English Literature Quiz 57
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Thoreau was part of the Transcend lists, which were founded by________________?
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With which theorist is phenomenology associated ?
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What is phenomenology ?
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This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone______________?
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Browning is famous for his______________?
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/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
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The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
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In ?Characters of Shakespeare?s Plays?, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: ?We do not like to see our author?s plays acted, and least of all, ?Hamlet?. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage? ?
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Which of the following best describes the novel ?The God of Small Things??
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Exiles? is a______________?
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At the end of ?Eveline,? what decision does the title character make ?
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In coleridge?s poem ?The rime of the Ancient Mariner?where were the three gallants going ?
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Under which pseudonym the work The Shepheard?s Calendar was published ?
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What drove William Cowper to break down and become a recluse ?
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Why was the book ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? written ?
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Jazz music is described by which of the following characteristics ?
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Frost?s poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection______________________?
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In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown?s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
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The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
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?The Metaphysical Poets? is a critical essay by________________?
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In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with ?
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Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
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Which of the following best describes how the novel ?Frankenstein? is understood by critics ?
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Poetic Diction was taken to be the standard language for poetry in______________?
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Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet ?
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Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism ?
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Where did Dante stay while he was in exile ?
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?Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale.? Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night ?
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What is a sonnet ?
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Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________?
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Which of th following novels is called a ?Novel without a hero? ?
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Which is the shortest book ?
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Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison?s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?
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John Lyly?s work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?
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How does Lewis portray the Catholic confessional in ?The Monk??
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When did the Norman Invasion take place ?
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Shakespeare?s ?Sonnet 153? is what kind of poem ?
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?Astrophel and Stella? is a ?
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At the end of the play, ?Twelfth Night,? who is discovered to have been secretly married ?
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Who wrote ?Ten Little Niggers ??
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Why do critics see Frankenstein?s monster as equivalent to the Biblical Adam ?
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Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay ?Shelley?s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,? argues that Shelley?s ?Oedipus- Tyrannus? is important because a_______________?
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Lauren Beth Signore?s essay, ?Anne of Green Gables: The Transformation from Bildungsroman to Romantic Comedy?, argues that Anne of Green Gables is ultimately what kind of character ?
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The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work ?not serious poetry?, but it was another critic who accused him of ?callousness to the intrinsic nature of English?. Who ?
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Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to _______________?
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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
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In Chaucer?s Legend of Good Women, how many legends are there?
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What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet ?
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Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
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In ?Samson Agonistes,? Samson predicts ?This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last?. This is interesting because___________?
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