0% 0 English Literature Quiz 69 1 / 50 Which of the following was not a cause associated with militant Protestant reformers (Puritans, Presbyterians, and separatists) ? the right of congregations to choose their own leaders the wider use of religious images in churches the elimination of bishops the pursuit of a more confrontational policy towards Catholic powers 2 / 50 What was the nationality of OscarWilde ? Irish French English Scottish 3 / 50 In Jorge Luis Borges? ?The Library of Babel,? which of the following is NOT a major concern of the work ? Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason. It is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library. The library is analogous to the universe. The short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge. 4 / 50 Which of the following statement is correct ? In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith. both a and b None of above. Shakespeare?s first child Susanna was born in 1583. 5 / 50 What was the name of the Bronte sister?s only brother ? Richard Anderson Pearson Branwell 6 / 50 The phrase ?where the sun is silent? is an example of which poetic device ? Allegory Synesthesia Simile Metonymy 7 / 50 This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon______________? A Bird in the Hand Hands of Satan Sins of the World Sinners in the Hand? 8 / 50 The IPA came into existence in the year__________? 1888 1998 1889 1989 9 / 50 According to the ?Book of Luke,? Herod was the king of ? Jerusalem Egypt Syria Judea 10 / 50 Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe?s medieval settings______________? suggests her commitment to the Catholic Church. indicates her longing for the older aristocracy. is at odds with her explicit socialist politics. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience. 11 / 50 Complete the following statement. Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, ?The Book of the Duchess,? to praise the young Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of___________________? the Black Plague. unrequited love for John of Gaunt. childbirth. drowning in the Thames. 12 / 50 The poem ends on a_____________? philosophical note courageous and hopeful note happy and meaningful note tragic and painful note 13 / 50 In Shakespeare?s literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________? Great Tragedies None of above Comedy plays Historical plays 14 / 50 Who is the author of ?For Whom the Bell Tolls? ? Homer Charles Dickens Lord Tennison Ernest Hemingway 15 / 50 What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Benjamin Franklin ? Both B and C Mentor to other writers Rewrote the autobiography Self-made and 16 / 50 What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth?s court ? Backgammon Swimming Jousting Gambling 17 / 50 The classification of vowels into tense vowels and lax vowels is based on ________________? The height to which the tongue is raised The position of the lips The part of the tongue that is raised The state of the tension of the tongue 18 / 50 The lines ?The loveliest and the lastThe bloom, whose petals nipped before they blewDied on the promise of the fruit? are from a poem honoring________________? Samuel Taylor Coleridge Lord Byron Percy Shelley John Keats 19 / 50 How do the themes of Marie de France?s Lanval and Chretien de Troyes Yvain compare ? Both use the comitatus ethic to explain their hero?s motivations. Both feature mentions of the conversion from paganism. Both include references toWilliam the Conqueror. Both include the theme of broken promises between lovers. 20 / 50 What is a plot ? an idea about writing arrangement of the incidents the choice of words choice of poem 21 / 50 In his essay ?The Symbolism of Poetry,? William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ? To ?counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language? To ?prolong the moment of contemplation? To ?amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols? To ?make poetry new? 22 / 50 What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore?s poem ?An Octopus? ? Mt. Rainier Death The ocean An octopus 23 / 50 All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeare?s__________________? Shakespeare?s Much ado about nothing. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare?s None of these Shakespeare?s Tempest 24 / 50 How does Queen Gertrude die ? Drowns in the river outside the castle. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet?s cup. 25 / 50 ?My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.? Who wrote this ? Charles Dickens B. H. Lawrence Graham Greene Jane Austen 26 / 50 ?Heard Melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter? is a line from_______________? Ode on a Grecian Urn None of these The Prelude Ode to Autumn 27 / 50 We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement ? Indian Autobiography Transcendentalism Romanticism Nationalism 28 / 50 What are some common criticisms of literary theory ? Many theories have been pushed too far into abstraction. All of the above. Many theories are no longer accepted by their parent disciplines. The reasoning of theory is often too circular. 29 / 50 For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of Roderick?s paintings is described as follows: ?A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth.? What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow ? The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion. Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel. The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion. 30 / 50 Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ? All of the above ?Doctor Faustus? ?The Jew of Malta? ?Edward II? 31 / 50 Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ? None of these both A and B To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral 32 / 50 Which of the following is NOT considered a write for the Transcendentalism Movement ? Emerson Thoreau Hawthrone Stewart 33 / 50 Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ? Roman Catholic Anglican Buddhist Protestant 34 / 50 In the poem ?When Malindy Sings,? Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to ?signify? on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate?s term ?signify? mean ? Fixing words with very specific meanings. Lying to mislead the reader. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers. Making sure that what is written makes sense. 35 / 50 How did lay literacy affect traditional devotional practices ? interest in the Church history declined rapidly people increasingly turned to visual art in order to learn about religion people stopped reading the Bible people could be religious without the help of a clergy 36 / 50 Period in English Literature from 1901 to 1910 is called___________? The Post Modern The Pre-Raphaelites The Edwardian Period The Georgian Period 37 / 50 The founder of Jamestown____________? John Stillwell John Stelzer John Smith Johnathon Edwards 38 / 50 Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost ? The Gift Outright Mending Wall Birches Directive 39 / 50 How did courtly literature characterize its heroines ? they were sources of inspiration for heroic action they always represented the evil side of love they were never chaste or pious they were examples of mystical unions 40 / 50 The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ? ?The Faerie Queen? ?Paradise Lost? ?Canterbury Tales? ?The Prelude? 41 / 50 Which of the following cultural changes occurred as a result of the Norman invasion ? The primary language became French The trend of educational reforms was reversed. England returned to its pre-feudal state. The Church moved away from using Latin. 42 / 50 Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ? the heroic couplet blank verse free verse the ode 43 / 50 In Dryden?s Essay of Dramatic Poesy there are four interlocuters representing four different ideologies. Which of them expresses Dryden?s own views ? Neander Crites Lisideius Eugenius 44 / 50 Who coined the term New Historicism ? Terry Eagleton Stephen Greenblatt Fredric Jameson Jacques Derrida 45 / 50 Which event did Percy Shelley call ?the master theme of the epoch in which we live? ? French Revolution Industrial Revolution Technological Revolution Scientific Revolution 46 / 50 Which of the following is not a poet ? Terry Saylor Emily Dickinson William Shakespeare Browning 47 / 50 ?The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses? is an example of what dramatic genre ? Tragedy Masque Satire Burlesque 48 / 50 According to Constitution of 1962, Provincial Assemblies were consisting ____________ members? 220 218 200 None of these 49 / 50 It was about this time that I conceiv?d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish?d to live without committing any Fault at any time; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined. ? I included under Thirteen names of Virtues all that at that time occurr?d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex?d to each a short Precept, which fully express?d the Extent I gave to its Meaning ? Benjamin Franklin Mayflower Compact Samson Occcum John Winthrop 50 / 50 That Milton was of the Devil?s party without knowing it, was said by ? 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