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This section includes 297 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The author of ‘’Towards Feminist Criticism’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The author of ‘’ Sexual Politics’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» D. ealine showalter | |
| 3. |
The author of ‘’ A Room of One’s Own’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» B. mary elman | |
| 4. |
The author of ‘’ Second Sex’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» C. kate millet | |
| 5. |
The type of lyric poem that was perfected by Robert Browning. |
| A. | dramatic monologue |
| B. | dramatic lyric |
| C. | dramatic romance |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. dramatic lyric | |
| 6. |
The term absurd is used to refer to the place of |
| A. | samuel becket |
| B. | eliot |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. eliot | |
| 7. |
In prose fiction the term magic realism was associated with --- |
| A. | gabriel garcia |
| B. | marquez |
| C. | salman rushdi |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
the term magic realism was originally applied to------ |
| A. | structuralist german painters |
| B. | surrealist german painters |
| C. | expressionist american painters |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. surrealist german painters | |
| 9. |
Who among the following is not a French symbolist? |
| A. | mallarme |
| B. | verlaine |
| C. | richard wagner |
| D. | w.b. yeats |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The term Decorum Means---- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | appropriateness |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» D. neither “a” nor “b” | |
| 11. |
The term -------- is applied to the falling action in a tragedy |
| A. | catastrophe |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | crisis |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. catharsis | |
| 12. |
The French term for ‘unknotting’ ---------- |
| A. | denouement |
| B. | due ex machina |
| C. | decorum |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. due ex machina | |
| 13. |
The type of play in which the plot was centred round intrigues andviolent actions and which contains improbable events and sensational actions is called-------- |
| A. | meledrama |
| B. | tragedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. tragedy | |
| 14. |
“Oberon” is a Masque written by --------- |
| A. | ben johnson |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | marlow |
| D. | dr. johnson. |
| Answer» B. shakespeare | |
| 15. |
A light dramatic work with improbable plot and exaggerated characters iscalled ------ |
| A. | satire |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | humour. |
| Answer» D. humour. | |
| 16. |
The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with ------- |
| A. | the absurd drama |
| B. | the epic theatre |
| C. | comedy of humours |
| D. | feminist theatre |
| Answer» C. comedy of humours | |
| 17. |
Ben Jonson’s ‘Volpone’ is an example of ------ |
| A. | comedy of humours |
| B. | comedy of manners |
| C. | romantic comedy |
| D. | anti-romantc comedy |
| Answer» B. comedy of manners | |
| 18. |
Who is the author of the work “Republic”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 19. |
Who is the author of the work ‘Poetics”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 20. |
The term peripetia means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” 168. the epic theatre was introduced by -------- |
| Answer» C. both “a’ and “b” | |
| 21. |
“My love is like a red red rose “ is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 22. |
The term anagnorisis means ---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 23. |
“My love is a red red rose” is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» C. synecdoche | |
| 24. |
“ten hands” used for “ten workmen” is an example for----- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | synecdoche |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | symbol |
| Answer» C. metaphor | |
| 25. |
“The crown’ or “Sceptre” used in the sense of “King”is an example for------ |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
------is a form of paradox in which the adjective seem to contradict thenoun it modifies. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» B. paradox | |
| 27. |
“child is the father of man” is an instance for-------. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» C. irony | |
| 28. |
“terrible beauty “ is an example for------ |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» B. paradox | |
| 29. |
In which of the following figures of speech a statement that appears to beabsurd or self-contradictory turns out to have a valid meaning |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | paradox |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
In which of the following figures of speech is a literal term for one thingis applied to another with which it is closely associated? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
In which of the following figures of speech a part of something is usedto signify the whole? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» D. metonymy | |
| 32. |
In which of the following figures of speech, a word or expression that inliteral usage denotes one thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing without asserting a comparison? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» C. synecdoche | |
| 33. |
In which of the following figures of speech a comparison between twodistinctly different things is explicitly indicated by the word, “like” or “as” |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 34. |
In the Female phase, women rejected both imitation and protest becausethey considered these two forms as---- |
| A. | dependency |
| B. | slavery |
| C. | fashion |
| D. | subjugation |
| Answer» B. slavery | |
| 35. |
In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter, did womenreject both initiation and protest? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter womenrejected the accommodation postures of felinity and to use literature to dramatize the ordeals of wronged woman hood? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist. |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the female | |
| 37. |
In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter womenwrote in an effort to equalize the intellectual achievements of the male culture? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the feminist | |
| 38. |
Gyno-criticism deals with women as ----- |
| A. | reader |
| B. | writer |
| C. | daughters of patriarchy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. daughters of patriarchy | |
| 39. |
The feminist critique deals with women as ---- |
| A. | reader |
| B. | writer |
| C. | daughters of patriarchy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. writer | |
| 40. |
According to Elaine Showalter, feminist criticism can be divided in ------ varieties |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» B. three | |
| 41. |
Which among the following are the major phases of feminist criticism? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the female |
| C. | the feminist |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Elaine Showalter divided the history of women’s literature into ----- phases |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» D. five | |
| 43. |
Which among the following are Saussure’s major pronouncements? |
| A. | meaning is arbitrary |
| B. | meaning is relational |
| C. | language constitutes reality |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Who is the author of the essay “Towards Feminist Poetics”? |
| A. | elaine showalter |
| B. | margaret fuller |
| C. | virginia woolf |
| D. | simon de beauvoir |
| Answer» B. margaret fuller | |
| 45. |
Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langueand Parole? |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | leonard bloom filed. |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» D. edward sapir | |
| 46. |
The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematicinterrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called-------- |
| A. | synchronic |
| B. | diachronic |
| C. | semiotic |
| D. | onomatopoeic |
| Answer» B. diachronic | |
| 47. |
Who introduced the concept of langue and parole in linguistics? |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» B. jacques derrida | |
| 48. |
Who popularized the concept of arbitrariness of language? |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» B. jacques derrida | |
| 49. |
A -------is a complex of the signifier and the signified |
| A. | sign |
| B. | symbol |
| C. | referent |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. symbol | |
| 50. |
Levi Strauss used structuralism in his study on------ |
| A. | myths |
| B. | magic |
| C. | tribal life |
| D. | economy |
| Answer» B. magic | |