English Literature Mcqs
Please identify the story: “her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition. ”

A. “the boarding house”
B. “clay”
C. “eveline”
D. “a little cloud”

In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?

A. “araby”
B. “the boarding house”
C. “the dead”
D. “an encounter”

In “A Mother,” what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn ?

A. The piano
B. The irish language
C. The english language
D. The violin

With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified ?

A. Wolfe tone
B. Charles stuart parnell
C. Father arnall
D. Daniel o’connell

From what source is the title of Finnegans Wake taken ?

A. A poem by yeats
B. A popular irish ballad
C. An ancient epic
D. A poem by eliot

Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake ?

A. It prevents exploration of the unconscious
B. It obscures the characters’ immediate thoughts
C. It allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language
D. It makes the readers’ experience of the characters less intimate

What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ?

A. The last sentence and first sentence are circular
B. The novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it
C. The start of the book bears no resemblance to the end
D. The novel is clearly written from the future to the past

Which of the following figures of speech are present in Finnegans Wake ?

A. Allusions
B. Jokes
C. Portmanteaus
D. All of the above

In Finnegans Wake, to which text(s) does Joyce make an allusion ?

A. The book of the dead
B. The bible
C. Vico’s la scienza nuova
D. All of the above

Please identify the text from which “then must any what you like in the power of empthoo” comes ?

A. “araby”
B. “the dead”
C. A portrait of the artist as a young MAN
D. Finnegans wake