0% 1 English Literature Quiz 4 1 / 50 What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ? It is impossible to separate a text from the linguistics that compose it. It is impossible to view a piece of literature as its author intended. It is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology. It is impossible to view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm. 2 / 50 He wrote a journal about his expedition in northern Florida _____________? Johnathan Edwards Cortez De Vaca Vasco de Gama 3 / 50 The Song of the Lotus is a poem by____________? Keats Eliot Coleridge Tennyson 4 / 50 How is ?Jane Eyre? different from the novels of the first wave of English Gothic novels ? It explains strange phenomena. Its protagonist is at risk for sexual transgression. The theme of imprisonment is prominent. It is a Bildungsroman. 5 / 50 Which of the following is not found in Hell ? Oil Gems Minerals Gold 6 / 50 Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ? Aristotle Duns Scotus David Hume Immanuel Kant 7 / 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 feelingsof the individual poet as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ? the political tract the sonnet the lyric poem written in the first person doggerel rhyme 8 / 50 Who called ?The Waste Land ?a music of ideas? ? F. R Leavis J.C Ransom I.A Richards Allen Tate 9 / 50 Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ______________ and ______________? Religious, Didactic none of these Psychological, Sexual Emotional, Psychological 10 / 50 Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ? Paul Scott?s Staying On Joseph Conrad?s Heart of Darkness A. Jean Rhys?s Wide Sargasso Sea 11 / 50 S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of__________________? Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society ofLondon Royal Society of Literature 12 / 50 Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, ?Macbeth? ? Macduff Lady Macbeth Duncan Lady Macduff 13 / 50 Who is the famous woman novelist in Victorian Age ________? E.B. Browning T.S Eliot George Eliot Austen 14 / 50 World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event ? T.S. Eliot Siegfried Sassoon Oscar Wilde Wilfred Owen 15 / 50 Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? ? Satan lays dazed on the burning lake. Satan assembles his fallen legions. A and B Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise. 16 / 50 Which of the following couples exemplify/ exemplifies courtly love ? Dante and Beatrice Arthur and Guinevere Lancelot and Guinevere All of the Above 17 / 50 Who is the writer of ?Hamlet and Oedipus? (1949) ? Harold Bloom Erik Erikson Carl Jung Ernest Jones 18 / 50 The play, ?Richard III,? takes place in what country ? Norway France England Greece 19 / 50 According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? ? Eve Satan Adam Christ 20 / 50 The ?s in ?boys? is ______________? Plural morpheme An adjective forming morpheme Past morpheme Possessive morpheme 21 / 50 According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ? A figure of judgment Psychological treatment A witness Religious belief 22 / 50 The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and culture that led to the rise of Middle English. Which of the following events led to the nickname ?the era of catastrophes? ? The Black Plague The Great Schism All of these answers The Hundred Years War 23 / 50 John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ? Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow Dante, Spenser, and Pope Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen Homer, Virgil, and Dante 24 / 50 According to Samuel Johnson, No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________? his party. money. love. honor. 25 / 50 The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from______________? Walden Civil Disobedience Life without principle Herald of Freedom 26 / 50 Complete the following sentence. Matthew Arnold?s poem ?Dover Beach? is illustrative of modernist poetry, because it________________? employs free verse. has an undertow of nihilism. was composed between WW I and WW II. is chauvinistic about British ?exceptionalism.? 27 / 50 Wines Burg Ohio______________? Sherwood Anderson Carl Sanburg Robert Lee Frost William Faulkner 28 / 50 All of the following are labyrinthine in ?The Mysteries of Udolpho? EXCEPT______________? Emily?s mind Valancourt?s character Emily?s misfortunes The plot 29 / 50 __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ? Palatal Post__alveolar Palate__alveolar Velar 30 / 50 The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________? the continuing importance of mythological stories. the political focus on individuals and their rights. philosophical theories of sympathy and human emotions. scientific emphasis on detailed observation. 31 / 50 Why is the concept of feudalism important in medieval literature ? Feudalism represents an economic hierarchy, the upper levels of which created and consumed literature. The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty. Feudalism represents the world ofscholars who studied the ancient texts of the past. Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories. 32 / 50 Who is the Author of the Book ?As u Like it?? Thomas Hardy Coleridge William Shakespear Karl Marx 33 / 50 In Book Three of ?Paradise Lost,? God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: ?I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall.? Predestination Sufficience Transubstantiation Free will 34 / 50 What is meant by the ?Haussmannization? of Paris ? It was an urban renovation project which offered social services in city slums. It was a religious movement intended to celebrate the values of Christianity. It was a political movement intended to overthrow Napoleon III. It was an urban modernization project that reorganized Parisian city streets so that the bourgeoisie could flaunt their new wealth. 35 / 50 Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwin?s On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ? Darwin?s work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance. Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwin?s work completely. Darwin?s work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans. Darwin?s work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture. 36 / 50 David Walker?s ?Appeal in Four Articles? argues that_________________? Blacks should return to Africa. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. The races should not intermarry. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery. 37 / 50 Which devil is Satan?s second-incommand ? Mammon Sin Beezelbub Moloch 38 / 50 In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the county town of that country, there is a small district of country, thily populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn-out, sandy, deserts-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. What does dilapidation mean ? Derivation Decrease Hunger or famine Neglect or decray 39 / 50 Why is Caedmon?s Hymn important in the history of Old English literature ? The poem is widely believed to be the first written poem in Old English. The poem illustrates Caedmon?s erudition and scholarship. The poem?s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry. The poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted. 40 / 50 According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ? Lyric poetry All of the above Framed narrative Autobiography 41 / 50 In which country is Macbeth set ? Denmark Canada Scotland Spain 42 / 50 Which of the following is not a tragedy written by Shakespeare ? Merchant of Venice Macbeth Othello None of these 43 / 50 The black language holds great importance for the_____________? restoration of a language identity of Blacks in The United States Black community in America Survival and continuation of the Black community 44 / 50 What is NOT Gothic about the room to which the female protagonist of ?The Yellow Wallpaper? is confined ? It has bars on the window. It is removed from the main area of the house. It is locked. It is sunny. 45 / 50 Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God?s angels ? Michael Lucifer Adam Raphael 46 / 50 In the play, ?Twelfth Night,? who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck ? Maria Olivia Antonio None of the above 47 / 50 In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem ? Sonnet Aubade Ode Elegy 48 / 50 Which of the following would be considered postcolonial novelists, defined as coming historically after the era of England?s large-scale imperialism ? John Ruskin Joseph Conrad Rabindranath Tagore Salman Rushdie 49 / 50 Who is the author of Piers Plowman ? Geoffrey Chaucer Margery Kempe William Langland Sir Thomas Malory 50 / 50 What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic criticism hold about literary texts ? Literary texts should not be read as a projection of the author?s psyche. Literary texts are unlike dreams because they have a system of order and produce meaning. Literary texts reveal secret elements of an author?s unconscious. Literary texts solely reflect an author?s intentions. 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