English Literature MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The ambitious spirits of his brother chieftain Sassacus, had ever aspired to dominion over the allied tribes – and immediately after the appearance of the English, the same temper was manifest in a jealousy of their encroachments. He employed all his art and influence and authority, to unite the tribes for the extirpation of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and foreseeing no danger from them, was the advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does “extirpation” mean?

Accepted Answer

Extermination

Question 2

Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize Victorian poetry and allow Victorian poets to represent psychology in a different way?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 3

Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This property of language is called________?

Accepted Answer

Recursiveness

Question 4

Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called________?

Accepted Answer

Dental

Question 5

Which poem ends ’I shall but love thee better after death’?

Accepted Answer

How do I love thee

Question 6

John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is most similar in linguistic style to what books from “Paradise Lost”?

Accepted Answer

Eleven and Twelve

Question 7

In the Middle Ages, how did society treat prostitution?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 8

In The Paradiso, which quality does Dante associate with the wise?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic?

Accepted Answer

Sex

Question 10

Thomas Chatterton was ________ years old when he dies.

Accepted Answer

17

English Literature MCQs with Explanations