english literature clep exam
One of the great triumphs of the play is Shakespeare's addition of the character of the fool, who
attempts to comfort his old master, but who also ironically emphasizes the folly and the tragedy of the
old man. The play referred to above is - (correct Answer) - King Lear
In what two cities before the French Revolution did Charles Dickens's novel take place? - (correct
Answer) - Paris and London
The way the poem is broken up into parts is called - (correct Answer) - Stanza
This structure is a stanza of 7 lines, 10 syllables each, which rhyme - (correct Answer) - Rhyme royal
This poetic form is made of 19 lines, 5 tercets and a quatrain, and repeats entire lines of itself - (correct
Answer) - villanelle
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms.
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon;
The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow
Through Eden took their solitary way.
These lines were written by - (correct Answer) - john milton
An anonymous narrative poem focusing on the climax of a particularly dramatic event and employing
frequent repetition, conventional figures of speech, and sometimes a refrain— altered and transmitted
orally in a musical setting—is called a: - (correct Answer) - popular ballad
Which of the following terms is used to describe literature that evokes a rural, simple, and idyllic life? -
(correct Answer) - Pastoral
The poetry of which of the following poets reflects an intense religious belief as well as a commitment to
preserving the environment and inventing sprung rhythm? - (correct Answer) - Gerard Manley Hopkins
The "Age of Johnson" in English literature was dominated by which of the following styles? - (correct
Answer) - neoclassicism
, who is associated with imagism? - (correct Answer) - richard aldington
who is associated with postcolonialism? - (correct Answer) - linton kwesi johnson
who is associated with romanticism? - (correct Answer) - william blake
It is the use of images to convey the theme of a poem rather than relying on the way it is told. - (correct
Answer) - imagism
Which of following describes a literary style in which the representations have no reference to concrete
objects or specific examples? - (correct Answer) - abstractionism
In the nineteenth century, novels published in parts over several weeks or months were known as -
(correct Answer) - serialized novels
The use of successive verbal constructions that correspond in structure, sound, meter, meaning, and
more is called - (correct Answer) - parallelism
this is a metaphor that compares two unlike things in a clever way - (correct Answer) - conceit
Which of the following works does NOT portray characters from Arthurian legend - (correct Answer) -
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
What is the order, from earliest to latest, in which the following works about King Arthur were written?
I. Le Morte d'Arthu
II. Idylls of the Kin
III. The Once and Future Kin - (correct Answer) - I, II, III
"Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne is also known as this - (correct Answer) - Sonnet X
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd.
The excerpt above is from - (correct Answer) - hamlet
One of the great triumphs of the play is Shakespeare's addition of the character of the fool, who
attempts to comfort his old master, but who also ironically emphasizes the folly and the tragedy of the
old man. The play referred to above is - (correct Answer) - King Lear
In what two cities before the French Revolution did Charles Dickens's novel take place? - (correct
Answer) - Paris and London
The way the poem is broken up into parts is called - (correct Answer) - Stanza
This structure is a stanza of 7 lines, 10 syllables each, which rhyme - (correct Answer) - Rhyme royal
This poetic form is made of 19 lines, 5 tercets and a quatrain, and repeats entire lines of itself - (correct
Answer) - villanelle
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms.
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon;
The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow
Through Eden took their solitary way.
These lines were written by - (correct Answer) - john milton
An anonymous narrative poem focusing on the climax of a particularly dramatic event and employing
frequent repetition, conventional figures of speech, and sometimes a refrain— altered and transmitted
orally in a musical setting—is called a: - (correct Answer) - popular ballad
Which of the following terms is used to describe literature that evokes a rural, simple, and idyllic life? -
(correct Answer) - Pastoral
The poetry of which of the following poets reflects an intense religious belief as well as a commitment to
preserving the environment and inventing sprung rhythm? - (correct Answer) - Gerard Manley Hopkins
The "Age of Johnson" in English literature was dominated by which of the following styles? - (correct
Answer) - neoclassicism
, who is associated with imagism? - (correct Answer) - richard aldington
who is associated with postcolonialism? - (correct Answer) - linton kwesi johnson
who is associated with romanticism? - (correct Answer) - william blake
It is the use of images to convey the theme of a poem rather than relying on the way it is told. - (correct
Answer) - imagism
Which of following describes a literary style in which the representations have no reference to concrete
objects or specific examples? - (correct Answer) - abstractionism
In the nineteenth century, novels published in parts over several weeks or months were known as -
(correct Answer) - serialized novels
The use of successive verbal constructions that correspond in structure, sound, meter, meaning, and
more is called - (correct Answer) - parallelism
this is a metaphor that compares two unlike things in a clever way - (correct Answer) - conceit
Which of the following works does NOT portray characters from Arthurian legend - (correct Answer) -
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
What is the order, from earliest to latest, in which the following works about King Arthur were written?
I. Le Morte d'Arthu
II. Idylls of the Kin
III. The Once and Future Kin - (correct Answer) - I, II, III
"Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne is also known as this - (correct Answer) - Sonnet X
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd.
The excerpt above is from - (correct Answer) - hamlet
