English Literature Mcqs

A. his brothers died in their youth.
B. he was endowed with a great poetic talent.
C. he was given special educational opportunities.
D. he feels especially connected to nature due to his experience as a youth.

A. Penal reform
B. Educational reform
C. The role of the monarchy
D. Both A and B

A. The government
B. Marriage
C. Organized religion
D. All of these answers

A. Nonfiction
B. Travel memoir
C. Detective story
D. Biography

A. The dangers of sensuality to women
B. The links between sexuality and economics
C. The importance of sisterly bonds
D. All of these answers

A. always fighting for good against evil.
B. fortunate in always coming out victorious.
C. nearly superhuman in his powers but tortured by a psychological weight.
D. devoted to religion above all things

A. The poems defend the industrial revolution as helg England’s economy.
B. The poems criticize religious institutions for not helg the oppressed.
C. The poems reject experience in favor of innocence.
D. The poems reject innocence in favor of experience.

A. Horror
B. The sublime
C. Suspense
D. Picaresque

A. A refusal to emphasize the innate goodness of humanity
B. An emphasis on the power of sympathy to allow individuals to feel others’ pain and joy
C. A sense of awe in the power of the natural world
D. A parody of the interest in emotion that developed out of the Enlightenment interest in reason

A. Two characters in an epic who are romantically involved
B. Two lines of rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
C. The concluding lines of any poem
D. Two characters who act as foils in a comedy of manners