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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7221. How are Julia Kristevas psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
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A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.

B. Kristeva offers a more central place for womens issues within psychological development.

C. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.

D. All of the above answers are correct.

7222. Who made a distinction between Fancy and Imagination ?
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A. Southey

B. Hazlitt

C. Wordsworth

D. Coleridge

7223. What is Christopher Rickss attitude toward literary theory ?
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A. He considers it to be vital in order to understand literary texts.

B. He has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory.

C. He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation.

D. He considers theory to be the only way that literary texts can be interpreted.

7224. Christopher Ricks would most likely DISAGREE with which of the following claims about literary theory ?
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A. Literary theory is limited in its ability to interpret a text.

B. Literary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts.

C. Literary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood.

D. Literary theory is employed mostly by academics.

7225. How does VirginiaWoolfs essay A Room of Ones Own contribute to feminist theory ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.

C. It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.

D. It suggests that gender has power over class.

7226. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the bestial side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the bestial side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the grownup world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. To enable to form judgments about literature.

C. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.

D. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.

7227. Aristotle said of chorus in Greek tragedy that_____________?
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A. It is only lyrical songs in the play

B. It should make only reports

C. It should be regarded as one of the actors

D. It should only comment on the action

7228. Seven is an archetype associated with____________?
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A. Death

B. Perfection

C. Birth

D. Evil

7229. This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?
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A. Mimetic

B. Mythological/Archetypal

C. Historical/Biographical

D. Psychological

7230. Which of the following texts provides the best example of defamiliarization ?
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A. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

B. W.E.B. Du Boiss The Souls of Black Folk

C. Leo Tolstoys The Kreutzer Sonata

D. Aristotles Poetics

7231. Which of the following statements best explains the main objective of New Historicism ?
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A. Texts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning.

B. Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact.

C. Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities.

D. Texts are examined to determine the authors intent.

7232. In which the following works Plato discusses his Theory of Poetry ?
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A. The Republic

B. Phaedrus

C. Apology

D. Ion

7233. What is the purpose of feminist theory ?
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A. To advocate for womens rights

B. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature

7234. Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwicks book Epistemology of the Closet ?
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A. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.

D. Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.

7235. Aristotles critical work is entitled_______________?
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A. De Arte Poetica

B. Ars Poetica

C. Art Poetique

D. Poetics

7236. A critic examining John Miltons Paradise Lost focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
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A. Feminist

B. Reader Response

C. Formalist

D. Mimetic

7237. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was published in______________?
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A. 1815

B. 1798

C. 1800

D. 1802

7238. Reader-response theory is focused on considering which of the following ?
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A. How readers learn to read

B. How readers imagine visual images in a text

C. How readers regard critics

D. How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text

7239. The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
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A. 100 BC

B. 15 AD

C. 12 to 8 BC

D. 20 AD

7240. What is defamiliarization ?
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A. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky

B. A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit

C. A term that describes how literature exposes its own artificiality

D. All of the above answers are correct.

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