English Literature Quiz 42
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The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison?s Invisible Man is_____________?
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Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare?s Hamlet ?
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What do most critics find notable about the virtues that Pizan highlights in her work ?
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In Shakespeare?s ?Sonnet 18?, the poet does which of the following ?
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Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
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Which of these is NOT a rhetorical purpose of the Spiritual Diary Genre ?
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How does the character Dracula unsettle the Victorian patriarchy ?
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The term Implicature might refer to_________?
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What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure?s Course in General Linguistics ?
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Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
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What is the delicate balancing act of Marvell?sHoratian Ode ?
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In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washington?s Up from Slavery, Washington?s primary goal is to______________?
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One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who ?
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Constitution of 1962, provided ___________ form of government ?
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The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
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What proceeded Jacobean era ?
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Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry ?
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Which contemporary discussions on women?s rights did Tennyson?s The Princess address ?
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In which University Victor Frankenstein develops the technique to reanimate the dead tissues which ultimately leads to the creation of the monster ?
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What do you mean by Beast Fable ?
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Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
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When Mary Shelley writes about ghosts, what is her concern ?
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In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents? punishments ?
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Which poet could be described as part of The Movementof the 1950s ?
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Vanity Fair is a novel by ?
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Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ?
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According to John Milton?s view of the structure of the universe, the ?Created Universe? is surrounded by what ?
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Which of the following characters from ?The Canterbury Tales? might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?
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Wordsworth?s theory of poetry appears in_____________?
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According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, ?The Strivings of the Negro People,? what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?
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What is Christopher Ricks?s attitude toward literary theory ?
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William Blake?s ?Little Black Boy? advocates for __________________?
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Tennyson wrote____________?
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Which Post-Colonial theorist employs an extended analysis of the term ?Orientalism? ?
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The novel ?The Jungle Book? is written by_______________?
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Poet Alexander Pope?s famous work_________________?
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What is a lai ?
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All of the following define the Gothic EXCEPT________________?
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The Frankfurt School of literary theory was most greatly influenced by which of the following schools of thought ?
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In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?
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Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium ?
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In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues; while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. What is the meaning of the word audacity ?
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About Johnathan Edwards____________?
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Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre ?
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In Shakespeare?s play, Henry V is king of what country ?
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The theme of Tennyson?s Poem ?The Princess? is ?
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John Keats died from________________?
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____________________are also called prosodic features?
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Jack London?s ?To Build a Fire? contained foreshadowing, which means_____________?
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In Caedmon?s Hymn, the poet borrows the language of which literary form ?
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