1601. Which of the following best defines the heroic couplet ?
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A. Two characters who act as foils in a comedy of manners

B. The concluding lines of any poem

C. Two lines of rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter

D. Two characters in an epic who are romantically involved

1602. Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossettis poem Goblin Market ?
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A. All of these answers

B. The dangers of sensuality to women

C. The links between sexuality and economics

D. The importance of sisterly bonds

1603. The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
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A. Medieval

B. Romantic

C. Victorian

D. Elizabethan

1604. Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)?
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A. Sir Walter Raleigh

B. John Foxe

C. John Lyly

D. Sir Thomas More

1605. The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event ?
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A. French Revolution

B. Seven Years War

C. Glorious Revolution

D. Restoration

1606. Which queen of England attended a number of William Shakespeares play ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth I

B. Queen Elizabeth II

C. Queen Anne

D. Both A and B

1607. Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel ?
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A. Suspense

B. Picaresque

C. Horror

D. The sublime

1608. Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
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A. John Lyly

B. John Locke

C. John Milton

D. John Foxe
1609. Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ?
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A. Roman Catholic

B. Buddhist

C. Protestant

D. Anglican

1610. King Henry VIII adopted what religion ?
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A. Protestantism

B. Catholicism

C. Buddhism

D. Roman Catholicism

1611. Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the . revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in Astrophil and Stella. ?
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A. Romantic

B. Victorian

C. Medieval

D. None of the above

1612. Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize Jane Eyres relationship to other literary works ?
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A. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre can be read as a bildungsroman.

B. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre addresses the power of wealth and class.

C. Like Dover Beach, Jane Eyre mourns the diminishing power of Christian faith.

D. Through Rochester, Jane Eyre develops a Byronic hero.

1613. What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ?
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A. Sir Thomas More

B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. Thomas Wyatt

D. Sir Philip Sidney

1614. In his essay What Is an Author? what position(s) on authorship does Michel Foucault take ?
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A. All of the above.

B. The author may not always exist.

C. The author is not a source of infinite meaning.

D. The names of authors serve a classificatory function.

1615. What is dialectical materialism ?
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A. A form of literary criticism based on linguistic analysis

B. A form of literary criticism that is based on historical context

C. A term related to gender theory that argues that men are dominant in society by virtue of their economic privilege

D. A form of literary criticism that does not incorporate economic concerns

1616. Samuel Johnsons Dictionary of the English Language most reflects an 18thcentury interest in which of the following ?
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A. Linguistic indeterminacy

B. Classification, order, and judgment

C. Subjective experience

D. Romantic origins

1617. How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ?
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A. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.

B. New Historicism is interested in how texts help us understand economic realities.

C. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and nonliterary texts.

D. All of the above.
1618. Robinson Crusoes isolation on a deserted island allows Defoe to explore his development in which of the following ways ?
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A. His relationship to God and Christianity

B. His understanding of the basis of economics

C. His ability to identify with the slaves he has sold

D. Both A and B
1619. Trauma theory primarily developed out of the work of which psychoanalyst ?
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A. Carl Jung

B. Michel Foucault

C. Sigmund Freud

D. Jacques Derrida

1620. What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?
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A. Sir Walter Raleigh

B. Sir Thomas More

C. John Foxe

D. John Lyly

1621. Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ?
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A. The Prelude

B. Canterbury Tales

C. Paradise Lost

D. The Faerie Queen
1622. Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victorias moral crusade ?
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A. Members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths should be excluded from public office.

B. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned.

C. Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work.

D. There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world.
1623. The opening lines of Charlotte Smiths Beachy Head refer to the speaker reclin[ing] on the stupendous summit of a rock sublime as her Fancy went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?
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A. A call for social and political reform as in some of Shelleys works

B. A nod to the poet as outcast as in some of Byrons poems

C. A focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keatss poems

D. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworths poems
1624. What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write ?
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A. All of the above

B. Romances

C. Tragedies

D. Comedies

1625. According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Miltons Paradise Lost ?
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A. Christ

B. Adam

C. Eve

D. Satan
1626. How does literary theory resemble the practice of philosophy as it was developed by Plato and Aristotle ?
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A. Literary theory relies totally on speculation rather than history.

B. Literary theory is detached from the reality of politics and the economy.

C. Literary theory engages with theoretical rather than real-world issues.

D. Literary theory asks fundamental questions about literary interpretation, and at the same time builds specific systems of literary interpretation.
1627. Complete the following sentence. Keatss idea of negative capability refers to the idea that______________?
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A. the true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas.

B. the poet cannot express anything beyond his own experience.

C. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry.

D. it is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge.

1628. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?
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A. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.

B. There is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature.

C. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.

D. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.

1629. In Characters of Shakespeares Plays, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: We do not like to see our authors plays acted, and least of all, Hamlet. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage ?
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A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the plays use of language.

B. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed.

C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.

D. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic age.

1630. With which theorist is the concept imaginative geography associated ?
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A. Terry Eagleton

B. Julia Kristeva

C. Fredric Jameson

D. Edward Said
1631. Which of the following theorists is associated with formalism ?
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A. Judith Butler

B. Terry Eagleton

C. Cleanth Brooks

D. Viktor Shklovsky
1632. From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of self-regulating systems ?
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A. Julia Kristeva

B. Claude Lvi-Strauss

C. Jacques Derrida

D. Theodor W. Adorno

1633. Which of the following best characterizes Wordsworths attitude towards the French Revolution ?
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A. He favored its democratic impulses but was appalled by its destructive nature.

B. He did not think it concerned him and his relationship to nature.

C. He thought it did not go far enough in granting women rights.

D. He opposed it in favor of supporting the king and the ancien rgime.

1634. Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his _____________ to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy?
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A. The Bible

B. 95 Theses

C. Paradise Lost

D. Piers Plowman

1635. The concept of otherness is related to which of the following theories ?
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A. Feminist theory

B. Postcolonial theory

C. Ethnic criticism

D. All of the above.
1636. How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader ?
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A. The reader is sublimated beneath the author.

B. The reader is less important than the authors context.

C. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an authors intention.

D. The reader is totally subject to the authors intention.

1637. On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his Utopia ?
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A. Riches, jewels, and gold

B. Suicide

C. All of the above

D. Marriage and divorce

1638. How does this quotation from Behns Oroonoko most suggest its status as an early novel: I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poets pleasure. ?
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A. It denies being imagined in favor of claims of realism.

B. It focuses on a royal hero.

C. It focuses on adventures.

D. It connects to poetry.

1639. Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry ?
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A. All of the above

B. The Iliad

C. Paradise Lost

D. The Odyssey

1640. Complete the following sentence. In Popes The Rape of the Lock, elevated language functions primarily to______________?
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A. elicit the sympathy of elite readers

B. set up the parody of the pretensions of the characters and their concerns.

C. reveal the learnedness of the characters.

D. demonstrate the importance of the topic.

1641. In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel ?
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A. It provides access to the heroines innermost reactions.

B. It does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions.

C. It provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action.

D. All of these answers
1642. What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of to teach and delight ?
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A. Sir Thomas More

B. John Lyly

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. Sir Walter Raleigh

1643. Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ?
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A. Doctor Faustus

B. The Jew of Malta

C. Edward II

D. All of the above
1644. Stephen Greenblatts work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ?
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A. Marxism

B. Psychoanalysis

C. Feminism

D. New Historicism
1645. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
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A. Viktor Shklovsky

B. Cleanth Brooks

C. Aristotle

D. Stanley Fish

1646. What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?
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A. Acts and Monuments

B. Paradise Lost

C. Paradise Regained

D. Euphues

1647. Who was King Henry VIIIs first wife ?
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A. Anne Boleyn

B. Mary, Queen of Scots

C. Catherine of Aragon

D. Anne of Cleves

1648. William Shakespeares Hamlet is an example of what dramatic genre ?
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A. Comedy

B. Tragedy

C. Satire

D. Romance

1649. The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?
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A. Terza rima

B. Trochaic trimeter

C. Iambic pentameter

D. Anapestic pentameter

1650. Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the Morning Star of the Reformation.
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A. Johan Gutenberg

B. John Wycliffe

C. John Donne

D. John Dryden