A. The Anglo-Irish war began with the resistance of the Irish Republican Army.
B. The Anglo-Irish war never involved a guerrilla campaign.
C. In the course of the Anglo-Irish War, only a few hundred members of the Irish Republican Army were actively resisting British rule.
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?
A. Hundred Years War
B. Nine Years War
C. Ten Years War
D. Seventeen Years War - Which of the following authors is NOT an important Irish writer ?
A. Seamus Heaney
B. James Joyce
C. William Butler Yeats
D. E.M. Forster - Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
A. its mocking tone.
B. its absurd response to a real issue.
C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
D. its attempt to shock readers into acting. - Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
A. the Irish National Theatre
B. the Globe Theatre
C. the Abbey Theatre
D. both A and C - Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
A. the Irish National Theatre
B. the Independent Theatre
C. the Abbey Theatre
D. both A and C - Which was a common metaphor used by Irish writers in their depictions of the nation ?
A. the metaphor of Ireland as a novel
B. the metaphor of Ireland as a woman
C. the metaphor of Ireland as a child
D. the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier - In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Irish nationality ?
A. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
B. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders
C. he is committed to staying in Ireland
D. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes - With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified ?
A. Wolfe Tone
B. Charles Stuart Parnell
C. Father Arnall
D. Daniel O’Connell - The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
B. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries - Who served as an Irish senator for two terms? A___________ Wilde?
A. Shaw
B. Ibsen
C. Yeats
D. none of these
