English Literature MCQs

A. Its protagonist is at risk for sexual transgression.
B. It is a bildungsroman.
C. It explains strange phenomena.
D. The theme of imprisonment is prominent.

A. The triumph of reason over passion
B. The rise of individual responsibility
C. The social and fiscal independence of women
D. The negative critique of catholicism

A. Of or relating to anything medieval
B. Of or relating to anything rude, uncivilized, or ignorant; devoid of culture and taste
C. Of or relating to the germanic tribes that invaded and established kingdoms in europe in the first millennium
D. Of or relating to a particular style of architecture

A. Her sense of morality and decorum
B. Her defiance of contemporary culture
C. Her lack of imagination
D. Her full embrace of the gothic vision of walpole, beckford, and lewis

A. Roman catholicism was wrongfully dismantled in england by henry viii in the 16th century.
B. Jews represent sympathetic literary heroes.
C. Religion is race-neutral.
D. The spanish inquisition and the legend of the wandering jew confirm the superiority of england.

A. It is lavishly furnished.
B. It is haunted.
C. It contains a secret passageway.
D. It does not lock from the inside.

A. The undead
B. The outcast
C. The cursed
D. The transgendered

A. Frankenstein’s monster
B. Mary shelley
C. Robert walton
D. Frankenstein

A. Body transformation
B. Horror
C. Terror
D. The uncanny

A. The normal activity of vivisection is represented as horrible.
B. Seemingly normal characters are actually terrifying.
C. The dramatic landscape provides an alternative to the usual world.
D. The monster’s grotesque body is actually made of human parts.