A. it can be acted out on a very small stage.
B. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.
C. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.
D. it was written to be acted in a church.
English Literature Mcqs
Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of logos ?
A. Logos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.
B. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.
C. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.
D. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.
In the play, “Richard III,” who is the mother of Prince Edward ?
A. Lady Anne
B. Queen Elizabeth
C. Margaret
D. Duchess of York
What poison does Claudius pour into the ear of Hamlet’s father, causing his death ?
A. Burdock
B. Hebenon
C. Baneberry
D. Hemlock
There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by – This is a couplet from the Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet ?
A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Euphemism
D. Irony
Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the form of a frame story that starts one character wring letters to his sister. Who is that character ?
A. Captain Cooper
B. Victor Frankenstein
C. Captain Robert Walton
D. Sergent Thomas Vincent
What is TULIP ?
A. Total depravity
B. Unconditional election
C. Limited atonement
D. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above
Which of the following novelists was NOT associated with the rise of the novel as a literary form ?
A. Samuel Richardson
B. Laurence Sterne
C. Daniel Defoe
D. Charles Dickens
Who painted “The Accommodations of Desire” ?
A. Salvador Dalí
B. Pablo Picasso
C. Juan Miró
D. Man Ray
New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following ?
A. Reject all previous modes of literary theory
B. Focus on a return to traditional critical methods
C. Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories
D. Work only with ideas developed by post- Marxist theorists
