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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6941. The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
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A. Progressive

B. Reciprocal

C. Regressive

D. None of the above

6942. The Ding__Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by_______________?
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A. Noire

B. Max__Muller

C. Otto Jepersen

D. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

6943. _________ is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another ?
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A. Progression

B. Assimilation

C. Regression

D. Onomatopoeia

6944. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?
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A. Onomatopoeic

B. Synchronic

C. Semiotic

D. Diachronic

6945. /h/ in the word he is a __________ sound?
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A. Alveolar

B. Velar

C. Palatal

D. Glottal

6946. The present__tense form of the verb read and its past__tense which is pronounced as red is an example of _____________?
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A. Allophones

B. Homographs

C. Homonyms

D. Homophones

6947. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?
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A. Ding Dong theory

B. The Bow-vow theory

C. The Gesture theory

D. The Pooh-pooh theory

6948. ____________________are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another ?
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A. Minimal pairs

B. Semi__vowels

C. Triphthongs

D. Diphthongs

6949. Sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue or the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge are called _________?
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A. Bilabial

B. Labio__dental

C. Alveolar

D. Dental

6950. Sounds articulated by the lower lip placed against the upper teeth are called________ ?
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A. Bilabial

B. Alveolar

C. Dental

D. Labio__dental

6951. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?
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A. The Pooh__pooh theory

B. The Bow__vow theory

C. Ding Dong theory

D. The Gesture theory

6952. Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics ?
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A. Semantics

B. Morphology

C. Philology

D. Phonology

6953. Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?
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A. Homonyms

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Portmanteau

D. Homophones

6954. Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?
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A. Dynamic

B. TransferencE

C. Displacement

D. Recursiveness

6955. Keats was most famous for__________________?
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A. His extensive writings

B. His odes

C. His wild lifestyle

D. His popularity with readers

6956. In her essay Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted, Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon _______________?
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A. Violence

B. Nature

C. Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion

D. Death and disease

6957. Which of the following would probably NOT be the topic of a Romantic poem ?
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A. The French Revolution

B. Mans relationship to nature

C. The experience of common people

D. A celebration of the aristocratic

6958. Which Romantic poet would be most likely to feature a main character or narrator in a poem who is heroic, tortured, cynical, highly emotional, and intelligent ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Blake

6959. With whom did John Keats have a love affair ?
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A. Mary Keats

B. Mary Shelley

C. Fanny Brawne

D. Dorothy Wordsworth

6960. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul OBriens essay Prophet of the Revolution ?
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A. William Blake

B. William Wordsworth

C. Lord Byron

D. Percy Shelley

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