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101English LiteratureMedium

Semivowels are also known as ______?

ATrills

BLaterals

CApproximants

DSibilants

Correct answer

C. Approximants

Explanation

The correct answer is Approximants.

102English LiteratureMedium

Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelby’s slaves?

AUncle Tom and Eliza

BUncle Tom and Cassy

CUncle Tom and Harry

DEliza and Harry

Correct answer

C. Uncle Tom and Harry

Explanation

The correct answer is Uncle Tom and Harry.

103English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following texts is an example of a sentimental novel?

ARichardson’s Pamela

BPope’s The Rape of the Lock

CLewis’s The Monk

DSwift’s “A Modest Proposal”

Correct answer

A. Richardson’s Pamela

Explanation

The correct answer is Richardson’s Pamela.

104English LiteratureMedium

From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems”?

AJacques Derrida

BTheodor W. Adorno

CClaude Lévi-Strauss

DJulia Kristeva

Correct answer

C. Claude Lévi-Strauss

Explanation

The correct answer is Claude Lévi-Strauss.

105English LiteratureMedium

Who coined the expression “objective corelative”?

AT. S. Eliot

BAllen Tate

CF. R. Leavis

DColeridge

Correct answer

A. T. S. Eliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T. S. Eliot.

106English LiteratureMedium

Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after________?

AThe primary author of the age

BThe language of the age

CThe leading characteristic of the age

DMonarchs or political events

Correct answer

D. Monarchs or political events

Explanation

The correct answer is Monarchs or political events.

107English LiteratureMedium

‘Ode to Autumn’ was written by________?

AShelley

BByron

CBlake

DKeats

Correct answer

D. Keats

Explanation

The correct answer is Keats.

108English LiteratureMedium

Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood?

ASaul Bellow

BThomas

CPynchon

DJohn Dos Passos

Correct answer

C. Pynchon

Explanation

The correct answer is Pynchon.

109English LiteratureMedium

What do you mean by Beast Fable?

Aa short story

Ba long narrative prose

Ca soft style epic

Da fictional story of animal characters

Correct answer

D. a fictional story of animal characters

Explanation

The correct answer is a fictional story of animal characters.

110English LiteratureMedium

________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth ridgE?

APalatal

BPalate__alveolar

CVelar

DPost__alveolar

Correct answer

D. Post__alveolar

Explanation

The correct answer is Post__alveolar.

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English Literature MCQs with Explanations

Semi__vowels are also known as ________?

Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelby’s slaves?

Which of the following texts is an example of a sentimental novel?

From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of “self-regulating systems”?

Who coined the expression “objective corelative”?

Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after________?

‘Ode to Autumn’ was written by________?

Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood?

What do you mean by Beast Fable?

________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth ridgE?

Semivowels are also known as ______?