0% 1 English Literature Quiz 4 1 / 50 Which devil is Satan?s second-incommand ? Sin Beezelbub Moloch Mammon 2 / 50 According to trauma theorists, a testifying subject needs which of the following to deliver a successful testimony ? A witness A figure of judgment Religious belief Psychological treatment 3 / 50 According to Samuel Johnson, No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________? his party. honor. money. love. 4 / 50 World War I affected the writing of many authors. Which of the following poets would not have been touched by that event ? Oscar Wilde T.S. Eliot Wilfred Owen Siegfried Sassoon 5 / 50 The black language holds great importance for the_____________? Survival and continuation of the Black community Black community in America restoration of a language identity of Blacks in The United States 6 / 50 In which country is Macbeth set ? Denmark Canada Scotland Spain 7 / 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 ______________? none of these Religious, Didactic Emotional, Psychological Psychological, Sexual 8 / 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 solely reflect an author?s intentions. 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. 9 / 50 Which of the following is not a tragedy written by Shakespeare ? None of these Macbeth Merchant of Venice Othello 10 / 50 Who is the Author of the Book ?As u Like it?? Coleridge Thomas Hardy Karl Marx William Shakespear 11 / 50 In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem ? Elegy Sonnet Ode Aubade 12 / 50 Wines Burg Ohio______________? Sherwood Anderson Robert Lee Frost Carl Sanburg William Faulkner 13 / 50 __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ? Post__alveolar Palatal Palate__alveolar Velar 14 / 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 doggerel rhyme the lyric poem written in the first person 15 / 50 Why is Caedmon?s Hymn important in the history of Old English literature ? The poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted. The poem?s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry. The poem illustrates Caedmon?s erudition and scholarship. The poem is widely believed to be the first written poem in Old English. 16 / 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. Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories. The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty. Feudalism represents the world ofscholars who studied the ancient texts of the past. 17 / 50 Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, ?Macbeth? ? Lady Macduff Macduff Lady Macbeth Duncan 18 / 50 Which of the following couples exemplify/ exemplifies courtly love ? Dante and Beatrice Lancelot and Guinevere Arthur and Guinevere All of the Above 19 / 50 David Walker?s ?Appeal in Four Articles? argues that_________________? Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery. The races should not intermarry. Blacks should return to Africa. 20 / 50 Who is the famous woman novelist in Victorian Age ________? E.B. Browning Austen George Eliot T.S Eliot 21 / 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 Hundred Years War The Black Plague All of these answers The Great Schism 22 / 50 All of the following are labyrinthine in ?The Mysteries of Udolpho? EXCEPT______________? Emily?s mind The plot Emily?s misfortunes Valancourt?s character 23 / 50 Complete the following sentence. Matthew Arnold?s poem ?Dover Beach? is illustrative of modernist poetry, because it________________? is chauvinistic about British ?exceptionalism.? was composed between WW I and WW II. employs free verse. has an undertow of nihilism. 24 / 50 Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ? Aristotle Duns Scotus Immanuel Kant David Hume 25 / 50 In the play, ?Twelfth Night,? who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck ? Antonio Maria None of the above Olivia 26 / 50 He wrote a journal about his expedition in northern Florida _____________? Vasco de Gama De Vaca Johnathan Edwards Cortez 27 / 50 What does hermeneutic theory suggest about how readers view literature ? It is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology. 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 view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm. 28 / 50 According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ? Autobiography Lyric poetry Framed narrative All of the above 29 / 50 Who is the writer of ?Hamlet and Oedipus? (1949) ? Erik Erikson Carl Jung Ernest Jones Harold Bloom 30 / 50 Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God?s angels ? Adam Michael Lucifer Raphael 31 / 50 The Song of the Lotus is a poem by____________? Eliot Coleridge Keats Tennyson 32 / 50 Who called ?The Waste Land ?a music of ideas? ? Allen Tate F. R Leavis J.C Ransom I.A Richards 33 / 50 How is ?Jane Eyre? different from the novels of the first wave of English Gothic novels ? Its protagonist is at risk for sexual transgression. It is a Bildungsroman. The theme of imprisonment is prominent. It explains strange phenomena. 34 / 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 ? Neglect or decray Hunger or famine Decrease Derivation 35 / 50 According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? ? Eve Christ Adam Satan 36 / 50 The ?s in ?boys? is ______________? Plural morpheme An adjective forming morpheme Past morpheme Possessive morpheme 37 / 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 echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans. Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwin?s work completely. Darwin?s work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture. Darwin?s work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance. 38 / 50 Which of the following would be considered postcolonial novelists, defined as coming historically after the era of England?s large-scale imperialism ? Rabindranath Tagore Joseph Conrad John Ruskin Salman Rushdie 39 / 50 What is NOT Gothic about the room to which the female protagonist of ?The Yellow Wallpaper? is confined ? It is removed from the main area of the house. It is locked. It has bars on the window. It is sunny. 40 / 50 Who is the author of Piers Plowman ? Sir Thomas Malory Geoffrey Chaucer Margery Kempe William Langland 41 / 50 The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________? the political focus on individuals and their rights. philosophical theories of sympathy and human emotions. the continuing importance of mythological stories. scientific emphasis on detailed observation. 42 / 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 Free will Sufficience Transubstantiation 43 / 50 Which of the following is not found in Hell ? Minerals Gems Oil Gold 44 / 50 Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ? Jean Rhys?s Wide Sargasso Sea Joseph Conrad?s Heart of Darkness Paul Scott?s Staying On A. 45 / 50 The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from______________? Life without principle Walden Herald of Freedom Civil Disobedience 46 / 50 Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? ? Satan assembles his fallen legions. Satan lays dazed on the burning lake. A and B Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise. 47 / 50 S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of__________________? The Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society of Arts Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society ofLondon 48 / 50 What is meant by the ?Haussmannization? of Paris ? It was an urban modernization project that reorganized Parisian city streets so that the bourgeoisie could flaunt their new wealth. 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 renovation project which offered social services in city slums. 49 / 50 The play, ?Richard III,? takes place in what country ? France England Norway Greece 50 / 50 John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ? Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow Homer, Virgil, and Dante Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen Dante, Spenser, and Pope Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 38% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 3 English Literature Quiz 5Next
