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VWO5 English Lit review for test on Neoclassical & Romantic periods of English literature.
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1
Which literary device is given here:
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Anachronism
Personification
2
Which poets belong to the Romantic Period?
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats
Milton, Pope, Dryden, Defoe, Swift,
3
Neoclassicism is divided into three time periods. Which of the ones below is NOT Neoclassical?
The Age of Johnson
The Restoration
The Age of Shakespeare
The Augustan Age
4
Neoclassicists used satire to highlight aspects of society that needed change. What types of satire did they use?
Slapstick & Black
Horatian & Juvenalian
Bert & Ernie
Highbrow & Lowbrow
5
Neoclassical writers modeled their writing on authors from where?
France
Rome
Russia
The Orient
6
What literary device is this?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
7
Which novel is considered to be the first ENGLISH novel?
Gullivers Travels
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Robinson Crusoe
The Castle of Otranto
8
During the Augustan Age, what modern literary form was first created?
the self-help book
the novel
periodicals
the comic strip
9
What is the significance of "Lyrical Ballads"?
The book signified the end of the Romantic Period.
The book signified the start of the Romantic Period.
The book signified the start of the Neoclassical Period.
The book signified the end of the Renaissance Period.
10
What is being identified in this piece of poetry?
structure
rhyming scheme
poetic meter
literary device
11
Moll Flanders is an accurate representation of how 'love' was regarded during the Neoclassical Period.
False
True
12
Whom did King Charles II want to emulate?
Charles I
Shakespeare
Louis XIV
John Locke
13
How did women participate in the intellectual discussions of the mid 1700's?
They gained the right to vote.
They visited the coffeehouses.
They held salons in their homes.
They visited a 'beauty salon.'
14
Complete the sentence: Romanticism is really a reaction against ---- and society's focus on reason and city life.
The Russian Revolution
The French Revolution
The American Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
15
Which verse form is described here:
Ballad
Blank verse
Ode
Sonnet
16
What publication, for the middle class, did Joseph Addison and Richard Steele create in the early 1700s?
The London Times
Village Voice
Brit Lit Review
Spectator
17
Who is the author of Moll Flanders?
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Samuel Johnson
18
What poetic tool is made of two rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter with two syllables?
sonnet
heroic couplet
paradox
iambic couplet
19
Who wrote Lyrical Ballads?
William Wordsworth & Lord Byron
Samuel Coleridge & William Wordsworth
Mary Shelley & Percy Shelley
Percy Shelley & Samuel Coleridge
20
Neoclassical writers wanted to show all of the following in their work EXCEPT....
rationality
dignity
restraint
humor
21
The "Age of Johnson" (1750-1784) is named after which writer?
Samuel Johnson
Harmony Johnson
Ben Johnson
Johnson Becket
22
Which is NOT a characteristic of Romantic poetry?
Interest in gloomy places.
Reverence for logic.
Renewed interest in Nature.
Renewed interest in an idealized past.
23
The Neoclassical Period is also known as:
The Age of Augustus
The Enlightenment
24
When did the Neoclassical Period occur?
1660-1798
1798-1825
1485-1660
1600-1700
25
During the Age of Johnson, the most popular form of literature became...
Gothic novels
Non-fiction works
Comic books
Royal fiction
26
Besides current events, what material did The Spectator publish?
amusing opinions on social manners
highbrow poetry
27
Which genre would this book be classified as?
gothic
historical fiction
non-fiction
highbrow literature
28
The Augustan Age was named for which patron of ancient literature?
Augustus Gloop
Emperor Augustus
Augustinian Dafoe
The Earl of August
29
How was the English language benefitted during the Neoclassical Period?
A dictionary was written to stabilize the language.
The vocabulary was enlarged with over 3000 new words.
