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Category: English Literature Mcqs
Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work ?
A. Charles Dickens
B. W. M. Thackeray
C. Graham Greene
D. D. H. Lawrence
What the term Blank Verse refers_____________?
A. having no rhyming end
B. having no rhythmic flow
C. having no significance
D. having no blanks in the verse
Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory ?
A. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.
B. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.
C. Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
A. King Henry VIII
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Queen Victoria
D. King John
Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism ?
A. the spread of Freud’s theories
B. the increased pace of everyday life
C. the controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality
D. All of the Above
_______________is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges ?
A. Linguistics of sociology
B. Socio__linguistics
C. Sociology of linguistics
D. None of these
In __________ year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place ?
A. 1595
B. 1996
C. 1597
D. 15598
Why do people evolve a language_______________?
A. To communicate
B. To articulate their circumstances
C. For existence
D. For identifying themselves
Who wrote ’The Winter’s Tale ?’
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. John Dryden
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. William Shakespeare
Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ?
A. Light verse
B. Romantic
C. Political satire
D. War poems
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