

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Prelude

48. Who uttered these words Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, that is all ?
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A. John Keats

B. Willams Shakespeare

C. Adlof Hatler

D. Gold Smith

49. Exiles is a______________?
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A. Poem

B. Play

C. Short Story

D. Novel

50. Renaissance means___________________?
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A. the revival of hard task

B. the revival of new country

C. the revival of learning

D. the revival of life

51. In Shakespeare Character is not Destiny but character and Destiny. Whose comment is this ?
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A. Nicoll

B. None of these

C. Bradley

D. Dr. Johnson

52. Which one is not by Shakespeare ?
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A. True is it that we have seen betting days.

B. Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

C. None of these.

D. Knowledge is power.

53. Who is the author of The Rape of Bangladesh ?
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A. G. B. Shaw

B. Anthony Mascarenhas

C. Mathew Arnold

D. Alexander Dumas

54. W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts college education was needed for______________?
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A. Only White Americans.

B. African American women.

C. All African Americans.

D. The Talented Tenth.

55. Although different in tone, Soujourner Truths Aint I a Woman and David Walkers Appeal in Four Articles are similar in what way ?
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A. Their belief that women should have equal rights.

B. Their appeals to Christians.

C. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves.

D. Their belief in necessary violence.

56. In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison ?
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A. Fighting.

B. Getting an education.

C. Contacting famous authors.

D. Making friends with the guards.

57. What the term Elegy refers ?
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A. a song of pleasure

B. a song of lamentation

C. a hymn

D. a praiseworthy song

58. Slave owners resisted abolition for what reason ?
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A. A and C.

B. B and C.

C. Slaves outnumbered non-slaves and might rebel.

D. Slaveholders objected to losing leisure time.

E. Slaveholders felt economic security rested on the system of slavery.

59. Which is called the Golden Period of English Literature?
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A. Restoration Period

B. Elizabethan Age

C. Victorian Age

D. Augustan Age

60. Who of the following was both a poet and painter ?
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A. Donne

B. William Blake

C. Spenser

D. Keats

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