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