All Free English Literature MCQs with Answers
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- A. Surrealism
- B. Dadaism
- C. Symbolism
- D. Realism
Explanation: Realism developed before the modernist period and is generally treated as a nineteenth-century movement.
Correct answer: Realism- A. Magical realism often accepts both a materialist and a supernatural view of the real.
- B. Magical realism differs from fantasy and science fiction in that it considers the impossible as normal.
- C. The term "magical realism" was first coined by Franz Roh, a German art critic.
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Magical realism presents supernatural or impossible events as ordinary within an otherwise recognisable world, rather than separating them…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. A fascination with the past but a past that is used out of its original context as pastiche
- B. A reinforcement of master narratives
- C. A rejection of master narratives
- D. Both A and C
Explanation: Postmodernism often reuses earlier styles out of their original contexts, producing pastiche, and rejects the authority of universal…
Correct answer: Both A and C- A. Giorgio de Chirico
- B. Salvador Dalí
- C. Marcel Duchamp
- D. Paul GauguinExplore Top Audiobooks
Explanation: Paul Gauguin died before Surrealism emerged as an organised movement and is usually regarded as a Post-Impressionist, not a Surrealist…
Correct answer: Paul GauguinExplore Top Audiobooks- A. James Joyce
- B. Voltaire
- C. Virginia Woolf
- D. Y.B. Yeats
Explanation: James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and W. B. Yeats are major modernist figures, while Voltaire belongs chiefly to the Enlightenment of the…
Correct answer: Voltaire- A. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- B. Isabel Allende
- C. James Joyce
- D. Allejo Carpentier
Explanation: García Márquez, Isabel Allende, and Alejo Carpentier are commonly associated with magical realism or its development in Latin American…
Correct answer: James Joyce- A. Salvador Dalí
- B. Pablo Picasso
- C. Juan Miró
- D. Man Ray
Explanation: Salvador Dalí painted The Accommodations of Desire in 1929, a work associated with Surrealism.
Correct answer: Salvador Dalí- A. The Great Depression lasted for one hundred years.
- B. The Great Depression was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by Western civilization since industrialization.
- C. The Great Depression was a severe economic downturn in the industrialized world that began in 1929 and lasted for approximately ten years.
- D. B and C only
Explanation: The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crisis that began with the 1929 crash and continued through much of the 1930s.
Correct answer: B and C only- A. A term used to describe contemporary cultural production
- B. A literary movement concerned with extreme self-reflexivity
- C. An attempt to break down the barriers between high and low culture
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Postmodernism is associated with contemporary cultural production, strong self-reflexivity, and the collapse of the distinction between…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Maurice Tabard
- B. Ansel Adams
- C. Hans Bellmer
- D. Man Ray
Explanation: Ansel Adams was best known for his sharply detailed landscape photography and was not a Surrealist photographer.
Correct answer: Ansel Adams- A. It was an urban modernization project that reorganized Parisian city streets so that the bourgeoisie could flaunt their new wealth.
- B. It was an urban renovation project which offered social services in city slums.
- C. It was a political movement intended to overthrow Napoleon III.
- D. It was a religious movement intended to celebrate the values of Christianity.
Explanation: Haussmannization refers to Baron Haussmann's nineteenth-century rebuilding of Paris under Napoleon III, including wide boulevards and…
Correct answer: It was an urban modernization project that reorganized Parisian city streets so that the bourgeoisie could flaunt their new wealth.- A. The term "Vorticism" was coined in 1914 by the avant-gardist Ezra Pound.
- B. Practitioners of Vorticism often saw themselves just as much as educators as artists as they taught the public a new, more graphic language.
- C. The periodical and manifesto named BLAST attempted to expound Vorticism's principal tenets.
- D. The practice of Vorticism in artistic circles grew after World War I.
Explanation: Vorticism was chiefly a pre-World War I avant-garde movement, associated with Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and the magazine BLAST.
Correct answer: The practice of Vorticism in artistic circles grew after World War I.- A. A way of questioning Victorian moral conceptions
- B. A musical invention of the modern age that allows for experimentation of form
- C. An example of subjective artistic expression
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Jazz became a modernist model because improvisation encouraged formal experimentation, subjective expression, and a challenge to older…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Andre Breton's "Surrealist Manifesto"
- B. James Joyce's "Ulysses"
- C. Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"
- D. T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland"
Explanation: Surrealism was formally announced through André Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism” in 1924.
Correct answer: Andre Breton's "Surrealist Manifesto"- A. The Suffragette Emmeline Pankhust
- B. King George V
- C. King Edward VII
- D. King James II
Explanation: King George V changed the royal family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917 because of anti-German feeling during World War…
Correct answer: King George V- A. Lyme disease
- B. Staph infections
- C. Shell shock
- D. A and C only
Explanation: Shell shock, now associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, was a major psychological consequence of trench warfare for surviving…
Correct answer: Shell shock- A. "Something that replaces reality with its representation"
- B. "A stable referent to a knowable original cultural artifact"
- C. "An exact imitation of the material world"
- D. "A basic affirmation of everyday reality"
Explanation: In postmodern theory, simulacra are representations that replace or stand in for reality, sometimes without any original reality behind…
Correct answer: "Something that replaces reality with its representation"- A. The avant-garde, a military term meaning "advanced guard," was founded in France in the mid-19th century.
- B. The term avant-garde itself means "advanced guard," and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same.
- C. The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.
- D. Both A and B
Explanation: Courbet is commonly associated with the nineteenth-century avant-garde because his Realist art challenged academic conventions.
Correct answer: The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.- A. Produce works of art that were meaningless
- B. Reject artistic production that was obligatorily moral in character
- C. Avoid all forms of prose
- D. Make art profitable above all else
Explanation: Art for art's sake rejects the demand that literature must serve a moral, social, or political purpose.
Correct answer: Reject artistic production that was obligatorily moral in character- A. The shift from agriculturally-based to industrial societies in the West
- B. The decline of traditional religious beliefs in Europe
- C. The rise of traditional social identities and the decline of personal identity
- D. Both A and B
Explanation: Late Victorian cultural reactions were shaped by industrialisation and the weakening of traditional religious certainties.
Correct answer: Both A and B