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This section includes 450 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ? |
| A. | Jane Austen’s Emma |
| B. | Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein |
| C. | William Godwin’s Caleb Williams |
| D. | Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley |
| Answer» D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley | |
| 202. |
Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916 ? |
| A. | the southern counties of Ireland |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | Ulster |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. Canada | |
| 203. |
Which book was not written by Jane Austen ? |
| A. | Sense and Suspensibility |
| B. | Emma |
| C. | Pride and Prejudice |
| D. | Mansfield Park |
| Answer» B. Emma | |
| 204. |
Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill ? |
| A. | Seagull |
| B. | Albatross |
| C. | Humming Bird |
| D. | Crow |
| Answer» C. Humming Bird | |
| 205. |
Which best describes the minority of Evangelicals in the Church of England ? |
| A. | A group of unattractive people relegated to the colonies to perform missionary work where they wouldn’t tarnish the aesthetics of the Church of Engl |
| B. | Also called Nonconformists or Dissenters, Evangelicals led the missionary movement in the colonies, advocated a Puritan moral code, and were responsib |
| C. | They were part of the High Church or the Catholicside of the church. |
| D. | They were devout ractarians,as described by John Henry Newman. |
| Answer» C. They were part of the High Church or the Catholicside of the church. | |
| 206. |
Which best describes the imagist movement, exemplified in the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound ? |
| A. | a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the page |
| B. | an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery |
| C. | an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery |
| D. | the resurrection of Romantic poetic sensibility |
| Answer» C. an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery | |
| 207. |
Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ? |
| A. | studied melancholy and aestheticism |
| B. | sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal |
| C. | raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication |
| D. | paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent |
| Answer» B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal | |
| 208. |
When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, written in 1928? |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» D. 2000 | |
| 209. |
When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was_____________? |
| A. | The closing of theatres |
| B. | The return of the King. |
| C. | King Arthurs’ dead |
| D. | King to exile |
| Answer» B. The return of the King. | |
| 210. |
What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness,a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike ? |
| A. | wit |
| B. | sprezzatura |
| C. | naturalism |
| D. | gusto |
| Answer» B. sprezzatura | |
| 211. |
What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness, a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike ? |
| A. | wit |
| B. | sprezzatura |
| C. | naturalism |
| D. | gusto |
| Answer» B. sprezzatura | |
| 212. |
What was vellum ? |
| A. | parchment made of animal skin |
| B. | the service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”) |
| C. | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| D. | an unbreakable oath of fealty |
| Answer» B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”) | |
| 213. |
What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 ? |
| A. | The Massacre at Berlin |
| B. | The Massacre at Rome |
| C. | The Massacre at Copenhagen |
| D. | The Massacre at Paris |
| Answer» D. The Massacre at Paris | |
| 214. |
What was the tile of Thomas Hobbes’s defense of absolute sovereignty based on a theory of social contract ? |
| A. | The Litany in a Time of Plague |
| B. | Utopia |
| C. | Leviathan |
| D. | The Advancement of Learning |
| Answer» D. The Advancement of Learning | |
| 215. |
What was the significance of the voyage of the Empire Windrush ? |
| A. | It brought the last group of English convicts to Australia in 1901. |
| B. | It was sunk by the German navy in 1914, bringing the United States into World War I. |
| C. | It brought the first group of immigrants from Jamaica to England in 1948. |
| D. | It delivered a small dog into space in 1959, and returned it to earth. |
| Answer» D. It delivered a small dog into space in 1959, and returned it to earth. | |
| 216. |
What was the relationship between Victorian poets and the Romantics ? |
| A. | The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s. |
| B. | The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics. |
| C. | The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semibarbarous age. |
| D. | The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century ? |
| A. | Atheism |
| B. | Protestantism |
| C. | Catholicism |
| D. | Ancestor-worship |
| Answer» D. Ancestor-worship | |
| 218. |
What was the nickname of Mary I ? |
| A. | Bloody Mary |
| B. | Mary, Mary Quite Contrary |
| C. | Mary, Queen of Scots |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» B. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary | |
| 219. |
what was the occupation of Chaucer’s father ? |
| A. | leather merchant |
| B. | civil servant |
| C. | a vintner |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 220. |
What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother ? |
| A. | Anderson |
| B. | Branwell |
| C. | Richard |
| D. | Pearson |
| Answer» C. Richard | |
| 221. |
What was the licensing system ? |
| A. | All royalties from the sale of books went to the crown (hence the name). |
| B. | Poets were required to have a university diploma (the original poetic license). |
| C. | All books had to be dedicated to a noble or royal patron. |
| D. | All books had to be submitted for official approval before publication. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 222. |
What was the intended target of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 ? |
| A. | Westminster Abbey |
| B. | Tower Bridge |
| C. | the Houses of Parliament |
| D. | Buckingham Palace |
| Answer» D. Buckingham Palace | |
| 223. |
What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ? |
| A. | the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed |
| B. | a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays |
| C. | a popular thirst for the classics, driving contemporary writers to the margins |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays | |
| 224. |
What was the general subject of theWelsh poet Katherine Philips’s work ? |
| A. | celebrations of the transience of all life and beauty |
| B. | celebrations of lesbian sexuality in terms that did not imply a male readership |
| C. | celebrations of religious ecstasy and divine inspiration |
| D. | celebrations of female friendship in Platonic terms normally reserved for male Friendships |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
what was the duration of hundred year’s war ? |
| A. | 1300 to 1350 |
| B. | 1337 to 1453 |
| C. | 1302 to 1343 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. 1302 to 1343 | |
| 226. |
What was restored in 1660 ? |
| A. | the monarchy, in the person of Charles II |
| B. | the dominance of the Tory Party |
| C. | the Book of Common Prayer |
| D. | toleration of religious dissidents |
| Answer» B. the dominance of the Tory Party | |
| 227. |
What was “restored” in 1660 ? |
| A. | the monarchy, in the person of Charles II |
| B. | the dominance of the Tory Party |
| C. | the “Book of Common Prayer” |
| D. | toleration of religious dissidents |
| Answer» C. the “Book of Common Prayer” | |
| 228. |
What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ? |
| A. | the abolishment of public plays and sports |
| B. | the conversion of the English church to Catholicism |
| C. | the adoption of English as the official language |
| D. | the consolidation of power in an absolute monarch |
| Answer» B. the conversion of the English church to Catholicism | |
| 229. |
What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ? |
| A. | civilization |
| B. | woman |
| C. | God |
| D. | nature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 230. |
What was Elizabeth’s close circle of advisers called ? |
| A. | The Star Chamber |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | The Privy Council |
| D. | The Cabinet |
| Answer» D. The Cabinet | |
| 231. |
What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh ? |
| A. | Waldimor |
| B. | Water |
| C. | William |
| D. | Winter |
| Answer» C. William | |
| 232. |
what was chaucer’s profession ? |
| A. | a poet |
| B. | a merchant |
| C. | a civil servant |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 233. |
What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth’s court ? |
| A. | Swimming |
| B. | Gambling |
| C. | Jousting |
| D. | Backgammon |
| Answer» D. Backgammon | |
| 234. |
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as he special and opportune art of the modern world ? |
| A. | the novel |
| B. | nonfiction prose |
| C. | the lyric |
| D. | comic drama |
| Answer» C. the lyric | |
| 235. |
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as “the special and opportune art of the modern world” ? |
| A. | the novel |
| B. | nonfiction prose |
| C. | the lyric |
| D. | comic drama |
| Answer» B. nonfiction prose | |
| 236. |
What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer ? |
| A. | Blank verse |
| B. | The sonnet |
| C. | Trochaic Heptameter |
| D. | Free-flow verse |
| Answer» B. The sonnet | |
| 237. |
what sparked the Renaissance ? |
| A. | The Feudal system was collapsing |
| B. | the “95 theses” |
| C. | the Crusades |
| D. | the Black Plague |
| Answer» B. the “95 theses” | |
| 238. |
What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelley’s poems to the working classes ?_x005F_x000D_A Song: “Men of England” and England in 1819? |
| A. | the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England |
| B. | the Battle of Waterloo |
| C. | the Peterloo Massacre |
| D. | the storming of the Bastille |
| Answer» D. the storming of the Bastille | |
| 239. |
What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: Men of Englandand England in 1819 ? |
| A. | the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England |
| B. | the Battle of Waterloo |
| C. | the Peterloo Massacre |
| D. | the storming of the Bastille |
| Answer» D. the storming of the Bastille | |
| 240. |
What religion was Mary Queen of Scots ? |
| A. | Episcopalian |
| B. | Catholic |
| C. | Presbyterian |
| D. | Lutheran |
| Answer» C. Presbyterian | |
| 241. |
What religion was Mary I ? |
| A. | Catholic |
| B. | Anglican |
| C. | Episcopalian |
| D. | Presbyterian |
| Answer» B. Anglican | |
| 242. |
What proceeded Jacobean era ? |
| A. | Elizabethan Era |
| B. | Caroline era |
| C. | Victorian era |
| D. | Jacobean Era |
| Answer» C. Victorian era | |
| 243. |
What Pope poem begins, “In these deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where heav’nly-pensive contemplation dwells, / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal’s veins ?” |
| A. | The Rape of the Lock |
| B. | Solitude: An Ode |
| C. | The Dunciad |
| D. | Eloisa to Abelard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 244. |
What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid ? |
| A. | Augustan |
| B. | Metaphysical |
| C. | Romantic |
| D. | Neo-Romantic |
| Answer» B. Metaphysical | |
| 245. |
What mock epic begins: “What dire offence from am’rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things” ? |
| A. | Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe” |
| B. | Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” |
| C. | Pope’s “The Dunciad” |
| D. | Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel” |
| Answer» C. Pope’s “The Dunciad” | |
| 246. |
What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration ? |
| A. | Gay’s Beggar’s Opera |
| B. | Butler’s Hudibras |
| C. | Fielding’s Jonathan Wild |
| D. | Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 247. |
What major new prose genre emerged in the Jacobean era ? |
| A. | the novel |
| B. | the sermon |
| C. | the familiar essay |
| D. | the diary |
| Answer» D. the diary | |
| 248. |
What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ? |
| A. | Elephant and Castle |
| B. | Grub Street |
| C. | Covent Garden |
| D. | Cheapside |
| Answer» C. Covent Garden | |
| 249. |
What is the title to Milton’s blank-verse epic that assimilates and critiques the epic tradition ? |
| A. | L’Allegro |
| B. | Lycidas |
| C. | Paradise Lost |
| D. | The Divine Comedy |
| Answer» D. The Divine Comedy | |
| 250. |
What is the term we now use for what the Romantics called “mesmerism,” one of the “occult” practices that allowed people to explore altered states of consciousness ? |
| A. | smoking opium |
| B. | hypnotism |
| C. | psychoanalysis |
| D. | dream interpretation |
| Answer» C. psychoanalysis | |