0% 0 English Literature Quiz 51 1 / 50 Wordsworth?s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is believed to be the Preamble to Romantic Criticism. In which year was it published ? 1800 1802 1801 1798 2 / 50 How many lines are there in a Sonnet ? 14 22 16 10 3 / 50 Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a_______________? Judge postman lawyer School teacher 4 / 50 In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ? it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine All of the Above it reveals characters? literal inability to move away from Ireland 5 / 50 What is the original meaning of the term Hamartia ? To miss the mark Flaws Tragic flaw Sin 6 / 50 In Shakespeare ?Character is not Destiny? but ?character and Destiny?. Whose comment is this ? Dr. Johnson Bradley Nicoll None of these 7 / 50 What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon ? It includes too few works by non-white writers. It includes too few works by women. It includes too few works by non- European writers. All of the above answers are correct. 8 / 50 Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ? Mary Wollstonecraft Anna Letitia Barbauld Fanny Burney Jane Austen 9 / 50 Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between Futurism and Vorticism ? Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas Vorticism was short-lived. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the Futurists, Vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrialization. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas Vorticism was free of all political entanglements. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas Futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrialization. 10 / 50 As per section 2, sub section 7 every kind of moveable property other than actionable claim and money is called __________________? None of above Both A and B Future goods Goods 11 / 50 What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ? it was considered too conventional for publication it was banned for obscenity it was considered inferior by most authors who read it it was praised by the government and churches 12 / 50 The Gothic novel was intended to have which of the following effects on the reader ? To make the reader dislike modern society To make the reader feel distaste for supernatural themes To create a sense of mystery, gloom, and suspense To generate feelings of intense pleasure 13 / 50 ?Of Man?s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe,With loss of Eden.? This is an extract from ? Divorce Tracts Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes 14 / 50 Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with ? Nonsense Epics Nature Sonnets 15 / 50 Who is the author of Aurora Leigh ? Tennyson Elizabeth Barret Browning Christina Rossetti C. G. Rossetti 16 / 50 What is affective fallacy ? All of the above answers are correct. An important term in the field of New Historicism A term first used by literary theorists William Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley A term that suggests that a critic should study the structural and thematic elements of a poem rather than the effect it has on the emotions of the reader 17 / 50 Shelley?s ?Ode to Psyche? is narrated by __________________? Psyche Cupid Shelley?s childhood self The author of the poem 18 / 50 Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce?s Ulysses ? The Bible Yeat?s ?Who Goes with Fergus? All of the Above Wilde?s The Picture of Dorian Grey 19 / 50 With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated ? Sigmund Freud Theodor W. Adorno William James Carl Jung 20 / 50 A critic argues that in John Milton?s ?Samson Agonistes,? the shearing of Samson?s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ? Psychological approach Mimetic approach Historical approach Formalist approach 21 / 50 Which book was about the temptation of Christ ? L?Allegro Samson Agonistes Paradise Lost Paradise Regained 22 / 50 In the context of Medieval literature, what does the term ?mystical marriage? mean ? it is a union between anchorites it is a mystical union between two people it is a spiritual union with God it is a union supported by the Church 23 / 50 Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare?s Hamlet ? Changes in emotional states All of the above. Obsessions Slips of the tongue 24 / 50 Booker T. Washington?s message in Up from Slavery is_______________? African Americans should acculturate to mainstream White culture. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves. African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated. White institutions should reform to meet African American needs. 25 / 50 The ?fearful trip? is a recall of________________? Abraham Lincoln The Civil war Trip form England to the United States Voyage 26 / 50 Which of the following offers the best definition of the literary term motif ? A rhyme scheme A recurring element in a story that is symbolically significant A character?s moment of selfrealization in a narrative A character?s fatal flaw 27 / 50 In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make ? A fortress A large sword A catapult A cannon 28 / 50 What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose ? a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer the forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia the deconstruction of the truth-fiction dichotomy and an accompanying relativistic sense that every opinion was of equal value 29 / 50 _______________is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges ? Sociology of linguistics Linguistics of sociology Socio__linguistics None of these 30 / 50 How may W.B. Yeats? poem, ?The Second Coming,? be interpreted ? As an attempt to support European colonialism in Africa As an interpretation of the Biblical Second Coming of Christ As a howl of despair concerning the current state of the world Both A and C 31 / 50 In the early books of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost,? Satan conspires with which of the following characters ? A and B Beelzebub Michel Baal 32 / 50 Twelfth Night opens with the speech of ? Olivia Viola Duke Malvolio 33 / 50 Inspired by Satan?s victory over man, Sin and Death construct ? a bridge from hell to heaven a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell a temple to welcome Satan back a bridge from hell to earth 34 / 50 ?The better part of valour is discretion? occurs in Shakespeare?s ? Hamlet Twelfth Night Henry IV, Pt I The Tempest 35 / 50 T. Hardy is_______________? A lover of nature A fatalist A social reformer A satirist 36 / 50 What did Thomas Carlyle mean by Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe ? Britain?s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. 37 / 50 What is the name for the process of dividing land into privately owned agricultural holdings ? partition segregation enclosure division 38 / 50 Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus ? Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work. Both worked collaboratively. Both refused to use science to do innovative work. Both were successful because they followed the laws of nature. 39 / 50 Which contemporary discussions on women?s rights did Tennyson?s The Princess address ? the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women?s college in London the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power the debate on women?s suffrage 40 / 50 Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary ? Prometheus Satan Cain George III 41 / 50 Who remarked, ?Spenser write no language.? ? Arnold Ben Jonson Pope Dr. Jhonson 42 / 50 ?Book 1? of ?Paradise Lost? presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ?one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine?. What?s the name of this fallen angel? Beelzebub Mammon Ashtaroth Moloch 43 / 50 Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ? Oedipus Philomela Grail Legend of Fisher King Sysyphus 44 / 50 Slave narratives were shaped by_____________? Abolitionist newspaper accounts. Folktales. Captivity narratives. African mythology. 45 / 50 The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston?s ?Sweat? was influenced by______________? Her job as a waitress. Her mother. Her best friend. Her relationship with a patron. 46 / 50 Which one is the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens____________? Little Dorrit Edwin Drood Our Mutual Friend Dombey and Son 47 / 50 Adonis is modeled on________________? None of these Bion?s lament for Adonis In Memoriam Lycidas 48 / 50 What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ? The Slaying of Lucianus Vice of Kings Slings and Arrows The Murder of Gonzago 49 / 50 Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson ?Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.? ? Synecdoche Oxymoron Simile Metaphor 50 / 50 In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc ? childhood, maturity, adolescence childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life childhood, adolescence, maturity adolescence, maturity, childhood 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 50 English Literature Quiz 52Next
