0% 2 English Literature Quiz 27 1 / 50 According to Plato, what is the moral purpose of art ? To criticize society through satire To connect human beings with a higher ideal All of the above answers are correct. To entertain those who enjoy it 2 / 50 In his essay ?The Roots of Modernism,? Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the modern period in the history of art as the time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How does he say modernism is typically defined ? Modernism is the art produced during the modern period. Both A and C Modernism is the philosophy of modern art. Modernism is the historical period which followed the modern period. 3 / 50 Jacques Derrida?s concept of diff?rance challenges us to think about language as a system that____________? prevents us from communicating through writing or speech. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. All of the above answers are correct. 4 / 50 Which of the following genres is NOT part of the hybrid form of Behn?s Oroonoko ? Detective story Biography Travel memoir Nonfiction 5 / 50 According to Dr. Mazzotta, what do Dante?s planets represent ? The deadly sins The sacraments The liberal arts The historical religious eras 6 / 50 What do you mean by Heroic Couplet ? a song for mourning a two line stanza a poem of lamentation a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter 7 / 50 The statements below are parts of the steps on ?How to Analyze a Play?. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play ? Analyze the Staging Analyze the Essential Elements of the Play Identify External Factors Related to the Work Interpret the Play 8 / 50 ?Paradise Lost? was written by________________? Milton Coleridge Shakespeare Keats 9 / 50 What are the three parts of Stephen?s espoused aesthetic theory ? clarity, wholeness, and kinesis kinesis, clarity, and perception wholeness, harmony, and clarity perception, clarity, and wholeness 10 / 50 Which Romantic poet died relatively unknown but would become famous posthumously, in the 19th century ? William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake Lord Byron 11 / 50 Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names ? Troilus and Cressida Valdes and Cornelius Pyramus and Thisbe Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 12 / 50 ?Can this be so!? cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council ? they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day!? The word ?husbandman? usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else ? what ? Cowboy Male partner in a marriage Rancher Man of ordinary status 13 / 50 Utopia is an ideal state written by_______________? Thomas Gray George Bernard Shaw William Shakespeare Thomas More 14 / 50 The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups ? Anarchists and Royalists Royalists and Parliamentarians Parliamentarians and Roundheads Royalists and Monarchists 15 / 50 In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the ?flowering?of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ? the Beowulf poet the Gawain poet Chr?tien de Troyes Geoffrey of Monmouth 16 / 50 Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king originally commissioned this work ? Alfred the Great King Harold King Arthur William the Conqueror 17 / 50 From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of ?self-regulating systems? ? Claude L?vi-Strauss Julia Kristeva Jacques Derrida Theodor W. Adorno 18 / 50 Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ? Samuel Taylor Coleridge Percy Shelley William Wordsworth John Keats 19 / 50 In ?The Castle of Otranto? what ?monstrous Other? does Manfred embody ? The cursed The undead The transgendered The outcast 20 / 50 O, you are sick of self-love? Who is referred to in these words in Twelfth Night ? Sir Andrew Malvolio Orsino Sir Toby 21 / 50 What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance ? The rise of Queen Elizabeth Humanism The life of Shakespeare The popularity of theater 22 / 50 Complete this Shakespearan line ? Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring________________? Inconveniences Troubles Worries Impediments 23 / 50 Which of the following was NOT a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry ? The use of symbolism The use of allegory Celebration of the imagination Engagement with nature 24 / 50 Phonemes which effect meaning change in the same linguistic environment are said to be in ____________? Non__contrastive distribution None of the abovE. Complementary distribution Contrastive distribution 25 / 50 Which of the following best describes James Joyce?s ?Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? ? It is a semi-autobiographical account of Joyce?s ?coming of age? as an artist. It begins with the famous line: ?Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo??? It captures the conflict that Stephen Dedalus has with his Irish and Catholic heritage. All of the above 26 / 50 Wilfred Owen?s ?Anthem for Doomed Youth? begins with the following lines: ?What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles? rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.? Which of the following statements best describes these lines ? These lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values. These lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the Great War, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism. These lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have. 27 / 50 Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize Victorian poetry and allow Victorian poets to represent psychology in a different way ? sound as a means to express meaning perspective, as in the dramatic monologue all of the above the use of pictorial description to construct visual images to represent the emotion or situation of the poem 28 / 50 Shakespeare joined the Chamber lain?s Men Theatrical Company as a ? Actor and playwright Playwright and poet None of above Playwright and writer 29 / 50 According to the literary critic, Paul Fussell, which of the following was a central trope of English poetry written during the Great War ? Nihilism Irony Apocalyptic imagery Patriotic imagery 30 / 50 Who is the hero of Paradise Regained_______________? None of these Christ Satan The Paritan Church 31 / 50 Which of the following typify the oralformulaic ? The use of epithets with character?s names An episodic structure The repetition of words All of the Above 32 / 50 What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ? It includes too few works by non- Western writers. It includes too few works by women. It includes too few works by nonwhite writers. All of the above. 33 / 50 What is oral transmission ? a method of communication that became prominent at the end of the Middle Ages a mode of communication used mainly after the rise of literacy a method of communication used solely by the early Church the spreading of material by word of mouth 34 / 50 How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ? 200 67 12 154 35 / 50 Which Romantic poet would be most likely to feature a main character or narrator in a poem who is heroic, tortured, cynical, highly emotional, and intelligent ? Lord Byron John Keats Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake 36 / 50 The American pronunciation of the word ?issue? is an instance of ________________type of assimilation? Regressive Reciprocal None of the above Progressive 37 / 50 Where did chaucer bury ? chapel at windsor none of the above westminster abbey kent church 38 / 50 What is the origin of the vampire myth ? Stoker?s ?Dracula? Beckford?s ?Vathek? Walpole?s ?The Castle of Otranto? Ancient civilizations worldwide 39 / 50 Who wrote first ? William Shakespeare Howard, Earl of Surrey George Eliot Christopher Marlowe 40 / 50 Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ? /p/ & /b/ /m/ & /v/ /k/ & /g/ /t/ &/d/ 41 / 50 Stephen Greenblatt?s work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ? New Historicism Marxism Feminism Psychoanalysis 42 / 50 Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ? Henry V Charles I Henry VIII Charles II 43 / 50 Maria Steward believe that black woman are crucial to the uplift of black Americans. Why ? Both are correct None of the above Men are more powerful They have the power to fix things themselves 44 / 50 ?Gynocriticism? is associated with_________________? Kate Millet Ellen Moors Julia Kristeva Elaine Showalter 45 / 50 Who is the author of Piers Plowman ? Margery Kempe Geoffrey Chaucer Sir Thomas Malory William Langland 46 / 50 Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ? paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication studied melancholy and aestheticism 47 / 50 Shakespeare is buried inside the ? None of above Westminster Abbey Trinity Church Protestant Cemetery 48 / 50 Which of the following best defines wergild ? The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile Giving inanimate objects human qualities A metaphorical compound A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide 49 / 50 One of the potential disadvantages of this approach to literature is that it can reduce meaning to a certain time frame, rather than making it universal throughout the ages ? Mimetic Feminist Historical Formalist 50 / 50 Miniver scorned the gold he sought. Here gold refers to______________? the yellow metal paycheck or money the pot of luck materialism Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 57% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 26 English Literature Quiz 28Next
