English Literature MCQs

A. Geoffrey chaucer
B. Marie de france
C. Chrétien de troyes
D. B and c only

A. Cavalcanti
B. Castiglione
C. Pirandello
D. Boccaccio

A. A poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the page
B. An effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery
C. An attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery
D. The resurrection of romantic poetic sensibility

A. William butler yeats
B. James joyce
C. Thomas moore
D. Edgar allan poe

A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
D. Both a and c

A. A new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer
B. A puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia
C. The forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of london
D. The deconstruction of the truth-fiction dichotomy and an accompanying relativistic sense that every opinion was of equal value

A. Catholic
B. Anglican
C. Episcopalian
D. Presbyterian

A. His birth date
B. His death year
C. His father’s name
D. None of the above

A. William shakespeare
B. Thomas kyd
C. John dryden
D. John donne

A. James iv of scotland
B. James vi of scotland
C. Mary, queen of scots
D. Anne boleyn