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Introduction to English Literature

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1
Why should you study literature?
To learn which famous author is the best writer.
To learn why one should not use unfamiliar words in writing
To learn how literature was born in the 20th century
To learn the roots of many aspects of present day culture.
2
How is The Lord of the Rings connected to the past?
It was inspired by an earlier poem
It was written in Old English
It was written in 1700
It inspired Shakespeare
3
Which of the following did Shakespeare add to his plays?
Words and phrases he created himself
Quotations from The Lord of the Rings
References to characters of modern literature
Languages of fictional countries
4
Which list puts three literary periods in the correct chronological order?
Renaissance, The Enlightenment, Romanticism
Post-modernism, Modernism, The Medieval Period
Victorian, Modernism, The Enlightenment
Renaissance, Medieval Period, Romanticism
5
Why does it matter what literary period a work is written in?
Most literature responds, at least in part, to contemporary cultural trends
All of these are right.
The time of a work's creation tells us about people who wrote and read it
It makes it easier to compare and contrast texts
6
T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' is a crucial example of which period?
Post-modernism
The Enlightenment
Victorian Period
Modernism