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British Literature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. How does studying British literature help us understand the cultural and historical context of the country?
2. What were the three kinds of drama in the Victorian period?
3. Which teaching from Confucius means if you learn without thought, you might learn the wrong things which makes the effort you put into useless. If you think but you don't learn from your mistakes, you will have no progress?
4. A heroic champion or leader
5. The vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
6. Which of the following is a famous novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy?
7. Adjective:Polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
8. A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.
9. ..... a regular rhythmic pattern.
10. Which of the following books do you think is your teacher's favourite and you will learn more about it?:-)
11. Popular love song during the Elizabethan Age. Consisted of five or six voice parts sung independently, without accompaniment, and woven into an intricate pattern
12. A drastic overstatement or exaggeration
13. How do you spell his name?
14. The theatres in the Renaissance period were frequented by
15. John Locke also believed that the government had an obligation to the people it governed, to protect their natural rights. If the government failed to do this, then the people had the right to
16. Exhibiting unstable behavior
17. ..... was the first to defeat the vikings
18. Poetry used meter, rhyme, and .....
19. How do we know that something is a change to English rather than slang?
20. What is the Hero's Journey in British literature?
21. The following is NOT a form of poetry.
22. A group of four lines or a four-line stanza pattern used in poetry.
23. In which play do you find the following quote:"The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven"
24. Who is writer of Pride and Prejudice?
25. Which Japanese author wrote the novel "Norwegian Wood" ?
26. Material that introduces the characters, the main conflict, and necessary background for a literary work
27. After much fighting amongst Scottish clans ..... gained the crown and ruled for 18 years.
28. A court poet or official state poet.
29. Critical socialism is the trend of which period?
30. The original mystery and horror story set in the Middle Ages in a castle with dark rooms, squeaking doors, mysterious stairways, underground passages, and trapdoors-all used to create and uncanny atmosphere.
31. At least 3 philosophers (over 200 years) did some tweaking and speaking about the idea of the government and the people sharing a "social contract" ; which three philosophers shared this same idea?
32. The author presents the characters in action with no comment, allowing the reader to come to his own conclusions about them.
33. An imitation of something for comic effect or ridicule
34. A kind of particularly cutting irony, in which praise is used tauntingly to indicate its opposite in meaning.
35. What are the common traits of Shakespearean heroes?
36. Sought to show the spirit of a past age or to recreate a person or series of events of the past; introduced by Sir Walter Scott.
37. To suppress, squash
38. In The Iliad, one reason Hector can be considered an epic hero is because he
39. To block the passage of
40. What was one idea that the leaders of the American Revolution shared with the Enlightened thinkers?
41. In a Shakespearean tragedy, what often leads to the downfall of the main character?
42. The suffix ..... ? ..... means like, pertaining to.
43. Jonathon Swift uses this strategy of satire in his essay "A Modest Proposal" when he takes his solution to poverty and hunger to its very extremes.
44. What are some common themes found in Romantic literature?
45. Adjective:giving details and rules too much importance
46. French philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, believed that the best form of government would be a
47. I recommend you to read the book " The Lion, the Witch and the ..... "
48. Author of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, among others; from the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution.
49. In the fractured fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin", elements like "gossip pages, talk shows, and beefy security" are absurdly out of place in the standard fairy tale world. Therefore, they are examples of this strategy of satire.
50. When did Confucius live?
51. How many poetry tends were there in the 20th century period
52. Which philosopher added the 3rd branch of government?
53. Which British literary movement focused on the representation of working-class life?
54. For which novel Hillary Mantel won the Booker Prize?
55. ..... is a group of lines in the poem.
56. A type of extended prose fiction. It has characters, a plot, a theme, and a setting.
57. A group of poets in the second half of the eighteenth century who turned away from the formality of Alexander Pope and began writing poetry characterized by warmth of expression, a sense of mystery, a delight in wonder, a love for nature, an interest in the past, and a concern for simple country folk.
58. Who joined the military and then quit?
59. The final outcome of a comedy play; the resolution or tying up of all the loose ends
60. Who supposedly drew the sword from the stone?
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