The theme is_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The Princess’ is ?

   A. Queen Victoria’s coronation
   B. Industrial Revolution
   C. Women’s Education and Rights
   D. Rise of Democracy

2. Which of the following is the theme of Dante’s Vita Nuova ?

   A. His dislike of the vernacular language
   B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
   C. His love for Beatrice
   D. His experiences in exile

3. In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ?

   A. he refers to the mythical Daedalus
   B. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus
   C. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult
   D. he refers to the Oedipal myth

4. What was one theme in the period of independence ____________?

   A. national identity
   B. political conflicts
   C. urban and european vs indigenous and rural
   D. All the above

5. Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology of the Closet ?

   A. Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.
   B. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.
   C. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.
   D. Understanding homosexual themes in novels has become too routine

6. In “The Monk” what event does NO represent the theme of entrapment of women ?

   A. Antonia’s death
   B. Matilda’s dressing as Rosario
   C. Agnes’s admittance to the convent
   D. The magic mirror

7. Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?

   A. Imperialism
   B. The Woman Question
   C. Labor unions
   D. Theories of Darwinian evolution

8. What is the central theme of Keith Douglas’s “How to Kill” ?

   A. Combat detaches a man from humanity.
   B. All is fair in love and war.
   C. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war.
   D. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.

9. The theme of Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” is_______________?

   A. Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians.
   B. Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion.
   C. Slaves are the children of Cain.
   D. Christians should free their slaves.

10. The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism_____________?

    A. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.
    B. The wearing away of traditional class structures.
    C. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
    D. The disassociated, anomic self.