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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6301. In what way is Jane Toomers Cane an example of Modernism ?
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A. Its focus on landscape.

B. Its focus on modern city life.

C. Its fractured, collage effect.

D. Its insistence on plot.

6302. Which is not a characteristic of Realism ?
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A. Characters are not as important as plot.

B. Ordinary language is used.

C. Events are plausible.

D. Presentation is objective.

6303. In Charles Chesnutts The Goophered Grape Vine, why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
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A. So they wont interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.

B. To explain his religious views.

C. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.

D. To amuse the narrators sickly wife.

6304. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?
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A. Strengthened the African Americans place in the world of literature

B. Perpetuated stereotypes

C. Showed that African Americans couldnt speak properly.

D. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences

6305. According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is_______________?
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A. To raise awareness of violence in African American youth.

B. To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.

C. To raise money for Sickle Cell Anemia research.

D. To support the Back to Africa Movement.

6306. Alice Walkers novels often explore the abuse experienced by African American women. What is the only abuse Celie does not experience The Color Purple ?
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A. Betrayal by her sister.

B. Betrayal by the educational system.

C. Betrayal by a family member.

D. Betrayal by her community.

6307. What literary purpose does Emilys stay with the nuns at the convent NOT serve ?
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A. Emily is tested regarding the guilt and ghosts of sins past.

B. Emily learns the story of Sister Agness past.

C. Emily comes to understand the benefits of a cloistered life.

D. Emily is confronted with the duality of the human mind, at once rational and then mad.

6308. What is Gothic about the narrative structure of Frankenstein ?
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A. The erratic movement of time and place

B. The reliable narrator

C. The mix of language in terms of voice, diction, and rhythm

D. The readers unwavering empathy for Frankenstein

6309. For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel ?
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A. The male Gothic versus the female Gothic

B. Plotted revenge versus random violence

C. The persistence of the past in the present versus the betrayal in the present of the paternal protector

D. The anticipation of the violation of ones person versus an act of physical violence

6310. Why does Radcliffe favor the term romance as the subtitle to The Mysteries of Udolpho ?
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A. Radcliffe considers her work a continuation of the sentimental novel of the 18th century.

B. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations.

C. Radcliffe wants to emphasize the happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt.

D. It acknowledges the lack of supernatural plot tricks.

6311. Which of the following terms is most closely related to the phrase the explained supernatural ?
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A. The fallen world

B. The Other

C. The uncanny

D. The sublime

6312. Why is The Castle of Otranto often considered a reaction against the Enlightenment ?
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A. It marks a return to more primitive ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression.

B. It suggests that reason is more important than emotion.

C. It shows the possible dangers of science.

D. It exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world.

6313. Which character best represents the concept of terror versus that of horror in Lewiss The Monk ?
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A. Baptiste

B. Ambrosio

C. Agnes

D. Matilda

6314. In what way do the houses in The Yellow Wallpaper and Jane Eyre differ from each other as Gothic literary structures ?
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A. The relative location of the houses within the larger communities

B. The relative age of the houses

C. The relative location of the room in which the troubled women are kept

D. The state of disrepair when the houses are first encountered by the protagonists

6315. What do scholars Michael ORourke and David Collings argue about Queer Romanticism ?
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A. Romantic literary criticism has been stubbornly limited with regard to queer readings.

B. Deviant sexuality, including homosexuality, has historically been associated with Romantic literature.

C. The sexual lives of Romantic-era authors are not relevant to our understanding of queer Romanticism.

D. The Queer Gothic is understudied.

6316. It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. How does this opening sentence of Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?
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A. The uncommon nature of the event

B. The first-person narrator

C. The dichotomy between the concepts of ordinary and estate

D. The reference to ancestral halls

6317. Who does NOT represent the new woman ?
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A. Antonia

B. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

C. Jane Eyre

D. Mina Murray Harker

6318. How is Thornfield in Jane Eyre different from the structures found in the first wave of Gothic novels ?
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A. It is located in England.

B. It contains vault-like spaces.

C. It is mysterious.

D. It is an ancestral estate.

6319. Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus ?
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A. Both were successful because they followed the laws of nature.

B. Both refused to use science to do innovative work.

C. Both worked collaboratively.

D. Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

6320. In what century and in what literary era was the first Gothic novel written ?
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A. 17th century; Enlightenment

B. 18th century; Enlightenment

C. 18th century; Romanticism

D. 19th century; Romanticism

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