english literature MCQs – Page 325

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6481. Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________?
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A. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.

B. The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin.

C. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown.

D. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin.

6482. What is TULIP ?
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A. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above

B. Total depravity

C. Unconditional election

D. Limited atonement

6483. By 1600 Holland had____________________?
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A. the wisest men of the time

B. Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries

C. a huge collection of paintings and sculptures

D. many scholars and sceptics

6484. Walt Whitmans style of writing is known as______________?
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A. Lethargic

B. Experimental

C. Expressionistic

D. Modernistic

6485. The poem by Berryman has a sad and depressed tone about it and it foreshadows the_____________?
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A. fate and the mindest of the boy

B. happenings in the poem

C. fate of the author or how depressed be was

D. turn of events of the ball

6486. Who coined the phrase Lost Generation ?
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A. Sherwood Anderson

B. Gertude Stein

C. Hemingway

D. F. Scott Fitzserald

6487. Wanders in that happy valley Through two luminous windows saw Spirits moving musically To a lutes well-tund law, Round about a throne, where sitting (Porphyrogene!) In state his glory well befitting, The sovereign of the realm was seen. What does Porphyrogene mean ?
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A. Of royal birth

B. Born to be free

C. Inflicted with the disease Porphyria

D. Wearing purple robes

6488. Which of the following themes or ideas are closely associated with the Native American way of life ?
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A. Waste and abuse of natural resources

B. Immoral behavior

C. Uncivilized society

D. Love and respect for family and its elders

6489. The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. Oho, quoth he, the old earth is frolicsome to-night! This is_______________?
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A. A novel

B. Gothic fiction

C. A fairy tale

D. An autobiography

6490. According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ?
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A. Frogs never had any teeth.

B. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.

C. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.

D. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.

6491. Which ofWashington Irvings characters falls asleep for twenty years ?
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A. Tom Buchanan

B. Rip van Winkle

C. Philip Marlowe

D. Tom Joad

6492. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?
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A. Self-reliance

B. Father of Free verse

C. Father of american poetry

D. Father of American Liteature

6493. He was famed for great skill in horsemanship; he was foremost at all races and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic, but had more mischief and good humor than ill will in his composition. Who is this ?
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