Twentieth Century British Literature Up To 1940 Set 3

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This set of Twentieth Century British Literature up to 1940 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Twentieth Century British Literature Up To 1940 Set 3

Q1 | Who was King of England in Becket's time?
  • henry ii
  • henry i
  • reginald fitz urse
  • theobald
Q2 | What position does Thomas hold at the time of his murder?
  • chancellor
  • archbishop
  • king
  • exchequer
Q3 | What position has Thomas held in the past?
  • jester
  • exchequer
  • king
  • chancellor
Q4 | How long has Thomas been gone when he returns?
  • fifteen years
  • seven years
  • three years
  • sixteen months
Q5 | Why did Eliot write this play?
  • becket\s family asked him to.
  • he wanted to impress his priest.
  • he was commissioned for a festival.
  • he read a book about becket.
Q6 | Why has the Chorus gathered at the top of the play?
  • They have been summoned by Thom
  • they want to murder thomas.
  • their crops have dried up and they need mercy.
  • they sense something bad is going to
Q7 | What medieval image suggests patience?
  • wheel
  • cathedral
  • mountain
  • seasons
Q8 | Mary Boyle is an attractive young woman whose age is
  • 21
  • 22
  • 25
  • 20
Q9 | “A principle’s a principle”, who repeats this dialogue?
  • mary boyle
  • jack boyle
  • joxer delay
  • johnny boyle
Q10 | “There isn’t a GOD,there isn’t a GOD; if there is HE wouldn’t let these things happen”. Whoutters this?
  • mary boyle
  • jack boyle
  • juno
  • johnny boyle
Q11 | Ah, what can GOD do against the stupidity of O’man! Who says this?
  • mary boyle
  • jack boyle
  • juno
  • johnnyboyle
Q12 | Sean o Casey’s original name was_____________.
  • sean casey
  • addison casey
  • abbott casey
  • john casey
Q13 | Sean O’ Casey’s “Juno and Paycock” is ____________ in a trilogy of plays.
  • first
  • second
  • third
  • fourth
Q14 | The play “Juno and Paycock” is written on the background of _______ civil war.
  • american
  • scottish
  • british
  • irish
Q15 | Joyce was an important pioneer of the narrative technique known as
  • stream of tension
  • dramatic montage
  • conditioned genesis
  • stream of consciousness
Q16 | The name "Dedalus" makes allusion to
  • the mythological figure who flew too close to the sun and drowned in the ocean
  • the mythological figure who escaped from his island prison by constructing a pair of wings
  • the mythological figure who solved the riddle of the sphinx
  • the mythological figure who devoured his own daughter to prolong his life
Q17 | Stephen's father is
  • both financially inept and a painter
  • a painter
  • financially inept
  • a financial genius
Q18 | As a young boy, Stephen is
  • erudite and cocky
  • insensitive and rambunctious
  • athletic and confident
  • unathletic and shy
Q19 | At Clongowes, Stephen is picked on by a bully named
  • cranly
  • icarus
  • wells
  • parnell
Q20 | While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen has the paper read to him. He hears about the deathof
  • lord roxborough
  • winston churchill
  • charles parnell
  • the pope
Q21 | James Joyce was raised in a family that was deeply
  • atheistic
  • protestant
  • buddhist
  • catholic
Q22 | While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen is cared for by
  • his mother
  • father arnall
  • brother michael
  • dante
Q23 | As a young boy, Stephen reads and is enraptured by
  • the adventures of huckleberry finn
  • pilgrim\s progress
  • the count of monte cristo
  • the canterbury tales
Q24 | Stephen's father manages to get Stephen back into private school. He is to attend
  • clongowes
  • dublin boy\s academy
  • eaton
  • belvedere
Q25 | Stephen falls in love with a girl named
  • emma clere
  • vanessa o\keer
  • josie o\veer
  • amanda deere