English Literature Quiz 42
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Wordsworth?s theory of poetry appears in_____________?
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The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison?s Invisible Man is_____________?
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Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare?s Hamlet ?
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What do most critics find notable about the virtues that Pizan highlights in her work ?
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The Frankfurt School of literary theory was most greatly influenced by which of the following schools of thought ?
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According to John Milton?s view of the structure of the universe, the ?Created Universe? is surrounded by what ?
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John Keats died from________________?
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In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washington?s Up from Slavery, Washington?s primary goal is to______________?
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William Blake?s ?Little Black Boy? advocates for __________________?
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Tennyson wrote____________?
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All of the following define the Gothic EXCEPT________________?
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In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues; while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. What is the meaning of the word audacity ?
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The term Implicature might refer to_________?
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In Shakespeare?s ?Sonnet 18?, the poet does which of the following ?
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Which Post-Colonial theorist employs an extended analysis of the term ?Orientalism? ?
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One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who ?
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About Johnathan Edwards____________?
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In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?
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What proceeded Jacobean era ?
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When Mary Shelley writes about ghosts, what is her concern ?
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Which contemporary discussions on women?s rights did Tennyson?s The Princess address ?
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The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
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In which University Victor Frankenstein develops the technique to reanimate the dead tissues which ultimately leads to the creation of the monster ?
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Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
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Which of the following characters from ?The Canterbury Tales? might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?
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In Caedmon?s Hymn, the poet borrows the language of which literary form ?
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Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ?
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Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
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What is a lai ?
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In Shakespeare?s play, Henry V is king of what country ?
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Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
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In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents? punishments ?
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What is the delicate balancing act of Marvell?sHoratian Ode ?
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The theme of Tennyson?s Poem ?The Princess? is ?
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Which of these is NOT a rhetorical purpose of the Spiritual Diary Genre ?
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Poet Alexander Pope?s famous work_________________?
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What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure?s Course in General Linguistics ?
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How does the character Dracula unsettle the Victorian patriarchy ?
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Jack London?s ?To Build a Fire? contained foreshadowing, which means_____________?
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What is Christopher Ricks?s attitude toward literary theory ?
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Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre ?
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____________________are also called prosodic features?
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Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium ?
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Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry ?
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According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, ?The Strivings of the Negro People,? what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?
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Constitution of 1962, provided ___________ form of government ?
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The novel ?The Jungle Book? is written by_______________?
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Which poet could be described as part of The Movementof the 1950s ?
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Vanity Fair is a novel by ?
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What do you mean by Beast Fable ?
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