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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7161. What approach is described by the paragraph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author and the political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works ?
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A. Formalism

B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach

C. Historical/Biographical Approach

D. Psychological Approach

7162. On Translating Homer is written by________________?
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A. T. S. ELiot

B. William Hazlit

C. Walter Pater

D. Mathew Arnold

7163. What does Sidney say about the observance of the three Dramatic Unities in drama ?
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A. He favours the observance of the Unity of Action only

B. Their observance depends upon the nature of the theme of the play

C. It is not necessary to observe them

D. They must be observed

7164. With which theorist is the term implied reader associated ?
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A. William Wimsatt

B. Harold Bloom

C. Cleanth Brooks

D. Wolfgang Iser

7165. With which theorist is the concept imaginative geography associated ?
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A. Fredric Jameson

B. Julia Kristeva

C. Terry Eagleton

D. Edward Said

7166. What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeares Hamlet ?
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A. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Ophelias madness represents the social oppression of women.

D. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.

7167. What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic criticism hold about literary texts ?
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A. Literary texts should not be read as a projection of the authors psyche.

B. Literary texts solely reflect an authors intentions.

C. Literary texts reveal secret elements of an authors unconscious.

D. All of the above answers are correct.

7168. Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist ?
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A. Viktor Shklovsky

B. Michel Foucault

C. Roland Barthes

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

7169. With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated ?
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A. Sigmund Freud

B. Carl Jung

C. William James

D. Theodor W. Adorno

7170. What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common ?
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A. Both sets of critics reject the importance of historical context in studying literature.

B. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.

C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.

D. All of the above answers are correct.

7171. The Frankfurt School of literary theory was most greatly influenced by which of the following schools of thought ?
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A. Structuralism

B. Formalism

C. Marxism

D. Poststructuralism

7172. What is the original meaning of the term Hamartia ?
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A. To miss the mark

B. Sin

C. Flaws

D. Tragic flaw

7173. Philip Sidneys Apologie for Poetrie is a defence of poetry against the charges brought against it by____________?
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A. Stephen Gosson

B. Henry Howard

C. John Skelton

D. Roger Ascham

7174. Which theorist is associated with the idea that art is a copy of a copy ?
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A. Plato

B. Louis Althusser

C. Walter Benjamin

D. Julia Kristeva

7175. They believe that this approach tends to reduce art to the level of biography and make it relative (to the times) rather than universal. What approach possess this disadvantage ?
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A. Formalism/New Criticism

B. Psychological

C. Historical/Biographical

D. Moral/Philosophical

7176. Plato equated poetry with painting, and Aristotle equated it with_______________?
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A. none

B. dance

C. drama

D. music

7177. According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ?
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A. A figure of judgment

B. A witness

C. Psychological treatment

D. Religious belief

7178. Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?
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A. Trauma theory

B. Game theory

C. Marxist theory

D. Ecotheory

7179. An Elizabethan Puritan critic denounced the poets as fathers of lies,schools of abuse andcaterpillars of a commonwealth. Mark him out from the following crities________________?
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A. William Tyndale

B. Roger Ascham

C. Henry Howard

D. Stephen Gosson

7180. Horace was a_____________?
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A. Italian writer

B. English writer

C. Roman Writer

D. Greek writer

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