English Literature MCQs

A. Where oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, robinson crusoe avoids religion completely.
B. Both are largely set in south america, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early english novel.
C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where robinson crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class.
D. Both make claims to historical veracity.

A. Alexander pope
B. Percy shelley
C. Samuel taylor coleridge
D. Alfred tennyson

A. Congreve’s the way of the world
B. Richardson’s pamela
C. Radcliffe’s the mysteries of udolpho
D. Walpole’s the castle of otranto

A. Pope’s the rape of the lock
B. Swift’s “a modest proposal”
C. Richardson’s pamela
D. Lewis’s the monk

A. Reason can help MAN understand beauty.
B. Civilization comes through beauty.
C. Language shows humanity’s impulse towards order.
D. Poetry has no effect on society.

A. The lyric poem is a popular form in the romantic era.
B. The lyric poem has a song-like quality.
C. The lyric poem creates a personal sense of emotion.
D. The lyric poem focuses on action.

A. The pressure of conforming to preexisting social conventions
B. The burden of white colonizers who are forced to learn to live in new lands
C. The eurocentric idea that the colonizer has a social responsibility to civilize other nations
D. The concept that all white men do not share the same imperial duties

A. Like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
B. Like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
C. Like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
D. Like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.

A. Walton, 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.

A. Like great expectations, jane eyre addresses the power of wealth and class.
B. Like “dover beach,” jane eyre mourns the diminishing power of christian faith.
C. Through rochester, jane eyre develops a byronic hero.
D. Like great expectations, jane eyre can be read as a bildungsroman.