English Literature Mcqs

A. a field of daffodils
B. the “Orient”
C. a graveyard
D. All of the above would be appropriate settings for Romantic literature.

A. To err is human, to forgive divine
B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
C. A little learning is a dangerous thing
D. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

A. New York City
B. Stanford, Connecticut
C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D. Boston, Massachusetts

A. London and Rome
B. Paris and Rome
C. London and Paris
D. Berlin and London

A. Commercial and public lending libraries were established in order to provide for an enlarged reading public
B. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial and public lending libraries.
C. A new aesthetics of valuing literature for its own sake emphasized reading for pleasure.
D. all of the above

A. Danes and English
B. Dutch and English
C. Normans and English
D. French and English

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

A. William Godwin’s Inquiry Concerning Political Justice
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s England in 1819
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. all of the above