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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6961. Which of the following was NOT a primary cause of the Industrial Revolution ?
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A. The population increase in Europe

B. The European economy shifting into a global economy

C. Europes shift into being a manufacturing economy

D. The popularity of Romantic poetry

6962. Ode to a Nightingale focuses on ______________?
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A. The futility of artistic creation

B. The fall of man into sin

C. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever

D. The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution

6963. Which action served to ignite the French Revolution ?
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A. The execution of King Louis XVI

B. The rise of King William

C. The madness of King George

D. The ruling of Bonaparte

6964. The line It is an honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind appears in which essay ?
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A. An Essay on Dramatic Poetry

B. Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads

C. The Rights of Man

D. A Defense of Poetry

6965. According to the essay A Defense of Poetry, which of the following is one of the two classes of mental action ?
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A. Fear

B. Illogic

C. Indifference

D. Reason

6966. In Rime of the Ancient Mariner, what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?
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A. A dove

B. A nightingale

C. A hawk

D. An albatross

6967. Which poet would be most likely to write a poem reflecting upon the psychological changes he has undergone since his youth ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. William Blake

6968. Percy Shelleys poem Mont Blanc presents nature as ________________?
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A. Depressing and miserable

B. Controlled by gods

C. A peaceful force

D. A powerful, sublime force

6969. Which of the following was a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Engagement with the natural world

B. Political conservatism

C. Rationality

D. Emotional restraint

6970. In A Defense of Poetry, Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?
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A. Strive to express love

B. Reproduce rhythm and order

C. Resist understanding poetry

D. Write stories

6971. Which poem is considered Wordsworths magnum opus ?
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A. Lyrical Ballads

B. The Prelude

C. Lines Written in Early Spring

D. We Are Seven

6972. In Mont Blanc, Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?
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A. Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile

B. Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness

C. Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death

D. Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth

6973. A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely to celebrate __________________?
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A. The imagination

B. Rationality

C. The natural world

D. Love

6974. Which event marked the defeat of Napoleon ?
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A. The Reign of Terror

B. The execution of the King of France

C. The battle at Waterloo

D. Napoleons coronation as Emperor of France

6975. The Romantic period is generally thought to have occurred between ________________?
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A. 1798 1832

B. 1805 1827

C. 1785 1825

D. 1800 1900

6976. Which of the following would probably NOT occur in a William Wordsworth poem ?
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A. Mockery of political figures

B. Engagement with the natural world

C. Use of common, everyday language

D. Psychological insight

6977. Don Juan and Childe Harolds Pilgrimage are broken into sections called______________?
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A. Lines

B. Stanzas

C. Chapters

D. Cantos

6978. Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism ?
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A. A sense of man being imperfect

B. A belief that art is primarily intellectual

C. Optimism

D. Order and reason

6979. Paul OBrien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?
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A. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. John Keats and William Blake

C. Lord Byron and William Blake

D. Lord Byron and John Clare

6980. Which of the following Romantic poets would have been most likely to write a poem celebrating the innocence of childhood ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. Lord Byron

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Blake

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