Which contemporary fictional character can be understood as a Byronic hero ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Complete the following sentence. The Byronic hero is characterized as________________?

   A. always fighting for good against evil.
   B. fortunate in always coming out victorious.
   C. nearly superhuman in his powers but tortured by a psychological weight.
   D. devoted to religion above all things

2. Napoleon’s decision to__________________can be understood as representative of the French Revolutionary spirit because this decision served to radically reposition France in contemporary European political affairs ?

   A. Engage in the Napoleonic Wars
   B. Change all aspects of French law
   C. Involve himself directly in affairs in the United States
   D. Offer landmark political writings calling for peace with other European nations

3. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the ‘Hero as King’ ?

   A. Johnson
   B. Cromwell
   C. Shakespeare
   D. Luther

4. ‘Hero and Hero worship’ was written by______________?

   A. Ruskin
   B. Carlyle
   C. Mill
   D. None of these

5. Which of the following is NOT a common attribute of Byronic heroes ?

   A. Arrogance
   B. Nihilism
   C. Good spirits
   D. Dark humor

6. A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or “hero”) of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Eve
   B. Adam
   C. God
   D. Satan

7. Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?

   A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
   B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
   C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
   D. Insistence on desegregation.

8. The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed ?

   A. Jesus
   B. Samson
   C. Satan
   D. Adam

9. In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is a remark by________________?

   A. Nicoll
   B. Goddord
   C. Bradley
   D. Coleridge

10. In Shakespeare “Character is not Destiny” but “character and Destiny”. Whose comment is this ?

    A. Bradley
    B. Dr. Johnson
    C. Nicoll
    D. None of these