0% 0 English Literature Quiz 31 1 / 50 Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret ? French Gaelic Welsh Esperanto 2 / 50 Which work was published first ? Mary Shelley?s ?Frankenstein? Blake?s ?Songs of Innocence? Sir Walter Scott?s ?Ivanhoe? Lord Byron?s ?Don Juan? 3 / 50 What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Emerson ? Pro Slavery Father of American Liteature Father of Free verse Father of american poetry 4 / 50 Name the author of The New Criticism ? Allen Tate R. P. Blackmur F. R. Leavis John Crowe Ransom 5 / 50 Who is ?till wand?ring o?er the earth? ? Satan?s associates Eve Satan Adam 6 / 50 Which statement below best defined Whitman?s idea of Oversoul ? Hope Relationships Death American landscape 7 / 50 The /k/ sound in ?act?and ?picture? is a____________? Bilabial plosion Alveolar plosion Incomplete plosion. Nasal plosion 8 / 50 Which of the following assertions would William Wordsworth most likely agree with ? Poetry should be written in the common language of ordinary people. Poetry should focus on the lives and thoughts of elite people. Poetry should never concern itself with the natural world. Poetry should rhyme. 9 / 50 According to Randy Hofbauer, what is/are the purpose(s) of the epiphany ? it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever it ends Stephen?s period of enlightenment it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth 10 / 50 How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil ? 28 16 24 20 11 / 50 Who was Fuseli ? Swiss-bom painter An Italian-born doctor French guitarist British painter 12 / 50 What is Milton?s stated purpose in Paradise Lost ? To make his story hard to understand To justify the ways of God to men To argue against the doctrine of predestination To assert his superiority to other poets 13 / 50 Shakespeare died on ? 23rd April 1616 28th April 1616 30th April 1616 25th April 1616, 14 / 50 Complete the following sentence. Yeats?s ?Sailing to Byzantium? is a good example of High Modernism, because it_____________? was written at the very beginning of the 20th century. attempts to create a modernist high culture. embraces the rhythms and diction of common man?s speech. does not employ rhyme. 15 / 50 John Dryden wrote ?Absalom and Achitophel.? Who was Achitophel, historically speaking ? King David?s son Absalom?s advisor Bathsheba?s first husband A Judge of Israel 16 / 50 How many times do the word Katharsis appear in the Poetics________________? 6 2 3 4 17 / 50 When did William Wordsworth die ? 7 June 1849 3 November 1852 23 April 1850 12 January 1842 18 / 50 ________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate? Palate__alveolar Post__alveolar Palatal Velar 19 / 50 Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________? 1300 1386 1343 none of the above 20 / 50 Which of Upton Sinclair?s books is about the meat-packing industry ? Main Street Arrowsmith The Jungle Elmer Gantry 21 / 50 Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as ordinary statements ? The falling The fall__rise None of the above The rising 22 / 50 Which action served to ignite the French Revolution ? The rise of King William The madness of King George The ruling of Bonaparte The execution of King Louis XVI 23 / 50 Who is the heroin of The Tempest ? Ophelia Helena Miranda Desdemona 24 / 50 Tracts for the Times relates to ? The Oxford Movement The Pre-Raphaelite Movement The Romantic Movement The Symbolist Movement 25 / 50 The final /n/ in the words ?sudden? and ?mutton? are __________________? None of the above Sibilants Syllabic consonants Suffixes 26 / 50 The foundation story of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? derives from what text ? ?The Odyssey? ?Canterbury Tales? The Book of ?Revelations? The Book of ?Genesis? 27 / 50 In ?Rime of the Ancient Mariner,? who is the ?he? referred to in the lines ?A sadder and a wiser manHe rose the morrow morn.? ? The ship?s captain The Ancient Mariner The Wedding Guest Life-in-Death 28 / 50 What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ? To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature To show the ways in which most Western literature is superior To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized 29 / 50 To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed ? Sigmund Freud Mary Shelley Edmund Lewis Edmund Burke 30 / 50 How are Julia Kristeva?s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ? Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious. Kristeva offers a more central place for women?s issues within psychological development. All of the above answers are correct. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes. 31 / 50 _____________the eyes of all people are upon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his preent help from us, wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world, wee shall open the mouthes of enemies to speake evill of the ways of god and all professours for Gods sake; wee shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause theire prayers to be turned into Cursses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going ? Benjamin Franklin William Apess Fredrick Douglass John Winthrop 32 / 50 Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ? all of the above. Matthew Arnold Thomas Carlyle Charles Dickens 33 / 50 In the Middle Ages, nuns also performed which of the following roles ? scribes All of the Above teachers authors 34 / 50 Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the ?most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world.? Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ? Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce. They are not provided with adequate education. They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government. 35 / 50 What did the novelists of the first wave of Gothic literature think of religion ? Roman Catholicism was wrongfully dismantled in England by Henry VIII in the 16th century. The Spanish Inquisition and the legend of the wandering Jew confirm the superiority of England. Jews represent sympathetic literary heroes. Religion is race-neutral. 36 / 50 Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus? character at the beginning of the play ? sensitive arrogant stupid kind 37 / 50 ?Your? uses an upper case because ? the poem demanded an upper case he places his beloved in an upper place he wanted to emphasize the ?Y? he wanted it to create logic to the capitalization of the final E. 38 / 50 Which of the following is the theme of Dante?s Vita Nuova ? His love for Beatrice His dislike of the vernacular language His opposition to the separation of Church and State His experiences in exile 39 / 50 Why does Horace Walpole make use of elaborate machines in ?The Castle of Otranto? ? To assist with the flight and pursuit of villains and their prey To support the growth and development of machinery in the 18th century To encourage rational evaluation rather than arouse emotional reactions To emphasize the importance of character development over action 40 / 50 The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ? Witchcraft Murder Criticism of the queen Sexuality 41 / 50 In what year did the Easter Rising occur ? 1922 1901 1916 1934 42 / 50 Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth conceives of himself as a ?chosen son? primarily because_____________? he was endowed with a great poetic talent. his brothers died in their youth. he was given special educational opportunities. he feels especially connected to nature due to his experience as a youth. 43 / 50 Which of the following most accurately explains the Bretons influence on medieval literature ? The Bretons roots were in the Celtic cultural tradition. All of these answers Breton literature had a profound effect on medieval literature in England. The Bretons represented prominent forces in the Norman invasion. 44 / 50 The literary work ?Kubla khan? is_______________? a verse by Coleridge a short story by Somerset Maugham a history by Vincent Smith a drama by Oscar Wilde 45 / 50 What is Quinzaine ? a thirteen line stanza a twenty line stanza a fifteen line stanza a fourteen line stanza 46 / 50 An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on________________? chivalry of the Middle Ages the literature of Greece and Rome the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas alchemy and magic 47 / 50 Horace was a friend of_______________? Julius Caesar Alexander the Great Pompey Emperor Augustus 48 / 50 In his lectures on Shakespeare?s tragedies, A.C. Bradley states that he will not do which of the following ? Compare Shakespeare to other writers. Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare?s philosophy. Evaluate and examine Hamlet. Consider anything about Shakespeare?s comedies. 49 / 50 ?Preface to the Lyrical Ballads? was published in______________? 1815 1802 1798 1800 50 / 50 The phrase ?willing suspension of disbelief? applies to which poet/critic ? Coleridge Wordsworth Charles Lamb Joseph Conrad Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 30 English Literature Quiz 32Next
