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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

7321. What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reflect about the plot ?
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A. It acts as an allusion to the importance of nature in the Romantic period.

B. It functions as a metaphor for the womens rights movement.

C. It foreshadows a negative shift in mood.

D. It symbolizes the increase in scientific knowledge.

7322. John Locke is known for advocating all of the following ideas EXCEPT________________?
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A. divine authority of kings.

B. social contract theory of government.

C. blank slate or tabula rasa.

D. natural political rights.

7323. Complete the following sentence. In the opening lines of Gerard Manley Hopkinss The Windhover, the words daylights dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon ?
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A. are an example of antithesis to suggest the falcons contradictory nature.

B. refer to the speakers heart.

C. use alliterative language to draw attention to the falcons importance as a symbol of Christ.

D. indicate the speakers lack of faith.

7324. O my death mother! I am miserable, truly miserable! But yet, dont be frightened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so! These lines characterize Samuel Richardsons Pamela in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______________?
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A. by emphasizing sexual morality.

B. through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form.

C. through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the characters feelings.

D. by emphasizing the characters fright.

7325. Shelley expresses all of the following ideas in A Defence of Poetry, EXCEPT______________?
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A. language shows humanitys impulse towards order.

B. reason can help man understand beauty.

C. civilization comes through beauty.

D. poetry has no effect on society.

7326. Complete the following sentence. The opening frame narrative of Frankenstein comes from_______________?
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A. the creature, after he has killed Victor Frankenstein.

B. Victor Frankensteins diary.

C. Walton, a failed poet who is attempting to discover the North Pole.

D. Mrs. Saville, Frankensteins cousin.

7327. Which of the following does NOT characterize Matthew Arnolds Dover Beach ?
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A. It envisions Christianity as eternal.

B. It has a melancholic tone.

C. Like earlier Romantic lyrics, it takes a natural setting as an occasion for philosophical reflection.

D. It is a dramatic monologue.

7328. Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar______________?
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A. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.

B. devotion to traditional authority in political and theoretical matters.

C. reliance on classical scholarship.

D. defense of violent emotions as natural.

7329. Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpoles The Castle of Otranto as______________?
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A. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.

B. commenting on the French and Indian War.

C. revealing his interest in Chaucer.

D. promoting the rise of museums.

7330. Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwins On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ?
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A. Darwins work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance.

B. Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwins work completely.

C. Darwins work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture.

D. Darwins work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans.

7331. Samuel Richardsons Pamela and Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe similarly reflect the forces giving rise to the novel in which of the following ways ?
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A. Their imperialist settings reflect the interest in faraway lands that led to adventure novels.

B. Both emphasize romantic relationships that play up the importance of women readers.

C. Both focus on the struggles of lower or middle-class characters, mirroring the development of a large middle-class readership as consumers.

D. Their epistolary forms reflect an increasing political interest in subjective feelings.

7332. What was the Woman Question in the Victorian Period ?
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A. A discussion of womens roles inside and outside the home

B. A conversation about womens work as a product of the Industrial Revolution

C. A debate about whether women should be able to vote

D. All of these answers

7333. Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffes medieval settings______________?
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A. is at odds with her explicit socialist politics.

B. suggests her commitment to the Catholic Church.

C. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience.

D. indicates her longing for the older aristocracy.

7334. Aphra Behns Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?
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A. like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.

B. like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.

C. like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.

D. like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.

7335. Complete the following sentence. Tennysons In Memoriam and Brownings dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ?
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A. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.

B. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.

C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.

D. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire.

7336. Complete the following sentence. Robert Brownings poem Porphyrias Lover is_______________?
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A. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife.

B. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer.

C. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning.

D. an epic describing a great romance.

7337. Tennysons Ulysses can be characterized in all of the following ways, EXCEPT________________?
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A. it emphasizes the internal life of the mind over social action.

B. it reflects a Victorian attitude of continuing to fight against loss of hope or faith.

C. it thematizes the importance of choosing action over complacency.

D. it uses Greek mythology to comment on contemporary questions.

7338. Complete the following sentence. The Romantic movement is least closely related to______________?
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A. parody.

B. folklore.

C. exoticism

D. nationalism.

7339. Do we now live in an enlightened age? The answer is, no, but we do live in an age of enlightenment. ?
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A. Immanuel Kant

B. John Locke

C. Denis Diderot

D. David Hume

7340. Complete the following sentence. According to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution was________________?
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A. a necessary change that was beginning to go astray.

B. a misguided attempt to overthrow human nature by rejecting tradition.

C. the ultimate expression of humankinds ability to control its own destiny.

D. an event that had little consequence to England

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