4253. Who wrote Ten Little Niggers ?
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A. Irvine Welsh

B. Agatha Christie

C. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

D. None of above

4255. In which college Edmund Spenser study ?
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A. Corpus Christi

B. Queens College

C. Latin College

D. Pembroke College
4256. How did W. H. Auden describe poetry ?
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A. A game of knowledge

B. The soul exposed

C. An explosion of language

D. An awful way to earn a living

4257. Which best describes the tone at the end of Araby ?
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A. hopeful

B. disappointed

C. joyful

D. satiric

4258. Which represents an example of alliteration ?
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A. Peter Piper Picked Peppers

B. Language Arts

C. A beautiful scenery with music

D. I like music

4259. Which poet invented the concept of the variable foot in poetry ?
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A. Emily Dickinson

B. Robert Frost

C. William Carlos Williams

D. Gerard Manly Hopkins

4262. Which of the following figures of speech are present in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. jokes

B. portmanteaus

C. allusions

D. All of the Above
4263. How does Joyce parallel Leopold and Stephen ?
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A. both are mature

B. both tend to be cheerful

C. both are artists

D. both dislike music

4264. a description that appeals to one of the five senses____________?
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A. personification

B. imagery

C. metaphor

D. none of the above

4265. Which text(s) are referenced in Joyces Ulysses ?
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A. Wildes The Picture of Dorian Grey

B. The Bible

C. Yeats Who Goes with Fergus

D. All of the Above
4268. Carl Sandburg Planked whitefish contains what kind of imagery ?
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A. War

B. Sea scenes

C. Innocent childhood

D. Rural Idyll

4269. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819 ?
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A. Emily Dickinson

B. Paul Dunbar

C. John Greenleaf Whittier

D. Walt Whitman
4270. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds_____________?
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A. alliteration

B. rhyme

C. onomatopoeia

D. none of the above

4271. Which character says he fear[s] those big words that make us so unhappy ?
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A. Leopold Bloom

B. Gabriel Conroy

C. Mr. Deasy

D. Stephen Dedalus
4272. What is a sonnet ?
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A. A poem of twelve lines

B. A poem of eight lines

C. A poem of six lines

D. A poem of fourteen lines
4273. which of these is magnum opus of chaucer ?
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A. House of fame

B. Parliament of fowls

C. The canterbury tales

D. Troilus and criseyde

4274. When did Edmund Spenser die ?
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A. 1632

B. 1589

C. 1621

D. 1599
4278. What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ?
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A. it was considered too conventional for publication

B. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it

C. it was praised by the government and churches

D. it was banned for obscenity
4279. In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use epiphanies ?
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A. they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life

B. they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration

C. All of the Above

D. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance

4280. In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?
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A. The Boarding House

B. An Encounter

C. The Dead

D. Araby

4282. From what source is the title of Finnegans Wake taken ?
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A. a poem by Eliot

B. an ancient epic

C. a poem by Yeats

D. a popular Irish ballad
4283. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse ?
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A. Marvel

B. Betjeman

C. Hughes

D. Larkin

4286. In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel ?
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A. it does not explore a characters internal development

B. it uses experimental language

C. it follows a traditional narrative structure

D. it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life

4288. What is a kunstleroman ?
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A. a novel in which the hero solves a crime

B. a novel that traces womens intellectual developments

C. an artists novel of awakening

D. an artists journey in which he always abandons his art

4289. In 1960 The Colossus was the first book of poems published by which poetess ?
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A. Sylvia Plath

B. Elizabeth Bishop

C. Marianne Moore

D. Laura Jackson

4291. chaucer was imprisoned during_______________?
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A. Black death

B. hundred years war

C. none of the above

D. Peasant revolt

4292. According to Margot Norris, what do Joyces novels imply about civilization ?
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A. that it resolves spiritual crises

B. that it enables fulfillment

C. that it ends paralysis

D. that it depends on repression
4293. Which is an example of a proverb ?
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A. Youre driving me crazy.

B. Get a stake in our business.

C. The snow was white as cotton.

D. You cant have your cake and eat it, too
4296. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is the importance of music ?
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A. it provides a way for Stephen to feel at peace

B. it ties in with Stephens appreciation of language

C. All of the Above

D. it reminds Stephen of his desire to live life to the fullest

4297. In Finnegans Wake, to which text(s) does Joyce make an allusion ?
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A. Vicos La Scienza Nuova

B. the Bible

C. the Book of the Dead

D. All of the Above

4298. Which is not a poetry form ?
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A. tale

B. sonnet

C. ballad

D. epic

4299. The repetition of similar ending sounds_______________?
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A. onomatopoiea

B. alliteration

C. rhyme

D. none of the above