English Literature MCQs

A. The bluestockings
B. The coteries of plenty
C. The pre-raphaelites
D. The tattlers and spectators

A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. “the satanic school” of byron, percy shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver goldsmith in the deserted village (1770)

A. Lord byron
B. Percy bysshe shelley
C. William woodsworth
D. Emily dickinson

A. Wit
B. Sprezzatura
C. Naturalism
D. Gusto

A. Kubla khan
B. Hellas
C. The phoenix and the turtle
D. The castaway

A. A french revolutionary
B. A greek or roman mythological figure
C. A monster fabricated in a laboratory
D. All would have been appropriate protagonists for a romantic literary text.

A. 10
B. 16
C. 14
D. 22

A. Anderson
B. Branwell
C. Richard
D. Pearson

A. Abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. Round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. The welsh and the scots
D. Champions of ancient and modern learning

A. Jane austen’s emma
B. Mary shelley’s frankenstein
C. William godwin’s caleb williams
D. Sir walter scott’s waverley