English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize Jane Eyre’s relationship to other literary works ?

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Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize Jane Eyre’s relationship to other literary works ?

A. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre addresses the power of wealth and class.
B. Like “Dover Beach,” Jane Eyre mourns the diminishing power of Christian faith.
C. Through Rochester, Jane Eyre develops a Byronic hero.
D. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre can be read as a bildungsroman.

Complete the following sentence. The opening frame narrative of Frankenstein comes from_______________?

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Complete the following sentence. The opening frame narrative of Frankenstein comes from_______________?

A. Walton, a failed poet who is attempting to discover the North Pole.
B. the creature, after he has killed Victor Frankenstein.
C. Victor Frankenstein’s diary.
D. Mrs. Saville, Frankenstein’s cousin.

Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?

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Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?

A. like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
B. like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
C. like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
D. like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.

Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as______________?

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Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as______________?

A. revealing his interest in Chaucer.
B. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
C. promoting the rise of museums.
D. commenting on the French and Indian War.

How was the philosophical and popular emphasis on sensibility in the 18th century related to the development of the novel ?

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How was the philosophical and popular emphasis on sensibility in the 18th century related to the development of the novel ?

A. Like the novel, it focused on romantic relationships.
B. Like the novel, it foregrounded abstract reason over experience and emotion.
C. Like the novel, it emphasized the importance of sympathy and individual feelings.
D. Like the novel, it demonized the aristocracy.