English Literature Quiz 50

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English Literature Quiz 50

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Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?

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For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT ?

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?The Alchemist? is written by_______________?

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In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown?s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?

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Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?

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How was the priest?s son?s prayer answered ?

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Which of the following women is widely considered the first feminist ?

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With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?

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Who wrote The Rules of Courtly Love ?

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What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is ?performed? ?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?

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?And then hopped sidewise to the Wall?. Here the poet personifies the bird as a______________?

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Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him ?

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Geoffrey Chaucer served which king ?

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A language come into existence when_____________?

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The Cardinal virtues of the Houyhnhnms are__________________?

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The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was______________?

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The play, ?Macbeth,? is set in what country ?

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But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added, when the ignorant and the poor are aroused, when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment. What does ?mow? mean in this context ?

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In The Paradiso, how does Dante?s journey through heaven end ?

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The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed ?

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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?

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Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London ?

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Which of the following is NOT a feature or characteristics of Emily Dickinson?s poetry ?

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The importance of Lucy Terry?s ?Bars Fight? is______________?

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Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?

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Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as structuralism ?

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In the play, ?Richard III,? who speaks of ?the winter of our discontent? (I.i.1) ?

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Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost ?

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What was the first published title of Christopher Marlow?s play The Jew of Malta ?

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot?s ?The Waste Land? and the futurist aesthetic project ?

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Who calls poetry ?the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge? ?

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The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in ?

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What is ?scholasticism? as it relates to the medieval era ?

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What led to the alliterative revival ?

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According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?

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What do you mean by Stanza ?

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Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I ?

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Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?

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Who said that Arnold was a propagandist for literature rather than a critic ?

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Section 58, of The Sale of Goods Act provide right of suit for Specific Performance of Contract on the part of ________________?

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Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob?s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was____________?

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Which of the Marlowe?s plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash ?

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Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue ?

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Following are the lines of: ?I?m your wife if you marry me If not, I?ll die your maid to be your fellow You may deny me, but I?ll be your servant Whether you deny or not? ?

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As per section 4(2), of The Sale of Goods Act, a contract of sale may be _________________?

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During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years? War between France and England ?

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Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as a______________?

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In T.S. Eliot?s essay called ?Tradition and Individual Talent,? he argues that the progress of an artist consists of which of the following ?

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