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Category: English Literature Mcqs
What is the first extended written specimen of Old English ?
A. Boethius’s Consolidation of Philosophy
B. Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible
C. Malory’s Morte Darthur
D. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
The first sonnet form invented was the____________?
The first sonnet form invented was the
A. Spenserian
B. Shakespearean
C. Wordsworthian
D. Petrarchan
The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?
A. Resistance to the overseers.
B. Learning to be midwives.
C. Resistance against dehumanization.
D. Lower suicide rates.
With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated ?
A. Claude Lévi-Strauss
B. Jacques Derrida
C. Jacques Lacan
D. Michel Foucault
Detractors argue that such an approach can be too “judgmental.” Some believe literature should be judged primarily (if not solely) on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage ?
A. Psychological
B. Formalism/New Criticism
C. Moral/Philosophical
D. Historical/Biographical
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?
A. Weasel.
B. Bear.
C. The farmer.
D. The young boy.
The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is_______________?
A. Women’s rights.
B. Negro rights.
C. The right to keep one’s children.
D. The rights of farm hands.
E. A and B.
Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?
A. snide indifference
B. biblical reverence
C. condemning censure
D. satirical derision
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