0% 1 English Literature Quiz 8 1 / 50 Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of ?Paradise Lost? that that goal of his epic poem will be ? to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven. to justify the ways of humankind to God. to justify the ways of God to humankind. to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell. 2 / 50 Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ? A child crowned, with a tree in his hand An armed head A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. A bloody child. 3 / 50 Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of firstwave feminism ? H?l?ne Cixous Judith Butler Mary Wollstonecraft Lucy Irigaray 4 / 50 The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ? Ding__Dong theory. The Poo__Pooh theory The Yo__He__Ho Theory The Gesture theory 5 / 50 For Joyce, what are epiphanies ? All of the Above dream-like pieces of writing short prose sketches that vary in character deep realizations linked with religious faith 6 / 50 Fill in the blanks from Tennyson?s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the ?..: Man to command and woman to ____________? hearth; needle; heart; obey crop; scabbard; foot; agree school; scalpel; pen; set free throne; scepter; soul; decree 7 / 50 Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist ? Ferdinand de Saussure Viktor Shklovsky Roland Barthes Michel Foucault 8 / 50 Surrealism became an official aesthetic movement of the modern period with the publication of which work ? T.S. Eliot?s ?The Wasteland? James Joyce?s ?Ulysses? Ernest Hemingway?s ?The Sun Also Rises? Andre Breton?s ?Surrealist Manifesto? 9 / 50 In The Paradiso, who leads Dante on his tour of heaven ? Cato Ulysses Virgil Beatrice 10 / 50 Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ? Margery Kempe Sir Thomas Malory Julian of Norwich William Langland 11 / 50 The tone of the third stanza of the poem embodies a sense of_____________? content Calmness Pain Panic 12 / 50 Why did Bradford and the Pilgrims create Plymouth Colony ? All of the above Religious practice of the Church of England Sovereignty to establish godly kingdom as they saw fit For the land 13 / 50 What does George Harris? master demand of him that prompts him to plan his escape ? Abandon his faith Punish another slave Marry another woman Relocate to Louisiana 14 / 50 Find the Odd man out ? The Virginians On Liberty Ulysses The Falcon 15 / 50 How do theorists suggest that the Gothic novel resembles queer and camp ? The body is represented in abnormal ways. Women?s issues are interrogated. Many protagonists? mothers are absent. Gender issues are often overlooked. 16 / 50 Which of the following are tragedies of Shakespeare ? Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra King Lear, Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cressida 17 / 50 The change TV brought into the society can be summed up as_________________? bringing reality before them creating indifference to realities of life condensed life to the screen life turning more attractive 18 / 50 Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ? Chaucer Langland Homer Shakespeare 19 / 50 Thackeray?s ?Esmond? is a novel of historical realism capturing the spirit of ____________? the Medieval age the Victorian age the Elizabethan age the age of Queen Anne 20 / 50 The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ? A cry of lament A and B Invocation of a muse Prayer to the Sun 21 / 50 What lesson does Hare?s adventure involving a tall man with a cane attempt to teach the Winnebago people ? Don?t put of for tomorrow what you can do today Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Flattery will get you no where Boasting shows weakness and will lead to bad things 22 / 50 Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ? Dryden Addison Crabbe Bunyan 23 / 50 Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare?s ?Hamlet? is not true ? Ophelia dies by drowning. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his father?s death. 24 / 50 ?The Day Duke Raised? by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________? There is repetition. The poem can be set to music. The references to jazz songs and musicians. The poem?s rhythmic lines. 25 / 50 Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Robinson Crusoe?s and Oroonoko?s relationship to central features of the early English novel ? Where Oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids religion completely. Both are largely set in South America, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early English novel. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class. Both make claims to historical veracity. 26 / 50 Marxist theory focuses on examining which of the following aspects of literary texts ? All of these Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts The political and social meanings of literary texts 27 / 50 Who succeeded Lyly ? Robert Greene Christopher Marlowe Philip Sidney John Milton 28 / 50 The title of the poem ?The Second Coming? is taken from ? The Irish mythology The Greek mythology The Bible The German mythology 29 / 50 ?But God?s eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone.? In which poem do these lines appear ? Prisoner of Chillon (Byron) None of these Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde) We Are Seven (Wordsworth) 30 / 50 Who is the writer of ?Vision of Sin? ? Christopher Marlowe C. Lord Tennyson William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw 31 / 50 The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________? Sibilants Trills. Semi__vowels Laterals 32 / 50 Who for the first time discriminated between imagination and fancy ? Coleridge John Ruskin William Wordsworth Schegell 33 / 50 /m/ is a ______________consonant? Bilabial__nasal Glottal Velar Bilabial 34 / 50 Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by______________? Faulkner Fitzgerald Steinback Hemingway 35 / 50 In which work Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the term ?willing suspension of disbelief? in 1817 ? Kubla Khan Biographia Literaria Christabel The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 36 / 50 What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe?s father ? Farmer Carpenter Cobbler Civil servant 37 / 50 On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost is based ? The fall of Lucifer The genesis Adam and Eve The fall of man 38 / 50 A picaresque novel dramatizes the life of what kind of person ? A member of the middle class engaging in self-exploration A child as he or she develops into an adult A lowborn, wandering adventurer A member of the royalty 39 / 50 Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by ? Ben Johnson Christopher Marlow George Herbert Sir Walter Scot 40 / 50 How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett?s Waiting for Godot ? political correctness gone mad nothing happens-twice angry young men kitchen sink drama 41 / 50 Which of the following texts is considered the first example of postcolonial criticism ? Jacques Lacan?s ?The Mirror Stage ? ? Cleanth Brooks?s ?Keats?s Sylvan Historian? Edward Said?s Orientalism Harold Bloom?s ?An Elegy for the Canon? 42 / 50 Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are ____________? William Godwin?s Caleb Williams Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein Sir Walter Scott?s Waverley Jane Austen?s Emma 43 / 50 Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers ? Faerie queen, second three books The Shepherd?s calendar Faerie queen, first three books Colin clouts come home again 44 / 50 In the Middle Ages, how did society treat prostitution ? prostitution was considered problematic but legal the Church opposed prostitution on moral grounds prostitution was considered a solution to epidemics of rape All of the Above 45 / 50 a description that appeals to one of the five senses____________? metaphor imagery personification none of the above 46 / 50 Which of the following themes IS NOT important to John Milton?s ?Paradise Regained? ? Sexual desire Temptation Seeking God?s Will and Guidance What it means to be the ?Son of God? 47 / 50 Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT? ?Two Gentlemen of Verona? ?Faustus? ?The Tempest? ?The Winter?s Tale? 48 / 50 What is affective piety ? a dramatic demonstration of faith an important trait of the medieval lay a term associated with oral transmission a literary device used in estates satire 49 / 50 What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in ?Appeal in Four Articles? ? The Bible. Abolitionist newspapers. Greek history. Slave narratives. 50 / 50 Professor Hammer points out that T.S. Eliot used quotation as an important literary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests which of the following attitudes to the past ? Deference to the past Curiosity about the past Paradoxically both B and C Violation of the past Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 42% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevEnglish Literature Quiz 7 English Literature Quiz 9Next
