Cultural & Literary 18th-19th Centuries(English Literature ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Which of the following does NOT characterize Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” ?
  1.    It is a dramatic monologue.
  2.    Like earlier Romantic lyrics, it takes a natural setting as an occasion for philosophical reflection.
  3.    It has a melancholic tone.
  4.    It envisions Christianity as eternal.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> It envisions Christianity as eternal.
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Question 2. Swinburne’s poems such as “Hermaphroditus” are best known for which of the following ?
  1.    Their conservative poetics
  2.    Their frank depiction of sexuality
  3.    Their radical politics
  4.    Their nationalistic tone
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Their frank depiction of sexuality
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Question 3. Pope’s comment that “Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man” in his “Essay on Man” is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?
  1.    his use of the heroic couplet.
  2.    an Enlightenment focus on useful knowledge.
  3.    a neoclassical emphasis on propriety and knowing limitations.
  4.    a radical questioning of revealed religion
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> a radical questioning of revealed religion
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Question 4. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of literacy in the 19thcentury ?
  1.    More magazines on the market
  2.    The rise in serialized fiction
  3.    Lower prices for magazines
  4.    The passage of the Reform Bills
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> The passage of the Reform Bills
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Question 5. Which of the following political ideas is least related to the Enlightenment ?
  1.    Checks and balances
  2.    Social contract
  3.    Enlightened monarchy
  4.    Socialism
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Socialism
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Question 6. In Linton’s The Girl of the Period, what course of behavior does the author recommend for women ?
  1.    Women should wear more makeup in order to attract husbands.
  2.    Women should make sure to receive an education in order to secure their own futures.
  3.    Women should take pains to remain generous, modest, and capable.
  4.    Women should be given the right to vote immediately.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Women should take pains to remain generous, modest, and capable.
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Question 7. For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of humanity” ?
  1.    The poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance
  2.    The falsity of human art as opposed to the immediate truth of nature
  3.    The failure of the poet when a youth to imagine his future
  4.    The utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> The poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance
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Question 8. Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ?
  1.    Darwin’s work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans.
  2.    Darwin’s work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance.
  3.    Darwin’s work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture.
  4.    Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwin’s work completely.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Darwin’s work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans.
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Question 9. In The Way of the World, Congreve satirizes which of the following ?
  1.    Ideas about chastity
  2.    The institution of marriage
  3.    The aristocracy
  4.    All of these answers
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> All of these answers
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Question 10. Which of the following is NOT a central theme of Wordsworth’s poetry ?
  1.    The common man
  2.    The promises of technology
  3.    The outcast figure
  4.    The movement of time
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> The promises of technology
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