English Literature Quiz 11
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Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare ?
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The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced by the ?
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Why is the concept of the sublime important in Gothic literature ?
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Horace?s doctrine ?ut pictura poesis? was interpreted to mean______________?
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Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism ?
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The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
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What is dialectical materialism ?
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Trauma theory primarily developed out of the work of which psychoanalyst ?
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Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?
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In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?
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Who wrote this famous line: ?Shall I compare thee to a summer?s day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate? ?
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The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar?s poem, ?We Wear the Mask,? represents_____________?
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WorldWar I drastically changed the political and cultural climate in Europe. Which of the following was NOT among the changes brought about by World War I ?
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In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
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Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
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Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor ?
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The ambitious spirits of his brother chieftain Sassacus, had ever aspired to dominion over the allied tribes ? and immediately after the appearance of the English, the same temper was manifest in a jealousy of their encroachments. He employed all his art and influence and authority, to unite the tribes for the extirpation of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and foreseeing no danger from them, was the advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does ?extirpation? mean ?
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To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of ?romance?emerged, initially apply ?
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Arthur Miller?s Death of A Salesman was appeared in _______________?
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Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore?s poem ?England? suggests which of the following ?
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Essays of Ella are ?
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In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion ?
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?The Conduct of the Allies? is a famous work of_____________?
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The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare ?
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In which century was Piers Plowman written ?
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Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time ?
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Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen ?
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The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
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Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?
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John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?
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According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ?
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What did Dante have in common with Aquinas ?
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In Medieval times, who were ?femme soles? ?
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A critic of Thomas Otway?s ?Venice Preserv?d? wishes to know why the play?s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author?s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?
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?Renaissance? is a ?
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Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christ?s Hospital School, London ?
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Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the ?. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in ?Astrophil and Stella.? ?
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Which of the following poems is considered to be the most neglected of Shakespeare?s ?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ?Realism? as an artistic and literary movement ?
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George Eliot?s novel Romola is a________________?
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Macbeth hires assassins to murder Banquo?s son, named ?
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Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?
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Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by_______________?
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?The Rainbow? is a novel written by______________?
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How many principal sources of sublimity are there according to Longinus ?
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In De Monarchia, what political opinion does Dante express about empire ?
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The statements below are parts of the steps on ?How to Explicate Poetry?. Which comes in as second to the last thing to do before writing a critical essay of a poem ?
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Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane?s poem ?Legend,? Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: ?As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by ?/I am not ready for repentance;? according to Professor Hammer, Crane?s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
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Which of the following best describes theidea of the symbol among French Symbolist poets ?
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What is the main function of literary theory ?
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