English Literature MCQs

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Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” is a novel characterized by which of the following descriptions ?


aIt is an excellent example of “Magical Realism.”


bIt is concerned with the post-colonial situation of India before and after its partitioning into India and Pakistan.


cIt is a book that tells the story of the Sinai family.


dAll of the above


View Answer All of the above

“Flâneur,” according to Dr. Heather Marcelle Crickenberger in her essay “The Flâneur,” is a term the French understand to mean which of the following ?


aStroller, idler, walker


bAn inhabitant of a rural village


cA religious believer


dBoth A and B



Fill in the blank. “Lolita” is infamous for its controversial subject as it depicts a middle-aged protagonist, _____________, who becomes sexually obsessed with a twelveyear- old girl, Dolores Haze ?


aSal Paradise


bHumbert Humbert


cDean Moriarty


dJake Barnes


View Answer Humbert Humbert

Which of the following statements concerning “Vorticism” is false ?


aThe term “Vorticism” was coined in 1914 by the avant-gardist Ezra Pound.


bPractitioners of Vorticism often saw themselves just as much as educators as artists as they taught the public a new, more graphic language.


cThe periodical and manifesto named BLAST attempted to expound Vorticism’s principal tenets.


dThe practice of Vorticism in artistic circles grew after World War I.



What is “Mimesis” ?


aIt is a philosophical term which means “imitation” or “mimicry.”


bIt is a philosophical and critical term meaning “otherness.”


cIt is a critical term, which describes the act of expression and the presentation of self-identity, theorized by academics, such as Erich Auerbach.


dA and C only


View Answer A and C only

What is meant by the “Haussmannization” of Paris ?


aIt was an urban modernization project that reorganized Parisian city streets so that the bourgeoisie could flaunt their new wealth.


bIt was an urban renovation project which offered social services in city slums.


cIt was a political movement intended to overthrow Napoleon III.


dIt was a religious movement intended to celebrate the values of Christianity.



Which of the following literary terms is NOT commonly deployed in Post- Colonial theory ?


aMimicry


bAmbivalence


cHybridity


dSerendipity


View Answer Serendipity

Who wrote the collection of poems entitled “The Wind Among the Reeds ?”


aW.B. Yeats


bJorge Luis Borges


cMario Vargas Llosa


dCharles Baudelaire


View Answer W.B. Yeats

Which of the following famous literary lines is contained in William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” ?


a“Hearing of harvests rotting in the valleys”


b“And we rebuild our cities, not dream of islands”


c“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”


d“Mother died today”



Which of the following artists did NOT produce Surrealist photography ?


aMaurice Tabard


bAnsel Adams


cHans Bellmer


dMan Ray


View Answer Ansel Adams

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