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Category: English Literature Mcqs
Which of the following is Golding’s first novel ?
A. The Inheritors
B. Lord of the Flies
C. Pincher Martin
D. Pyramid
What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?
A. “Astrophil and Stella”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Paradise Lost”
D. “Canterbury Tales”
What is “Post-Modernism” ?
A. A term used to describe contemporary cultural production
B. A literary movement concerned with extreme self-reflexivity
C. An attempt to break down the barriers between high and low culture
D. All of the above
Which of the following characterizes Modernism ?
A. the desire to show realistic forms
B. the use of traditional formal structure
C. the lack of interest in characters’ psyches
D. the desire to break with established forms
Maria Steward believe that black woman are crucial to the uplift of black Americans. Why ?
A. They have the power to fix things themselves
B. Men are more powerful
C. Both are correct
D. None of the above
In the play, “Twelfth Night,” who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck ?
A. Antonio
B. Maria
C. Olivia
D. None of the above
______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?
A. The international phonetic script
B. The international phonetic alphabet
C. The international phonemic script
D. The intelligible phonetic script.
Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is not true ?
A. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his father’s death.
B. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet.
C. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take.
D. Ophelia dies by drowning.
Following are the characters of: Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius ?
A. Coriolanus
B. Cymbeline
C. Timon of Athens
D. Winter’s tale
Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode
B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife
C. Behn’s The Rover
D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
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