English Literature MCQs

Option A: realism

Option B: perspective

Option C: individualism

Option D: abstractioin

Correct Answer: abstractioin ✔

Option A: greek and austrian

Option B: roman and french

Option C: roman and greek

Option D: french and greek

Correct Answer: roman and greek ✔

Option A: lycidas

Option B: Paradise Lost

Option C: II penseroso

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: lycidas ✔

Option A: FR Leavis

Option B: Harold Bloom

Option C: William Empson

Option D: Mariella Frostrup

Correct Answer: FR Leavis ✔

Option A: ’Il Penseroso’

Option B: ’Lycidas’

Option C: ’Comus’

Option D: ’The Masque of Blackness’

Correct Answer: ’Comus’ ✔

Option A: Horatio Herbert Kitchener

Option B: William Blake

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Of Prelatical Episcopacy

Option B: The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church

Option C: Of Practical Exorcisme

Option D: Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

Correct Answer: Of Practical Exorcisme ✔

Option A: ’L’Allegro’

Option B: ’Lycidas’

Option C: ’Il Penseroso’

Option D: ’Absolom and Achitophel’

Correct Answer: ’Absolom and Achitophel’ ✔

Option A: St Paul’s

Option B: Christ’s Hospital

Option C: Merchant Taylors’

Option D: Westminster

Correct Answer: St Paul’s ✔

Option A: human nature

Option B: God’s will

Option C: society itself

Option D: the Church

Correct Answer: society itself ✔

Option A: emphasis on individuality

Option B: confidence in human rationality

Option C: the emergence of merchant oligarchies

Option D: the development of social insurance programs

Correct Answer: the development of social insurance programs ✔

Option A: just the same as men

Option B: with emphasis on science and mathematics

Option C: not at all

Option D: confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

Correct Answer: confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting ✔

Option A: Poliziano

Option B: Cervantes

Option C: Martin Luther

Option D: Alexander VI

Correct Answer: Martin Luther ✔

Option A: Cervantes

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: Poliziano

Option D: Thomas More

Correct Answer: Thomas More ✔

Option A: The Feudal system was collapsing

Option B: the “95 theses”

Option C: the Crusades

Option D: the Black Plague

Correct Answer: The Feudal system was collapsing ✔

Option A: the rebirth of learning or knowledge

Option B: reading of books

Option C: the time of astronauts

Option D: the study of art

Correct Answer: the rebirth of learning or knowledge ✔

Option A: Italy

Option B: France

Option C: England

Option D: Germany

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: 48

Option B: 34

Option C: 22

Option D: 17

Correct Answer: 17 ✔

Option A: 22 April 1600

Option B: 19 August 1604

Option C: 6 June 1606

Option D: 9 December 1608

Correct Answer: 9 December 1608 ✔

Option A: Space used to mean “outer space”

Option B: Unaccountable

Option C: Pandemonium

Option D: Blatant

Correct Answer: Blatant ✔

Option A: Pembroke College

Option B: Trinity College

Option C: Christ’s College

Option D: St. Xavier’s College

Correct Answer: Christ’s College ✔

Option A: 4 February 1702

Option B: 2 June 1700

Option C: 17 April 1688

Option D: 8 November 1674

Correct Answer: 8 November 1674 ✔

Option A: Norwich

Option B: York

Option C: London

Option D: Canterbury

Correct Answer: London ✔

Option A: Germany

Option B: France

Option C: Italy

Option D: Spain

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 0

Option C: 1

Option D: 3

Correct Answer: 3 ✔

Option A: 1558-1603

Option B: 1500-1520

Option C: 1560-1570

Option D: 1575-1600

Correct Answer: 1558-1603 ✔

Option A: As an astronomical observation deck

Option B: As a storage place for grain

Option C: As a prison

Option D: As a school for the royal children

Correct Answer: As a prison ✔

Option A: 35

Option B: 40

Option C: 45

Option D: 50

Correct Answer: 45 ✔

Option A: Property

Option B: Wealth

Option C: Lineage

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Love ✔

Option A: France

Option B: England

Option C: Spain

Option D: The Netherlands

Correct Answer: Spain ✔

Option A: Catherine of Aragon

Option B: Jane Seymour

Option C: Catherine Howard

Option D: Anne Boleyn

Correct Answer: Anne Boleyn ✔

Option A: Isabella

Option B: Victoria

Option C: Anne

Option D: Elizabeth I

Correct Answer: Elizabeth I ✔

Option A: 1500

Option B: 1588

Option C: 1600

Option D: 1575

Correct Answer: 1588 ✔

Option A: The Anglican Church

Option B: The Roman Catholic Church

Option C: Calvinism

Option D: The Lutheran Church

Correct Answer: The Anglican Church ✔

Option A: Alchemy

Option B: Metallurgy

Option C: Geocentricity

Option D: Astrology

Correct Answer: Astrology ✔

Option A: Blank verse

Option B: The sonnet

Option C: Trochaic Heptameter

Option D: Free-flow verse

Correct Answer: Blank verse ✔

Option A: Philology

Option B: Alchemy

Option C: Zoology

Option D: Astrology

Correct Answer: Astrology ✔

Option A: Mary Queen of Scots

Option B: Charles I

Option C: James I

Option D: Edward VI

Correct Answer: James I ✔

Option A: Pope Pius V

Option B: Pope Innocent III

Option C: Pope Gregory XIII

Option D: Pope Boniface

Correct Answer: Pope Pius V ✔

Option A: Windsor

Option B: Stuart

Option C: Tudor

Option D: Plantagenet

Correct Answer: Tudor ✔

Option A: The Pope in Rome

Option B: Each man was his own supreme governor

Option C: The Archbishop of Canterbury

Option D: Queen Elizabeth I

Correct Answer: Queen Elizabeth I ✔

Option A: Bloody Mary

Option B: Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Option C: Mary, Queen of Scots

Option D: None of the Above

Correct Answer: Bloody Mary ✔

Option A: Investiture

Option B: Invocation

Option C: Gala

Option D: Coronation

Correct Answer: Coronation ✔

Option A: Long processionals

Option B: Mourning clothes

Option C: Strict simplicity

Option D: Tolling of church bells

Correct Answer: Strict simplicity ✔

Option A: The Castle of Perseverance

Option B: The Double

Option C: The Metamorphoses

Option D: The Faerie Queene

Correct Answer: The Faerie Queene ✔

Option A: Henry VIII

Option B: Henry VII

Option C: George III

Option D: James I

Correct Answer: Henry VII ✔

Option A: Purple silk dresses

Option B: Woolen underwear

Option C: Sable-lined cloaks

Option D: Velvet coats

Correct Answer: Woolen underwear ✔

Option A: Waldimor

Option B: Water

Option C: William

Option D: Winter

Correct Answer: Water ✔

Option A: The Earl of Leicester

Option B: Elizabeth

Option C: Lord Burleigh

Option D: Francis Bacon

Correct Answer: The Earl of Leicester ✔

Option A: Swimming

Option B: Gambling

Option C: Jousting

Option D: Backgammon

Correct Answer: Jousting ✔

Option A: The Great Order of Life

Option B: The Great Chain of Being

Option C: The Great System of Shakespeare

Option D: The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker

Correct Answer: The Great Chain of Being ✔

Option A: Unintelligent

Option B: Rude

Option C: Stingy

Option D: Fanatic

Correct Answer: Stingy ✔

Option A: Catholic

Option B: Anglican

Option C: Episcopalian

Option D: Presbyterian

Correct Answer: Catholic ✔

Option A: A Protestant Poem

Option B: A Petrarchan Sonnet

Option C: An extended metaphor

Option D: A pastoral poem

Correct Answer: A pastoral poem ✔

Option A: Edward VI

Option B: Richard III

Option C: George III

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Henry VIII ✔

Option A: Begging

Option B: Money lending

Option C: Fortune-telling

Option D: Wine bottling

Correct Answer: Begging ✔

Option A: French

Option B: Gaelic

Option C: Esperanto

Option D: Welsh

Correct Answer: Welsh ✔

Option A: Henry VI

Option B: William

Option C: George III

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Henry VI ✔

Option A: The Protestant Revolution

Option B: The Protestant Reformation

Option C: The Protestant Restoration

Option D: The Protestant Resolution

Correct Answer: The Protestant Reformation ✔

Option A: Sexuality

Option B: Criticism of the queen

Option C: Murder

Option D: Witchcraft

Correct Answer: Criticism of the queen ✔

Option A: Dump sites in the nearby country

Option B: The streets

Option C: The underground drains

Option D: Designated “trash” areas

Correct Answer: The streets ✔

Option A: Episcopalian

Option B: Catholic

Option C: Presbyterian

Option D: Lutheran

Correct Answer: Catholic ✔

Option A: Skipping church on Sunday

Option B: A woman screaming at her husband in public

Option C: Stealing a horse

Option D: Public drunkenness

Correct Answer: Stealing a horse ✔

Option A: The Star Chamber

Option B: Parliament

Option C: The Privy Council

Option D: The Cabinet

Correct Answer: The Privy Council ✔

Option A: Octave

Option B: Volta

Option C: Iambic Pentameter

Option D: Petrarchan

Correct Answer: Volta ✔

Option A: Anne Boleyn

Option B: Mary I

Option C: Mary, Queen of Scots

Option D: Catherine of Aragon

Correct Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots ✔

Option A: a series of Factory Acts

Option B: the Custody Act

Option C: the Women’s Suffrage Act

Option D: the Married Women’s Property Rights Acts

Correct Answer: the Women’s Suffrage Act ✔

Option A: The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s.

Option B: The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics.

Option C: The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semibarbarous age.

Option D: The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness.

Correct Answer: The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness. ✔

Option A: a renewed secularism in the twentieth century

Option B: modern literary criticism

Option C: late nineteenth-century and earlytwentieth- century satirical drama

Option D: the surrealist movement

Correct Answer: modern literary criticism ✔

Option A: Tennyson

Option B: Elizabeth Barret Browning

Option C: D. G. Rossetti

Option D: Christina Rossetti

Correct Answer: Elizabeth Barret Browning ✔

Option A: The people of the Oxford area

Option B: The Scholars of the Oxford University

Option C: The clergymen of Oxford

Option D: The University Wits

Correct Answer: The Scholars of the Oxford University ✔

Option A: They were all poets

Option B: They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School

Option C: They were all atheists

Option D: They were all associated with the Oxford Movement

Correct Answer: They were all associated with the Oxford Movement ✔

Option A: Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world

Option B: the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world

Option C: the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world

Option D: the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems

Correct Answer: the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world ✔

Option A: Arabian Nights

Option B: Canterbury Tales

Option C: Shah Namah

Option D: Pilgrims Progress

Correct Answer: Shah Namah ✔

Option A: The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.

Option B: “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.

Option C: In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.

Option D: The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death.

Correct Answer: “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales. ✔

Option A: 1884

Option B: 1893

Option C: 1879

Option D: 1904

Correct Answer: 1893 ✔

Option A: Mary Barton

Option B: Ruth

Option C: Cranford

Option D: North and South

Correct Answer: Mary Barton ✔

Option A: Thomas Carlyle

Option B: Matthew Arnold

Option C: Charles Dickens

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: studied melancholy and aestheticism

Option B: sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

Option C: raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication

Option D: paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent

Correct Answer: studied melancholy and aestheticism ✔

Option A: the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

Option B: the debate on women’s suffrage

Option C: the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women’s college in London

Option D: the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

Correct Answer: the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women’s college in London ✔

Option A: Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

Option B: In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India

Option C: To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.

Option D: From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £ 300 billion to £ 800 billion.

Correct Answer: To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company. ✔

Option A: Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

Option B: In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India.

Option C: To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.

Option D: From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £300 billion to £800 billion.

Correct Answer: To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company. ✔

Option A: Anthony Trollope

Option B: Charles Dickens

Option C: John Ruskin

Option D: Friedrich Engels

Correct Answer: Anthony Trollope ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Eliot

Option C: Tennyson

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Tennyson ✔

Option A: Contemporary literary criticism

Option B: Art and Literature

Option C: Theology

Option D: Social changes in the Victorian Age

Correct Answer: Theology ✔

Option A: Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world

Option B: the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world

Option C: the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world

Option D: the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems

Correct Answer: the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world ✔

Option A: It did not carry the burden of an august tradition like poetry.

Option B: It was a popular form whose market women could enter easily.

Option C: It was seen as a frivolous form where one shouldn’t make serious statements about society.

Option D: all but C

Correct Answer: all but C ✔

Option A: Dombey and Son

Option B: Little Dorrit

Option C: Our Mutual Friend

Option D: Edwin Drood

Correct Answer: Edwin Drood ✔

Option A: New Criticism

Option B: Critical Inquiry

Option C: Scientific Bibliology

Option D: Higher Criticism

Correct Answer: Higher Criticism ✔

Option A: In Memorium

Option B: 1st September

Option C: Ultima Ratio Regum

Option D: The Charge of the Light Bridge

Correct Answer: The Charge of the Light Bridge ✔

Option A: the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

Option B: the debate on women’s suffrage

Option C: the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women’s college in London

Option D: the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

Correct Answer: the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women’s college in London ✔

Option A: Cranford

Option B: Hard Times

Option C: Emma

Option D: Great Expectation

Correct Answer: Emma ✔

Option A: 1843

Option B: 1854

Option C: 1892

Option D: 1876

Correct Answer: 1876 ✔

Option A: Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.

Option B: Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.

Option C: Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.

Option D: In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

Correct Answer: Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe. ✔

Option A: 1%

Option B: 10%

Option C: 15%

Option D: 25%

Correct Answer: 25% ✔

Option A: Cranford

Option B: Hard Times

Option C: Ruth

Option D: Vanity Fair

Correct Answer: Hard Times ✔

Option A: women’s rights and suffrage

Option B: child labor

Option C: Chartism

Option D: the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians

Correct Answer: child labor ✔

Option A: D.G Rossetti

Option B: Tennyson

Option C: Robert Browning

Option D: George Eliot

Correct Answer: Tennyson ✔

Option A: the working classes

Option B: women

Option C: the lower middle classes

Option D: slaves

Correct Answer: the lower middle classes ✔

Option A: Pope

Option B: Tennyson

Option C: Swineburne

Option D: Byron

Correct Answer: Tennyson ✔