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Literature quiz for English 6
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POST MODERNISM: What is usual for postmodern literature?
The novels do not have one specific meaning.
The novels’ timelines are always line-ear
The novels are strictly about facts.
The novels’ endings are always happy.
2
What were the main characteristics of Romanticism?
absence of using any technological developments.
return to the classical ideology of art.
artistic emphasis on intuition, imagination and feeling
presence of warm colors in visual art.
3
Modernism
in literature
1850 - 1920
mid 20th century - present day
1890s - 1920s
late 19th - mid 20th century
4
Shakespeare wrote these particular poems
Epic poems
Haiku
Sonnets
Free Verse
5
What is the correct order of the Literaure Periods in English Literature?
Moderism, Medieval, Romanticism, Rennaisance, Postmodernism, Realism
Old English, Rennaisance, Enlightenment, Realism, Post Modernism
Medieval, Rennaisance, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, modernism
Dark ages, Modernism, Enlightenment, Realism, Rennaisance, Romanticism
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What is the definition of satire?
Deliberate exaggeration to emphasise apoint.
A technique of placing side by side contrasting ideas.
A technique employing two meanings.
The use of humour, irony, or exaggeration to make a point.
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Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?
Charles Dickens
Agatha Christie
J.K. Rowling
Mary Shelley
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Where was Romanticism originated?
Greece
USA
Western Europe
Russia
9
Charles Dickens was a famous ...
doctor
author
politician
explorer
10
Medieval Literature...
Told of heroic epics
All of the Above
Told stories of everyday life
Was written in both Latin and everyday languages
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How was Medieval literature different from Renaissance writing?
Secular stories about city life
Religious topics, impersonal & written ONLY in Latin
Murder mysteries!
Colorful and creative
12
Who wrote
Robinson Crusoe
?
Jules Verne
Jonathan Swift
Daniel Defoe
T. S. Eliot
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Enlightenment literature was often...
Private
Political
Supernatural
Soul Searching
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Modernism was literature characterized by:
Disillusionment
Mystery
Slang language
Romance
15
In this selection from
Hard Times,
Charles Dickens is mainly criticizing
schools that smother imagination/treat children as machines
the lack of respect young people have for education.
schools that focus too much on discussion and fake news.
schools that hire too many teachers
16
Some characteristics of post modernism literature are
Reliable narrator and solid story arc
All knowing narrator and historical
Unreliable narrator and fragmentation
dillusionment
17
Romanticism is an artistic and literary era that includes which of the following?
artwork and poetry
nature, imagination, emotion
rules, regulations, aristocracy
urban sprawl and industrial revolution
18
William Shakespeare's tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from opposing families is still adapted on stage and film.
Macbeth
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
Romeo and Juliet
19
Which form of literature was introduced to Europe during the Enlightenment?
Essay
Poem
Novel
Satire
20
Choose the Enlightenment literature
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Odyssey
Candide
Gulliver's Travels
21
Renaissance literature includes
Industrial revolution
Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, John Milton,
Charlotte Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, William Wordsworth
Radical thinking about the individual
22
How was the Victorian Era's literature known as?
The great era of the Novel
The Golden Age of the Novel
The golden age of the English Novel
23
Enlightenment literature used
emotion.
imagination.
descriptions of nature.
logic and reasoning.
24
Who wrote Beowulf?
Geoffrey Chancer
No one knows
Seamus Heaney
Dante Aligheri
25
Shakespeare invented over 1,500 words that we still use today.
False
True
26
Which one is not a Shakespeare play?
Romeo and Juliet
MacBeth
Beowulf
Hamlet
27
What was the name of Robinson Crusoe's friend?
Sundae
Bart
Oscar
Friday
28
Charles Dickens book, Hard Times, is related to this era:
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
29
What are the qualities of an epic hero?
brave and noble
Coward and shy
deadly
Brave and boastful
30
Why did Romanticism appear?
Russian Revolution
publication of Theory of Evolution
technological contribution
revolt against the rationalism of the Enlightenment period
31
characteristic of Victorian Era/
Realism Literature
reflecting life of everyday people especially the poor
fairy tales
Uses myths to explain things in the world
nonfiction text and speeches
32
What is a characteristic of post modernism in literature?
use of satirical devices
a linear plot
marginalized characters
fictionalized historical events or people
33
Modernism in literature is
A traditional form of writing
Cool
An abstract painting
A break from traditional writing
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Literature became more popular during the Renaissance because…
It was sometimes written in the English
All of the above
More people learned to read.
The printing press made books more widely available
