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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

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

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

3. The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?

   A. Dramatic and dark
   B. Ironic and satirical
   C. Strange and haunting
   D. Humorless and stark

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” and David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” are similar in what way ?

   A. Their belief in necessary violence.
   B. Their belief that women should have equal rights.
   C. Their appeals to Christians.
   D. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves.

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

   A. Grandeur Thought
   B. Genuine Emotion
   C. Impassioned Utterance
   D. Splendour Style

   Submitted by: Shah Jahan

9. While in exile, how did Dante’s opinions about monarchy shift ?

   A. He came to prefer the idea of an enlightened emperor.
   B. He decided that only a dictator should be in power.
   C. He decided that only the Catholic Church should be in power.
   D. He came to the realization that all emperors are unjust.

10. How did ideas about the spread of the British Empire start to shift in the Victorian Period ?

    A. Competition between European rivals forced the British to find new trading partners.
    B. Colonizers were no longer necessarily interested in reforming indigenous populations.
    C. People found ways to justify expansion by claiming national superiority.
    D. All of these answers