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- Cultural & Literary 18th-19th Centuries Mcqs - Set 6
MCQs 1: Which of the following texts is an example of a sentimental novel ?
MCQs 2: What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reflect about the plot ?
It functions as a metaphor for the women’s rights movement.
It foreshadows a negative shift in mood
It symbolizes the increase in scientific knowledge.
It acts as an allusion to the importance of nature in the Romantic period.
MCQs 3: Complete the following sentence. Unlike many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam Smith and Rousseau_____________?
traveled to America.
believed in God.
emphasized the importance of human emotions as guiding behavior.
rejected Newton’s view of the universe.
MCQs 4: Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize Jane Eyre’s relationship to other literary works ?
Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre addresses the power of wealth and class.
Like “Dover Beach,” Jane Eyre mourns the diminishing power of Christian faith.
Through Rochester, Jane Eyre develops a Byronic hero.
Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre can be read as a bildungsroman.
MCQs 5: Complete the following sentence. The opening frame narrative of Frankenstein comes from_______________?
Walton, a failed poet who is attempting to discover the North Pole.
the creature, after he has killed Victor Frankenstein.
Victor Frankenstein’s diary.
Mrs. Saville, Frankenstein’s cousin.
MCQs 6: Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?
like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism.
MCQs 7: Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as______________?
revealing his interest in Chaucer.
enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
promoting the rise of museums.
commenting on the French and Indian War.
MCQs 8: Which of the following characteristics is NOT closely associated with a comedy of manners ?
MCQs 9: With which text is the term mock-epic most closely associated ?
MCQs 10: How was the philosophical and popular emphasis on sensibility in the 18th century related to the development of the novel ?
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