0% 1 English Literature Quiz 6 1 / 50 In the Medieval era, women most commonly worked as ______________? All of the Above domestic servants retailers spinners 2 / 50 Dante?s nine spheres of heaven are associated with which of the following religious concepts ? The beatitudes The steps to confession The angelic hierarchy The deadly sins 3 / 50 Who wrote: ?That?s my last Duchess painted on the wall / looking as if she were alive.? ? Lord Byron Robert Browning William Wordsworth Oscar Wilde 4 / 50 Whose great Dictionary, published in 1755, included more than 114,000 quotations ? Jonathan Swift Ben Jonson Samuel Johnson William Hogarth 5 / 50 Which of the following ideas does NOT come from Edmund Burke?s Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime ? The distinction between the sublime and beauty An aesthetic explanation of the sublime through painting The effect of the sublime on the physical body The important role surprise plays in creating pleasure 6 / 50 Who is the first great modernist of English Literature ? Roger Bacon Geoffrey Chaucer Cynewulf Robert Browning 7 / 50 Which is not a poetry form ? ballad epic tale sonnet 8 / 50 Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ? satirical derision condemning censure biblical reverence snide indifference 9 / 50 What is terza rima ? A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes A poetic form with five-line stanzas A form of blank verse 10 / 50 In ?The Castle of Otranto? which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture ? It will naturally fall out of favor. It is essentially fair. It is a necessary part of the social order. It is monstrous. 11 / 50 The Romantic Age began with publication of_______________? Canonization My Last Duchess A Tale of Two Cities Lyrical Ballads 12 / 50 The Sale of Goods Act, was enforced on________________? 1st day of June, 1930 1st day of May, 1930 None of above 1st day of July, 1930 13 / 50 Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with ?what happens to a dream deferred? ? Alice Walker Etheridge Knight Langston Hughes Martin Luther King, Jr. 14 / 50 I ask: Is it not the case that everybody that is not white is treated with contempt and counted as barbarians? And I ask if the word of God justifies the white man in so doing. When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. This passage exemplifies________________? Framing Hortatory sermon Snaring Jamming 15 / 50 According to Constitution of 1962, minimum age limit for President-ship was______________? 40 years 45 years None of these 35 years 16 / 50 Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ? Francisco Reynaldo Gorgonzola Samson 17 / 50 chaucer was imprisoned during_______________? hundred years? war none of the above Peasant revolt Black death 18 / 50 ?I wandered Lonely as a cloud? is an example of______________? Metaphor Simile Metonymy symbol 19 / 50 Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________? Medieval Europe Classical antiquity Catholicism Protestantism 20 / 50 The first part of American History dwells of the_________________? missionaries settled in America Discovery and settlement of the Western continent early English settlers Discovery of America by Columbus 21 / 50 How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ? 154 164 126 145 22 / 50 The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria?s reign was celebrated in______________? 1871 1837 1842 1859 23 / 50 John Milton?s ?Samson Agonistes? is best described by which of the following genres ? Masque Pastoral elegy Blank verse tragedy Prose polemic 24 / 50 On the Sublime is written in_________________? Greek Italian Latin Hebrew 25 / 50 What is the term Utopia ? a lotus eater a day dreamer a hat of a king an ideal state which does not exist in real 26 / 50 What is Robert Frost famous Journal ? The summers day The Atlantic Monthly The Road not taken The Mountain Interval 27 / 50 Which University presented the Pulitzer Prize_______________? Harvard University Yale University New York University Columbia University 28 / 50 Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae ofWilliam Shakespeare?s ?Romeo and Juliet? ? Lady Capulet Mercutio Benvolio Falstaff 29 / 50 Jacques Derrida?s concept of diff?rance challenges us to think about language as a system that___________? prevents us from communicating through writing or speech. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. mirrors our physical evolution as human beings. evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche. 30 / 50 In which town was Shakespeare born ? Oxford Stratford London Cambridge 31 / 50 Which poet would be least likely to write about the beauty of nature ? Samuel Taylor Coleridge Lord Byron William Wordsworth John Keats 32 / 50 James Joyce?s narrative technique is known as______________________? psycho-analysis Objective Co-relative Symbolism and Mysticism stream of consciousness 33 / 50 Which American writer won the Nobel Prize in 1930 ? Sinclair Lewis Raymond Chandler Upton Sinclair John Steinbeck 34 / 50 Which of the following acts were not passed during the Victorian era ? a series of Factory Acts the Married Women?s Property Rights Acts the Women?s Suffrage Act the Custody Act 35 / 50 In Linton?s The Girl of the Period, what course of behavior does the author recommend for women ? Women should take pains to remain generous, modest, and capable. Women should make sure to receive an education in order to secure their own futures. Women should be given the right to vote immediately. Women should wear more makeup in order to attract husbands. 36 / 50 A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or ?hero?) of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? ? Satan God Eve Adam 37 / 50 Which of the following animals seem to represent strength and courage for the Eskimos ? Fox Eagle Horse Deer 38 / 50 Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as structuralism ? Ferdinand de Saussure Karl Marx Sigmund Freud Cleanth Brooks 39 / 50 ?Vanity Fair? is a novel by_______________? Fielding Dickens Scott Thackeray 40 / 50 William Shakespeare was born in the year_______________? 1564 1578 1544 1582 41 / 50 In his introduction, Milton described the genre of ?Samson Agonistes? as_____________? history play comedy Morality Play tragedy 42 / 50 This character survived a massacre______________? Hope Magawisca Faith Madeline 43 / 50 Who wrote the poem ?Requiem? ? Samuel Johnson Robert Louis Stevenson John Milton William Shakespeare 44 / 50 On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________? Tense vowels &lax vowels High vowels & low vowels Front vowels & back vowels Round vowels & unrounded vowels 45 / 50 Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ? the positive side of war with Germany the Irish nation?s inability to survive without England?s help Irish nationalism the supremacy of Britain 46 / 50 Complete the following sentence. Unlike many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam Smith and Rousseau_____________? believed in God. traveled to America. rejected Newton?s view of the universe. emphasized the importance of human emotions as guiding behavior. 47 / 50 Which work was completed last ? Ben Jonson?s ?Volpone? George Herbert?s ?The Temple? John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? William Shakespeare?s ?Tempest? 48 / 50 According to most scholars, what does the chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize ? The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history The impossibility for sinners to repent The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church 49 / 50 Hawthorne?s ancestors are associated with what historical American event ? History of slavery History of puritans None of the above Transcendentalism 50 / 50 Miniver Cheevy?s name satirically hints at his_________________? magnanimous life style brave approach to life a minimalist achievements in life hard work and sensitivity towards the society Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 57% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 5 English Literature Quiz 7Next
