English Literature MCQs

Option A: 1780

Option B: 1798

Option C: 1815

Option D: 1805

Correct Answer: 1798 ✔

Option A: Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.

Option B: Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.

Option C: Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture. ✔

Option A: 1798

Option B: 1800

Option C: 1802

Option D: 1815

Correct Answer: 1800 ✔

Option A: It is only lyrical songs in the play

Option B: It should be regarded as one of the actors

Option C: It should make only reports

Option D: It should only comment on the action

Correct Answer: It should be regarded as one of the actors ✔

Option A: John Dryden’s

Option B: Alexander Pope’s

Option C: Joseph Addison’s

Option D: Dr. Johnson’s

Correct Answer: Joseph Addison’s ✔

Option A: He considers it to be vital in order to understand literary texts.

Option B: He considers theory to be the only way that literary texts can be interpreted.

Option C: He has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory.

Option D: He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation.

Correct Answer: He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation. ✔

Option A: Language is inseparable from its historical context.

Option B: There are five phases of linguistic development.

Option C: Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements. ✔

Option A: Disintrestedness

Option B: Intresedness

Option C: Purification

Option D: Civilization

Correct Answer: Disintrestedness ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Longinus

Option C: Aristophanes

Option D: Socrates

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Pope

Option B: Arnold

Option C: Dr. Jhonson

Option D: Ben Jonson

Correct Answer: Ben Jonson ✔

Option A: Critical faculty

Option B: Modifying power

Option C: A psychological experience

Option D: A product of intellect

Correct Answer: Modifying power ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Keats

Option D: Charles Lamb

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: Psychoanalysis

Option B: Marxism

Option C: Feminism

Option D: Deconstruction

Correct Answer: Psychoanalysis ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Southey

Option D: Hazlitt

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: 2 sources

Option B: 3 sources

Option C: 4 sources

Option D: 5 sources

Correct Answer: 5 sources ✔

Option A: 1st Century BC

Option B: 1st Century AD

Option C: 2nd Century AD

Option D: 3rd Century AD

Correct Answer: 1st Century AD ✔

Option A: Sigmund Freud

Option B: Carl Jung

Option C: Michel Foucault

Option D: Jacques Derrida

Correct Answer: Sigmund Freud ✔

Option A: Tragic end of the tragedy

Option B: Working of fate against the hero

Option C: A weak trait in the character of the hero

Option D: A strong quality in the character of the hero

Correct Answer: A weak trait in the character of the hero ✔

Option A: Agathon

Option B: Aeschylus

Option C: Sophocles

Option D: Euripides

Correct Answer: Euripides ✔

Option A: To bring attention to false Euro-centric paradigms

Option B: To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups

Option C: To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: All linguistic concepts evolve solely out of the responses of people within a specific historical era.

Option B: All linguistic and social phenomena are texts, and the object of studying these texts is to reveal the underlying codes that make them meaningful.

Option C: All linguistics is in some way related to class struggle.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All linguistic and social phenomena are texts, and the object of studying these texts is to reveal the underlying codes that make them meaningful. ✔

Option A: A language about another language

Option B: A supernatural language

Option C: A language that does not yet constitute a real language

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: A language about another language ✔

Option A: Strange attractors are mysterious forces that are entirely random.

Option B: Strange attractors are complex forces that are determined by the laws of physics.

Option C: Strange attractors are mysterious forces that are both random and determined.

Option D: Strange attractors are complex forces that are entirely random

Correct Answer: Strange attractors are mysterious forces that are both random and determined. ✔

Option A: A term that describes how literature exposes its own artificiality

Option B: An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky

Option C: A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Carlyle

Option D: Schlegel

Correct Answer: Schlegel ✔

Option A: The West spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective.

Option B: The West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together.

Option C: The West views matters through its own limited historical position.

Option D: The West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers.

Correct Answer: The West views matters through its own limited historical position. ✔

Option A: Trauma theory

Option B: Ecotheory

Option C: Chaos theory

Option D: Formalism

Correct Answer: Trauma theory ✔

Option A: Jacques Derrida

Option B: Terry Eagleton

Option C: Fredric Jameson

Option D: Stephen Greenblatt

Correct Answer: Stephen Greenblatt ✔

Option A: An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage

Option B: The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs

Option C: The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work

Option D: All of the above answers are correct

Correct Answer: The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work ✔

Option A: The pathetic fallacy

Option B: The intentional fallacy

Option C: The affective fallacy

Option D: The objective correlative

Correct Answer: The intentional fallacy ✔

Option A: Perfection

Option B: Birth

Option C: Evil

Option D: Death

Correct Answer: Perfection ✔

Option A: Alexander the Great

Option B: Emperor Augustus

Option C: Julius Caesar

Option D: Pompey

Correct Answer: Emperor Augustus ✔

Option A: Shelley

Option B: Wordsworth

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Matthew Arnold

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Discourse of English Poetry

Option B: Discoveries

Option C: Arte of English Poesie

Option D: An Apologie for Poetrie

Correct Answer: Discoveries ✔

Option A: not be too scenic

Option B: capture our soul

Option C: be simple and plain

Option D: not dazzle

Correct Answer: not dazzle ✔

Option A: Metahor

Option B: Oxymoron

Option C: Simile

Option D: Irony

Correct Answer: Simile ✔

Option A: Marie

Option B: Eliza

Option C: Rachel

Option D: Ophelia

Correct Answer: Marie ✔

Option A: straightforward and simple

Option B: complex and heart wrenching

Option C: simple and heartwarming

Option D: painful and disgustingly low

Correct Answer: simple and heartwarming ✔

Option A: examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare

Option B: create a very vivid and impressive picture

Option C: shows his real intentions in writing

Option D: portray humans allegorically

Correct Answer: examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare ✔

Option A: Plymouth

Option B: Mayflower compact

Option C: Massachusetts Bay Colony

Option D: Rhode Island

Correct Answer: Massachusetts Bay Colony ✔

Option A: Father of Free verse

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Self-reliance

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Self-reliance ✔

Option A: The letter S

Option B: The Letter H

Option C: A hexagon

Option D: The number 314

Correct Answer: The number 314 ✔

Option A: fate of the author or how depressed be was

Option B: fate and the mindest of the boy

Option C: turn of events of the ball

Option D: happenings in the poem

Correct Answer: fate and the mindest of the boy ✔

Option A: The harp

Option B: The guitar

Option C: The ukulele

Option D: The violin

Correct Answer: The guitar ✔

Option A: A slave

Option B: A Transcendentalist

Option C: The son of itinerant actors

Option D: An indentured servant

Correct Answer: An indentured servant ✔

Option A: Beat to his size

Option B: Beat to his stomach

Option C: Beat to his socks

Option D: Beat to his Shoe

Correct Answer: Beat to his socks ✔

Option A: Toni Morrison

Option B: Jane Austin

Option C: Ann Petry

Option D: Frances Harper

Correct Answer: Toni Morrison ✔

Option A: Popular early nosiest

Option B: Romantisum

Option C: Scarlett letter

Option D: All are correct

Correct Answer: All are correct ✔

Option A: there is brutal necessity

Option B: there are speakers of the language

Option C: ancient elements force to become a language

Option D: a new language id discovered

Correct Answer: there is brutal necessity ✔

Option A: Carl Sanburg

Option B: T.S. Eliot

Option C: E.e cummings

Option D: Robert Lee Forst

Correct Answer: Robert Lee Forst ✔

Option A: religious stories

Option B: creation stories

Option C: A and B

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Menacing

Option B: Large or abundant

Option C: Fearful and gracious

Option D: Beautiful

Correct Answer: Large or abundant ✔

Option A: The life of the Indians

Option B: The influence of the missionaries in lives of the Indians

Option C: Reported speech poems

Option D: Narratives captivity

Correct Answer: Reported speech poems ✔

Option A: They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do

Option B: They locked the uncle away until the children were old enough to protect themselves

Option C: They dressed the girls like boys and told them to behave as boys do

Option D: They formed a mob and chased the uncle out of the village

Correct Answer: They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do ✔

Option A: honor and glory

Option B: meticulous faction

Option C: responsibility

Option D: revenge and betrayal

Correct Answer: honor and glory ✔

Option A: Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries

Option B: a huge collection of paintings and sculptures

Option C: the wisest men of the time

Option D: many scholars and sceptics

Correct Answer: many scholars and sceptics ✔

Option A: Nationalism

Option B: Transcendentalism

Option C: Romanticism

Option D: Indian Autobiography

Correct Answer: Romanticism ✔

Option A: Anne Bradstreet

Option B: Bradford Nelson

Option C: Jonathan Edwards

Option D: William Bradford

Correct Answer: William Bradford ✔

Option A: A bird

Option B: A small mountain lake

Option C: A wide river

Option D: A high cliff

Correct Answer: A small mountain lake ✔

Option A: Himself

Option B: Indians

Option C: His son, john

Option D: His son, William

Correct Answer: His son, William ✔

Option A: one

Option B: seven

Option C: five

Option D: three

Correct Answer: three ✔

Option A: Text

Option B: Doctrine

Option C: Bibliography

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Bibliography ✔

Option A: His dead uncle

Option B: His dead father

Option C: His dead grandmother

Option D: His dead grandfather

Correct Answer: His dead uncle ✔

Option A: Confessional poem

Option B: Metaphorical poem

Option C: Fragmental poem

Option D: Delusional poem

Correct Answer: Confessional poem ✔

Option A: Temperance

Option B: Silence

Option C: Order

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: Connotation

Option B: Connection

Option C: Constitution

Option D: Description

Correct Answer: Connotation ✔

Option A: The prayer was not answered and the people continued to live in sin

Option B: The dead uncle sent a hail storm to destroy the land

Option C: The priest’s son was told to set fire to the village

Option D: The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings

Correct Answer: The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings ✔

Option A: Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown.

Option B: Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.

Option C: The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin.

Option D: Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin.

Correct Answer: Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister. ✔

Option A: To make mischief and cause trouble

Option B: To trample upon evil beings that were abusing his aunts and uncles

Option C: To play tricks on other animals to prove how intelligent he is

Option D: The hare has no purpose that is why his grandmother must always watch over him

Correct Answer: To trample upon evil beings that were abusing his aunts and uncles ✔

Option A: Love

Option B: Pity

Option C: Misfortune

Option D: Death

Correct Answer: Pity ✔

Option A: Used pictographs to explain nature

Option B: Told the story of Wolam Olum

Option C: Settled in Northeast US

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔

Option A: Journal

Option B: History

Option C: Article

Option D: Legend

Correct Answer: Journal ✔

Option A: Establishment of puritans

Option B: Establishment of autobiography

Option C: Establishment of Indian praying towns

Option D: Establishment of self- reliance

Correct Answer: Establishment of Indian praying towns ✔

Option A: Black humor; metafiction.

Option B: Metaphors; verbal irony.

Option C: Hyperbole; Personification.

Option D: Symbolism; Imagery.

Correct Answer: Black humor; metafiction. ✔

Option A: Connotation

Option B: Constitution

Option C: Convocation

Option D: Exposition

Correct Answer: Exposition ✔

Option A: History of puritans

Option B: History of slavery

Option C: Transcendentalism

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: History of puritans ✔

Option A: Experimental

Option B: Expressionistic

Option C: Lethargic

Option D: Modernistic

Correct Answer: Experimental ✔

Option A: Plymouth

Option B: Mayflower compact

Option C: Massachusetts Bay Colony

Option D: Rhode Island

Correct Answer: Plymouth ✔

Option A: Freedom

Option B: Escape from enslavement

Option C: Transportation to the colonies

Option D: Dropping charges for murder

Correct Answer: Transportation to the colonies ✔

Option A: Cracks in the ground

Option B: Decorative molding beneath a roof

Option C: Dust

Option D: Stolen goods

Correct Answer: Decorative molding beneath a roof ✔

Option A: Description

Option B: Metaphor

Option C: Persuation

Option D: Narration

Correct Answer: Description ✔

Option A: Gatsby

Option B: Nick

Option C: Buchannan

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Nick ✔

Option A: Indian autobiography

Option B: Most popular slave narrative

Option C: First african american to speak to mixed audience

Option D: None of the aboveE. All of the above

Correct Answer: Indian autobiography ✔

Option A: pretension

Option B: nostalgia

Option C: national identity

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔

Option A: Hare told him of a large beast living near Bear’s home.

Option B: Hare took out his quiver and showed him four arrows.

Option C: Hare told thim that the country is full of wars.

Option D: Hare threated to kill him.

Correct Answer: Hare took out his quiver and showed him four arrows. ✔

Option A: Wrote the Mayflower Compact agreement

Option B: Founded Jamestown

Option C: Wrote about the Plymouth Plantation

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: A and C ✔

Option A: Birth

Option B: Assimilation

Option C: Sovereignty

Option D: Religious in nature

Correct Answer: Sovereignty ✔

Option A: oversoul

Option B: Slant Rhyme

Option C: True Rhyme

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Slant Rhyme ✔

Option A: A fairy tale

Option B: An autobiography

Option C: A detective story

Option D: A Gothic tale

Correct Answer: A Gothic tale ✔

Option A: Bradford Nelson

Option B: William Holden

Option C: Nelson Holden

Option D: William Bradford

Correct Answer: William Bradford ✔

Option A: 1784

Option B: 1841

Option C: 1850

Option D: 1857

Correct Answer: 1850 ✔

Option A: Captain Ahab

Option B: Elijah

Option C: Ishmael

Option D: Gabrial

Correct Answer: Ishmael ✔

Option A: His buttocks was scorched by the sun which he had caught in a trap

Option B: Grandmother burned him with a hot poker for being so mischievous

Option C: Hare caught his own tale on fire trying to cook himself some dinner

Option D: He was born that way

Correct Answer: His buttocks was scorched by the sun which he had caught in a trap ✔

Option A: God

Option B: Painter

Option C: Sculptor

Option D: Author

Correct Answer: Painter ✔

Option A: The first romance novel.

Option B: The Declaration of Independence.

Option C: Confessional poetry.

Option D: The Heiner Papers

Correct Answer: The Declaration of Independence. ✔

Option A: Waste and abuse of natural resources

Option B: Immoral behavior

Option C: Love and respect for family and its elders

Option D: Uncivilized society

Correct Answer: Love and respect for family and its elders ✔

Option A: A Boy’s Will

Option B: A Witness Tree

Option C: North of Boston

Option D: Mountain Interval

Correct Answer: Mountain Interval ✔

Option A: Gilgamesh

Option B: Colba

Option C: Odysseus

Option D: Walum Olum

Correct Answer: Walum Olum ✔

Option A: Persuasion

Option B: Prejudice

Option C: Promise

Option D: Promotion

Correct Answer: Persuasion ✔

Option A: a minimalist achievements in life

Option B: magnanimous life style

Option C: brave approach to life

Option D: hard work and sensitivity towards the society

Correct Answer: a minimalist achievements in life ✔