English Literature MCQs

A. Neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.
B. Romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.
C. Romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.
D. Romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire.

A. A sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife.
B. A dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer.
C. A dramatic monologue spoken by browning.
D. An epic describing a great romance.

A. He created a radically new form.
B. He used unusual, arcane words.
C. He made obscure allusions.
D. All of these answers

A. Through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form.
B. By emphasizing the character’s fright.
C. By emphasizing sexual morality.
D. Through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the character’s feelings.

A. Large hillside amphitheaters
B. Large indoor theaters
C. Small indoor theaters
D. All of the above

A. Catholicism
B. Medieval europe
C. Classical antiquity
D. Protestantism

A. It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.
B. Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended.
C. It could only be achieved through faith in god’s grace.
D. Both a and b

A. Niccolo machiavelli
B. Francesco petrarcha
C. Aristotle
D. Plato

A. “henry iv, part i”
B. “henry iv, part ii”
C. “titus andronicus”
D. All of the above

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40