A. a renewed secularism in the twentieth century
B. modern literary criticism
C. late “nineteenth-century and early” twentieth-century satirical drama
D. the surrealist movement
English Literature Mcqs
A tortured, dark-spirited, wry, and intellectual protagonist would most likely be found in a poem by______________?
A. William Blake
B. Lord Byron
C. William Wordsworth
D. John Keats
Which of the following characteristics are not essential to knightly chivalry as described by Chretien de Troyes ?
A. The knight is religious.
B. The knight is submissive to his lad.
C. The knight is dedicated to his feudal lord.
D. The knight is blond, tall, and elegant.
Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry ?
A. Sir Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Earl of Surrey
D. Milton
What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?
A. Father of Free verse
B. Father of american poetry
C. Self-reliance
D. Father of American Liteature
To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex ?
A. villain tragedy
B. poetic tragedy
C. heroic tragedy
D. revenge tragedy
What did John Smith write ?
A. Jason and Isolde
B. General History of Virginia
C. Declaration of Independence
D. Journal of an Expedition
Which of the following would not have been an appropriate protagonist for a Romantic literary text ?
A. a French revolutionary
B. a Greek or Roman mythological figure
C. a monster fabricated in a laboratory
D. All would have been appropriate protagonists for a Romantic literary text.
Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor ?
A. Alonso
B. Ariel
C. Gonzalo
D. Stephano
Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?
A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
C. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene.
