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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7061. What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the authors life ?
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A. Historical/Biographical Approach

B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach

C. Psychological Approach

D. Formalism

7062. What does the critical term esemplatic mean ?
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A. Ability to coin new word

B. Negative capability

C. The unifying power

D. Power of imagination

7063. What is affective fallacy ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. A term first used by literary theorists William Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley

C. An important term in the field of New Historicism

D. A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the reader

7064. One archetype in literature is the scapegoat. Which of these literary characters serves that purpose ?
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A. Captain Ahab

B. Hamlet

C. Billy Budd

D. Ophelia

7065. The statements below are parts of the steps on How to Write an Analytical Essay about Short Fiction. Which comes in as the last thing to do in the writing an essay about short fiction ?
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A. Build your paper to a climax; save your most engaging or important topic sentence for discussion last.

B. Compose topic sentences (four or five, perhaps) that support, explore, demonstrate, or illustrate your thesis.

C. Begin your paper with an introduction that identifies the purpose of the paper and the text you are addressing.

D. Select specific passages in the text of the story that help you to develop each topic sentence.

7066. What is the main function of literary theory ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. To understand the role of sexuality, gender, race, and ethnicity in literary study

C. To formulate relationships among an author, a reader, and a literary work

D. To understand the importance of the formal elements of literary structure

7067. Who is the meaning of the term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
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A. Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad

B. Change in the fortune of the hero from bad to good

C. Constancy in the fortune of the hero

D. Fluctuations occurring in the fortune of the hero

7068. A critic examining Popes An Essay on Man asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?
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A. Formalist

B. Reader Response

C. Feminist

D. Mimetic

7069. Who said theatre is not a hospital ?
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A. Hillis Miller

B. J K Atkins

C. Derrida

D. F.L. Lucas

7070. What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ?
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A. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature

B. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature

C. To show the ways in which most Western literature is superior

D. To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized

7071. Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
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A. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text

B. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text

C. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text

D. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text

7072. What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ?
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A. It is impossible to view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm.

B. It is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology.

C. It is impossible to view a piece of literature as its author intended.

D. It is impossible to separate a text from the linguistics that compose it.

7073. What does gynocriticism recommend as an approach to literature ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. Considering womens literature outside of its historical context

C. Becoming more familiar with the history of women and womens writing

D. Examining only female-authored literature more critically

7074. To whom poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful passion. ?
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A. Coleridge

B. Shelley

C. Keats

D. Wordsworth

7075. Which of the following offers the best definition of criture fminine ?
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A. How women really feel about male writers

B. The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts

C. Psychological studies of women

D. Second-wave feminism

7076. The statements below are steps on How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay ?
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A. Identify the Mode of Development

B. Subsequent Readings/Reviews

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Analysis of the Author

7077. With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?
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A. Lucy Irigaray

B. Julia Kristeva

C. Louise M. Rosenblatt

D. Elaine Showalter

7078. Who was the most illustrious disciple of Socrates ?
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A. Sophocles

B. Plautus

C. Plato

D. Critus

7079. How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.

C. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and non-literary texts.

D. New Historicism rejects the idea that history is neutral.

7080. This poet might be described as a moral or philosophical critic for arguing that works must have high seriousness. ?
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A. Virginia Woolf

B. T.S. Eliot

C. Matthew Arnold

D. Elizabeth Browning

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