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151. 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

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

B. sonnet

C. ballad

D. epic

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

B. alliteration

C. rhyme

D. none of the above

156. From whom does Stephen borrow his idea of clarity ?
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A. Ezra Pound

B. Augusta Gregory

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Thomas Aquinas
158. According to Randy Hofbauer, what is/are the purpose(s) of the epiphany ?
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A. it prepares Stephen to accept his artistic rebirth

B. it helps Stephen to decide to join the Catholic church

C. it ends Stephens period of enlightenment

D. it enables Stephen to say in Ireland forever

159. In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ?
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A. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult

B. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus

C. he refers to the mythical Daedalus

D. he refers to the Oedipal myth

160. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what ?
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A. Architect

B. Dramatist

C. Politician

D. Novelist
161. In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ?
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A. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie

B. The Teares of the Muses

C. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale

D. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay

162. Who wrote the poems, On death and Women, Wine, and Snuff ?
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A. John Keats

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Milton

D. P.B Shelley

163. Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as_______________?
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A. The father of English literature

B. The father of English language

C. The reformer of English language

D. The poet of English language

164. In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique style does Joyce use ?
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A. vowel shift

B. chiasmus

C. stream of consciousness

D. acatalectic

165. In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often compare life ?
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A. a book

B. a newspaper

C. a law

D. a stream
166. Using words or letters to imitate sounds_____________?
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A. onomatopoeia

B. simile

C. alliteration

D. none of the above

167. Sylvia Plath married which English poet ?
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A. Causley

B. Larkin

C. Masefield

D. Hughes
168. Which problem(s) shaped Joyces early home life?
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A. poverty

B. lack of stable work

C. his fathers alcoholism

D. All of the Above
169. Who wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles ?
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A. P D James

B. Arthur Conan Doyle

C. Agatha Christie

D. H Ryder-Haggard

170. According to most critics, what does the circular structure of Finnegans Wake represent ?
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A. unrequited love

B. the unconscious

C. the patterns of birth, life, and death

D. the impossibility of resurrection

171. What is the significance of the words moocow and tuckoo, according to most critics ?
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A. it represents Joyces decision not to use stream of consciousness

B. it emulates an adults intellectual process

C. it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child

D. it represents Joyces shift to more conventional language

173. Applying human qualities to non-human things ?
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A. none of the above

B. alliteration

C. onomatopoeia

D. personification
174. In what context does Joyce use the term amor matris, or motherly love ?
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A. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art

B. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity

C. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships

D. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death

175. How has Stephen Dunn been described in the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ?
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A. Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness

B. One of the leading prairie poets

C. A poet of middleness

D. Has some distinction as a critic

177. A poem that generally has meter and rhyme______________?
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A. free verse

B. none of the above

C. narrative

D. lyric
179. In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story ?
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A. Virgils The Aeneid

B. Sophocless Antigone

C. Homers The Odyssey

D. Homers The Iliad

180. Harold Nicholson described which poet as Very yellow and glum. Perfect manners ?
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A. John Greenleaf Whittier

B. Walt Whitman

C. T. S. Elliot

D. e. e. Cummings

181. In Ulysses, which character best exemplifies anti-Semitism ?
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A. Gabriel Conroy

B. Molly Ivors

C. Mr. Deasy

D. Leopold Bloom

182. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ?
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A. A simile is more descriptive.

B. A simile must use animals in the comparison.

C. No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

D. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesnt.
183. How does Queen Gertrude die ?
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A. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.

B. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlets cup.

C. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

D. Drowns in the river outside the castle.

184. Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. All of the Above

B. the movement of time

C. married relationships

D. dreams

186. What is the earliest surviving European poem ?
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A. The Gilgamesh epic

B. The Homeric epic

C. The Hesiodic ode

D. The Deluge epic

187. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books ?
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A. None of the above

B. Chollttee

C. The Return of Native

D. The Poor Man and the Lady
188. The theme is_____________?
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A. an address

B. an character

C. the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

D. a plot.

189. Who says forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race ?
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A. Molly Bloom

B. Gabriel Conroy

C. says forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race?

D. Leopold Bloom

E. Stephen Dedalus
190. In order to become an artist, what does Stephen Dedalus sacrifice from his life ?
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A. his chance for isolation

B. his ability to flee Ireland

C. his individual consciousness

D. his relationship with his family and friends
192. In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc ?
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A. adolescence, maturity, childhood

B. childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life

C. childhood, maturity, adolescence

D. childhood, adolescence, maturity

193. Which Welsh poet wrote Under Milk Wood ?
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A. Richard Burton

B. Anthony Hopkins

C. Tom Jones

D. Dylan Thomas
194. Please identify the text from which then must any what you like in the power of empthoo comes ?
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A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. Finnegans Wake

C. Araby

D. The Dead

195. Which is an exaggeration ?
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A. Hyperbole

B. Haiku

C. Prose

D. Alliteration

197. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry ?
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A. alliteration

B. meter

C. none of the above

D. rhyme scheme

200. In A Portrait of the Artist, how is the artist represented ?
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A. All of the Above

B. as a family member

C. as a romantic hero

D. as a friend