The 17th century literature was characterised by...

the expansion of religious and didactic books.

In Modernism, authors _________.

experimented with new techniques

...presented a pessimistic picture of society in decay.

Hemingway and Porter and Fitzgerald

Why did Romanticism appear?

revolt against the rationalism of the Enlightenment period

Why did Gothic literature use Gothic architecture as its backdrop?

The buildings are old, large & dark, which elicits fear

What were the main characteristics of Romanticism?

artistic emphasis on intuition, imagination and feeling

How are women often portrayed in Gothic literature?

weak and in need of rescuing., dangerous seductresses

Who are 3 Romantic authors?

Washington IRVING, Edgar Allan POE, & Emily DICKENSON

Which statement captures the Western perspective on Rudyard Kipling’s “white man’s burden”?

Europeans had a duty to civilize non-European people

explores the human capacity for evil

characteristic of Realism Literature

reflecting life of everyday people

When did Romanticism come about?

around the middle-late of the 18th century

Who were some Modernism authors?

T.S.Eliot, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf

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who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Villion
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Marlowe
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Realism literature DID NOT
capture everyday life
see poverty as irrelevant
focus on the effects of the Industrial Revolution
have complex, believeable characters
3
name 1 romantic writers
herman melville
edgar allan poe
henry wadsworth longfellow
4
Gothic Literature.
William Makepeace
Bronte Sisters
Thomas Hardy
George Eliot
5
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Rose
TPAC
The Apollo
The Globe
6
The 17th century literature was characterised by...
the expansion of religious and didactic books.
the arrival of Scifi books.
the spread of books for children.
the appearance of liberal books.
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In Modernism, authors _________.
experimented with new techniques
used logic and reason
used Biblical allusions
used traditional styles
8
What was part of 18th-century literature?
Elizabethan Literature
Victorian Literature
Jacobean Literature
Age of Sensibility
9
Who is one of the characters of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol'?
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickleby
Scrooge
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Gothic literature
Modernism
Realism
Enlightenment
Romanticism
11
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
15
24
37
12
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By which Shakespearean play is The Lion King influenced?
Richard III
Hamlet
MacBeth
King Lear
13
Modernism authors...
...presented an optimistic picture of society in ruin.
...presented an optimistic picture of society in growth.
...presented a pessimistic picture of society in technology.
...presented a pessimistic picture of society in decay.
14
Modernism Authors?
Bradstreet and Thoreau and Fitzgerald
Hemingway and Porter and Fitzgerald
Poe and Hawthorne and Porter
15
Which is the odd-one-out about the 18th century literature?
revolutionary ideas
crime stories
ideas of the Enlightenment
political events
16
Why did Romanticism appear?
technological contribution
Russian Revolution
revolt against the rationalism of the Enlightenment period
publication of Theory of Evolution
17
Why did Gothic literature use Gothic architecture as its backdrop?
The buildings are old, large & dark, which elicits fear
The buildings are old, large & dark, which elicits beauty
All of the above
The buildings are old, large & dark, which elicits comedy
18
Literature: Who wrote the book "The Jungle Book"?
Rudyard Kipling
Enid Blyton
Walt Disney
Roald Dahl
19
What were the main characteristics of Romanticism?
presence of warm colors in visual art.
return to the classical ideology of art.
artistic emphasis on intuition, imagination and feeling
absence of using any technological developments.
20
How are women often portrayed in Gothic literature?
comic and pathetic
weak and in need of rescuing.
Strong and powerful
dangerous seductresses
21
Who are 3 Romantic authors?
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE, Ralph Waldo EMERSON, & Henry David THOREAU
Walt WHITMAN, Washington IRVING, & Stephen KING
Washington IRVING, Edgar Allan POE, & Emily DICKENSON
John SMITH, Abigail ADAMS, & Edgar Allan POE
22
Modernism included authors
All answers
using bold experimentation
using a variety of voices within literature
rejecting traditional themes, subjects, and styles
23
William Shakespeare's tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from opposing families is still adapted on stage and film.
Macbeth
The Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
24
Gothic authors include:
Edgar Allen Poe
Nathanial Hawthorne
All of the above
Mary Shelley
25
Realism literature portrays:
life as dark as possible
life as interesting as possible
life as truthfully as possible
life as idealistic as possible
26
Important authors of British modernism are:
William Bradford and Benjamin Franklin
Charles Dickens and Robert Browning
Charlotte and Emily Brontë
James Joyce and Virginia Woolf
27
Surrealism is based on Sigmund Freud's theories on:
A person's actions
Creativity
The ability to draw
Dreams
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Which statement captures the Western perspective on Rudyard Kipling’s “white man’s burden”?
Europeans must protect existing African and Asian economies
Europeans suffered in exploring new trade routes to Asia
Europeans had a duty to civilize non-European people
Europeans should keep traditional cultures in Africa & Asia
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Which of these is NOT a gothic text ?
Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde
Jane Eyre
The Castle of Otranto
Frankenstein
30
The 18^thcentury's literature is characterised by
rise of poetry
rise of novel
rise of drama
rise of sonnet
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What name is often given to the 19th Century
the time of need
the age of reason
the Victorian era
the period of change
32
Which one of these was not written by Dickens
David Copperfield
The jungle book
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
33
Gothic Literature
explores the human capacity for evil
represents social conditions as they are, no idealization
philosophy says truth found in intuition over reason
attitude toward nature and humanity emphasizing freedom
34
Literature: Who wrote the famous poem "The Raven"?
Robert Frost
Edgar Allan Poe
W.B. Yeats
John Keats
35
What is the opposite of Romanticism?
Bohemianism
Classicism
Expressionism
Nationalism
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characteristic of Realism Literature
Uses myths to explain things in the world
fairy tales
nonfiction text and speeches
reflecting life of everyday people
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Virginia Woolf
A room of One's Own
The Hours
Portrait of Mabel Dodge
Lady Windermer's Fan
38
Realism appeared ...
just after romanticism
between romanticism and the gothic
just before romanticism
between classicism and romanticism
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When did Romanticism come about?
in the high middle ages
around the middle-late of the 18th century
beginning of 20th century
during late 19th century
40
LITERATURE. Who wrote Dracula?
Sam Beckett
James Joyce
Bram Stocker
Roald Dahl
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Realism literature is based on...?
Drama
Fantasy
Imagination
Real life struggles
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Who were some Modernism authors?
Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King
T.S.Eliot, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf
Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Henry
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson

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