English Literature Mcqs
During the 19th century, the term “middle class” described people who were______________?

A. Workers
B. Aristocrats
C. Between workers and aristocrats
D. Land owners only

The poem “London” can be best understood as ______________?

A. A celebration of the city’s beauty
B. A protest against social inequality
C. An examination of the city’s past
D. An attack on william wordsworth

The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?

A. Politics
B. Literature
C. Relations with france
D. All of the above

Which of the following would probably NOT be the topic of a Romantic poem ?

A. The french revolution
B. MAN’s relationship to nature
C. The experience of common people
D. A celebration of the aristocratic

Thomas Paine’s “The Rights of Man” argues that ________________?

A. Revolution is inhumane
B. Revolution never succeeds
C. Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people
D. Every government should be revolted against

Which action served to ignite the French Revolution ?

A. The rise of king william
B. The execution of king louis xvi
C. The ruling of bonaparte
D. The madness of king george

The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

A. The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.
B. The little girl is insane or delusional
C. The little girl’s siblings have not died
D. The little girl herself is dead

Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B. The poem was incomplete
C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D. Shelley writes about byron’s sexuality in it