0% 0 English Literature Quiz 62 1 / 50 Identify the work by Swinburne which begins ?when the hounds of spring are on winter?s traces..? ? Chastelard Songs before Sunrise Atalanta in Calydon A Song of Italy 2 / 50 What is double consciousness ? All of the above. An understanding of how double experiences create identity An attempt to explain dual identity A concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois 3 / 50 The group of four plays known as the ?major tetralogy? is ? King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V 4 / 50 According to the position of lips vowels can be divided into__________? High vowels & low vowels Round vowels & unrounded vowels Front vowels & back vowels Tense vowels &lax vowels 5 / 50 In Amy Lowell?s imagist poem, ?This Green Bowl,? a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound?s ?Cantos,? this poem?s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ? No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this Yes, Lowell?s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities. No, Lowell?s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell?s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience. 6 / 50 When was John Milton born ? 9 December 1608 22 April 1600 6 June 1606 19 August 1604 7 / 50 Why did ?Poetry Quarterly? cease publication in 1953 ? Shortage of paper Owner convicted of fraud Rise in taxation on magazines Fall in Sales 8 / 50 ?On Heroes and Hero?worship is written by________________? Huxley Mill Ruskin Carlyle 9 / 50 Which of the following factors helped create a solidified British political identity ? The translation of Latin religious and historical works in vernacular traditions Efforts to revive learning The shift away from individual petty kingdoms to central rule under King Alfred All of these answers 10 / 50 In what language did Shakespeare write ? German Old English Modern English Middle English 11 / 50 In Acrene Wisse, the mission of the anchorite was justified through what purpose ? To withdraw and meditate upon God To serve the church To pray To preach 12 / 50 Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call ?___________? is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ? Humanism Socialism Humanitarianism Capitalism 13 / 50 Who said that Keat?s love letters of a surgeon?s apprentice ? Hazlitt Shelley Arnold Byron 14 / 50 The Enlightenment in European history refers to which of the following ? The revelation of religious truths through meditation The power given to absolute monarchs by God A period in the 18th century that celebrated industry A period in which reason was celebrated as enabling human knowledge and possibly human perfection 15 / 50 In his reading of Shakespeare?s ?Fair Youth Sonnets,? who does Charlton Ogburn suppose Shakespeare to have really been ? Marlowe Swift Bacon Oxford 16 / 50 Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel ? Horror The sublime Suspense Picaresque 17 / 50 Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as ?Old Chaucer? who, ?like the morning star?, descends ?to the shades,? so that ?Darkness again the Age invades.? John Dryden Abraham Cowley John Donne William Shakespeare 18 / 50 In his poetry Tennyson is_______________? None of these The best nature poet The representative poet of Romantic Age The representative poet of Victorian Age 19 / 50 Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the?.., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era ? Ben Jonson William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night?s Dream Masque 20 / 50 James Joyce?s famous novel_____________? Tom Jones Roots Ulysses Rebecca 21 / 50 What approach is described by the paragraph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author and the political, economical, and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works ? Formalism Historical/Biographical Approach Psychological Approach Moral/ Philosophical Approach 22 / 50 What was the age of William Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613 ? 51 52 53 49 23 / 50 The title Vanity Fair has been taken from_____________? Paradise Lost Utopia Divine Comedy Pilgrims Progress 24 / 50 How would ?Natural Supernaturalism? be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ? a form of animism in which objects in the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with a supernatural being a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium 25 / 50 In ?Characters of Shakespeare?s Plays?, how does William Hazlitt ultimately conceptualize the character of Hamlet ? As a brilliant warrior As a profound philosophical genius As boyish and immature As a crazed fool 26 / 50 Which American President reportedly referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as ?the little lady who made this big war? ? George Washington Abraham Lincoln John Adams John. F. Kennedy 27 / 50 Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance ? confidence in human rationality the development of social insurance programs the emergence of merchant oligarchies emphasis on individuality 28 / 50 In general, what is Judith Butler?s concept of gender ? Gender is a problematic, but essentially true, category. Gender is largely a cultural construct. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true. Women?s gender is artificial, while men?s gender is not. 29 / 50 ?Ode on a Grecian Urn? Who is the poet of the poem ? Keats Shakespeare Shelley Wordsworth 30 / 50 Which of the following is true about public theaters in Elizabethan England ? They were located outside the city limits of London. The early versions were oval in shape. They relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period. all of the above 31 / 50 Which movement revived under Whitefield and Wesley ? Oxford Movement Imagism Methodist Pre-Raphaelite 32 / 50 What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to ??Peddlers,? and ?Boats,? and ?Wagons?!? ? Wordsworth?s devotion to the ordinary and everyday the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge the clumsiness of Shakespeare?s plots the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden 33 / 50 Swinburne?s poems such as ?Hermaphroditus? are best known for which of the following ? Their radical politics Their nationalistic tone Their frank depiction of sexuality Their conservative poetics 34 / 50 Julius Caesar was the ruler of Rome about____________? 2000 years ago 3000 years ago 1000 years ago 1500 years ago 35 / 50 Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas ? Arabic Hindu Celtic Arameic 36 / 50 Which of the following play was written in 1601 ? Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth 37 / 50 Which of the following texts provides the best example of medieval estates satire ? ?The Book of Margery Kempe? ?Piers Plowman? ?Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? ?The Canterbury Tales? 38 / 50 What was a Lollard ? a member of a sect that was considered heretical a female mystic an illiterate anchoress a hero in a courtly romance 39 / 50 Why do scholars consider the first wave of the English Gothic novel an aspect of Romanticism ? The use of poetic prose in the Gothic novel The representation of contemporary life in the Gothic novel The ascendency of human reason in the Gothic novel The Gothic novel?s interest in the apocalyptic prophecies found in Hebrew and Christian Scriptures 40 / 50 In the phrase, ?thy seed shall bruise our foe,? the ?seed? refers to______________? Cane and Abel The Tree of Knowledge Jesus Christ Adam 41 / 50 How many languages did chaucer know ? 1 4 2 5 42 / 50 How did ideas about the spread of the British Empire start to shift in the Victorian Period ? All of these answers People found ways to justify expansion by claiming national superiority. Competition between European rivals forced the British to find new trading partners. Colonizers were no longer necessarily interested in reforming indigenous populations. 43 / 50 In The Paradiso, what event does Dante allegorically represent ? The soul?s tour of purgatory The soul?s descent into hell The soul?s ascent to heaven The soul?s union with the body 44 / 50 What is the craftsmen?s play at the end of ?A Midsummer Night?s Dream? about ? Puck?s adventures Pyramus and Thisbe Summertime dreams The history of Athens 45 / 50 Section 31, of the Sale of Goods Act, duty bounds the buyer to______________? Both A and B Pay for the goods None of above Accept the goods 46 / 50 Which of the following was NOT a primary cause of the Industrial Revolution ? The popularity of Romantic poetry The European economy shifting into a global economy The population increase in Europe Europe?s shift into being a manufacturing economy 47 / 50 How does literary theory resemble the practice of philosophy as it was developed by Plato and Aristotle ? Literary theory asks fundamental questions about literary interpretation, and at the same time builds specific systems of literary interpretation. Literary theory is detached from the reality of politics and the economy. Literary theory relies totally on speculation rather than history. Literary theory engages with theoretical rather than real-world issues. 48 / 50 ?The Excursion? was written by________________? Blake Shelley Coleridge None of these 49 / 50 Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical purpose of ?An Indian? Looking Glass for the White Man? ? Critic the way white people?s society treats people of color wrong. both B and C Working together Making peace 50 / 50 What was vellum ? parchment made of animal skin an unbreakable oath of fealty the service owed to a lord by his peasants(?villeins?) unrhymed iambic pentameter Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 61 English Literature Quiz 63Next
