English Literature MCQs

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With which text is the term mock-epic most closely associated ?


aWordsworth’s “We Are Seven”


bPope’s Rape of the Lock


cSwift’s “A Modest Proposal”


dBenn’s Oroonoko



Which of the following characteristics is NOT closely associated with a comedy of manners ?


aWitty banter


bEpic heroes


cSexual promiscuity


dHidden identities


View Answer Witty banter

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


arevealing his interest in Chaucer.


b enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.


cpromoting the rise of museums.


dcommenting on the French and Indian War.



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


alike a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.


blike a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time


clike an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.


d like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.



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


aWalton, 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.



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.


bLike “Dover Beach,” Jane Eyre mourns the diminishing power of Christian faith.


cThrough Rochester, Jane Eyre develops a Byronic hero.


dLike Great Expectations, Jane Eyre can be read as a bildungsroman.



Complete the following sentence. Unlike many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam Smith and Rousseau_____________?


a traveled to America.


b believed in God.


cemphasized the importance of human emotions as guiding behavior.


drejected Newton’s view of the universe.



What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reflect about the plot ?


aIt functions as a metaphor for the women’s rights movement.


bIt foreshadows a negative shift in mood.


cIt symbolizes the increase in scientific knowledge.


d It acts as an allusion to the importance of nature in the Romantic period.



Which of the following texts is an example of a sentimental novel ?


aPope’s The Rape of the Lock


b Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”


cRichardson’s Pamela


dLewis’s The Monk


View Answer Richardson’s Pamela

Shelley expresses all of the following ideas in A Defence of Poetry, EXCEPT______________?


areason can help man understand beauty.


bcivilization comes through beauty.


clanguage shows humanity’s impulse towards order.


dpoetry has no effect on society.



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