English Literature Mcqs
Which best describes the minority of Evangelicals in the Church of England ?

A. A group of unattractive people relegated to the colonies to perform missionary work where they wouldn’t tarnish the aesthetics of the church of england.
B. Also called nonconformists or dissenters, evangelicals led the missionary movement in the colonies, advocated a puritan moral code, and were responsible for the emancipation of slaves in the british empire as early as 1833.
C. They were part of the high church or the \catholic\side of the church.
D. They were devout \tractarians,\as described by john henry newman.

Which one is the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens____________?

A. Dombey and son
B. Little dorrit
C. Our mutual friend
D. Edwin drood

Which work did Edmund Spenser author ?

A. The castle of perseverance
B. The double
C. The metamorphoses
D. The faerie queene

What was the licensing system ?

A. All royalties from the sale of books went to the crown (hence the name).
B. Poets were required to have a university diploma (the original \poetic license\).
C. All books had to be dedicated to a noble or royal patron.
D. All books had to be submitted for official approval before publication.

in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French ?

A. 1360
B. 1357
C. 1378
D. None of the above

What was the general subject of theWelsh poet Katherine Philips’s work ?

A. Celebrations of the transience of all life and beauty
B. Celebrations of lesbian sexuality in terms that did not imply a male readership
C. Celebrations of religious ecstasy and divine inspiration
D. Celebrations of female friendship in platonic terms normally reserved for male friendships

Who wrote: “Reader, I married him.” ?

A. Jane austen
B. Charlotte bronte
C. Edith wharton
D. Emily bronte

Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry ?

A. Verdant mead
B. Checkered shade
C. Simian rivalry
D. Shining sword

Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) first appeared in the Romantic era ?

A. London magazine
B. The spectator
C. The edinburgh review
D. A and c only