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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

101. One of the functions of protest poetry was to________________?
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A. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.

B. Encourage societies strive for equality for all.

C. Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors.

D. Extol the virtues of living in the free North.

102. not of an age, but for all time-was told about Shakespeare by whom ?
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A. King Henry

B. Marlowe

C. John Milton

D. Ben Johnson

103. Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laureate in_______________?
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A. 1846

B. none of these

C. 1843 b1844

D. 1845

104. All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeares__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Shakespeares Much ado about nothing.

C. Shakespeares Tempest

D. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeares

105. Although Charles Johnsons Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
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A. Its characters movement from slavery to freedom.

B. The novels sensationalist scenes of violence.

C. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.

D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

106. Who is the author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
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A. S. T. Coleridge

B. Sir Walter Scott

C. W. Somerset Maugham

D. William Wordsworth

107. The Rainbow is a novel written by______________?
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A. Virginia Woolf

B. E.M. Forster

C. D.H. Lawrence

D. Hemingway

108. Negative Capability to Keats, means_______________?
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A. None of these

B. The ability to sympathize with other

C. To empathize

D. Say bad thing, about others

109. Who is the author of For Whom the Bell Tolls ?
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A. Ernest Hemingway

B. Charles Dickens

C. Lord Tennison

D. Homer

110. The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurstons Sweat was influenced by______________?
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A. Her best friend.

B. Her job as a waitress.

C. Her relationship with a patron.

D. Her mother.

111. In Lucille Cliftons wishes for son, the narrator lists what wishes her sons ?
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A. That they learn from her mistakes.

B. That they have richer lives than hers.

C. That they experience all the pain and embarrassment of being a woman.

D. That they have all they ever wished for themselves.

112. Who is the first great modernist of English Literature ?
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A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Roger Bacon

C. Robert Browning

D. Cynewulf

113. Which of the following is a 19th century woman novelist?
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A. Ezra Pound

B. Emily Dickinson

C. George Eliot

D. Virginia Woolf

114. The age tended to favour the taste and search for truth in art______________?
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A. Victorian

B. Classical

C. Romantic

D. Elizabethan

115. The genre Octavia Butlers Bloodchild is______________?
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A. Horror.

B. Science Fiction.

C. Tragedy.

D. Mystery.

116. What does the term passing mean ?
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A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.

B. To leave ones past behind.

C. To do well on ones schoolwork.

D. To gain approval from ones community.

117. The statue of Ozymandias is______________?
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A. in a desert

B. in a valley

C. on a mountain

D. beside a river

118. In Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of_____________?
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A. The narrators attempt to stay out of prison.

B. The narrators attempt to stay hidden.

C. The narrators desire to be safe.

D. The narrators invisibility to society.

119. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?
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A. Showed that African Americans couldnt speak properly.

B. Perpetuated stereotypes

C. Strengthened the African Americans place in the world of literature

D. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences

120. Who accuses Arnold of high pamphleteering ?
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A. I. A. Richards

B. Pater

C. Eliot

D. F. R. Leavis

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