English Literature Mcqs Subcategories

English Literature Mcqs

Writers in the Romantic time period were concerned with____________?

A. Nature as a source of secular and spiritual knowledge, emotion as truth, and exploration of the self.
B. Scientific exploration.
C. Love and romance.
D. The philosophy of how to run a new country.

What is the meaning of the term Anagnorisis as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?

A. The hero’s recognition of his tragic flaw
B. The hero’s ignorance about his tragic flaw
C. The hero’s recognition of his adversary
D. The hero’s recognition of his tragic end

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

Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance ?

A. emphasis on individuality
B. confidence in human rationality
C. the emergence of merchant oligarchies
D. the development of social insurance programs

The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is______________?

A. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.
B. The poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.
C. The poem is the first of many poems by Terry.
D. The poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and literary movement ?

A. Realism strives to depict humans within a certain social context.
B. Realism depicts the tension between harsh reality and ideals.
C. Realism gives up the search for truth and instead embraces moral relativism.
D. Realism explores ethical quandaries within a social context.

“Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility.” Who has defined poetry in these words ?

A. Shelley
B. Wordsworth
C. Coleridge
D. Matthew Arnold

Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry ?

A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
B. An effort to represent human nature
C. Use of the rhymed couplet
D. Fantastic comparisons

What is the word for a “play on words” ?

A. pun
B. simile
C. haiku
D. metaphor

Who says, “Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” ?

A. Fortinbras
B. Marcellus
C. Chorus
D. Horatio