A. Connotation
B. Constitution
C. Convocation
D. Exposition
Related Mcqs:
- This mode of discourse relates a story________________?
A. Fiction
B. Narration
C. Exposition
D. Persuasion - This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone______________?
A. Persuasion
B. Prejudice
C. Promise
D. Promotion - This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses______________?
A. Description
B. Metaphor
C. Persuation
D. Narration - According to Anthony DiMatteo’s “Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: ’Reason of State’ in ’Hamlet’”, how does Shakespeare tend to present political rulers in Hamlet?
A. Shakespeare presents political rulers as flawless, perfect human beings.
B. Shakespeare presents political rulers as often meeting ruinous and violent endings.
C. Shakespeare only presents fictional political rulers and does not explore any political realities.
D. Shakespeare considers all political rulers to be corrupt. - Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea behind Anthony DiMatteo’s essay, “Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: ’Reason of State’ in ’Hamlet’” ?
A. Hamlet is a tragedy focusing on the plight of the early-modern self.
B. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects Shakespeare’s own political circumstances.
C. Hamlet is a tragedy that focuses on the Elizabethan era’s loss of faith in humanity’s ability to govern itself without violence.
D. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects upon enlightened and progressive political systems that developed during Shakespeare’s time. - Which of the following Post-Modern theoreticians explores the contradictions of colonial discourse and the ambivalence that the colonizer feels towards the colonized “other” in works such as “Nation and Narration” ?
A. Linda Hutcheon
B. Homi Bhabha
C. Jacques Derrida
D. Fredric Jameson - How does Lady Macbeth explain her husband’s wild behavior at the banquet ?
A. She tells the guests that Banquo’s ghost is haunting Macbeth.
B. She tells the guests that Macbeth has had too much to drink.
C. She informs the guests that Macbeth is ill.
D. She reveals that Macbeth is overcome with grief over the death of Duncan. - In his Letter to Can Grande, which topic does Dante attempt to explain ?
A. His use of allegory
B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
C. His belief in the infallibility of the popes
D. His interest in medieval cosmology - How do historians explain the increase in the number of troubadours in the Middle Ages ?
A. the public disinterest in popular tales about romance
B. the increased interest in stories written in medieval Latin
C. the decreased public interest in religious stories
D. the French lords’ lack of interest in tales of courtly love - According to Dr. Michael Webster in his essay, “Poetic Modes in the late 19th and early 20th Century,” which of the following is NOT a poetic mode of this time period ?
A. Genteel
B. Symbolist
C. Impressionist
D. Decadent
