0% 0 English Literature Quiz 52 1 / 50 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 ? Woolen underwear Sable-lined cloaks Velvet coats Purple silk dresses 2 / 50 In the Middle Ages, which class of people was most likely to be literate ? peasants working class men monks working class women 3 / 50 John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ? England?s first dramatist England?s first poet England?s greatest civil engineer England?s poet laureate 4 / 50 ____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech? Intonation Stress JuncturE. Pitch 5 / 50 Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature ? The Excursion Lyrical Ballads Poems, in Two Volumes The Prelude 6 / 50 What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland ? the Toleration Act the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots the Act of Union the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada 7 / 50 Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ? ?Much Ado about Nothing? ?Romeo and Juliet? ?Hamlet? ?Henry IV, Part I? 8 / 50 Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________? To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers Challenge American stereotypes about race Make his written inaccessible to white audiences Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English 9 / 50 E.M. Forster wrote which of the following novels ? ?Pale Fire? ?On the Road? ?Daniel Deronda? ?A Passage to India? 10 / 50 What is a ?lay? in medieval literature ? a story of a saint?s life a type of book of hours a devotional text used by anchoresses a short lyrical poem 11 / 50 Edmund Burke?s ?Reflections on the French Revolution? ______________? Champions Napoleon?s political vision Celebrates the French Revolution Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution 12 / 50 T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term ?Unreal City? in the first and third sections from ? Irving Babbit Laforgue Baudelaire Dante 13 / 50 What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth?s The History of the Kings of Britain ? the coronation of Henry II the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine King John?s seal of the Magna Carta the reign of King Arthur 14 / 50 Which of the following periodical publications (reviews and magazines) appeared in the Romantic era ? The Spectator The Edinburgh Review London Magazine A and C only 15 / 50 Which of the following descriptions best describes the character of Hamlet ? Hamlet is depressed yet highly intelligent. Hamlet is intellectually passive and deeply frightened of his father?s ghost. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative. Hamlet is naive and simple minded. 16 / 50 Who is the writer of ?The Two Voices? ? Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw A. Lord Tennyson 17 / 50 What was ?courtly love? ? a type of early literature produced solely by medieval women writers a type of literature concerned with the behavior of anchorites a method of oral transmission a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance 18 / 50 In which county was Jane Austin born ? Norfolk Hampshire Sussex Yorkshire 19 / 50 Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ? Republicans Liberals Radicals both B and C 20 / 50 A diary of someone?s day by day account of events_______________? Legend Journal Article History 21 / 50 The reason for Eve?s fall might best be described as_______________? lust vanity greed pride 22 / 50 With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christ?s Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School ? John Keats William Wordsworth Shelley Charles Lamb 23 / 50 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 ? the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians women?s rights and suffrage child labor Chartism 24 / 50 The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word ?dogs? is an instance of ________________assimilation? Regressive none of the abovE Progressive reciprocal 25 / 50 Who accuses Arnold of ?high pamphleteering ?? I. Richards F. R. Leavis Pater Eliot 26 / 50 How did the New Critics view literature ? As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context As a historical object that is also aesthetic 27 / 50 Which work exposes the frivolity of fashionable London ? Pope?s The Rape of the Lock Swift?s Gulliver?s Travels Behn?s Oroonoko Defoe?s Robinson Crusoe 28 / 50 What was the licensing system ? All books had to be submitted for official approval before publication. All books had to be dedicated to a noble or royal patron. All royalties from the sale of books went to the crown (hence the name). Poets were required to have a university diploma (the original poetic license). 29 / 50 What was the ?Woman Question? in the Victorian Period ? A debate about whether women should be able to vote A discussion of women?s roles inside and outside the home A conversation about women?s work as a product of the Industrial Revolution All of these answers 30 / 50 Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________? He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites. He had known many ?Biggers? in his life. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men. He wanted to show African American males how not to live. 31 / 50 Fill in the blank. The plot of ?Venus and Adonis? is based on passages from_____________? A Christopher Marlowe play Ovid?s Metamorphoses An early Shakespeare play The Bible 32 / 50 /s/, /z/ are called ____________? Trill Plosives Affricates Fricatives 33 / 50 This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech ? Johnathan Edwards William Bradstreet John Williams Mather Edwards 34 / 50 In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom ? Tutoring Eva Administering Marie?s medicine Managing finances Helping Dinah cook 35 / 50 ?I count religion but a childish toy? is a line from Marlowe?s play______________? Tamburlaine Edward II Dr. Faustus The Jew of Malta 36 / 50 Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ? Jungle Books Eminent Victorians The Way of All Flesh both A and C 37 / 50 Why was the ?drop of blood? rule developed ? To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Americans. To keep the slave offspring of White slave owners from inheriting. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody. 38 / 50 ?Samson Agonistes? differs from its source material, the Biblical book of ?Judges,? in what way(s) ? In ?Samson,? Dalila cuts Samson?s hair, but she does not in ?Judges.? In ?Samson,? Manoa is Samson?s father, but he is not in ?Judges.? In ?Samson,? Samson is blind, but he is not in ?Judges.? In ?Samson,? Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in ?Judges.? 39 / 50 Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ? Edward FitzGerald William Morris all but C John Ruskin 40 / 50 Which text(s) is/are associated with mysticism ? ?Revelations of Divine Love? The Canterbury Tales ?Book of Hours? The Romance of the Rose 41 / 50 Which of the following statements accurately compares Rupert Brooke?s ?The Soldier? and Siegfried Sassoon?s ?The Rear Guard? ? Both poems seek to respond to the harsh political and military realities of their day. Both poems describe Britain?s civilizing mission in the world. Both poems romanticize war and glorify the life of the soldier. Both poems praise Britain?s military power and its imperial ambitions. 42 / 50 The ?father of humanism? was_______________? Dante Pico della Mirandola Boccaccio Petrarch 43 / 50 Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ? Ottowa Toronto Vancouver Montreal 44 / 50 Who is the writer of the poem ?Andrea Del Sarto? ? William Shakespeare Robert Browning Wordsworth Shelley 45 / 50 Complete the following sentence. The Byronic hero is characterized as________________? always fighting for good against evil. fortunate in always coming out victorious. nearly superhuman in his powers but tortured by a psychological weight. devoted to religion above all things 46 / 50 What does a prologue serve to do in a Greek tragedy or comedy ? Preview the play?s conclusion Remind the viewers of what kind of play they are viewing Introduce the main characters Provide insight into the play?s mythological background 47 / 50 In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure of paradise on which of the following ? Ancient Greek cosmology The Ptolemaic universe The Renaissance concept of the planets Ancient Roman cosmology 48 / 50 Plato?s Republic is written in the form of______________? Dialogue Poetry Drama Narrative mode 49 / 50 The Freudian concept of ?the uncanny? refers to_________________? a feeling of being disconnected from the world. a realization of one?s empowered position in the world. terror at the thought of death. a sense of something being familiar and foreign at once. 50 / 50 The process of passing on sayings, songs and tales ? 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