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Category: English Literature Mcqs
Who was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson to have been greater than Homer ?
A. Macpherson
B. Merlin
C. Decameron
D. Ossian
To what does the title of Joyce’s short story “After the Race” refer ?
A. the race for more modes of transportation
B. the decline of the Irish race
C. the race to establish an empire
D. the race for Ireland’s welfare
Which of the following statements best describes the “Great Depression” ?
A. The Great Depression lasted for one hundred years.
B. The Great Depression was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by Western civilization since industrialization.
C. The Great Depression was a severe economic downturn in the industrialized world that began in 1929 and lasted for approximately ten years.
D. B and C only
In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept of gender ?
A. Women’s gender is artificial, while men’s gender is not.
B. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true.
C. Gender is largely a cultural construct.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?
A. It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.
B. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.
C. It was produced by Western scholarship.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
Which of the following is NOT one of the general themes of concern in Derek Walcott’s poem“Becune Point” ?
A. Nature
B. Christianity
C. Pastoral landscapes
D. World War II
Which theorist is most closely associated with the idea of art as imitation ?
A. Jacques Derrida
B. Jacques Lacan
C. Edward Said
D. Plato
Which of the following statements about a sonnet is false ?
A. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines.
B. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-ef,g-g.
C. A sonnet is only written in Italian.
D. The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet.
Which group of radicals got their name from their penchant for rambling prophecy ?
A. the Fifth Monarchists
B. the Roarers
C. the Diggers
D. the Ranters
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