English Literature Quiz 57
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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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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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Which of the following best describes how the novel ?Frankenstein? is understood by critics ?
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Browning is famous for his______________?
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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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What is phenomenology ?
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With which theorist is phenomenology associated ?
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This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone______________?
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What drove William Cowper to break down and become a recluse ?
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Poetic Diction was taken to be the standard language for poetry in______________?
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Jazz music is described by which of the following characteristics ?
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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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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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At the end of ?Eveline,? what decision does the title character make ?
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?The Metaphysical Poets? is a critical essay by________________?
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Where did Dante stay while he was in exile ?
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Under which pseudonym the work The Shepheard?s Calendar was published ?
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Shakespeare?s ?Sonnet 153? is what kind of poem ?
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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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What is a sonnet ?
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Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to _______________?
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Who wrote ?Ten Little Niggers ??
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Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
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Which is the shortest book ?
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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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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
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In coleridge?s poem ?The rime of the Ancient Mariner?where were the three gallants going ?
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Which of th following novels is called a ?Novel without a hero? ?
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Frost?s poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection______________________?
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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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?Astrophel and Stella? is a ?
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In Chaucer?s Legend of Good Women, how many legends are there?
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Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism ?
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Thoreau was part of the Transcend lists, which were founded by________________?
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Exiles? is a______________?
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John Lyly?s work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?
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The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ______________?
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Why was the book ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? written ?
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Why do critics see Frankenstein?s monster as equivalent to the Biblical Adam ?
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How does Lewis portray the Catholic confessional in ?The Monk??
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The probable date of composition of Ars Poetica is_______________?
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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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Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet ?
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/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
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At the end of the play, ?Twelfth Night,? who is discovered to have been secretly married ?
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In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with ?
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Which of the following best describes the novel ?The God of Small Things??
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Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
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When did the Norman Invasion take place ?
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What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet ?
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