A. lyric
B. free verse
C. narrative
D. none of the above
Related Mcqs:
- One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which one of the following plays of Christopher Marlow tells the story of the disposition of a king by his barons and the Queen ?
A. Doctor Faustus
B. Edward the Second
C. The Massacre at Paris
D. The Jew of Malta - What story tells how Squanto taught the settler to grow corn, procure commodities and fish ?
A. General History of Virginia
B. Puritan Sermons
C. The story of Plymouth Plantation
D. Pride and Prejudice - The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Who write the story “Story Teller” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Grey
D. Saki - The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ?
A. “Canterbury Tales”
B. “The Faerie Queen”
C. “Paradise Lost”
D. “The Prelude” - Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?
A. Trauma theory
B. Ecotheory
C. Game theory
D. Marxist theory - Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem ?
A. Trauma theory
B. Ecotheory
C. Game theory
D. Marxist theory - Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?
A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
C. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene. - Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
A. His political views
B. His will to imaginative freedom
C. His will to sexual freedom
D. Both B and C
