English Literature Quiz 11
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Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor ?
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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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Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore?s poem ?England? suggests which of the following ?
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The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar?s poem, ?We Wear the Mask,? represents_____________?
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Essays of Ella are ?
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Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by_______________?
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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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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ?Realism? as an artistic and literary movement ?
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The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
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Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?
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In De Monarchia, what political opinion does Dante express about empire ?
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Trauma theory primarily developed out of the work of which psychoanalyst ?
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What did Dante have in common with Aquinas ?
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?Renaissance? is a ?
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Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen ?
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In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?
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Macbeth hires assassins to murder Banquo?s son, named ?
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The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare ?
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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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What is dialectical materialism ?
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Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?
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What is the main function of literary theory ?
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Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time ?
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Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare ?
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Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
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John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?
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In The Dubliners, which story/stories provide(s) an example of unrequited passion ?
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In which century was Piers Plowman written ?
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?The Rainbow? is a novel written by______________?
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Horace?s doctrine ?ut pictura poesis? was interpreted to mean______________?
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In Medieval times, who were ?femme soles? ?
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George Eliot?s novel Romola is a________________?
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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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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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According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ?
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Which of the following best describes theidea of the symbol among French Symbolist poets ?
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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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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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To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of ?romance?emerged, initially apply ?
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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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How many principal sources of sublimity are there according to Longinus ?
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Who, among the following writers, was not educated at Christ?s Hospital School, London ?
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Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?
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Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism ?
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?The Conduct of the Allies? is a famous work of_____________?
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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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Which of the following poems is considered to be the most neglected of Shakespeare?s ?
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Arthur Miller?s Death of A Salesman was appeared in _______________?
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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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