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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7081. This feminist critic proposed that all female characters in literature are in at least one of the following stages of development: the feminine, feminist, or female stage ?
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A. Virginia Woolf

B. Ellen Mores

C. Mary Wolstencraft

D. Elaine Showalter

7082. How do Marxist theorists react to ideology ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests.

C. They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress.

D. They accept ideology as an essential, although sometimes problematic, part of society.

7083. How many times do the word Katharsis appear in the Poetics________________?
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A. 4

B. 3

C. 2

D. 6

7084. This literary critic warned: We must remember that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people who have no real belief in a supernatural order . . . And the greater part . . . is coming to be written by people who not only have no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so backward or so eccentric as to continue to believe. ?
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A. C.S. Lewis

B. G.K. Chesterton

C. Matthew Arnold

D. T.S. Eliot

7085. In which capter of Biographia Lieraria, Coleridge make a distinction between fancy and imagination ?
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A. 12

B. 13

C. 14

D. 15

7086. On the Sublime is written in_________________?
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A. Hebrew

B. Latin

C. Greek

D. Italian

7087. The name Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry) was given to Horaces Epistle to the Pisos by____________?
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A. Virgil

B. Cicero

C. Horace

D. Quintillion

7088. Jacques Derridas concept of diffrance challenges us to think about language as a system that____________?
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A. prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings.

D. involves a constant process of deferred meaning.

7089. What is New Historicism ?
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A. A theory that regards history as a series of narratives

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. A theory that sees history as a form of writing and discourse

D. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events

7090. Platos Republic is written in the form of______________?
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A. Narrative mode

B. Poetry

C. Dialogue

D. Drama

7091. Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. Calling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse

C. Suggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs

D. Arguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.

7092. Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of firstwave feminism ?
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A. Judith Butler

B. Mary Wollstonecraft

C. Lucy Irigaray

D. Hlne Cixous

7093. Detractors argue that such an approach can be too judgmental. Some believe literature should be judged primarily (if not solely) on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage ?
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A. Formalism/New Criticism

B. Historical/Biographical

C. Moral/Philosophical

D. Psychological

7094. Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?
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A. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.

D. Literary theory tends to be too political.

7095. In general, what is Judith Butlers concept of gender ?
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A. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Gender is largely a cultural construct.

D. Womens gender is artificial, while mens gender is not.

7096. Who proposed that poets should be banished from the ideal Republic ?
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A. Sir Philip Sidney

B. Plato

C. Sir Thomas More

D. Aristotle

7097. The statements below are steps on How to Read a Short Story Critically. Which comes in as the last thing to do in the critical reading of a narrative ?
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A. Analyze Rhetorical Elements

B. Analyze the Structure of the Story

C. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Story

D. Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Interpretation)

7098. Who called Dryden the Father of English Criticism ?
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A. Joseph Addison

B. Coleridge

C. Matthew Arnold

D. Dr. Johnson

7099. Arnolds views on poetry and criticism are discussed in ?
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A. On translating Homer

B. Preface to the Poems

C. Culture and Anarchy

D. Scholar Gypsy

7100. How did the New Critics view literature ?
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A. As a historical object that is also aesthetic

B. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context

C. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context

D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

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