English Literature MCQs

A. They describe the author’s experiences as a young child.
B. They use metaphors with subtle political connotations.
C. They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as synesthesia.
D. They describe a scene in the countryside, which symbolizes the state of the author’s soul.

A. These lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the great war, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism.
B. These lines suggest that the great war lasted much longer than it should have.
C. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.
D. These lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient greek funeral dirges.

A. Embraces the rhythms and diction of common MAN’s speech.
B. Was written at the very beginning of the 20th century.
C. Attempts to create a modernist high culture.
D. Does not employ rhyme.

A. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the futurists, vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrialization.
B. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas vorticism was free of all political entanglements.
C. Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas vorticism was short-lived.
D. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrialization.

A. Both poems praise britain’s military power and its imperial ambitions.
B. Both poems describe britain’s civilizing mission in the world.
C. Both poems seek to respond to the harsh political and military realities of their day.
D. Both poems romanticize war and glorify the life of the soldier.

A. Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature
B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature
C. Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare
D. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare

A. Modernism is the art produced during the modern period.
B. Modernism is the historical period which followed the modern period.
C. Modernism is the philosophy of modern art.
D. Both a and c

A. Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of world war i?
B. Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?
C. How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?
D. Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”?

A. Assonance and word repetition
B. Simile
C. Metaphor and allusion
D. Circumlocution

A. William carlos williams
B. John greenleaf whittier
C. George herbert
D. Robert browning