0% 0 English Literature Quiz 69 1 / 50 Which of the following is not a poet ? William Shakespeare Terry Saylor Browning Emily Dickinson 2 / 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 ? ?Canterbury Tales? ?The Prelude? ?The Faerie Queen? ?Paradise Lost? 3 / 50 What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore?s poem ?An Octopus? ? Mt. Rainier Death The ocean An octopus 4 / 50 Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ? ?The Jew of Malta? ?Edward II? All of the above ?Doctor Faustus? 5 / 50 That Milton was of the Devil?s party without knowing it, was said by ? Johnson Blake Eliot Shelley 6 / 50 What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Benjamin Franklin ? Both B and C Self-made and Mentor to other writers Rewrote the autobiography 7 / 50 According to Constitution of 1962, Provincial Assemblies were consisting ____________ members? None of these 218 220 200 8 / 50 Which of the following cultural changes occurred as a result of the Norman invasion ? The trend of educational reforms was reversed. The primary language became French England returned to its pre-feudal state. The Church moved away from using Latin. 9 / 50 What is a plot ? arrangement of the incidents an idea about writing choice of poem the choice of words 10 / 50 Who is the author of ?For Whom the Bell Tolls? ? Ernest Hemingway Homer Charles Dickens Lord Tennison 11 / 50 The classification of vowels into tense vowels and lax vowels is based on ________________? The part of the tongue that is raised The position of the lips The height to which the tongue is raised The state of the tension of the tongue 12 / 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 ? John Winthrop Benjamin Franklin Samson Occcum Mayflower Compact 13 / 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 Buddhist Protestant Anglican 14 / 50 ?My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.? Who wrote this ? Jane Austen B. H. Lawrence Graham Greene Charles Dickens 15 / 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 pursuit of a more confrontational policy towards Catholic powers the wider use of religious images in churches the elimination of bishops 16 / 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 bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion. Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion. The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion. 17 / 50 Period in English Literature from 1901 to 1910 is called___________? The Post Modern The Georgian Period The Edwardian Period The Pre-Raphaelites 18 / 50 This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon______________? Sins of the World A Bird in the Hand Hands of Satan Sinners in the Hand? 19 / 50 The phrase ?where the sun is silent? is an example of which poetic device ? Synesthesia Allegory Simile Metonymy 20 / 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___________________? drowning in the Thames. childbirth. the Black Plague. unrequited love for John of Gaunt. 21 / 50 ?The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses? is an example of what dramatic genre ? Burlesque Satire Masque Tragedy 22 / 50 We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement ? Nationalism Transcendentalism Romanticism Indian Autobiography 23 / 50 Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ? the ode blank verse free verse the heroic couplet 24 / 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 ? Making sure that what is written makes sense. Lying to mislead the reader. Fixing words with very specific meanings. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers. 25 / 50 How do the themes of Marie de France?s Lanval and Chretien de Troyes Yvain compare ? Both feature mentions of the conversion from paganism. Both include the theme of broken promises between lovers. Both use the comitatus ethic to explain their hero?s motivations. Both include references toWilliam the Conqueror. 26 / 50 Who coined the term New Historicism ? Jacques Derrida Terry Eagleton Fredric Jameson Stephen Greenblatt 27 / 50 In Shakespeare?s literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________? Historical plays Comedy plays None of above Great Tragedies 28 / 50 The poem ends on a_____________? happy and meaningful note courageous and hopeful note tragic and painful note philosophical note 29 / 50 What are some common criticisms of literary theory ? All of the above. Many theories are no longer accepted by their parent disciplines. Many theories have been pushed too far into abstraction. The reasoning of theory is often too circular. 30 / 50 Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost ? Directive Mending Wall The Gift Outright Birches 31 / 50 Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ? both A and B To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral None of these To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral 32 / 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________________? Lord Byron Percy Shelley John Keats Samuel Taylor Coleridge 33 / 50 The founder of Jamestown____________? John Smith Johnathon Edwards John Stillwell John Stelzer 34 / 50 Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe?s medieval settings______________? indicates her longing for the older aristocracy. is at odds with her explicit socialist politics. suggests her commitment to the Catholic Church. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience. 35 / 50 All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeare?s__________________? None of these Shakespeare?s Much ado about nothing. Shakespeare?s Tempest Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare?s 36 / 50 In Jorge Luis Borges? ?The Library of Babel,? which of the following is NOT a major concern of the work ? It is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library. Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason. The short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge. The library is analogous to the universe. 37 / 50 What was the nationality of OscarWilde ? Scottish English French Irish 38 / 50 Which of the following is NOT considered a write for the Transcendentalism Movement ? Emerson Thoreau Hawthrone Stewart 39 / 50 How does Queen Gertrude die ? Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet?s cup. Drowns in the river outside the castle. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes. 40 / 50 Which of the following statement is correct ? In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare?s first child Susanna was born in 1583. None of above. both a and b 41 / 50 In Dryden?s Essay of Dramatic Poesy there are four interlocuters representing four different ideologies. Which of them expresses Dryden?s own views ? Lisideius Eugenius Crites Neander 42 / 50 ?Heard Melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter? is a line from_______________? None of these Ode on a Grecian Urn The Prelude Ode to Autumn 43 / 50 How did lay literacy affect traditional devotional practices ? people could be religious without the help of a clergy people stopped reading the Bible interest in the Church history declined rapidly people increasingly turned to visual art in order to learn about religion 44 / 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 ?amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols? To ?prolong the moment of contemplation? To ?make poetry new? 45 / 50 Which event did Percy Shelley call ?the master theme of the epoch in which we live? ? Industrial Revolution Technological Revolution Scientific Revolution French Revolution 46 / 50 How did courtly literature characterize its heroines ? they were never chaste or pious they always represented the evil side of love they were examples of mystical unions they were sources of inspiration for heroic action 47 / 50 The IPA came into existence in the year__________? 1998 1989 1889 1888 48 / 50 What was the name of the Bronte sister?s only brother ? Anderson Branwell Richard Pearson 49 / 50 According to the ?Book of Luke,? Herod was the king of ? Jerusalem Egypt Judea Syria 50 / 50 What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth?s court ? Gambling Swimming Jousting Backgammon 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 68 English Literature Quiz 70Next
