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Abeka English Literature Test 12
Abeka English Literature Test 12
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Created the Byronic Hero
George Gordon, Lord Byron
William Shakespeare
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a classic love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life
metaphor
sonnet
pastoral
madrigal
3
The theme of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
man's need for rest
The love which should bind all created things together
irony of fame and glory
4
In 1984, what is the term that means "the power of holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously..."
crime police
update
doublethink
5
"The best laid schemes of mice and men..."
To a Louse
The Deserted Village
In Memoriam
To a Mouse
6
"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
In Memoriam
The Deserted Village
Ode to the West Wind
Ode to a Grecian Urn
7
About what did Thomas Hardy write "The Convergence of the Twain"?
his deceased wife
The Royal Family
his "friend"
The Titanic
8
What is the best known morality play?
Paradise Lost
Beowulf
Everyman
9
Who wrote "My Last Duchess"?
John Newton
Robert Browning
William Butler Yeats
Robert Burns
10
What is the name of the infallible and all-powerful leader of Oceanic society in Nineteen Eighty-four?
Erudite
Big Brother
The Capitol
Oceania
11
Who wrote "Amazing Grace"?
John Newton
Robert Browning
Robert Burns
William Butler Yeats
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Who wrote "The Hollow Men"?
Rupert Brooke
W. H. Auden
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Carlyle
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Who wrote the
Screwtape Letters
?
P.T. Barnum
C.S. Lewis
C.C. Sabathia
T.S. Eliot
14
a speech by one character alone
soliloquy
pastoral
solo
couplet
15
What poem describes the sinking of the
Titanic?
Adam's Curse
Now the Day Is Over
The Covergence of the Twain
Sailing to Byzantium
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"Water, water, everywhere..."
The Deserted Village
Ode to a Grecian Urn
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
In Memoriam
17
"If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"
Ode to the West Wind
In Memoriam
Ode to a Grecian Urn
The Deserted Village
18
a play that ends happily
theme
couplet
comedy
plot
19
In Morte Darthur, which time did Sir Bedivere actually throw Exalibur into the lake?
first
third
four
second
20
For how many years of earthly glory did Dr. Faustus sell his soul?
14
20
50
24
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In "The Pilgrim's Progress," what symbolized assurance of salvation?
a feather
sealed roll
22
Who wrote "His Last Bow"?
Joseph Conrad
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Robert Burns
E. Nesbit
23
Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?
Charles Dickens
Johnathan Swift
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
John Bunyan
24
Identify the work the quote is from: "Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd..."
The Second Coming
The Unkown Citizen
Journey of the Magi
To an Athlete Dying Young
25
Who wrote Pygmalion?
George Bernard Shaw
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Henry Higgins
Shakespeare
26
Name the period: John Milton
Romantic Age
Victorian Era
Medieval Period
Age of the Puritans
27
Who wrote "Robinson Crusoe"?
Daniel Defoe
John Keats
Jane Austen
John Foxe
28
Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
John Keats
John Foxe
Daniel Defoe
Jane Austen
29
The theme of "The Deserted Village"
the love of money is the root of all evil
justifying the ways of God to men
times of lament are no more
permanence in a world of change satisfied through art
30
From Macbeth, who had a sleepwalking problem?
Lady Macduff
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
31
Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
32
What is the greatest epic in the English language?
Beowulf
Everyman
Paradise Lost
33
Name the period: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
20th Century
Restoration and the 18th Century
Romantic Age
Elizabethan Period
34
the belief that God dwells in nature
pantheism
pastoral
metaphor
35
Who wrote "Idylls of the King"?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Johnathan Swift
Charles Dickens
John Bunyan
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To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home
The Convergance of Twain
To an Athlete Dying Young
The Second Coming
Journey of the Magi
37
The theme of "The Pulley"
The love which should bind all created things together
irony of fame and glory
man's need for rest
38
Name the period: The Faerie Queene
Elizabethan Period
20th Century
Anglo-Saxon Period
Medieval Period
39
Who directed Christian to the Wicket Gate?
Pastor
Evangelist
Preacher
40
metaphorical, compound words or phrases used in Anglo-Saxon poetry
madrigal
pastoral
kenning
satire
41
"Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, where wealth accumulates and men decay."
In Memoriam
The Deserted Village
Ode to a Grecian Urn
Ode to the West Wind
42
the ridicule of human folly
plot
comedy
theme
satire
43
What poets idealized the beauties of nature in the tradition of Wordsworth?
Naturalist
Georgians
Victorians
44
The theme of "The Pardoner's Tale"
times of lament are no more
permanence in a world of change satisfied through art
justifying the ways of GOd to men
the love of money is the root of all evil
45
Who is considered the world's supreme poet of nature?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
John Milton
William Wordsworth
William Shakespeare
46
Who wrote "Macbeth"?
John Milton
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
47
the central idea of a work
theme
plot
48
Name the period: age of prose
Victorian Era
Medieval Period
Romantic Age
Age of the Puritans
49
What character is told that his children will be kings?
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
Macbeth
Banquo
50
What work is Hannah Jolliver from?
The Lagoon
Pygmalion
David Copperfield
Tony-Kytes, the Arch-deceiver
51
Who wrote "The Lagoon"?
Robert Burns
Joseph Conrad
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
E. Nesbit
52
In Robinson Crusoe, what caused Crusoe to ask for God's help?
lack of sleep
sickness
hunger
depression
53
a popular Elizabethan love song with voice parts woven together
sonnet
madrigal
pastoral
54
Who was the first popular Victorian novelist
George Eliot
Charles Dickens
William Thackery
55
Name the period: William Wordsworth
Romantic Age
Medieval Period
Age of the Puritans
Victorian Era
56
What novel form became the most significant form from the Victorian Era?
Novel of purpose
Adventure novel
Gothic novel
Novel of manners
57
In Pygmalion, why did Eliza Doolittle come to Higgins?
To change her speech
To collect money
To deliver a message
To change her occupation
58
Name the period: Robinson Crusoe
Elizabethan Period
Medieval Period
20th Century
Restoration and the 18th Century
59
Who wrote "The Second Coming"?
John Newton
William Butler Yeats
Robert Browning
Robert Burns
60
Who is the author of 1984?
Mark Twain
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair
Charles Dickens
61
Name the period: the pearl poet
Medieval Period
Age of the Puritans
Romantic Age
Victorian Era
62
Who is the recipient of letters written by his uncle-demon Screwtape in
The Screwtape Letters?
Moody
Prongs
Wormwood
Padfoot
63
speeches between two or more characters in a play
dialogue
soliloquy
monologue
64
What is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem?
Everyman
Beowulf
Paradise Lost
65
an elaborate comparison of two things which superficially have little in common
conceit
satire
simile
metaphor
66
In "His Last Bow," what country was Von Bork collecting info from?
England
Germany
67
Who was the first popular Victorian novelist
George Eliot
William Thackery
Charles Dickens
68
What poem describes a rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem?
The Treasury of David
“The Second Coming”
With My Heary Is Laden
“Journey of the Magi”
69
Who wrote "David Copperfield"?
John Bunyan
Charles Dickens
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Johnathan Swift
70
the physical background of the work
theme
plot
setting
71
Whom does the white man visit in "The Lagoon"?
The Ruler
Tuan
Arsat
His brother
72
Name the period: scop
20th Century
Anglo-Saxon Period
Elizabethan Period
Medieval Period
73
What poem is a tribute to the average modern man?
“The Soldier”
“To an Athlete Dying Young”
“Under Ben Bulben”
“The Unknown Citizen”
74
Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Milton
William Shakespeare
75
What was the first literature of the Anglo-Saxons?
essays
drama
novel
poetry
76
Scotland's greatest poet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
E. Nesbit
Robert Burns
Joseph Conrad
77
Who wrote "The Cotter's Saturday Night"?
John Newton
William Butler Yeats
Robert Burns
Robert Browning
78
Name the period: Metaphysical Conceit
Victorian Era
Age of the Puritans
Medieval Period
Romantic Age
79
The theme of "Paradise Lost"
permanence in a world of change satisfied through art
times of lament are no more
the love of money is the root of all evil
justifying the ways of God to men
80
What literary genre reached its peak during the Elizabethan period?
drama
novel
poetry
essays
81
Who wrote "The Unknown Citizen"?
this is not an actual poem
it is unknown
W.H. Auden
Waka Flocka
82
The Victorian Era was known as the great age of what genre?
sports
prose
drama
poetry
83
The theme of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
the love of money is the root of all evil
justifying the ways of GOd to men
permanence in a world of change satisfied through art
times of lament are no more
84
The theme of "To an Athlete Dying Young"
man's need for rest
irony of fame and glory
The love which should bind all created things together
85
In Pygmalion, who teaches Eliza?
Mr. Murdstone
Mr. Pickering
Professor Higgins
Dr. Dolittle
86
Name the period: Pygmalion
Anglo-Saxon Period
Elizabethan Period
20th Century
Medieval Period
87
What work is Unity Sallet from?
Tony-Kytes, the Arch-deceiver
David Copperfield
The Lagoon
Pygmalion
88
Who wrote "The Book of Martyrs"?
John Foxe
John Keats
Daniel Defoe
Jane Austen
89
Which work talks about how wars come and go, but men still go on with their business?
In Time of The Breaking of Nations
Under Ben Bulben
The Treasury of David
To an Athlete Dying Young
90
a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter
metaphor
sonnet
pastoral
madrigal
91
The theme of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
memorial to the obscure, humble
justifying the ways of God to men
the love of money is the root of all evil
times of lament are no more
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a hero in conflict with another character
protagonist
antagonist
byronic hero
93
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
Ode to a Grecian Urn
The Deserted Village
In Memoriam
Ode to the West Wind
94
Who wrote "When I Have Fears"?
Daniel Defoe
Jane Austen
John Foxe
John Keats
95
two rhyming lines which express a complete thought
couplet
sonnet
96
Who is haunted by the memory of the death of his brother in "The Lagoon"?
Beowulf
Arsat
Everyman
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Who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress"?
Johnathan Swift
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Charles Dickens
John Bunyan
