English Literature MCQs

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The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number of literary and cultural movements which amounted to a rejection of the principles of Victorianism because of which social transformations ?


aThe shift from agriculturally-based to industrial societies in the West


bThe decline of traditional religious beliefs in Europe


cThe rise of traditional social identities and the decline of personal identity


dBoth A and B


View Answer Both A and B

What is the “Post-Modern” practice of “Deconstructionism” ?


a An assault on the notion that there is any knowable truth


bAn assault on the sexual mores of the Victorian Age


cA reaffirmation of Romantic notions of the sublime


dAll of the above



Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” ?


a The end of the novella depicts Marlow’s conversation with the Kurtz’s Intended.


b The work considers the dark side of European colonialism.


cMarlow comes to understand the necessity of European leadership in Africa.


dBoth A and B


View Answer Both A and B

Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?


aThe Anglo-Irish war began with the resistance of the Irish Republican Army.


bThe Anglo-Irish war never involved a guerrilla campaign.


cIn the course of the Anglo-Irish War, only a few hundred members of the Irish Republican Army were actively resisting British rule.


d All of the above



The motto “art for art’s sake” means that artists began to do which of the following ?


aProduce works of art that were meaningless


bReject artistic production that was obligatorily moral in character


c Avoid all forms of prose


dMake art profitable above all else



Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?


a The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in France in the mid-19th century.


bThe term avant-garde itself means “advanced guard,” and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same.


cThe realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.


d Both A and B



According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s “General Introduction to Postmodernism,” what is the meaning of the term “simulacra” ?


a “Something that replaces reality with its representation”


b“A stable referent to a knowable original cultural artifact”


c“An exact imitation of the material world”


d“A basic affirmation of everyday reality”



Important contemporary reviews of Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” tend to focus on which of the following aspects of the novel ?


aThe profound and often troubling relationships among characters


bThe novel’s experimental structure


cThe novel’s radically unique narrative voice


dAll of the above


View Answer All of the above

Which of the following statements best describes the “British East India Company ?”


aThe British East India Company was originally a group of London businessmen engaged in importing spices from South Asia.


bThe British East India Company first entered South Asia as importers of British Tea.


cThe British East India Company was essentially a covert British army.


dBoth A and B



Which of the following was one of the major health consequences for soldiers who survived the traumas of trench warfare in World War One ?


aLyme disease


bStaph infections


cShell shock


dA and C only


View Answer Shell shock

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