English Literature Quiz 52
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?Samson Agonistes? differs from its source material, the Biblical book of ?Judges,? in what way(s) ?
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The Freudian concept of ?the uncanny? refers to_________________?
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?I count religion but a childish toy? is a line from Marlowe?s play______________?
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In which county was Jane Austin born ?
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What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth?s The History of the Kings of Britain ?
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Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
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T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term ?Unreal City? in the first and third sections from ?
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Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
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E.M. Forster wrote which of the following novels ?
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Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ?
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What was ?courtly love? ?
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Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?
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What was the licensing system ?
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John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
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The ?father of humanism? was_______________?
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Who is the writer of the poem ?Andrea Del Sarto? ?
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The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word ?dogs? is an instance of ________________assimilation?
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The process of passing on sayings, songs and tales ?
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Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ?
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Which text(s) is/are associated with mysticism ?
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How did the New Critics view literature ?
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In the Middle Ages, which class of people was most likely to be literate ?
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Fill in the blank. The plot of ?Venus and Adonis? is based on passages from_____________?
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This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech ?
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Who accuses Arnold of ?high pamphleteering ??
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Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London ?
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Complete the following sentence. The Byronic hero is characterized as________________?
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Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
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Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?
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Why was the ?drop of blood? rule developed ?
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Elizabeth Barrett?s poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
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Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear ?
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Plato?s Republic is written in the form of______________?
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In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom ?
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In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure of paradise on which of the following ?
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Which of the following statements accurately compares Rupert Brooke?s ?The Soldier? and Siegfried Sassoon?s ?The Rear Guard? ?
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/s/, /z/ are called ____________?
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Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) appeared in the Romantic era ?
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What does a prologue serve to do in a Greek tragedy or comedy ?
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What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland ?
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Edmund Burke?s ?Reflections on the French Revolution? ______________?
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Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
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A diary of someone?s day by day account of events_______________?
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The reason for Eve?s fall might best be described as_______________?
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____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?
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What was the ?Woman Question? in the Victorian Period ?
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With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christ?s Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School ?
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What is a ?lay? in medieval literature ?
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Which of the following descriptions best describes the character of Hamlet ?
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Who is the writer of ?The Two Voices? ?
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