Literature MCQ

1. The canterbury tales can be described as _____. select all that apply.

2. Judge danforth becomes more suspicious of john proctor when _____.

3. The canterbury tales were mostly written in ________ form.

4. In the poem "exile" by julia alvarez, the author and the speaker of the poem both fled __________.

5. In the final scene of fat pig, helen __________________.

6. In fat pig, carter describes his mother as ___________.

7. In dr. mitchells lecture, he calls __________ tragedy the most extreme form of tragedy?

8. In an irish airman foresees his death the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by ________

9. In addressing the west wind, shelley used the literary technique of _____.

10. In his poems, wordsworths principle object was to _____. select all that apply.

11. In the exposition of the poem "exile" by julia alvarez, the foreshadowing hints that __________.

12. In the exposition of "exile" by julia alvarez, we discover that the __________.

13. In hard times, charles dickens uses names for all of the following reasons except _____.

14. In nectar in a sieve, rukmani's family belongs to the _____ caste.

15. The efforts of the womens christian temperance union eventually led to _____.

16. Pilgrim's progress is about a man _____.

17. The best prose style for a realistic novel is _____.

18. Wiesel feels that _____ is a worse emotion than hate or anger.

19. A poem or song that tells the story of a hero's adventure is called a(n) ____?

20. Tone in literary nonfiction refers to __________.

21. _____ characterized the work of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood.

22. Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at macy's symbolizes __________.

23. The structure of the poem tattoo by gregg shapiro can be described best as __________.

24. Tattoo by gregg shapiro is a __________ take on __________.

25. Hamlets interaction with _____ provides some comic relief in act v, scene ii.

26. Hamlet acts similarly to claudius in the way he treats _____.

27. The narrator of the frame story in "the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county" is _____.

28. Chopin uses irony to show _____.

29. The underlying meaning, or universal truth, found in a story is the storys __________.

30. The _______ definition of gloomy is dismal or depressing.

31. The purpose of a dewey decimal brainstorm is to _____.

32. A kenning for the word sun might be _____

33. The narrator opens the prologue with a tribute to _____.

34. Research suggests that subjective well-being is fostered by keeping a(n) ________ journal.

35. Elizabeth barrett browning is best known for her _____.

36. The hunter snuck up on the ____

37. World literature texts reveal information about the particular ______________ from which they come.

38. World literature texts come from a variety of ___________.

39. The subtext of their eyes were watching god is revealed through the use of _____.

40. The originator of transformational grammar was _____.

41. In a shakespearean sonnet, the first quatrain is usually composed of _____.

42. According to aristotle, thought is the __________.

43. According to aristotle, the events of a tragedy are connected through __________.

44. According to aristotle, the arrangement of the incidents refers to __________.

45. Ta-nehisi coates is known for ______.

46. Literary works like equianos autobiography were helpful in promoting _____.

47. Greek tragedy grew out of festivals honoring __________.

48. Coherence in a nonfiction writing means that it _____

49. Chinua achebe is considered by some to be __________.

50. Freud proposed that the __________ acts as a moral code or conscience.

51. An in-text citation is ________________________________________.

52. The ________ is the entire interwoven mass of one multicellular fungal organism.

53. This version of grendel is more ________ than the version in john gardners novel.

54. A(n) __________ learner would benefit most from using all their senses in learning.

55. The three characteristics of a sonnet are: _____.

56. The narrator of the frame story in the canterbury tales is __________________.

57. Written communication involves the exchange of information between a sender and a ______.

58. When writing an effective essay, using credible information ________________ for the report.

59. When writing a compare/contrast essay, the first step is to ______________.

60. When revising for writers word choice, you should concentrate on _____.

61. Understanding the culture from which a story comes _______________.

62. The reading audience for the american crisis was mainly _____.

63. The purpose of williamss a key into the language of america was _____.

64. The purpose of the reporters formula is to _____.

65. The last video on greek tragedy makes an argument against aristotles idea of ___.

66. Shelley wanted the wind to _____. select all that apply.

67. According to aristotle, the goal of the tragic playwright is to __________.

68. The narrator joins the group of pilgrims as a result of _____.

69. Some consider chinua achebe the __________ of african literature.

70. The section of the sonnet that sets the theme is called the _____.

71. The witches dance wildly around their caldron in a ____ frenzy.

72. Oedipus speaks of _____ as seer and student of mysteries.

73. The narrators __________ voice is mainly due to the use of __________.

74. The victorian era's most prevalent contrast was between _____.

75. A narrator that uses ______________________ point of view could be nicknamed a

76. A literary work's theme can often be stated in a sentence as __________.

77. The poet who wrote "birches" was _____.

78. In the weighted point evaluation method, the product that is usually selected is the one with ____.

79. The greek term anagnorisis refers to the __________.

80. Creons tragic flaw is __________.

81. Pontificating is ________.

82. According to poe, there is a radical error in the __________.

83. A metagoal refers to _____.

84. When revising the overall structure of your essay, you should _____.

85. ?tone? refers to the __________.

86. The stage of plot that comes directly after exposition is called _____

87. All of these types of figurative language appear in the excerpt above except __________.

88. All of the following information should be researched before a job interview except _____.

89. Elements of tone include _____.

90. When editing your essay for verb tense, it is important to _____.

91. The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.

92. The structure of "ballad of birmingham" by dudley randall is described best as __________.

93. The quality of making writing short and unified is called _____.

94. The greek term "peripeteia" refers to the __________.

95. One reason for making a new outline of your work while revising is to _____.

96. In autobiographical writing, the purpose of the exposition is to _____.

97. During the revising stage in the writing process, the author _____.

98. During the drafting stage of the writing process, you _____.

99. Archetypes are useful in literature because __________.

100. In a topical paragraph, each sentence should support the _____.