English Literature MCQs

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In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?


aLazarus


bSolomon


cBarabas


dShylock


View Answer Barabas

Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?


a Zhu Yuanzhang


bGenghis Khan


cTimur


dKublai Khan


View Answer Timur

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Marianne Moore’s poem “A Grave ?”


a It juxtaposes human consciousness against the sea


bIt uses alliteration and iambic pentameter.


c It has a subtle formal structure, even though it does not use rhyme.


dBoth A and C


View Answer Both A and C

Which of the following writers was among the founders of the Imagist movement ?


aSalvador Dali


bHorace Greeley


cEzra Pound


dRupert Brooke


View Answer Ezra Pound

Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?


aThe Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technology’s destructive powers.


bThe Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition.


c The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the problem of modernity and alienation.


dThe Futurists focused on advancements in technology and industry, whereas World War II poets ignored advancements in technology, especially in modern warfare.



Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique ?


aIt serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems.


bIt serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry.


c It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.


dIt is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.



Which of the following best describes theidea of the symbol among French Symbolist poets ?


aA symbol is an image that conveys powerful emotional states.


b A symbol is an emblem of the actual world endowed with supernatural meanings.


cA symbol is a metaphor that allows the poet to capture complex social realities.


dA symbol is a description of past realities.



“How can we live in this fear says one./From day to day says another.” ?


aFear of the failure of a segregated educational system


bFear of the AIDs crisis


c Fear of global nuclear war


dFear of the economic Great Depression



Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative” ?


aThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its meaning.


bThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its rhetorical aim.


cThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s theme and its objective historical context.


dThe objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.



Which of the following writers authored the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est?”


aWilfred Owen


b Siegfried Sassoon


cRupert Brooke


dRudyard Kipling


View Answer Wilfred Owen

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