A. As a term associated only with religious written literature
B. As a device used to describe the flaws in the oral tradition
C. As a technique that became popular after the invention of the printing press
D. As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following typify the oralformulaic ?
A. The repetition of words
B. The use of epithets with character’s names
C. An episodic structure
D. All of the Above - What is the significance of the phrase protecting the heart from Acrene Wisse ?
A. The phrase refers to anchoresses’ responsibility to defend other Christians.
B. The phrase suggests that women should safeguard their spirituality through total withdrawal from the world.
C. The phrase is considered one of the positive effects of prayer.
D. The phrase involves becoming a nunin order to escape the bad influence of men. - For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of humanity” ?
A. The poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance
B. The falsity of human art as opposed to the immediate truth of nature
C. The failure of the poet when a youth to imagine his future
D. The utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality - From which of the following Italian texts might Tudor courtiers have learned the art of intrigue and the keys to gaining and keeping power ?
A. Castiglione’s \The Courtier\
B. Dante’s \Divine Comedy\
C. Boccaccio’s \Decameron\
D. Machiavelli’s \The Prince\ - The phrase “where the sun is silent” is an example of which poetic device ?
A. Allegory
B. Metonymy
C. Synesthesia
D. Simile - The phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” applies to which poet/critic ?
A. Charles Lamb
B. Joseph Conrad
C. Coleridge
D. Wordsworth - To what does the phrase \the stigma of print\refer ?
A. lead poisoning contracted from handling printer’s ink
B. the brutal punishment for printing without a license
C. the pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible in English
D. the perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive - Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought employed in high-modern literature ?
A. automatic writing
B. confused daze
C. total recall
D. stream of consciousness - Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry ?
A. verdant mead
B. checkered shade
C. simian rivalry
D. shining sword - Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry ?
A. verdant mead
B. checkered shade
C. simian rivalry
D. shining sword
