English Literature MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Beowulf introduces the reader to the life of a thegn. Which of the following best describes the role of the thegn?

Accepted Answer

The thegn is a warrior who has sworn his loyalty to an Anglo-Saxon lord.

Question 2

Walt Whitman’s style of writing is known as________?

Accepted Answer

Experimental

Question 3

Who uttered these words “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, that is all”?

Accepted Answer

John Keats

Question 4

Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

King Oedipus

Question 5

Why does Radcliffe favor the term “romance” as the subtitle to “The Mysteries of Udolpho”?

Accepted Answer

It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations.

Question 6

________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate?

Accepted Answer

Palate__alveolar

Question 7

Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others? A. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk________?

Accepted Answer

Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage...”

Question 8

Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus’ character at the beginning of the play?

Accepted Answer

arrogant

Question 9

Which movement revived under Whitefield and Wesley?

Accepted Answer

Methodist

Question 10

Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era?

Accepted Answer

Queen Victoria

English Literature MCQs with Explanations