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Category: Introduction to Literary Studies
What form of verse is usually sung and details a dramatic or exciting episode ?
A. An ode
B. An elegy
C. An epitaph
D. A ballad
Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is not true ?
A. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his father’s death.
B. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet.
C. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take.
D. Ophelia dies by drowning.
Which of the following statements best exemplifies the main idea put forward by John Milton in book 9 of Paradise Lost ?
A. Satan was ultimately heroic.
B. The fall of Adam and Eve was a tragic event.
C. Adam and Eve were driven to evil by their children.
D. God abandoned the realm of Eden without reason.
A work of criticism that considers how English imperialism affected native Indian authors would be an example of_______________?
A. Marxist theory
B. psychoanalytic theory
C. postcolonial theory
D. deconstruction
What are the basic questions literary theory asks ?
A. What is literature?
B. Why do people write literature?
C. What are the effects of literature?
D. All of these.
Which of the following statements offers the best definition of an epistolary novel ?
A. A novel set in the past
B. A novel that consists entirely of dialogue
C. A novel that is set in the countryside of Europe
D. A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles
A play that begins in medias res________________?
A. begins at the apparent end of the story.
B. introduces the characters of the play one by one.
C. opens by plunging the viewer into a crucial series of events.
D. begins with a preview of the play’s conclusion.
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, what does Hamlet mean when he states that, “there is more in heaven and earth … than are dreamt of in your philosophy” ?
A. There is such a thing as an afterlife.
B. Dreams always tell the truth.
C. There are some aspects of existence that cannot be explained through reason.
D. Heaven exists on earth.
Which of the following statements offers the best characterization of a Greek tragedy ?
A. In a Greek tragedy, evil people are vanquished by the forces of good.
B. In a Greek tragedy, characters undergo reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.
C. In a Greek tragedy, the hero suffers but always survives at the end of the play.
D. In a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero dies at the end of the play.
Dr. Allen Shoaf’s essay, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, argues which of the following points ?
A. Hamlet’s father’s ghost is not really a ghost.
B. Hamlet feels a sense of desire for both his mother and his father.
C. Hamlet is truly insane in the play.
D. Hamlet is an impossible play to truly understand.
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