English Literature Quiz 34
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In the play, ?Hamlet,? what is the name of Polonius?s daughter ?
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Define oral tradition______________?
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Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul O?Brien?s essay ?Prophet of the Revolution? ?
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Utopia was written by_____________?
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In the play, ?Richard III,? who is manipulated into marrying Richard ?
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For what reason was Dante exiled from his home ?
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How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?
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What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ?
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The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
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What distinguishes morality plays from mystery plays ?
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What is the best definition of humanism ?
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Constitution, of 1962 was made on________________?
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James Joyce?s narrative technique is known as______________?
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When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?
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Who has defined ?poetry? as a fundamental creative act using languages ?
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In Fredric Jameson?s book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ?
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Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ?
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Greek theatre took place where ?
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________________are also called secondary phonemes?
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Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?
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was the companion in publication to John Milton?s ?Paradise Regained.? ?
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Which of the following contributed to the rise of vernacular literature ?
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In The Paradiso, which quality does Dante associate with the wise ?
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who was the companion of Adam in paradise ?
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What is problematic about calling Beowulf part of Old English literature ?
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In how many books is Paradise Lost divided ?
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The ?ing? in sleeping is an example of ____________?
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Which of Uncle Tom?s personal characteristics guided his interactions with others and his responses to his circumstances ?
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Berryman?s The Ball Poem can be categorized as a_______________?
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Which of the following social issues does Dickens confront in Great Expectations ?
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Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after_______________?
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What is the word for a ?play on words? ?
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What is a funny poem of five lines called _________________ ?
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Which of the following poets wrote about World War II ?
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The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are called______________?
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Theodor Adorno?s ?Culture Industry Reconsidered? further examines the notion of the ?culture industry? and suggests which of the following about the ?culture industry ??
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Shirley, Jane Eyre, Villete were written by_______________?
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Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas ?
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Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry ?
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What role does Rosario play in the Gothic atmosphere of ?The Monk? ?
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Who proposed that poets should be banished from the ideal Republic ?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ?Naturalism? as an artistic and literary movement ?
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What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
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He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, ?the number destroyed was about four hundred;? and ?it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God.? This work is___________?
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What is the philosophical theory known as pragmatism ?
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What is defamiliarization ?
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What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration ?
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Which provision of The Sale of Goods Act, deals with Suits for price______________?
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Before advocating on behalf of the enslaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early American crisis event ?
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The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous luster of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. The character described in this passage ?
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