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Category: English Literature Mcqs
Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
A. Lord Byron
B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. William Blake
Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” and the futurist aesthetic project ?
A. “The Waste Land” is primarily concerned with nature, whereas the futurists are most interested in industrial and urban landscapes.
B. “The Waste Land” confronts the fragmentation of modernity by exploring a variety of modes and voices, whereas the futurists do not focus on the fragmentation of modern experience, praising speed and industrial progress instead.
C. “The Waste Land” is an ironic exploration of Romantic themes, whereas the futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the classical tradition in their poetry.
D. “The Waste Land” focuses on the personal connection between poet and speaker, whereas the futurists focus on an impersonal connection between humans and industry.
With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime ?
A. Arthur Symons
B. Harriet Weaver
C. W.B. Yeats
D. All of the Above
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?
A. The scene invokes audience sympathy.
B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.
C. The heroine conquers her passions.
D. A and B
E. B and C
The term ‘collective unconscious’ is coined by_____________?
A. Carl Jung
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Ernest Jones
D. Erik Erikson
Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique ?
A. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems.
B. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry.
C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.
D. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.
Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
A. Hughes uses a universal speaker for an exploration of a profound racial divide between blacks and whites.
B. The poem is an analytical exploration of racial differences in the United States.
C. Similar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” to address issues of history, race, and identity.
D. The poem is an indictment of racial prejudice in Harlem.
Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?
A. “Acts and Monuments”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues”
D. “Paradise Regained”
The age tended to favour the taste and search for truth in art______________?
A. Classical
B. Romantic
C. Victorian
D. Elizabethan
Which of the following statements best defines the poetic form of the villanelle ?
A. A poem that has no rhyme scheme
B. A poem that eulogizes the dead
C. A poem that carries a pattern on two rhymes and offers an alternating refrain
D. A poem that celebrates the life of a cruel person
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