(A) True
(B) False
(C) Both
(D) None
Tag: M.A English Literature Mcqs with Answers
“English Bards and Scotch Reviewers” is a satirical attack on contemporary writers who had annoyed Byron?
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Both
(D) None
Byron’s Poetry is ambiguous and has a vividness of phrasing which sometimes reaches the point of abstraction?
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Both
(D) None
Wordsworth’s Poetry always reflects?
(A) The creation of abstract concepts
(B) An endorsement of the scientific tradition
(C) The creation of an original philosophy
(D) An examination of extraneous matters
Which of the following would a Romantic Poet be most likely to use?
(A) A “member of the plumy race”
(B) A “bird”
(C) A “tenant of the sky”
(D) An “airy fairy”
Romanticism (if it can be pinpointed) is usually assumed to date from?
(A) Publication of “Intimations of Immortality”
(B) The beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign
(C) The Reform Bill of 1832
(D) Publication of “Lyrical Ballads” and its preface
Which one of the following writers is not woman?
(A) Emily Bronte
(B) Jane Austen
(C) Robert Browning
(D) All of the above
Who is the heroine of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”?
(A) Cordella
(B) Desdemona
(C) Portia
(D) Ophelia