A. Robert Herrick
B. Jeremy Taylor
C. John Dryden
D. Thomas Hobbes
English Literature Mcqs
‘All good poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’ who made this statement ?
A. Shelly
B. De Quincey
C. Wordsworth
D. None of these
The /t/ in little is an instance of __________________?
A. Lateral plosion
B. Alveolar plosion
C. Nasal plosion
D. Incomplete plosion.
The motto “art for art’s sake” means that artists began to do which of the following ?
A. Produce works of art that were meaningless
B. Reject artistic production that was obligatorily moral in character
C. Avoid all forms of prose
D. Make art profitable above all else
A poem with no meter or rhyme______________?
A. lyric
B. free verse
C. narrative
D. none of the above
Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, “Macbeth” ?
A. Duncan
B. Lady Macbeth
C. Lady Macduff
D. Macduff
Which of these female writers was least likely to have been literate ?
A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. Catherine de Pizan
D. Heloise
Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?
A. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse.
B. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements.
C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.
D. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.
In his preface to “Lyrical Ballads”, Wordsworth calls for poetry to be written in what kind of language?
A. Typically poetic and fanciful language
B. Ancient languages
C. Complicated and difficult language
D. Common, everyday language
Utopia was written by_____________?
A. Cervantes
B. Machiavelli
C. Poliziano
D. Thomas More
