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1
What is Helen's fundamental fear?
Attention
Capture
Being alone
Death
2
After Henry is wounded, Rinaldi visits him in a feild hospital and suggests :
Leverage the wound for promotion
Try to get a discharge
Put in for a metal
Play on Catherine's emotions
3
The term "Breton" refers to the literature in medieval ____
England
France
Italy
Germany
4
"Poet lariat" instead of "poet laureate"
Malapropism
Heteronym
Anagram
Portmanteau words
5
What is Henry's rank?
1st lieutenant
Private first class
Captain
2nd lieutenant
6
The most recent year in which there were 2 winners named for the Nobel Prize for Lit was
1917
1932
1990
1974
7
Stanley and Blanche represent worlds at war with each other, in their war , the prize is
Pride
Control
The apartment
Stella
8
What does the barman in Stresa give to help Henry and Catherine escape to Switzerland?
Disguises
Money
Train tickets
A boat
9
____ is a blend of critical commentary and wit
Absurdism
Antithesis
Satire
Sarcasm
10
Who wrote the play "Titus Andronicus"
Willy Shakes
William Shakespeare
Henrik Ibsen
Sophocles
11
The 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to Donald L. Coburn's ________
A Chorus Line
The Gin Game
The Great White Hope
Buried Child
12
Stanley overhears Blanche describing him as a
Caveman
Scared rabbit
Gentleman
Piece of meat
13
Which of these characters best embodies the ideals of a Hemmingway hero??
Simmons
Valentini
Henry
Benello
14
At the end of the play, when the docgor arrives for Blanche, what does she do??
Throws glass at him
Tries to run
Packs her things
Yells for mitch
15
Catechism is a(n) _____ teaching approach
Experimental
Self
Experiential
Question-and-answer
16
When Stanley asls Blanche about a man who knew her at ____, she claims she wouldnt be there
Irish pub
Hotel Flamingo
Naval camp
Flying Dutchman
17
The 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to _______'s "Picnic"
John Patrick
William Inge
Joseph Kramm
Eugene O'Neil
18
The 1922 Pulitzer prize for fiction wad awarded to _____'s "Alice Adams"
Ernest Poole
Willa Cather
Edna Ferber
Booth Tarkington
19
The 1942 Pulitzer prize for poetry was awarded to William Rose Benet's "_____"
The Age of Anxiety
The Dust Which is God
Cold Morning Sky
Collected Verse
20
Chronicles are account of _____ that are usually broad in scope
Biography
History
Legends
Dreams
21
The seven cardinal virtues of medieval theology include all the following except:
Fortitude
Modesty
Temperance
Love
22
The 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to ____ author Camilo Jose Cela
Cuban
Chilean
Spanish
Mexican
23
During the retreat, who surrenders?
Gordini
Aymo
Menera
Bonello
24
Comedy of intrigue is _____-driven
Plot
Slapstick
Character
Background
25
Peter Brook,Jean-Louis Barrault,Roger Blin,Jeane Geret and Peter Weiss are all associated with
Noh Plays
Theater of Cruelty
Senecan Tragedy
Theater of the Absurd
26
Folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo refer to
Revised editions
Pastoral feet
Book sizes
Metrical conventions
27
The idea that the concrete reveals the universal is called the ____
Objective correlative
Concrete universal
Nihil obstat
Pathetic fallacy
28
The 1919 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to _____'s "The Magnificent Ambersons"
Margret Wilson
Willa Cather
Booth Tarkington
Ernest Poole
29
A comment added to a text to give the reader more information
Monostrophic
Annotation
Byline
Immutation
30
A proverb is a short saying that memorably expresses a ____ about life
Warning
Mystery
Myth
Truth
31
The Period of Conformity and Criticism in American literature began with what event?
Publication of "Sister Carrie"
End of World War II
Death of Dickens
Beginning of World War II
32
The last appearence of Mitch shows that hus feeling towards Blanche are _____.
Hardened
Resentful
Mixed
Passionate
33
'A Farewell to Arms" was published in ______.
1927
1933
1938
1929
34
Aristotle regaurded catharsis as the pbjective of _____
Tragedy
Comedy
Philosophy
Legend
35
All the following are terms for imperfect rhyme except :
Near rhyme
Broken rhyme
Oblique rhyme
Half rhyme
36
Henry and Catherine part ways at _____ in Milan.
A train station
A hotel
The hospital
A cafe
37
Metaphor that uses deliberate discrepancy of connotation between tenor and vehicle
Diminishing
Indirect
Malaprop
Irregular
38
The "terza rima" is a three-lined stanza said to have been deised by ???
Dante
Burns
Pindar
Sophocles
39
After being told to wait 6 months for surgery, Henry asked an Italian doctor that suggests that
Henry doesnt need surgery
Henry should have surgery r i g h t n o w
Henry should wait the 6 months
Henry should have surgery the next day
40
Carpe diem means :
Before you die
Seize the day
Time heals all
Pursue love
41
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W. H. Auden was a the main poet of thr _____ Age in English Lit
Augustan
Early Victorian
Edwardian
Diminishing
42
Medieval almanacs showed the
Greatest essays to date
Movements of heavenly bodies
Shifts in population
Crop planting patterns