Longinus asserts that nothing contributes more to loftiness of tone in writing than _________?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to Longinus, there are ________principle sources of sublime.

   A. Three
   B. Five
   C. Six
   D. None

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2. How many principal sources of sublimity are there according to Longinus ?

   A. Three
   B. Four
   C. Five
   D. Six

3. According to Longinus, the queen of figures is ___________?

   A. Simile
   B. Hyperbole
   C. Apostrophe
   D. Metaphor
   E. None

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4. Longinus establishes that the most beautiful of meters is __________?

   A. Dactylic Hexameter 
   B. Iambic Pentameter
   C. Torchaic Octameter
   D. None

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5. Which best describes the tone at the end of “Araby ?”

   A. hopeful
   B. disappointed
   C. joyful
   D. satiric

6. The tone of the third stanza of the poem embodies a sense of_____________?

   A. Panic
   B. Pain
   C. Calmness
   D. content

7. The poem by Berryman has a sad and depressed tone about it and it foreshadows the_____________?

   A. fate of the author or how depressed be was
   B. fate and the mindest of the boy
   C. turn of events of the ball
   D. happenings in the poem

8. Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?

   A. snide indifference
   B. biblical reverence
   C. condemning censure
   D. satirical derision

9. What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet______________?

   A. Octave
   B. Volta
   C. Iambic Pentameter
   D. Petrarchan

10. In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?

    A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
    B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
    C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
    D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this