Summative Quiz in Survey of English-

American Literature
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How many characters die during the course of the play? *
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a. Two
b. Five
c. Seven
d. Eight
 
 
Which of the following is not true about Malowe’s poem? *
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a. The woman in the poem sees love through material things

 
b. The passionate shepherd is a poem of seduction
c. The poem is associated with sexual tension
d. The poem was one of the most popular and widely read poems of the English Renaissance

 
This literature revolves around the story of an old sailor which took place in a ship.  *
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a. My Last Duchess
b. Midsummer Night’s Dream
c. Ode to the West Wind
d. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 
 
What theme is present in the poem “The Wanderer”? *
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a. Courtly love
b. Family
c. Politics
d. Isolation
 
 
What does Yorick’s skull represent in Shakespeare’s Hamlet? *
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a. betrayal
b. trust
c. covenant
d. mortality
 
 
Which two themes are present in John Donne’s sonnet? *
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a. denial and arrogance

b. life and death
c. death and arrogance
 
d. escape and confusion

 
What does the albatross symbolize in the Rime of Ancient Mariner? *
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a. innocence
 
b. regret
c. danger
d. all of the above

 
This refers to the style mostly used as a major device of Old English language. *
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a. rhymes
b. kenning
 
c. overlapping lines
d. poetic diction

 
Describe the "trick" which has been worth a hundred marks a year to the Pardoner. *
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a. the Pardoner has a bird that lights on the shoulder of someone who is about to be forgiven. in
reality, the Pardoner looks over his audience, finds someone who looks rich, and signals the bird
to land there. The forgiven sinners usually make a large donation.
b. he preaches that the very sinful members of his flock cannot make an offering, but that the
virtuous members may, and he will absolve them.
 
c. he sells small bottles of water that he says is holy water. it is supposed to wash away the sins
of the person who drinks it.
d. he has one person in the congregation stand up and tell how much more holy his life has been
and how he feels spiritually fulfilled since he gave all of his worldly goods to the church.
Option 5

 
What bargain or agreement did the rioters make at the tavern? *
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a. they argued to stop rioting if the Pardoner could find wives for all of them.
b. they agreed to stop all sin within a hundred miles of the tavern.
c. they agreed to hunt down death
 
d. they agreed to go with the Pardoner and earn money

 
What does the phrase “Sprightly dance” mean? *
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a. Depressing
b. Lively and full of energy
 
c. Jumping up and down
d. Slow and cautious

 
What does the line "One short sleep past, we wake eternally" mean? *
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a. Christian belief that death is just a resting place until the judgment day and the afterlife
 
b. each day gives people new chances
c. work hard for the future not for the pass
d. none of these

 
Why does Gawain take the lady’s green girdle? *
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a. Because he doesn’t want to die

 
b. Because he wants to give it to the Green Knight as a gift
c. Because he is overcome with desire
d. Because she threatens to kill him

 
It can be drawn from the story that Shakespeare based his written play from his lost
son. What critical approach is applied in the given situation?
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a. historical criticism
b. formal criticism
c. Marxist approach
d. bibliographical approach
 
 
A difficult journey, and you came on time, you’ve kept your faith. Now keep the
rest….”These lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight make use of *
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a.caesura.
 
b.kenning.
c.allusion.
d.inversion.

 
The following are the major themes of Beowulf EXCEPT: *
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a. Mother’s love
b. Generosity
c. Terror of a monster
d. forgiveness
 
 
What term did John Donne used which is a metaphor of death? *
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a. sleep
 
b. charm
c. poison
d. war

 
Who killed the albatross in the story of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner? *
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a. typhoon
b. Wedding guest
c. Mariner
 
d. Life in Death

 
This symbolism reveals the forces opposing the mariner’s journey. *
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a. sun and moon

 
b. ghost ship
c. sea
d. ice

 
Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad? *
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a. He grieves too much for his father.

b. He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude.
c. He is in love with Ophelia.
 
d. He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to Wittenberg.

 
Which of the following lines is an example of hyperbole? *
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a. The waves beside them danced

b. they flash upon that inward eye d. Ten thousand I saw at a glance
c. they stretch in never ending line
d. Ten thousand I saw at a glance
 
 
The following are themes of the play EXCEPT: *
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a. revenge
b. treachery
 
c. madness
d. thought vs. action

 
At the conclusion of his adventure with the Green Knight, Sir Gawain *
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a. forfeits his life.

b. rejects the chivalric code.
c. defeats the Green Knight.
d. retains the green belt as a token.
 
 
The line “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is an example of what figure of speech? *
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a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Simile
 
d. Hyperbole

 
How does Ophelia die in the play? *
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a. committed suicide
b. Hamlet killed her to avenge his father
c. Drowned in the river
 
d. Polinius put poisoned in her wine.

 
Why did they have to bring the treasure home at night? *
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a. they were afraid someone would think they had stolen it

 
b. they were afraid the Pardoner would see them and demand that they turn it over to the church
c. they didn't want any highwaymen to rob them
d. it was so heavy to carry that it got them overheated in the bright sun. it was easier to carry it all
night

 
What did Beowulf do to Grendel’s body when he found it in his mother’s lair? *
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a. Gave it a proper burial.

b. Burned it to ensure it was gone for good.
c. Prayed over it, sending it to hell.
d. Cut off its head and brought it to Hrothgar as a trophy.
 
 
How long does Gawain stay at Bertilak’s castle? *
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a. All winter
b. One night
c. Six nights
 
d. Three days

 
What is the Pardoner's purpose? What is he supposed to do? *
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a. his real purpose is to make money. He is supposed to be concerned with saving souls.
 
b. his purpose is to convert people and save their souls. That is what he does.
c. his real purpose is to save souls. He is supposed to be collecting money for his church.
d. his real purpose is to look for a rich wife. He is supposed to be telling people about god.

 
At the end of the poem, it can concluded that the nymph: *
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a. accepts the love of the shepherd

b. rejects the love of the shepherd
 
c. none of these

 
Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage, and rocks grow
cold...”These lines from Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” contain both  *
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a. paradox and allusion.

b. alliteration and simile.
c. simile and personification.
d. alliteration and personification.
 
 
Which is a universal theme in the epic Beowulf? *
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a. Kingdoms survive and prosper through warfare.

b. There will always be another kingdom to help.
c. Dragons and monsters await everyone.
d. A good leader is brave and fearless.
 
 
In “The Wanderer”, all of the following refer to the protagonist except *
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a. “Shaper of men”
 
b. "Lone-dweller”
c. The earth-stepper”
d. Claimed by the “exile-track”

 
Which of the ff. is NOT a character of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner? *
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a. wedding guest
b. lady guard
 
c. mariner
d. albatross

 
What view of nature is presented? *
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a. Nature is unsettling
b. Nature is powerful
c. Nature is relied on to make people feel better
 
d. Nature can bring hatred, it can do things to the mind
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