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LITERATL~ FINAL PAPER. Fall 2007

which should be u~ad in

TEST I: Choose the adjectivesjphrases

tne de-:finit.ions or t:.h-efellowing tit.les er 'the

t:.~.t.: whi:en
de~init.iens. (10 point.s)

t-enns. :Lmportant no t.:Lce:

.in
the

some cases you should mark more than one item! Point out

may se-rve as examp-Ies in those

1. Fabliau: parody, sophisticated language, low characters, rude jokes Example: Nun's Priest Tale, The Miller's Tale 2. Revenge tragedy: Senecan drama, madnessl psychomachia EKample: Dr Faus tus 1 Hamlet
ghostsl

3. Mock heroic: parody, Enlightenrnent, violation

of decorum,

heroic subject'
Exarnple: 'l'he Rape of the Lock, Paradise Lost 4. MetaphY7ica1 poetry: conceitl paradox, strong lines, rococo Examples: Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Rape of the Lock 5. Lake Poets: lyrical ballad, emotion recollected in tranquillity, pantheisffi,fascination with Greek myths Bxample: Oaffo<iils, Don Juan'

TEST II: Answer the following questions. (30 points) l. Which of the elements point to Germanie culture in the presentation of Christ in The Dream of the Rood? fr~nt of his thanes Aj Chris~ 1s humiliatedin 8) Christ bravely mounts the cross C} The narration focuses on the suffering of man-Gad D) The narration focuses on Christ's agony and his despair in the mome~t of death ourney through the wildernes s has symbol ic 2. Gawain' s meaning. Which of the statements best suits this meaning? A) Ascension to Heaven 8) Descent into the mythical Land of the Dead or Harrowing of HelI C) passage through the Garden of Eden D) Travel in time

3. Critics

cIaim that Chaucer's

piIgrimage

~is a continuous

and

lively

drama".

This

statement,

Hhich indicates

moveme-nt and

change, points to the most important difference between \-/hich serV'ed as a so-urce Can terbuJ:Y Tales and Lhe Decameron, of Chaucer's frame narrative. Which of the foLlowing statements cannot be used in relatioll: to both texts? A) Both narratives are set in the time ot the Great PIague

B) In both
entertain
e)
DJ

texts frame

characters narratives

in

the

frame

narrative

dec ide

to

themselves

by telling stories

Bcth

introcluce

characters

from different

socia1 background Beth texts are collections

or chivalrie

romances.

4. Which character love? A) The Squire

BJ Wifeof Bath

in Canterbury

Tales wears

a brooch

praising

C) The prioress DJ The Pardoner

5. Which

vice is the reason

for the cock's

tragi c adventure

in

The Nun~5 Pries't

A) Sloth B) Pride Cr Avaric
DJ Lech-ery

Tale?

6. Which ot bib1ica1 episodes is al1uded to in C1audius r s eKplanations ot his brother' s death {William Shakespaeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet)? A) Judas's betrayal B) David's crime C} Original Sin and tne crime ot Cain D} The conspiracy ot the Pharisees

7. Which of the fo11owing e1ements was a distinctive1y Renaissance feature of The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus? A) The Presentation of Seven Oead1y Sins Bl Faustus's knowledge of the subjects arranged according the curricula ot trivium and quadrivium

to

C) The concpt

ot psychomachia
of human nature

D) The Calvinist stress on the corruption wounded by Original Sin

8. One critic wrote: "In rv1arloHe' s plays space is transformed into an abstraction. This is the voice ot conques tI but it i5 also the voice of wants never finished and desires never fulfilled." what is Faustus's greatest desire? t:o travel around the world and ~ure alI diseases Al to ) ) conquer West and East Indias and find gol den fleece be as pO'r-rerful as JO~le l~il10 reigns on high visit Rome and humiliate the pope

9. Why does Faustus abandon tne study ot theology? A) Because this discipline does not provide any knowledge about the lliaterialworld B) Because he does not believe in God Cj Because he 1s not afraidof Hell D) Because trom the theological doctrine about the universality of sin and the consequent necessity of death he draws the conclusion about the inevitability ot eternal
death, i.e. damflatiofi

Who helps Hamlet watch the behaviour of the the performance ot the play-within-play? A) Ophelia
Bj Laert.es

10.

king

during

e) Horatio

Dl Rose-ncrantz

and Gliildenstern

11.
A} B) Cj D} as as as as

How does Donne portray the parting ot two lovers in the opening stanza of his poem, )'Valediction Forbidding Mourning/l? a tragic death of a young man the breaking of stiff twin lcompasses a calm creath ot a virtuolis man the change ot the moon

12. A) B) C) D)

What is the chief topie of the First Book of John Mil ton' s Paradise Lost? Creation ot the world, which is compared to Godr s victory over the pOHers of Chaos Creation of manI which is compared to the creation of iitans The description of Satan's defeated armYI which looks like tallen leaves and locust Conspiracy of the fallen angels against God, who plan to start war against God

13.
O

Whieh eharaeter in Paradise Lost gives definition ot the Earth in Book Nine:

the

tollowing

Earth,

hov! like

to Heaven, if not preferred

More justly,

seat worthier of gods, as built

h'ith seeond Terrestrial

AJ Adam

thoughts, reforming y,!ha t ivas oid! Heaven, danced round by other Heavens

B) Eve e) Raphael D) Sstan "I nOH rrust change those notes to tragic" says ot Book Nine. Wha t is the a t the beginning feature in the narrative of this Book? A) Satan tights Hith Adam 14. the poet ragier!

"t

BJ Sutan

CJ The changes because ot their tali D) Adam and Eve quarrel with the gods and blame their sutfering on them 15. Which ot the to11owing literary epochs can be associated with Alexander's Pope's mock heroic verse The Rape of the

fights tortune

with Raphael ot the protagonists'

Lock?
A) El C) Dl 16. A) Bl C)
Dl

Renaissance Baroque The Augustan

Age

Pre-romafltic!srn

What view served as a stimulus tor poem "I wondered lonely as a clou&'? Clouds driven by the wind Stars on the Milky Way Daftodils growing in the poet~s garden Flowers growing by the lake The phrase: "destroyer and

writing

Wordsworth's

17.

preserver/f in

Shelley' s

poem

"Ode to the West Wind"

does not

de-note:

A) The peaceful hope tor the Christian resurrection ot the dead at the end of the world B) The hope that the spirit ot history will bring some change in conservative European politics atter the Congress in Vlenna ej The regenerative power ot nature, which is an example to follow DJ Praise ot revolutions which may bring some hope for the future by destroying tyrannies 18. Which Christian myth is alluded to in Shelley's AJ Creation of the world Bl The Flood poem?

C) The FalI ot the Angels O} The Apocalypse 19. Which object ot art, apart trom the portrait ot the Duchess, draws our attention in the gallery of the Duke of Ferrara, described in Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" Aj His portrait with wild horses B} the sculpture ot Neptune taming sea-horses C) The sculpture ot Neptune with the D6rmaids Dl The portrait of the duchess's children playing with the ffierffiaids 2O. whom does the cri tic calI the "wretched protagoni s tT! the following analysis of Great Expeceations? ln

the doubts and vanities oE the wretched protagonist as he walks down the street in his new gentlemanly clothes/ the clothes of which he is 50 proud and sa dshamed.
F.}

Dickens

has achieved

admirably

the

description

of

Joe

B) Pip CJ Mr Wopsle D} Magwitch 21. Which character in Great fol1owing manner?t

Expectations

is described

in the

He was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his sw.ooth face, and with eyes oE such an un-decided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their Ov-Tnwhi tes.

He

l<laS

mild,

good-natured,
- a sort of

sweet-tempered,
Hercules in

easy-going,

foolish/ dear fellow also in weakness

AJ Phillip Pirrip B} Pip's father C} Mr Gargery Dl Mr Jagg-ers 22. A} B} C) D)

strength/

and

Which of the following terms cannot be used to Dickens's novel Great Expectations? Gothic settings Buildungsroman Crime Fiction Omniscient Narrator

in relation

23. Which of the following aspects ot Victorian culture is suggested by the narrator ot Great Expectations in his description ot the ruthless environment which serves as a background for universal struggle for existence? A} Social Oarwinism B) Chartism C} Utopian Socialism DJ The Oxford Movement

lifting one arm from the elbo"" 50 tha t with his legs foldBd before him, he had the pose of medi ta ting Buddha ... ( Joseph Conrad, Heart of DarknessJ. Whom dees t:he 'f1a:n.:at:Of introduce
the palmof the hand autr,/ards
T T

24.

"lIind//,

he began

again,

in this
AJ E) C)

vIay?

Kurt z Tne Director

of tne Company

D)

Chief

ot the Inner

Station

25. Who asks Marlaw about Kurtz's last words? A) The two women from the Company's Office B) Kurtz's fiancee C) Marlow's aunt Dl The s-ailors ',.;ho listen to his story 26.
p.~J

When does Marlaw begin to tell his story?

at dm-m:

B) in the evening eJ at noon Dl at midnight 27. what is signified by the hero's name: Dedalus in A

Portr.ait
AJ

of the Artist

.as a Young Man?

of

The artistrs desire to rebel against alI authorities Bt 8tephen's high respect for Christianity,which was part the Irish national identity Cl The artist's duty to support the national Gause D) The artistrs desire to escape from the labyrinths of various obligations 28. What is the meaning spiritual revelation E) great joy C} inner unde-rstanding D} sudden grief
Al

of "epiphany"?

29. What do we calI the device employed in T.S. Eliot poetry, hased on the concept of 'unified sensibility! for which he praised the Metaphysical poets? Al paradox BJ hyperbole Cl objective correlative D) internal monologue 30. Which philosophical AJ Existentialism E) Marxism CJ Phenoffie-nology DJ Deconstruction movement influenced Beckett's drama?