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