English Literature MCQs

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What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century ?
A. Human reverence for the classics
B. The belief that the english were direct descendants of the ancient greeks
C. Pride for the vernacular language
D. A and c only
Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world effected by the creative capacity of the human mind ?
A. Coleridge’s dejection: an ode
B. Blake’s “prophetic books”
C. Wollstonecraft’s vindication of the rights of woman
D. All but c
Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
A. About half of middle class men
B. Almost all working class men
C. All women
D. A, b and c
Which one is Gaskell’s first novel ?
A. Mary barton
B. Ruth
C. Cranford
D. North and south
Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?
A. E. m. forster’s a passage to india
B. Jean rhys’s wide sargasso sea
C. Joseph conrad’s heart of darkness
D. Paul scott’s staying on
Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge ?
A. Westminster palace
B. Tower of london
C. St. george’s chapel at windsor
D. Buckingham palace
Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I ?
A. William shakespeare
B. Ben jonson
C. John donne
D. John milton
Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin ?
A. Space used to mean “outer space”
B. Unaccountable
C. Pandemonium
D. Blatant
Who composed The Preludes ?
A. S t coleridge
B. William wordsworth
C. William shakespeare
D. William blake