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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7281. Who was the most illustrious pupil of Plato ?
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A. Aristophanes

B. Longinus

C. Aristotle

D. Socrates

7282. On the Sublime is considered ______________?
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A. Romantic approach

B. A classical approach

C. None of these

D. Neo-classical approach

7283. How does the Encyclopdie best epitomize the mission of the Enlightenment ?
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A. By emphasizing the idea that gathering knowledge together can lead to human improvement

B. By dismissing all knowledge from outside Europe

C. By questioning the nature of scientific method

D. By rejecting the divine right of kings

7284. Which of the following statements about Elizabeth Barrett Brownings sonnet 43 (How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.) is false ?
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A. Sonnet 43 is similar to most other sonnets in its focus on love.

B. Sonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, like other sonnets.

C. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworths Tintern Abbey is a romantic poem.

D. Sonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence Sonnets from the Portuguese.

7285. Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Victorian period ?
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A. Repeal of the corn laws

B. French Revolution

C. Opium Wars

D. Great Exhibition

7286. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize a lyric poem ?
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A. The lyric poem is a popular form in the Romantic era.

B. The lyric poem has a song-like quality.

C. The lyric poem focuses on action.

D. The lyric poem creates a personal sense of emotion.

7287. In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel ?
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A. All of these answers

B. It does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions.

C. It provides access to the heroines innermost reactions.

D. It provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action.

7288. Which of the following best defines satire ?
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A. A work of literature that attempts to improve society

B. Literature that relies on devices like irony, sarcasm, and humor

C. All of these answers

D. A text that exposes serious flaws under the veil of comedy

7289. John Drydens poem Annus Mirabilis emphasizes the solution to which of the following important Restoration problems or events ?
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A. The churchs potential to unify the populace after the English revolution

B. Parliaments ability to restrain the power of the King

C. The monarchs ability to squelch continuing Puritan resistance

D. Englands power to overcome the recent plague and the great fire of London

7290. In which of the following ways did Hopkins revolutionize poetry ?
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A. He created a radically new form.

B. All of these answers

C. He made obscure allusions.

D. He used unusual, arcane words.

7291. Jonathan Swifts suggestion in A Modest Proposal that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
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A. its absurd response to a real issue.

B. its attempt to shock readers into acting.

C. its mocking tone.

D. its sentimental plea to its audience.

7292. Victor Frankensteins project to create life in Mary Shelleys novel can be linked to romanticism through which of the following ?
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A. His Promethean striving to exceed human limitations as explored by Byron and Percy Shelley

B. Its suggestion that the natural order has laws beyond human control

C. His desire to create a political revolution

D. Both A and B

7293. Popes comment that Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man in his Essay on Man is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?
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A. an Enlightenment focus on useful knowledge.

B. a neoclassical emphasis on propriety and knowing limitations.

C. a radical questioning of revealed religion

D. his use of the heroic couplet.

7294. Complete the following sentence. Keatss Ode to a Nightingale is characteristically Romantic because of_____________?
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A. its focus on his lost love.

B. its elaboration of the intersecting importance of nature and the imagination.

C. its rejection of scientific progress.

D. its development of elements from national folklore.

7295. The opening lines of Charlotte Smiths Beachy Head refer to the speaker reclin[ing] on the stupendous summit of a rock sublime as her Fancy went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?
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A. A call for social and political reform as in some of Shelleys works

B. A focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keatss poems

C. A nod to the poet as outcast as in some of Byrons poems

D. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworths poems

7296. Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworths Tintern Abbey ?
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A. Sensitivity to natures message comes with age.

B. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.

C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.

D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged.

7297. Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossettis poem Goblin Market ?
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A. All of these answers

B. The links between sexuality and economics

C. The importance of sisterly bonds

D. The dangers of sensuality to women

7298. Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victorias moral crusade ?
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A. Members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths should be excluded from public office.

B. Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work.

C. There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world.

D. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned.

7299. Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction emphasize which of the following ?
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A. A sense of adventure

B. Reason over emotions

C. The power of feelings

D. The necessity for an aristocracy

7300. Complete the following sentence. Shelleys Ozymandias can be linked to his Defence of Poetry through its_______________?
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A. rejection of traditional form.

B. rejection of arts political role.

C. portrayal of the power of art to speak truth.

D. attempt to link poetry with music.

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