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Category: English Literature Mcqs
Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916 ?
A. the southern counties of Ireland
B. Canada
C. Ulster
D. India
The term “Agonistes” is Greek and it means______________?
A. one who is in agony.
B. one who inflicts agony.
C. one who struggles for or champions a cause.
D. one who predicts the future.
Which of the following writers did not come from Ireland ?
A. W. B. Yeats
B. James Joyce
C. Seamus Heaney
D. none of the above
How do the themes of Marie de France’s Lanval and Chretien de Troyes Yvain compare ?
A. Both use the comitatus ethic to explain their hero’s motivations.
B. Both include references toWilliam the Conqueror.
C. Both include the theme of broken promises between lovers.
D. Both feature mentions of the conversion from paganism.
In the Biblical book of “Judges,”?
A. Dalila pays Samson’s ransom from prison.
B. Dalila refuses to pay Samson’s ransom in prison.
C. Never records Dalila’s visit to Samson in prison.
D. Never records Dalila’s cutting of Samson’s hair.
How did courtly literature characterize its heroines ?
A. they were never chaste or pious
B. they always represented the evil side of love
C. they were sources of inspiration for heroic action
D. they were examples of mystical unions
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chr´tien de Troyes
When did William Wordsworth die ?
A. 12 January 1842
B. 7 June 1849
C. 3 November 1852
D. 23 April 1850
Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?
A. William Godwin’s Inquiry Concerning Political Justice
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s England in 1819
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. all of the above
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