0% 0 English Literature Quiz 67 1 / 50 What do you mean by Burlesque ? a satiric caricature of the characters a satiric person a drama an allegorical statement 2 / 50 How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ? New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples. All of the above answers are correct. New Historicism rejects the idea that history is neutral. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and non-literary texts. 3 / 50 Novel which is not written by H Lawrence ? The Rainbow Ullysses Lady Chatterley?s Lover Sons and Lovers 4 / 50 Which of the following terms is most closely related to the phrase ?the explained supernatural? ? The fallen world The sublime The ?Other? The uncanny 5 / 50 ______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility ? Idiolect Slang Register Dialect 6 / 50 Why does the ?Fl?neur? begin to disappear as a Parisian phenomenon ? Because they were threatened by police with jail Because of the advent of arcade projects Because of the increasing prominence of department stores in Paris Because they began to purchase products as they walked the urbanscape 7 / 50 Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek ?old comedy? was often characterized as being ? Grounded in religion Highly sexual Satirical and political Not comedic at all 8 / 50 In the first decades after the Norman Conquest, which of the following best describes the use of language in England ? The French conquerors learned English in order to be able to govern well. Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used mostly among the upper-ruling class. Latin became a common language for interaction between the two groups. The conquered English quickly studied French. 9 / 50 This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses______________? Persuation Narration Metaphor Description 10 / 50 During the early 20th century, a black person?s purpose in passing might have been_________________? To escape from slavery. To obtain justice for black people. None of the above. To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre. 11 / 50 Estella is the daughter of ? Joe Gargery Bentley Drumnile Abel Magwitch . Miss Havisham 12 / 50 Which of the following statements best explains the main objective of New Historicism ? Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities. Texts are examined to determine the author?s intent. Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact. Texts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning. 13 / 50 ?A MANUSCRIPT was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in the extinction of one of the noblest families of that city during the Pontificate of Clement VIII, in the year 1599.? All of the following state why this quotation from Perce Shelley?s ?The Cenci? represents the Gothic EXCEPT_____________? The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play 14 / 50 According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by ?legitimate? drama ? The dramaturge and playwright had to be related. The play was spoken. All of the actors were British. All of the actors were male. 15 / 50 Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria?s moral crusade ? There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned. Members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths should be excluded from public office. Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work. 16 / 50 In what book does the fall take place ? Book X Book VII Book IX Book VIII 17 / 50 In what country is ?Dr Faustus? based ? Germany Italy England France 18 / 50 A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items. Syntagmatic N. O. T Synergy Performance 19 / 50 In which hospital John Keats registered as a medical student after finishing his apprenticeship with Hammond ? Queen?s Chamber Guy?s Hospital Trinity Hospital New Chapman Hospital 20 / 50 When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature ? 1952 1958 1956 1954 21 / 50 Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________? knights preparing for their first tournament translators of French romances women who have chosen to live as religious recluses courtiers entering the service of Richard II 22 / 50 Which of the following are not among the subjects of Shakespeare?s sonnets ? Shakespeare?s father The Dark Lady A young man A rival poet 23 / 50 Who is the writer of ?Comedy of Errors? ? G B Shaw William Shakespeare T S Eliot Ben Jhonson 24 / 50 At what point does the narration unfolds in the poem Paradise Lost ? In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God In Eden After the fall of man After the defeat of rebel angels 25 / 50 When was Christopher Marlowe baptized ? 26 February 1564 12 January 1569 10 October 1547 30 April 1560 26 / 50 After ____________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London? three four two five 27 / 50 Which of the following represents a stage of development in the poetic form of the elegy ? All of these Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief Praise and admiration for the dead Consolation and solace 28 / 50 The quote ?abandon all hope ye who enter here? is from which text ? Vita Nuova De Vulgari Eloquentia De Monarchia The Divine Comedy 29 / 50 In what centuries did mystical women writers primarily work ? 10th and 11th centuries 8th and 9th centuries 14th and 15th centuries 9th and 10th centuries 30 / 50 Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ? Anjou Stuart Plantagenet Tudor 31 / 50 Shelley?s ?Ode to the West Wind? can be best understood as a poem about _____________? The passion between a husband and wife The horrors of the French Revolution How poets can bring about political revolution The loss of innocence 32 / 50 In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ? Henry VIII Richard II King John Henry V 33 / 50 Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners ? the representation of a shallow, drab culture the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind the positive representation of the Catholic Church the positive representation of cultural institutions 34 / 50 Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of pathos ? Pathos refers to a writer?s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers. Pathos refers to a writer?s ability to inspire action in readers. Pathos refers to a writer?s presentation of character and image. Pathos refers to a writer?s ability to present evidence. 35 / 50 In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen?s relationship with his Catholic faith ? he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel 36 / 50 At what age did Mary Shelley start writing the novel Frankenstein ? 18 24 31 26 37 / 50 Who is Pip?s friend in London ? Pumblechook Jaggers Bentley Drummle Herbert Pocket 38 / 50 What does ?transhumanize? mean ? It is the ability to reunite with the body. It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven. It is the ability to commit sins while in the human body. It is the ability to separate from the body in order to reach hell. 39 / 50 Shakespeare?s ?Hamlet? was published in________________? 1602 1608 1610 None of these 40 / 50 Which member of the corn clan could not overlook the wrondoings of the rest of the clan ? The oldest member The priest?s son The chief?s son The youngest member 41 / 50 Which of the following statements regarding Oscar Wilde is false ? He was notorious for his use of paradox. Wilde was the author of such poems as ?B?n?diction,? ?L?Albatros,? and ??l?vation.? His career ended when he was jailed for criminal ?gross indecency.? He believed that art should be something more than the reproduction and appreciation of the natural world. 42 / 50 About the Iroquois_______________? Dekonawidah planted the Tree of Great Peace All the above The tribe drafted a constitution to define the governance of their society Powerful enemy of the Delaware tribe 43 / 50 Which school of literary theory is associated with the phrase ?to make the stones stonier? ? Structuralism Humanism Marxism Formalism 44 / 50 Horace Walpole?s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ? Hunnish epic epistolary novel Gothic fiction meta-novel 45 / 50 What is the central argument in Dr. Richard Kelly?s ?The Novelist?s Eye? ? George du Maurier attacked the social position of the novelist in his illustrations. George du Maurier felt that black-andwhite illustrators could be as important as novelists and painters. George du Maurier was a tremendous influence on Victorian novelists. All novelists are painters at heart. 46 / 50 The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________? Haplology Semiology Philology Phonology 47 / 50 Which of the following statements demonstrates use of logos ? I began driving at the age of 16 and have never been involved in a serious car accident. No one under the age of 18 should be allowed to drive. Every year countless people are killed by drivers under the age of 18. Research has demonstrated that some people under the age of 18 do not have the proper judgment skills to handle operating a car. 48 / 50 Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ? Goethe?s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence A and C only 49 / 50 The basic theme of Arnold?s Literature and Dogma is____________? Social changes in the Victorian Age Theology Contemporary literary criticism Art and Literature 50 / 50 What does the phrase ?White Man?s Burden,? coined by Kipling, refer to ? the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world Britain?s manifest destiny to colonize the world the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world?s problems 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 66 English Literature Quiz 68Next
