English Literature MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The main reason for Adam’s fall might best be described as?

Accepted Answer

love for Eve

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”?

Accepted Answer

Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.

Question 3

Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem?

Accepted Answer

Percy Shelley

Question 4

But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. This victim is killed because of________?

Accepted Answer

His clouded eye

Question 5

Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker’s “Dracula”?

Accepted Answer

Labor unions

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky’s poem, “A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques”?

Accepted Answer

Historic and contemporary imagery

Question 7

Which of the following describes the chief system by which writers received financial rewards for their literary production?

Accepted Answer

patronage

Question 8

The Constitution of 1962, provided Federation consisting centre and ________ provinces?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 9

William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is an example of what dramatic genre?

Accepted Answer

History

Question 10

What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics?

Accepted Answer

Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.

English Literature MCQs with Explanations