English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?

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Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?

A. The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in France in the mid-19th century.
B. The term avant-garde itself means “advanced guard,” and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same.
C. The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.
D. Both A and B

Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?

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Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?

A. The Anglo-Irish war began with the resistance of the Irish Republican Army.
B. The Anglo-Irish war never involved a guerrilla campaign.
C. In the course of the Anglo-Irish War, only a few hundred members of the Irish Republican Army were actively resisting British rule.
D. All of the above

Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” ?

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Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” ?

A. The end of the novella depicts Marlow’s conversation with the Kurtz’s Intended.
B. The work considers the dark side of European colonialism.
C. Marlow comes to understand the necessity of European leadership in Africa.
D. Both A and B

The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number of literary and cultural movements which amounted to a rejection of the principles of Victorianism because of which social transformations ?

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The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number of literary and cultural movements which amounted to a rejection of the principles of Victorianism because of which social transformations ?

A. The shift from agriculturally-based to industrial societies in the West
B. The decline of traditional religious beliefs in Europe
C. The rise of traditional social identities and the decline of personal identity
D. Both A and B

Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Araby” ?

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Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Araby” ?

A. It begins with the famous line: “North Richmond Street being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.”
B. It speaks of the author’s illicit relationship with a young girl.
C. It is a dramatization of the relationship between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
D. It is an analysis of “Exodus” from “The Holy Bible.”