0% 1 English Literature Quiz 7 1 / 50 Shakespeare?s ?A Midsummer Night?s Dream? can be described as what kind of play ? A tragi-comedy A modern play A comedic play A tragic play 2 / 50 ?Paradise Lost? and ?Paradise Regained? are written by________________? John Milton John Keats William Blake P.B. Shelley 3 / 50 Hardy?s Nature is_____________? Vindictive Friendly Indifferent None of these 4 / 50 In the first lecture of his Modern Poetry course, what argument does Professor Langdon Hammer make about the relationship between the modern city and poetic modernism ? Individuals often felt lost and alienated in large cities, and among poets this resulted in turning inward and focusing only on the world of one?s own imagination. Many languages and many forms of language were used in large cities; modernist poets often treated language not as something given and natural but as a construct which they could manipulate. All of these answers Most modernist poets lived in large cities; therefore, they often used urban imagery in their poetry. 5 / 50 The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/? Allomorphs Minimal pairs Morpheme variants Allophones 6 / 50 What is ?Post-Modernism? ? All of the above An attempt to break down the barriers between high and low culture A literary movement concerned with extreme self-reflexivity A term used to describe contemporary cultural production 7 / 50 In which state was ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? written ? Ohio Massachusetts Maine Georgia 8 / 50 According to Dante, what does the term ?gramatica? mean ? It is static language with unchanging rules. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular. It is synonymous with natural language. It is the language spoken by everyday people. 9 / 50 In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ? it represents the hero?s fear that he will overestimate his abilities All of the Above it represents the desire to flee Ireland it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work 10 / 50 Which of the following are well-known Post-Modern theoreticians ? Thomas Hobbes Jean Baudrillard Linda Hutcheon Both A and B 11 / 50 In his introductory lecture, how does Paul Fry define literary theory ? A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts A trend in university English departments The practice of interpreting literary texts A hypothesis about how literary texts can be understood 12 / 50 Ezra Pound?s poem ?In a Station of the Metro? reads: ?The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.? Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ? It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature. 13 / 50 In which city was Milton ? York Canterbury Norwich London 14 / 50 Many of William Shakespeare?s plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England ? ?The Anchor? ?The Rose? ?The Globe? ?The Curtain? 15 / 50 In the late seventeenth century, a battle of the bookserupted between which two groups ? round-earthers and flat-earthers the Welsh and the Scots abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery champions of ancient and modern learning 16 / 50 Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of logos ? Logos refers to a writer?s ability to inspire action in readers. Logos refers to a writer?s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers. Logos refers to a writer?s ability to present evidence. Logos refers to a writer?s presentation of character and image. 17 / 50 In ?Two Gallants,? Joyce?s major critical commentary is__________________? that individuals are too passive that women are more at fault than men that Catholicism is not to blame for problems that people work too hard for change 18 / 50 What is one reason that Mystery Plays are referred to as such ? They were produced by medieval craft guilds, which were knows as ?mysteries?. They explore mysterious religious topics. They involve the solving of a crime. They were written by medieval mystics. 19 / 50 Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ? Ecotheory Marxist theory Trauma theory Game theory 20 / 50 Which school of literary theory shows a particular interest in the role of testimony in literature ? Chaos theory Trauma theory Ecotheory Formalism 21 / 50 What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word ? Alliterative Acrostic Epic Haiku 22 / 50 Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands_____________? The falling None of the above The rising The fall__rise 23 / 50 According to Dr. Roger Dunkle, in ancient times, what was considered a tragedy ? A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat A worship of the gods A comedic performance A story that ended with a marriage 24 / 50 In Saturn, what does Peter Damian say about God?s ways ? He says that God?s ways are extremely simple. He says that God?s ways are only available to those in heaven. He says that God?s ways are similar to those of Roman emperors. He says that God?s ways are beyond human understanding. 25 / 50 What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ? She lets a man help her out. She washes clothes for White women. She marries a Black man. She tries to pass as White. 26 / 50 One important feature of Jane Austen?s style is ? stream of consciousness subtlety of irony boisterous humour humour and pathos 27 / 50 In Fredric Jameson?s book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ? Biography is essential to literary analysis Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis All of the above answers are correct. History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis 28 / 50 A poem that generally has meter and rhyme______________? none of the above free verse lyric narrative 29 / 50 Which of the following natural forces ?speaks? in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot?s ?The Waste Land? ? An avalanche Thunder The west wind Rapids 30 / 50 Faustus? servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who ? Wagner Schumann Beethoven Bach 31 / 50 Which of the following discoveries, theories, and events contributed to Victorians feeling less like they were a uniquely special, central species in the universe and more isolated ? evolution all of the above discoveries in astronomy about stellar distances geology 32 / 50 Which event(s) characterized the Middle Ages ? invasions from barbarian tribes All of the Above falling birth rates financial deficits from increased military expenditures 33 / 50 The beginning of the renaissance may be traced to the city____________? Paris Venice Florence London 34 / 50 In the context of Medieval literature, what does ?inner rule? mean ? it is part of the anchoress? inner self it includes issues that pertain to the heart All of the Above it is the most important part of Ancrene Wisse 35 / 50 Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Milton?s ?Paradise Lost? likely ask ? ?How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?? ?What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?? ?How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?? B and C 36 / 50 Who wrote ?The Hound of the Baskervilles ?? H Ryder-Haggard P D James Arthur Conan Doyle Agatha Christie 37 / 50 Henry Higgins is a character in________________? Candida saint joan none of these Pygmalion 38 / 50 The kind Claudius was killed by________________? Horatio None of these Hamlet Laerteus 39 / 50 Siegfried Sassoon?s ?The Dragon and the Undying? includes the following lines: ?Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder?d seas.? Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect ? Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature 40 / 50 Which of the following statements best describes the worldview represented by postmodern theater ? Universal truth doesn?t exist, and audience members must discover truth for themselves. The world is a bright and interesting place. Mainstream audiences are so shallow that it is not worth writing plays for them. The world is so complex that it does not require literature or theater. 41 / 50 Future goods means goods to be manufactured or produced or acquired by the seller ________________? None of above In future prescribed time After making of contract Before making of contract 42 / 50 Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s,_____________ were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage? Women Politicians Clowns Pantomimes 43 / 50 Why does Radcliffe favor the term ?romance? as the subtitle to ?The Mysteries of Udolpho? ? Radcliffe wants to emphasize the happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations. Radcliffe considers her work a continuation of the sentimental novel of the 18th century. It acknowledges the lack of supernatural plot tricks. 44 / 50 Ecotheorists tend to show an interest in which of the following ? How writers conceptualize natural environments and the representation of environmental issues in literature and culture Who is responsible for damaging the environment How writers have damaged the environment How the environment can be repaired 45 / 50 This term is an elaborate comparison between two different subjects___________? Sermon Simile Anomoly Conceit 46 / 50 Which school of literary theory is associated with the phrase ?to make the stones stonier? ? Poststructuralism Humanism Structuralism Formalism 47 / 50 Which of the following are examples of poetic structures ? All of these Lines of text with words that rhyme at the end Unrhymed lines A continuous block of text 48 / 50 What is New Historicism ? A theory that regards history as a series of narratives All of the above A theory that capitalizes on the interplay between literature and history A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events 49 / 50 The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________? simile none of the above metaphor personification 50 / 50 Who was the most illustrious disciple of Socrates ? Critus Plato Sophocles Plautus Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 52% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 6 English Literature Quiz 8Next
