0% 0 English Literature Quiz 49 1 / 50 To whom did Edmund Spenser addresses his sonnet sequence Amoretti ? Mary Jane Queen Elizabeth Lisa Boyle Elizabeth Boyle 2 / 50 Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ? Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform. The common people were still essentially pagan. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic 3 / 50 Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________? The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown. 4 / 50 Which of the following statements best represents Lacan?s view of Ophelia in his essay, ?Desire and the Interpretation of Desire in ?Hamlet?? ? Hamlet desires revenge, not Ophelia. Hamlet desires Ophelia, but only when she is unattainable. Hamlet desires attaining the throne of Denmark, of which Ophelia is a symbol. Hamlet desires his mother, not Ophelia. 5 / 50 Which poet would be most likely to write a poem reflecting upon the psychological changes he has undergone since his youth ? William Blake Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth John Keats 6 / 50 Fill in the blank. The term ?Renaissance? literally translates as ?_____________? ? Rebirth Reproduction Reincarnation Recapitulation 7 / 50 In Book Four of ?Paradise Regained,? for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location ? The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem The top of a ?Mountain high? The top of the Pantheon in Rome ?Up to the middle Region of thick Air? 8 / 50 Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes? ?Paradise Regained? ?Euphues? ?Utopia? ?Acts and Monuments? 9 / 50 Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of_____________? Maine Denmark Venice England 10 / 50 Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laureate in_______________? 1843 b?1844 1845 none of these 1846 11 / 50 Which of the following statements about the poems in Blake?s Songs of Innocence and Experience is true ? The poems reject innocence in favor of experience. The poems reject experience in favor of innocence. The poems defend the industrial revolution as helping England?s economy. The poems criticize religious institutions for not helping the oppressed. 12 / 50 Which of these female writers was least likely to have been literate ? Catherine de Pizan Heloise Margery Kempe Julian of Norwich 13 / 50 What is the difference between traditional literary criticism and post-New Criticism literary theory ? Traditional literary criticism focused on tracking influences and textual allusions and considering the historical contexts of literary texts. Traditional literary criticism only examines pre-20th-century literary texts. Traditional literary criticism attempted to consider the psychological aspects of literary texts. Traditional literary criticism is mainly focused on exploring gender issues. 14 / 50 I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. What is the meaning of the word ?smart? in this context ? Intelligence Silliness Stupidity Pain 15 / 50 ?Essays of Elia? was written by______________? Charles Lamb William Hazlitt Emily Dickinson Emily Bronte 16 / 50 Which of the following best characterizes an Elizabethan masque ? A horror play, featuring supernatural forces A drama, featuring players representing mythic or allegorical figures A performance of a classical play in contemporary language A sophisticated comedy with a surprising ending 17 / 50 The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ? four two one six 18 / 50 Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the following political philosophies ? Libertarianism Fascism Marxism Democracy 19 / 50 Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ? The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible? Is there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry? Is there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust? Is it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust? 20 / 50 Which of the following statements offers the best characterization of a Greek tragedy ? In a Greek tragedy, the hero suffers but always survives at the end of the play. In a Greek tragedy, evil people are vanquished by the forces of good. In a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero dies at the end of the play. In a Greek tragedy, characters undergo reversals of fortune, usually for the worse. 21 / 50 Who is Cato ? A character who appears in the ninth circle of hell A character who appears in the lust circle of hell The example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory 22 / 50 From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education ? witternburg oxford Corpus Christi College Cambridge 23 / 50 How does the Encyclop?die best epitomize the mission of the Enlightenment ? By dismissing all knowledge from outside Europe By rejecting the divine right of kings By questioning the nature of scientific method By emphasizing the idea that gathering knowledge together can lead to human improvement 24 / 50 Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world effected by the creative capacity of the human mind ? Blake?s ?Prophetic Books? Coleridge?s Dejection: An Ode all but C Wollstonecraft?s Vindication of the Rights of Woman 25 / 50 With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated ? Jacques Derrida Michel Foucault Claude L?vi-Strauss Jacques Lacan 26 / 50 In ?The Gift of the Magi? Della is presented as_____________? a sacrificing wife a hypocritical wife a loving wife a snobbish wife 27 / 50 How old is Emmeline ? Seventeen Fifteen Thirteen Ten 28 / 50 Which of the following best defines mysticism ? The dream connection between the two sexes The human soul?s tendency towards intimate union with the divine A literary genre written mainly in the Anglo-Saxon era The separation between humanity and divinity 29 / 50 How is Thornfield in ?Jane Eyre? different from the structures found in the first wave of Gothic novels ? It contains vault-like spaces. It is located in England. It is an ancestral estate. It is mysterious. 30 / 50 John Milton?s ?Lycidas? is what genre of poetry ? A satire A mock-epic A pastoral elegy An epic 31 / 50 Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ? theoretical science abstract logical deductions A, B, and C metaphysics 32 / 50 From where does Eliza cross into Cananda ? Niagara Falls Lake Erie Northern Minnesota Lake Huron 33 / 50 ?An Indian?s Looking Glass for the White Man? illustrates what genre of early American writing ? Biography Sermon Spiritual diary Autobiography 34 / 50 Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of ?A Defense of Poetry?, agree with ? Art serves a particular worldly purpose. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture. Art?s supreme function is to entertain the public. Artists are dangerous to social order. 35 / 50 Which genre is based on interactions between three feudal classes ? Estates satire Romance Dream poetry Lai 36 / 50 Which of the following is the first novel of H. Lawrence ? Sons and Lovers The Trespasser The White Peacock Women in Love 37 / 50 Dryden wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. Is this ? An Interlocution A Poetical Work A Drama An Essay 38 / 50 Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker?s ?Dracula? ? Imperialism Theories of Darwinian evolution The Woman Question Labor unions 39 / 50 Find the odd one out____________________? Ferdinand de Saussure Leonard Bloomfield Edward Sapir Herman Gundert 40 / 50 William Shakespeare was______________ child of John and Mary? third fourth fifth second 41 / 50 The New Critics were_________________? Formalist critics Marxist critics Psychological Critics Feminist critics 42 / 50 ?Lapis Lazuli? is __________________? A Poem None of these A Poem Drama 43 / 50 Which of the following is the theme of De Vulgari Eloquentia ? The language of different literary genres All of the above The historical evolution of language The difference between grammar and language 44 / 50 About Anne Bradstreet__________________? Husband belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Company Arrived on the Mayflower A and C Wrote about her house burning down 45 / 50 Which of the following theorists is associated with formalism ? Terry Eagleton Cleanth Brooks Judith Butler Viktor Shklovsky 46 / 50 Some of the movements that took place in the modernist time period include___________? There were no movements during the modernist time period. Symbolism, Naturalism, and Postmodernism. The Harlem Renaissance, The Lost Generation, and Confessional Poetry. Transcendentalism, Symbolism, and Dark Romanticism. 47 / 50 Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ? Paris Tokyo London Amsterdam 48 / 50 One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the ?bestial? side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the ?bestial? side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the ?grownup? world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ? All of the above answers are correct. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings. To enable to form judgments about literature. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading. 49 / 50 ?Tales from Shakespeare? is written by________________? Mary Anne Evans Shakespeare Lamb Lawrence 50 / 50 Aphra Behn?s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________? like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism. like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time. like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals. like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses. 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 48 English Literature Quiz 50Next
