English Literature MCQs with explanations

Question 1

I was somewhat unmanageable when I first went [to Master Covey’s], but a few months of this discipline tamed me.... I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon men, and behold a man transformed into a brute!”?

Accepted Answer

Fredrick Douglass

Question 2

Marlow died of?

Accepted Answer

stabbing

Question 3

Who is Pip’s friend in London?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Pocket

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory?

Accepted Answer

Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.

Question 5

With which of these writers is the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” associated?

Accepted Answer

William Wordsworth

Question 6

When did John Milton die?

Accepted Answer

8 November 1674

Question 7

The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on ________?

Accepted Answer

The part of the tongue that is raised

Question 8

Which of the following theorists is associated with formalism?

Accepted Answer

Viktor Shklovsky

Question 9

For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel?

Accepted Answer

The anticipation of the violation of one’s person versus an act of physical violence

Question 10

Which topic(s) is/are explored in The Lais of Marie de France?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

English Literature MCQs with Explanations