Top 80+ Solved Twentieth Century British Literature up to 1940 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Ah, what can GOD do against the stupidity of O’man! Who says this?
a. mary boyle
b. jack boyle
c. juno
d. johnnyboyle
Q. Sean o Casey’s original name was_____________.
a. sean casey
b. addison casey
c. abbott casey
d. john casey
Q. Sean O’ Casey’s “Juno and Paycock” is ____________ in a trilogy of plays.
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
Q. The play “Juno and Paycock” is written on the background of _______ civil war.
a. american
b. scottish
c. british
d. irish
Q. Joyce was an important pioneer of the narrative technique known as
a. stream of tension
b. dramatic montage
c. conditioned genesis
d. stream of consciousness
Q. The name "Dedalus" makes allusion to
a. the mythological figure who flew too close to the sun and drowned in the ocean
b. the mythological figure who escaped from his island prison by constructing a pair of wings
c. the mythological figure who solved the riddle of the sphinx
d. the mythological figure who devoured his own daughter to prolong his life
Q. Stephen's father is
a. both financially inept and a painter
b. a painter
c. financially inept
d. a financial genius
Q. As a young boy, Stephen is
a. erudite and cocky
b. insensitive and rambunctious
c. athletic and confident
d. unathletic and shy
Q. While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen has the paper read to him. He hears about the deathof
a. lord roxborough
b. winston churchill
c. charles parnell
d. the pope
Q. James Joyce was raised in a family that was deeply
a. atheistic
b. protestant
c. buddhist
d. catholic
Q. While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen is cared for by
a. his mother
b. father arnall
c. brother michael
d. dante
Q. As a young boy, Stephen reads and is enraptured by
a. the adventures of huckleberry finn
b. pilgrim\s progress
c. the count of monte cristo
d. the canterbury tales
Q. Stephen's father manages to get Stephen back into private school. He is to attend
a. clongowes
b. dublin boy\s academy
c. eaton
d. belvedere
Q. Stephen falls in love with a girl named
a. emma clere
b. vanessa o\keer
c. josie o\veer
d. amanda deere