english literature MCQs – Page 364

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7261. Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the authors intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?
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A. The affective fallacy

B. The objective correlative

C. The intentional fallacy

D. The pathetic fallacy

7262. Horace was a friend of_______________?
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A. Julius Caesar

B. Pompey

C. Emperor Augustus

D. Alexander the Great

7263. Who coined the term New Historicism ?
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A. Jacques Derrida

B. Terry Eagleton

C. Fredric Jameson

D. Stephen Greenblatt

7264. Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory ?
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A. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.

D. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.

7265. Of all philosophers Plato is the most poetic. Who said this______________?
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A. Aristlotle

B. Keats

C. Shelley

D. Philiph Sidney

7266. In her essay The Laugh of the Medusa, what does Hlne Cixous suggest for women ?
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A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.

B. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying womens literature from the past.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.

7267. Who remarked, Spenser write no language. ?
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A. Arnold