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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6741. How many stressed are generally marked_____________?
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A. Four

B. Only one

C. Three

D. Two

6742. The shortened forms like photo for photograph is an instance of __________________?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Metanalysis

C. Portmanteau

D. Clipping

6743. __________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
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A. Onomatopoeia

B. Clipping

C. Portmanteau

D. Metanalysis

6744. Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?
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A. The position of the lips

B. The height to which the tongue is raised

C. All the abovE.

D. The part of the tongue that is raised

6745. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?
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A. Phoneme

B. Morpheme

C. Syllable

D. Allomorph

6746. ________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences?
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A. Stress

B. JuncturE

C. Pitch

D. Intonation

6747. The s in boys is ______________?
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A. An adjective forming morpheme

B. Plural morpheme

C. Possessive morpheme

D. Past morpheme

6748. /f/and /v/ are______________?
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A. Dental

B. Labio__dental

C. Bilabial

D. Alveolar

6749. ______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
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A. Juncture

B. Pitch

C. Intonation

D. Stress

6750. A syllabic division is marked with______________?
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A. A vertical bar

B. A hyphen

C. A slash

D. An arrow mark

6751. A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________?
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A. Monolingual

B. Monologue

C. Monologal

D. None of the above

6752. Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
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A. Labio__dental

B. Dental

C. Alveolar

D. Bilabial

6753. ______________________is a processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words?
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A. Portmanteau

B. Clipping.

C. Derivation

D. Compounding

6754. The final /t/ in walked is ____________?
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A. Past morpheme

B. Plural morpheme

C. Possessive morpheme

D. An adjective forming morpheme

6755. __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
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A. Post__alveolar

B. Palate__alveolar

C. Velar

D. Palatal

6756. How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?
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A. None of the above

B. Innumerable

C. Only one

D. Two

6757. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing the items ?
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A. The falling

B. The fall__rise

C. None of the above

D. The rising

6758. According to Longinus, there are ________principle sources of sublime.
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A. Three

B. Five

C. None

D. Six

6759. The study of relationships between two or more languages and the investigation whether the common languages have a common ancestor is called___________?
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A. Psycho linguistics

B. Sociolinguistics

C. None of these

D. >Comparative linguistics

6760. How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ?
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A. Four

B. Two

C. Only one

D. Three

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