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Category: English Literature Mcqs
With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlain’s Man was renamed ?
A. King Lear
B. Gentleman
C. King’s Man
D. None of above
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ?
A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake
B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy B. Shelley
C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt
Inspired by Satan’s victory over man, Sin and Death construct ?
A. a bridge from hell to heaven
B. a temple to welcome Satan back
C. a bridge from hell to earth
D. a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell
Which of the following terms is traditionally associated with the male Gothic ?
A. Body transformation
B. Horror
C. Terror
D. The uncanny
Sylvia Plath married which English poet ?
A. Masefield
B. Causley
C. Hughes
D. Larkin
According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ?
A. Autobiography
B. Framed narrative
C. Lyric poetry
D. All of the above
What approach is described by the paragraph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author and the political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works ?
A. Historical/Biographical Approach
B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
C. Formalism
D. Psychological Approach
Which school of theorists is most closely associated with phenomenology ?
A. The Moscow School
B. The Chicago School
C. The Frankfurt School
D. The Geneva School
In Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, what is the significance of trouthe ?
A. Trouthe represents the supernatural aspects of the medieval romance.
B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion
from paganism to Christianity.
C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism.
D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return to a pre-feudal social organization.
What do you mean by Heroic Couplet ?
A. a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter
B. a two line stanza
C. a poem of lamentation
D. a song for mourning
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