English Literature MCQs

Option A: Language

Option B: Parole

Option C: Competence

Option D: Both langue and Competence

Correct Answer: Competence ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Leonard bloom FileD.

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Ferdinand de Saussure ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Ferdinand de sauddure

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Charles Sanders Pierce ✔

Option A: Synchronic

Option B: Diachronic

Option C: Semiotic

Option D: Onomatopoeic

Correct Answer: Synchronic ✔

Option A: Arbitrariness.

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: TransferencE.

Correct Answer: Arbitrariness. ✔

Option A: Duality of structure

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: Transference.

Correct Answer: Transference. ✔

Option A: Duality of structure

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: TransferencE

Correct Answer: Recursiveness ✔

Option A: Onomatopoeia

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homonyms

Option D: Portmanteau

Correct Answer: Onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: Onomatopoeia

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homonyms

Option D: Portmanteau

Correct Answer: Onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

Option B: Noire

Option C: Max__Muller

Option D: Otto Jepersen

Correct Answer: Noire ✔

Option A: The Yo__He__Ho Theory

Option B: The Gesture theory

Option C: The Poo__Pooh theory

Option D: Ding__Dong theory.

Correct Answer: The Yo__He__Ho Theory ✔

Option A: Ding Dong theory

Option B: The Bow__vow theory

Option C: The Pooh__pooh theory

Option D: The Gesture theory

Correct Answer: Ding Dong theory ✔

Option A: Language is systematic

Option B: Language is arbitrary

Option C: Language is dynamic

Option D: Language is instinctive.

Correct Answer: Language is instinctive. ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option C: Edward Sapir

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Syllabic consonants

Option B: Sibilants

Option C: Suffixes

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Syllabic consonants ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homonyms ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homophones ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Homographs ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Homophones

Option C: Homographs

Option D: Homonyms

Correct Answer: Allophones ✔

Option A: Approximants

Option B: Laterals

Option C: Sibilants

Option D: Trills

Correct Answer: Approximants ✔

Option A: Two

Option B: Three

Option C: Four

Option D: Five

Correct Answer: Five ✔

Option A: Sibilant

Option B: Lateral

Option C: Nasal

Option D: Semi__vowel

Correct Answer: Lateral ✔

Option A: Plosives

Option B: Affricates

Option C: Fricatives

Option D: Trill

Correct Answer: Fricatives ✔

Option A: Plosives

Option B: Affricates

Option C: fricatives

Option D: Trill

Correct Answer: Plosives ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The rising ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The rising ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The falling ✔

Option A: The falling

Option B: The rising

Option C: The fall__rise

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The falling ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: Regressive

Option C: Reciprocal

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Reciprocal ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: Regressive

Option C: reciprocal

Option D: none of the abovE

Correct Answer: Progressive ✔

Option A: Progressive

Option B: Regressive

Option C: Reciprocal

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Regressive ✔

Option A: Four

Option B: Two

Option C: Three

Option D: Only one

Correct Answer: Three ✔

Option A: Velar

Option B: Glottal

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Glottal ✔

Option A: Palatal

Option B: Velar

Option C: Dental

Option D: Glottal

Correct Answer: Palatal ✔

Option A: Alveolar

Option B: Post__alvoelar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Dental;

Correct Answer: Alveolar ✔

Option A: Bilabial

Option B: Dental;

Option C: Velar

Option D: Glottal

Correct Answer: Bilabial ✔

Option A: Post__alveolar

Option B: Palate__alveolar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Velar

Correct Answer: Velar ✔

Option A: Post__alveolar

Option B: Palate__alveolar

Option C: Palatal

Option D: Velar

Correct Answer: Palate__alveolar ✔

Option A: Dental

Option B: Bilabial

Option C: Labio__dental

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Alveolar ✔

Option A: Dental

Option B: Bilabial

Option C: Labio__dental

Option D: Alveolar

Correct Answer: Labio__dental ✔

Option A: Onomatopoeia

Option B: Assimilation

Option C: Regression

Option D: Progression

Correct Answer: Assimilation ✔

Option A: Diphthongs

Option B: Triphthongs

Option C: Semi__vowels

Option D: Minimal pairs

Correct Answer: Semi__vowels ✔

Option A: Phonology

Option B: Morphology

Option C: Syntax

Option D: Semantics

Correct Answer: Syntax ✔

Option A: Phonology

Option B: Morphology

Option C: Syntax

Option D: Semantics

Correct Answer: Phonology ✔

Option A: Phonology

Option B: Morphology

Option C: Semantics

Option D: Philology

Correct Answer: Philology ✔

Option A: Controlled observation

Option B: Hypothesis formulation

Option C: Analysis, generalization and prediction

Option D: Speculation

Correct Answer: Speculation ✔

Option A: Linguistics of sociology

Option B: Socio__linguistics

Option C: Sociology of linguistics

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Socio__linguistics ✔

Option A: Bilingualism

Option B: Poly__glotism

Option C: Multilingualism

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Multilingualism ✔

Option A: Biolingual

Option B: Bilingual

Option C: Duo__lingual

Option D: Duo__langual

Correct Answer: Bilingual ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Noam Chomsky ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Leonard bloom Filed.

Option C: Ferdinand De Saussure.

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Ferdinand De Saussure. ✔

Option A: Language

Option B: Parole

Option C: performance

Option D: Both parole and performance

Correct Answer: performance ✔

Option A: Dialect

Option B: Idiolect

Option C: Register

Option D: Slang

Correct Answer: Idiolect ✔

Option A: Dialect

Option B: Idiolect

Option C: Register

Option D: Slang

Correct Answer: Register ✔

Option A: Charles Sanders Pierce

Option B: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option C: Noam Chomsky

Option D: Edward Sapir

Correct Answer: Ferdinand de Saussure ✔

Option A: Semiotics

Option B: Semiology

Option C: Both “a” & “b”

Option D: Neither “a” not “b”

Correct Answer: Both “a” & “b” ✔

Option A: Synchronic

Option B: Diachronic

Option C: Semiotic

Option D: Onomatopoeic

Correct Answer: Diachronic ✔

Option A: Dynamic

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: TransferencE

Correct Answer: Dynamic ✔

Option A: Duality of structure

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: TransferencE

Correct Answer: Displacement ✔

Option A: Duality of structure

Option B: Recursiveness

Option C: Displacement

Option D: TransferencE.

Correct Answer: Duality of structure ✔

Option A: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option B: Edward Sapir

Option C: Leonard Bloomfield

Option D: Herman Gundert

Correct Answer: Herman Gundert ✔

Option A: Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

Option B: Noire

Option C: Max__Muller

Option D: Otto Jespersen

Correct Answer: Otto Jespersen ✔

Option A: Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

Option B: Noire

Option C: Max__Muller

Option D: Otto Jepersen

Correct Answer: Max__Muller ✔

Option A: Ding Dong theory

Option B: The Bow__vow theory

Option C: The Pooh__pooh theory

Option D: The Gesture theory

Correct Answer: The Pooh__pooh theory ✔

Option A: Ding Dong theory

Option B: The Bow-vow theory

Option C: The Pooh-pooh theory

Option D: The Gesture theory

Correct Answer: The Bow-vow theory ✔

Option A: Noam Chomsky

Option B: Ferdinand de Saussure

Option C: Edward Sapir

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Edward Sapir ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Engage in the Napoleonic Wars

Option B: Change all aspects of French law

Option C: Involve himself directly in affairs in the United States

Option D: Offer landmark political writings calling for peace with other European nations

Correct Answer: Engage in the Napoleonic Wars ✔

Option A: John Clare’s “To Elia”

Option B: Wordsworth “Peter Bell”

Option C: Byron’s “Don Juan”

Option D: Coleridge’s “Kubla Kahn”

Correct Answer: John Clare’s “To Elia” ✔

Option A: “The Prelude”

Option B: “Don Juan”

Option C: “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”

Option D: “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever

Option B: The fall of man into sin

Option C: The futility of artistic creation

Option D: The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution

Correct Answer: How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever ✔

Option A: Use of common, everyday language

Option B: Engagement with the natural world

Option C: Mockery of political figures

Option D: Psychological insight

Correct Answer: Mockery of political figures ✔

Option A: Passionate love

Option B: Emotional restraint

Option C: Revolution against tyranny

Option D: Communion with the natural world

Correct Answer: Emotional restraint ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: William Blake

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics

Option B: Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful

Option C: Beauty is missing from the world

Option D: The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

Correct Answer: The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt ✔

Option A: Kings and queens

Option B: Poets and artists

Option C: Dictators and Tyrants

Option D: All people equally

Correct Answer: Poets and artists ✔

Option A: “Lyrical Ballads”

Option B: “The Prelude”

Option C: “We Are Seven”

Option D: “Lines Written in Early Spring”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: Guilt

Option B: Disbelief

Option C: Hatred

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Guilt ✔

Option A: The sublime

Option B: Death

Option C: Childhood

Option D: A lost lover

Correct Answer: The sublime ✔

Option A: The intellect

Option B: The author’s personal pain

Option C: Strong feeling

Option D: Rewriting Homer

Correct Answer: Strong feeling ✔

Option A: The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time

Option B: The failures of Romanticism

Option C: The beauty of the natural world

Option D: Coleridge’s addiction to drugs

Correct Answer: The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Dorothy Wordsworth

Option C: The Wedding Guest

Option D: Life-in-Death

Correct Answer: The Wedding Guest ✔

Option A: Dramatic and dark

Option B: Ironic and satirical

Option C: Strange and haunting

Option D: Humorless and stark

Correct Answer: Ironic and satirical ✔

Option A: Shelley’s political beliefs

Option B: Shelley’s sexuality

Option C: Shelley’s love of Shakespeare

Option D: Shelley’s relationship with Byron

Correct Answer: Shelley’s political beliefs ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Hazlitt ✔

Option A: “The Prelude”

Option B: “We Are Seven”

Option C: “Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey”

Option D: “Lines Written in Early Spring”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: His addiction to opium

Option B: His experiences during the French Revolution

Option C: The end of his friendship with Wordsworth

Option D: His physical battle with gout

Correct Answer: His addiction to opium ✔

Option A: Celebrates the French Revolution

Option B: Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution

Option C: Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution

Option D: Champions Napoleon’s political vision

Correct Answer: Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution ✔

Option A: A powerful, sublime force

Option B: A peaceful force

Option C: Depressing and miserable

Option D: Controlled by gods

Correct Answer: A powerful, sublime force ✔

Option A: Influenza

Option B: Tuberculosis

Option C: Fever

Option D: Suicide

Correct Answer: Tuberculosis ✔

Option A: The imagination

Option B: Love

Option C: The natural world

Option D: Rationality

Correct Answer: Rationality ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: John Keats

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Sincere and heartfelt

Option B: Mocking and satirical

Option C: Mournful and dark

Option D: Polemic and dry

Correct Answer: Mocking and satirical ✔

Option A: Celebration of the imagination

Option B: Engagement with nature

Option C: The use of symbolism

Option D: The use of allegory

Correct Answer: The use of allegory ✔

Option A: Fanny Brawne

Option B: Dorothy Wordsworth

Option C: Mary Shelley

Option D: Mary Keats

Correct Answer: Fanny Brawne ✔

Option A: Lord Byron and John Clare

Option B: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: John Keats and William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron and William Blake

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Arrogance

Option B: Nihilism

Option C: Good spirits

Option D: Dark humor

Correct Answer: Good spirits ✔