Who was Charles Parnell ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in ?

   A. 1823
   B. 1826
   C. 1834
   D. 1833

2. Which of the following is true of Charles Baudelaire’s “Bénédiction” ?

   A. It was originally written in English.
   B. It celebrates the almost divine power of the poet.
   C. It suggests that poetry is demonic in nature.
   D. Both A and B

3. Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?

   A. with an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.
   B. through a system of draconian military courts.
   C. with deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.
   D. only a small area around London and Oxford.

4. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens involves which two cities ?

   A. London and Rome
   B. Paris and Rome
   C. London and Paris
   D. Berlin and London

5. Which one is the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens____________?

   A. Dombey and Son
   B. Little Dorrit
   C. Our Mutual Friend
   D. Edwin Drood

6. Which of the following was an important influence on Charles Reznikoff’s shift away from romantic rhetoric ?

   A. His study of ancient history
   B. His study of law
   C. His study of medicine
   D. His study of Sanskrit

7. Which of the following statements best characterizes the last two stanzas of Charles Baudelaire’s symbolist poem “Correspondences” ?

   A. They describe the author’s experiences as a young child.
   B. They use metaphors with subtle political connotations.
   C. They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as synesthesia.
   D. They describe a scene in the countryside, which symbolizes the state of the author’s soul.

8. Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?

   A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English
   B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences
   C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers
   D. Challenge American stereotypes about race

9. In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?

   A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
   B. To explain his religious views.
   C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
   D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.

10. 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.