A. The dream connection between the two sexes
B. A literary genre written mainly in the Anglo-Saxon era
C. The human soul’s tendency towards intimate union with the divine
D. The separation between humanity and divinity
Related Mcqs:
- Which writer(s) is/are associated with mysticism ?
A. Richard Rolle
B. Walter Hilton
C. Julian of Norwich
D. All of the Above - Which text(s) is/are associated with mysticism ?
A. The Canterbury Tales
B. “Revelations of Divine Love”
C. “Book of Hours”
D. The Romance of the Rose - Which of the following best defines caesura ?
A. A pause or break in a line of poetry
B. Giving inanimate objects human qualities
C. A metaphorical compound
D. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile - Which of the following best defines alliterative verse ?
A. A traditional form with repeated consonant sounds
B. An Anglo-Saxon form written in iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes
C. A popular form in the 9th and 10th centuries
D. A form brought to England in the years during the Norman invasion - Which of the following best defines wergild ?
A. Giving inanimate objects human qualities
B. A metaphorical compound
C. A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide
D. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile - Which of the following best defines Middle English ?
A. An early form spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons
B. A filed-down Old English with heavy French influence
C. A unique form of English spoken in Germany
D. A form brought to England by the Scandinavians - Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text - Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic ?
A. Calling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse
B. Suggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs
C. Arguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which of the following statements best defines the poetic form of the villanelle ?
A. A poem that has no rhyme scheme
B. A poem that eulogizes the dead
C. A poem that carries a pattern on two rhymes and offers an alternating refrain
D. A poem that celebrates the life of a cruel person - Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text
