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In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays”, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: “We do not like to see our author’s plays acted, and least of all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage” ?
A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the play’s use of language.
B. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic age.
C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.
D. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed.
Which of the following statements best represents the main theme of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” ?
A. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.
B. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.
C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.
D. People are fundamentally unable to realize any sort of inherent meaning in existence.
Which of the following assertions would William Wordsworth most likely agree with ?
A. Poetry should be written in the common language of ordinary people.
B. Poetry should focus on the lives and thoughts of elite people.
C. Poetry should never concern itself with the natural world.
D. Poetry should rhyme.
Which of the following offers the best definition of the theatrical concept of a chorus ?
A. Members of the audience who comment on the play’s actions
B. Characters who remind the audience that the play is fictional
C. A group of characters who comment
on the actions of the play while participating in them
D. A group of characters who comment on the actions of the play while not participating in them
In her text, “History of the Novel”, How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the novel ?
A. A narrative that emphasizes character development
B. A narrative with a unified, plausible plot structure
C. A narrative that conveys the illusion of reality
D. All of these
Which of the following are examples of poetic structures ?
A. Lines of text with words that rhyme at the end
B. A continuous block of text
C. Unrhymed lines
D. All of these
Which of the following statements best represents Lacan’s view of Ophelia in his essay, “Desire and the Interpretation of Desire in ’Hamlet’” ?
A. Hamlet desires his mother, not Ophelia.
B. Hamlet desires revenge, not Ophelia.
C. Hamlet desires Ophelia, but only when she is unattainable.
D. Hamlet desires attaining the throne of Denmark, of which Ophelia is a symbol.
Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say” encourages students to become______________?
A. passive readers and critics of literary texts.
B. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.
C. capable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others.
D. aware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.
A postmodern play would most likely not make use of which of the following theatrical traditions ?
A. A minimalist stage and strict adherence to the script
B. Video clips and the use of popular music
C. Nonlinear storytelling and the embracement of popular culture
D. A pastiche of different literary and historical sources
Which of the following lines of poetry is written in iambic pentameter ?
A. “To be or not to be, that is the question.”
B. “And the world didn’t even think of stopping for me.”
C. “I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.”
D. “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”
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