Complete the following sentence. The Romantic movement is least closely related to______________?
A. folklore.
B. nationalism.
C. parody.
D. exoticism
English Literature Mcqs
Why were coffee-houses important in the Restoration ?
Why were coffee-houses important in the Restoration ?
A. They enabled discussion about important literary texts.
B. They created a space for the exchange of pamphlets.
C. They offered people a private place in which they could plan political revolts.
D. Both A and B
With which literary form or movement is the Restoration most closely associated ?
With which literary form or movement is the Restoration most closely associated ?
A. Familiar essays
B. Comedies of manners
C. Romanticism
D. Medievalism
Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
A. its mocking tone.
B. its absurd response to a real issue.
C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
D. its attempt to shock readers into acting.
Victor Frankenstein’s project to create life in Mary Shelley’s novel can be linked to romanticism through which of the following ?
Victor Frankenstein’s project to create life in Mary Shelley’s novel can be linked to romanticism through which of the following ?
A. His Promethean striving to exceed human limitations as explored by Byron and Percy Shelley
B. Its suggestion that the natural order has laws beyond human control
C. His desire to create a political revolution
D. Both A and B
Tennyson’s “Ulysses” can be characterized in all of the following ways, EXCEPT________________?
Tennyson’s “Ulysses” can be characterized in all of the following ways, EXCEPT________________?
A. it thematizes the importance of choosing action over complacency.
B. it reflects a Victorian attitude of continuing to fight against loss of hope or faith.
C. it uses Greek mythology to comment on contemporary questions.
D. it emphasizes the internal life of the mind over social action.
With which of these writers is the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” associated ?
With which of these writers is the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” associated ?
A. Ann Radcliffe
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Keats
D. Alfred Lord Tennyson
The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________?
The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________?
A. scientific emphasis on detailed observation.
B. the political focus on individuals and their rights.
C. philosophical theories of sympathy and human emotions.
D. the continuing importance of mythological stories.
Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar______________?
Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar______________?
A. devotion to traditional authority in political and theoretical matters.
B. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.
C. reliance on classical scholarship.
D. defense of violent emotions as natural.
Which writer is most closely associated with the serialized novel ?
Which writer is most closely associated with the serialized novel ?
A. William Congreve
B. Ann Radcliffe
C. Matthew Lewis
D. Charles Dickens