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English Literature Mcqs

According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?

According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?

A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken.

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English Literature Mcqs, Romantic Period

Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth

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English Literature Mcqs, MCQs / Q&A

Which statement(s) about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true ?

Which statement(s) about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true ?

A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
D. both A and C

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English Literature Mcqs, MCQs / Q&A

What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: Men of Englandand England in 1819 ?

What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: Men of Englandand England in 1819 ?

A. the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England
B. the Battle of Waterloo
C. the Peterloo Massacre
D. the storming of the Bastille

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English Literature Mcqs, Romantic Period

Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

Which of the following charges were commonly levelled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

A. Too many of its readers were women.
B. It required less skill than other genres.
C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
D. all of the above

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English Literature Mcqs, Romantic Period