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Category: English Literature Mcqs
What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce ?
A. gambling
B. drinking
C. bribery
D. lying
Who, among the following, was a Catholic novelist, an Intelligence Officer, a film critic and set his fictions in far-away places wrecked by political conflicts ?
A. Graham Greene
B. Anthony Powell
C. Evelyn Waugh
D. William Golding
What do most critics find notable about the virtues that Pizan highlights in her work ?
A. she values reason and activity instead of silence
B. she emphasizes practical rather than theological virtues
C. she does not mention traditional virtues like piety
D. All of the Above
Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
A. The Legend of Good Women
B. The House of Fame
C. The Book of Duchess
D. Troilus and Criseyde
Which poet could be described as part of The Movementof the 1950s ?
A. Thom Gunn
B. Dylan Thomas
C. Philip Larkin
D. both A and C
Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival ?
A. George Russell
B. J.M. Synge
C. W.B. Yeats
D. All of the Above
Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 153” is what kind of poem ?
A. A poem about death
B. A poem about love
C. A poem about writing poetry
D. A poem about Shakespeare and his father
Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear ?
A. Purple silk dresses
B. Woolen underwear
C. Sable-lined cloaks
D. Velvet coats
University Wits were those who ?
A. Had training at two universities
B. gave curriculum of two universities
C. Erected two universities
D. none of the above
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