Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT?

   A. “Two Gentlemen of Verona”
   B. “The Winter’s Tale”
   C. “The Tempest”
   D. “Faustus”

2. At what famous university is Faustus a scholar ?

   A. Wittenburg
   B. Sorbonne
   C. Heidelberg
   D. Cambridge

3. According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ?

   A. Autobiography
   B. Framed narrative
   C. Lyric poetry
   D. All of the above

4. Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies ?

   A. Dryden
   B. Pope
   C. Dr. Johnson
   D. Addison

5. Based on your readings for this course, which of the following best summarizes how most critics interpret the crumbling castle in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

   A. The castle represents the presence of newer technologies.
   B. The castle signifies the ruin of feudal medievalism.
   C. The castle symbolizes the desire for a more powerful aristocracy.
   D. The castle shows the lack of change in popular architecture styles.

6. Which of the following best describes how the novel “Frankenstein” is understood by critics ?

   A. As a commentary on Victorian England
   B. As an apolitical horror story
   C. As a novel ghostwritten by Perce Shelley
   D. As an exploration on the effects of science on humanity

7. Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

   A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
   B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
   C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
   D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living.

8. Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the following political philosophies ?

   A. Marxism
   B. Fascism
   C. Democracy
   D. Libertarianism

9. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?

   A. Strengthened the African American’s place in the world of literature
   B. Perpetuated stereotypes
   C. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences
   D. Showed that African Americans couldn’t speak properly.

10. Why does one scholar suggest that “The Monk” represents literary transvestism ?

    A. The habited nuns
    B. Ambrosio’s rape and murder of his sister
    C. Lewis’s use of a female pseudonym in the original edition
    D. Lewis’s choiceof a feminine literary genre