All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers
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- A. George IV
- B. George III
- C. William IV
- D. Edward VII
Explanation: Queen Victoria became monarch in 1837 after the death of her uncle, William IV.
Correct answer: William IV- A. Religious Movement
- B. Political Movement
- C. Social Movement
- D. Literary Movement
Explanation: The Oxford Movement was a nineteenth-century religious movement within the Church of England that sought to revive Catholic traditions and…
Correct answer: Religious Movement- A. D.G Rossetti
- B. Swinburne
- C. Christina Rossetti
- D. Morris
Explanation: Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a leading founder and central figure of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Correct answer: D.G Rossetti- A. 1592-1608
- B. 1603-1625
- C. 1607-1627
- D. 1608-1639
Explanation: James I ruled England from 1603 until his death in 1625, giving the Jacobean period its usual dates of 1603 to 1625.
Correct answer: 1603-1625- A. Jordan
- B. England
- C. Malaysia
- D. Tunisia
Explanation: The Jacobean era refers to the reign of James I of England, from 1603 to 1625.
Correct answer: England- A. Elizabethan era
- B. English Reformation
- C. England
- D. Tudor period
Explanation: The Jacobean era followed the Elizabethan era during the reign of James I and came before the Caroline era under Charles I.
Correct answer: Elizabethan era- A. William Shakespeare
- B. Ben Jonson
- C. Ben Jonson folios
- D. English Renaissance theatre
Explanation: Jacobean drama included Webster's tragedies and the major plays of Ben Jonson, alongside Shakespeare's later works.
Correct answer: Ben Jonson- A. economic independence
- B. the Rights of Man
- C. laissez-faire
- D. enclosure
Explanation: Laissez-faire means allowing economic activity to operate with minimal government interference.
Correct answer: laissez-faire- A. Republicans
- B. Liberals
- C. Radicals
- D. both B and C
Explanation: Both liberals and radicals initially welcomed the French Revolution because they associated it with liberty, political reform, and the…
Correct answer: both B and C- A. The notoriety of the \Lake School\
- B. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press
- C. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books
- D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools
Explanation: The Lake School's notoriety concerned a group of Romantic poets and did not directly expand the reading public.
Correct answer: The notoriety of the \Lake School\- A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien r´gime, especially satire
- B. English historians half a century after the period ended
- C. The Satanic School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
- D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
Explanation: The label Romantic was applied retrospectively by English literary historians, roughly half a century after the period had ended.
Correct answer: English historians half a century after the period ended- A. opium
- B. dreams
- C. childhood
- D. A, B and c
Explanation: Romantic writers commonly associated visionary experience with opium, dreams, and the imaginative freedom of childhood.
Correct answer: A, B and c- A. partition
- B. segregation
- C. enclosure
- D. division
Explanation: Enclosure was the process by which common and open fields were consolidated into privately owned agricultural holdings, especially…
Correct answer: enclosure- A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
- B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
- C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
- D. both A and C
Explanation: Industrialisation reduced reliance on hand labour through power-driven machinery, while steam became a major power source alongside and…
Correct answer: both A and C- A. Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Men
- B. Paine's Rights of Man
- C. Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
- D. Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France
Explanation: Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France attacked the French Revolution and defended traditional political institutions, unlike the…
Correct answer: Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France- A. Prometheus
- B. Satan
- C. Cain
- D. George III
Explanation: Prometheus, Satan, and Cain became Romantic figures of rebellion, isolation, and visionary alienation.
Correct answer: George III- A. about half of middle class men
- B. almost all working class men
- C. all women
- D. A, B and C
Explanation: The Reform Act of 1832 enfranchised mainly middle-class men but left many others outside the electorate: about half of middle-class men…
Correct answer: A, B and C- A. Aristotle
- B. Duns Scotus
- C. David Hume
- D. Immanuel Kant
Explanation: Immanuel Kant strongly influenced Coleridge's philosophical ideas, especially his thinking about imagination, perception, and the relation…
Correct answer: Immanuel Kant- A. a form of animism in which objects in the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits
- B. a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with a supernatural being
- C. a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes
- D. the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium
Explanation: Natural Supernaturalism makes ordinary, familiar things seem strange, miraculous, and spiritually significant rather than requiring an…
Correct answer: a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes- A. verdant mead
- B. checkered shade
- C. simian rivalry
- D. shining sword
Explanation: “Verdant mead,” “checkered shade” and “shining sword” resemble conventional eighteenth-century poetic diction.
Correct answer: simian rivalry