English Literature MCQs

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Which of the following offers the best definition of the literary term motif ?


aA recurring element in a story that is symbolically significant


bA character’s fatal flaw


cA rhyme scheme


dA character’s moment of selfrealization in a narrative



Which of the following offers the best definition of a Greek theatrical comedy ?


aA play in which characters make humorous remarks


bA play in which characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better


cA play in which no characters die or suffer


dA play in which elite members of society are mocked



Which of the following lines provides an example of a poetic apostrophe ?


a“She is a woman of beauty and wonder.”


b“Death, that which feels nothing.”


c“Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee.”


d“I wandered lonely as a cloud.”



Dr. Allen Shoaf’s essay, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, argues which of the following points ?


aHamlet’s father’s ghost is not really a ghost.


bHamlet feels a sense of desire for both his mother and his father.


cHamlet is truly insane in the play.


dHamlet is an impossible play to truly understand.



Which of the following offers the best definition of a theatrical tragedy ?


aA play that depicts the downfall of a noble person


bA play in which someone gets revenge


cA play in which a hero faces likely defeat and overcomes it


dA play in which no form of humor appears



Which of the following offers the best description of literary theory ?


aLiterary theory involves coming to a precise understanding of a writer’s psychology.


bLiterary theory involves measuring the quality of a literary work.


cLiterary theory involves considering the publication history of literary texts.


dLiterary theory involves describing the underlying principles of a literary work.



Which of the following statements offers the best definition of the term Bildungsroman ?


aA story of one person’s fall from grace and into destruction


bA story of one person’s growth and development within a particular social order


cA story of one person’s success within a capitalistic economic system


dA story of one person’s selfrealization and attempt to return to innocence



A play that begins in medias res________________?


abegins at the apparent end of the story.


bintroduces the characters of the play one by one.


copens by plunging the viewer into a crucial series of events.


dbegins with a preview of the play’s conclusion.



Which of the following statements offers the best definition of an epistolary novel ?


aA novel set in the past


bA novel that consists entirely of dialogue


cA novel that is set in the countryside of Europe


dA novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles



Which of the following statements best represents Lacan’s view of Ophelia in his essay, “Desire and the Interpretation of Desire in ’Hamlet’” ?


aHamlet desires his mother, not Ophelia.


bHamlet desires revenge, not Ophelia.


cHamlet desires Ophelia, but only when she is unattainable.


dHamlet desires attaining the throne of Denmark, of which Ophelia is a symbol.



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