English Literature MCQs

Page No. 214

In The Way of the World, Congreve satirizes which of the following ?


a Ideas about chastity


bThe institution of marriage


cThe aristocracy


d All of these answers



Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ?


aDarwin’s work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans.


bDarwin’s work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance.


cDarwin’s work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture.


dAlmost all religious authorities rejected Darwin’s work completely.



For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of humanity” ?


aThe poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance


b The falsity of human art as opposed to the immediate truth of nature


c The failure of the poet when a youth to imagine his future


dThe utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality



Which of the following political ideas is least related to the Enlightenment ?


aChecks and balances


bSocial contract


cEnlightened monarchy


dSocialism


View Answer Socialism

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of literacy in the 19thcentury ?


aMore magazines on the market


bThe rise in serialized fiction


c Lower prices for magazines


dThe passage of the Reform Bills



In Linton’s The Girl of the Period, what course of behavior does the author recommend for women ?


aWomen should wear more makeup in order to attract husbands.


bWomen should make sure to receive an education in order to secure their own futures.


cWomen should take pains to remain generous, modest, and capable.


dWomen should be given the right to vote immediately.



Pope’s comment that “Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man” in his “Essay on Man” is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?


ahis use of the heroic couplet.


b an Enlightenment focus on useful knowledge.


c a neoclassical emphasis on propriety and knowing limitations.


da radical questioning of revealed religion



Swinburne’s poems such as “Hermaphroditus” are best known for which of the following ?


a Their conservative poetics


bTheir frank depiction of sexuality


cTheir radical politics


dTheir nationalistic tone



Which of the following does NOT characterize Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” ?


a It is a dramatic monologue.


b Like earlier Romantic lyrics, it takes a natural setting as an occasion for philosophical reflection.


c It has a melancholic tone.


dIt envisions Christianity as eternal.



What is “Imagism” ?


aA poetic movement which hoped to offer clear expression of ideas and feelings through the use of specific visual images


bAn attempt to use the “exact word” instead of flowery, excessive descriptive language in poetry


cA and B only


dB and C only


View Answer A and B only

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