English Literature Quiz 23
1 / 50
The Chartist Movement sought ?
2 / 50
Section 12, of the Sale of Goods Act deals with __________________?
3 / 50
?Don Juan? and ?Childe Harold?s Pilgrimage? are broken into sections called______________?
4 / 50
The intellectual movement that believed that the observation of nature elevates the nature of humans, that deep truths can be grasped through intuition, and that God, Nature and humanity are united in a shared universe is______________?
5 / 50
Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
6 / 50
Satan?s name before he fell from heaven was ?
7 / 50
A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of ?Astrophil and Stella? ?
8 / 50
About Christopher Columbus_______________?
9 / 50
Who of the following is a playwright ?
10 / 50
What is a kunstleroman ?
11 / 50
Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ?
12 / 50
Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth?s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as ?the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings? ?
13 / 50
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
14 / 50
The Professor was the first novel by________________?
15 / 50
Who wrote the poems, ?On death? and ?Women, Wine, and Snuff ??
16 / 50
John Milton was fluent in which of the following languages ?
17 / 50
In which place of England Christopher Marlow born ?
18 / 50
What story tells how Squanto taught the settler to grow corn, procure commodities and fish ?
19 / 50
Which ruler?s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
20 / 50
Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work?s meaning does not come entirely from the imagination of the author ?
21 / 50
A work of literary criticism that considers how social and economic power structures are depicted in a 19th-century English novel would be an example of which type of literary criticism ?
22 / 50
Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism ?
23 / 50
Which poet would be most likely to write about his time in revolutionary France ?
24 / 50
Which is a common postcolonial critique of the West ?
25 / 50
Which poet did Arthur Henry Hallum associate with ?the picturesque? ?
26 / 50
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as the special and opportune art of the modern world ?
27 / 50
?learn by going where I have to go?. The poet learns of______________?
28 / 50
Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII ?
29 / 50
Who originated the term ?objective correlative,? which is often used in formalist criticism ?
30 / 50
In which the following works Plato discusses his Theory of Poetry ?
31 / 50
Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub ?
32 / 50
For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel ?
33 / 50
In ?The Book of Martyrs,? John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?
34 / 50
Which character spoke following lines? ?What?s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, Nor arm nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man, O be some other name! What?s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet,? ?
35 / 50
What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of ?to teach and delight? ?
36 / 50
What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?
37 / 50
Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916 ?
38 / 50
What mock epic begins: ?What dire offence from am?rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things? ?
39 / 50
A syllabic division is marked with______________?
40 / 50
What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious ?
41 / 50
Who introduced the art of printing into England ?
42 / 50
According to Dr. Taormina, Victorian novelists generally________________?
43 / 50
Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom ?
44 / 50
In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?
45 / 50
Who wrote ?The Colossus? in 1960?
46 / 50
Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet ?
47 / 50
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
48 / 50
What is the authorship controversy as it relates to Heloise and Abelard ?
49 / 50
From 1st January 2007, how many digits contains in ISBN (International Standard Book Number)?
50 / 50
Which of the following characteristics are not essential to knightly chivalry as described by Chretien de Troyes ?
Provide Your Information
Your score is
The average score is 30%
Restart quiz
