English MCQs — Test 194
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Question 1
The use of “whale-road”for sea and “lifehouse” for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?
Question 2
Which of the following refers to the small area of Ireland, extending north from Dublin, over which the English government could claim effective control ?
Question 3
What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?
Question 4
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798 ?
Question 5
Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
Question 6
Who is the author of Aurora Leigh ?
Question 7
Which scientific or technological advance did not take place in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century ?
Question 8
What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?
Question 9
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
Question 10
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?