english literature MCQs – Page 353

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7041. Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Wordsworth

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Keats

7042. Which poet defines poetry as the expression of the imagination ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. Percy Shelley

C. William Hazlitt

D. William Wordsworth

7043. Which poet would be least likely to write about the beauty of nature ?
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A. John Keats

B. Lord Byron

C. William Wordsworth

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

7044. Coleridges Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?
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A. Hatred

B. Guilt

C. Disbelief

D. Love

7045. Who referred to poets as the unacknowledged legislators of the world ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Blake

C. William Hazlitt

D. Lord Byron

7046. Which poem by Wordsworth examines writers block ?
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A. We Are Seven

B. Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey

C. The Prelude

D. Lines Written in Early Spring

7047. John Keats died from________________?
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A. Suicide

B. Influenza

C. Fever

D. Tuberculosis

7048. Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

C. William Blake

D. William Wordsworth

7049. Paul OBriens essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
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A. Not an atheist

B. Fiercely anti-war

C. Suicidal

D. In love with Lord Byron

7050. Who was the co-author of Lyrical Ballads with William Wordsworth ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. John Keats

C. Lord Byron

D. William Blake

7051. William Blakes Songs of Innocence and Experience explores ________________?
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A. The fall of Satan

B. The life of Blake

C. The history of London

D. The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world

7052. Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Blake

C. Lord Byron

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

7053. Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?
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A. John Locke

B. Edmund Burke

C. Thomas Paine

D. James Mackintosh

7054. Name the author of The New Criticism ?
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A. John Crowe Ransom

B. F. R. Leavis

C. R. P. Blackmur

D. Allen Tate

7055. The structure of tragedy according to Aristotle is________________?
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A. Loose

B. Simple

C. Episodic

D. Complex

7056. It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet no more than a long gown maketh an advocate. Whose view is this ?
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A. Marlowes

B. Spensers

C. Sidneys

D. Shakespeares

7057. How does literary theory resemble the practice of philosophy as it was developed by Plato and Aristotle ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. Literary theory engages with theoretical rather than real-world issues.

C. Literary theory asks fundamental questions about literary interpretation, and at the same time builds specific systems of literary interpretation.

D. Literary theory relies totally on speculation rather than history.

7058. The statements below are parts of the steps on How to Analyze a Play. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play ?
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A. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Play

B. Identify External Factors Related to the Work

C. Analyze the Staging

D. Interpret the Play

7059. Who is the author of Symposium ?
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A. Longinus

B. Plato

C. Aristotle

D. Dante

7060. Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeares Comedies to his Tragedies ?
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