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