Deck 2: Literary History, Theory of Literature, and Figures of Speech

Question 1

In the study of literary History, Holinshed's Chronicles would constitute

A)An affinity
B)A source
C)An influence
D)An imitation

Answer 1

A source

Question 2

Wellek and Warren's Theory of Literature does not contain a chapter on

A)Literary Genres
B)Thematology
C) Literary History
D)Literature and the other Arts.

Answer 2

Thematology

Question 3

The author of the essay "The Tradition of Traditions" is

A)T.E. Hume
B)T.S. Eliot
C)Rene Wellek
D)Harry Levin

Answer 3

Rene Wellek

Question 4

"What is world literature?" is written by

A)Rene Wellek
B)David Damrosch
C)Dorothy Figuera
D)Gayatri Chakraborti Spivak

Question 5

The phrase "leaves dancing" is an example of ________.

A)pathetic fallacy
B)hyperbole
C)pun
D)conceit

Question 6

Who wrote "Theory of Literature"?

A)R A Scott James
B)R J Rees
C)Rene Wellek &Austin Warren
D)David Daiches

Question 7

Literature is a ________ of life.

A)Mirror
B)Reflection
C)Presentation
D)All of the above

Question 8

The five traits of a tragic hero do NOT include:

A)decency/nobility
B)hamartia (fatal flaw)
C)anagnorisis (tragic insight)
D)denoument (resolution

Question 9

What is a chorus in Greek theater? 

A)People that sing stuff.
B)People that inform the audience.
C)People that wear long socks.
D)People that inform the protagonist.

Question 10

What is a tragic hero?

A)A character who makes a error that leads to his destruction.
B) character who makes a great life for themselves.
C)A hero that is tragic.
D)A girl that is really whiny and just wants more jewelry.

Question 11

What emotions are tragic heroes supposed to elicit in an audience?

A)Jealousy & anger
B)Fear & jealousy
C)Pity & fear
D)a. Anger & pity

Question 12

'Authority forgets a dying king' is an example of

A)Personification 
B)Apostrophe   
C)Hyperbole     
D)Metaphor

Question 13

The term 'Onomatopoeia ' and 'Oxymoron' came from

A)French
B)Latin       
C)Roman     
D)Greek 

Question 14

 "A lovelier flower on Earth was never sown" has the figure of speech called

A)Metaphor  
B)Oxymoron
C)Hyperbole     
D)Implied Simile

Question 15

Which of the following is a direct address either to an absent person or to an abstract or inanimate entity?

A)Apostrophe
B)Ode  
C)Epode  
D)Hyperbole

Question 16

Pun is a play on words that are similar

A)In meaning but diverse in sound
B)In sound but diverse in meaning 
C)Both in sound and meaning but with different sound   
D)None

Question 17

Which of the following words show oxymoron?

A)Chatter Chatter 
B)O Death
C)Rivers of Blood  
D)Sweet Pain

Question 18

Which figures of speech are employed in this line? " O Wild west wind, thou breathe of Autumn's being"

A)Oxymoron  
B)Personification 
C)Apostrophe      
D)Metaphor

Question 19

which figures of speech are used " His honor rooted in dishonor stood. And faithful unfaithful kept him falsely true"

A)Oxymoron  
B)Personification 
C)Apostrophe      
D)Metaphor

Question 20

Which of the following sentences has figures of speech called 'Apostrophe?

A)O Death! here is thy sting      
B)The more haste, the less speed  
C)Death lays his icy hands on kings
D)Life is but a walking shadow

Question 21

"Life is but a walking shadow" is an example of

A)Apostrophe     
B)Metaphor
C)Simile
D)Hyperbole

Question 22

Onomatopoeia means

A)Echoing of the same sense or meaning in different words
B)Echoing the same sound repeatedly
C)Echoing of the sense by the sound, shape, size o movement
D)None

Question 23

How happy is he here!

A)Simile        
B)Antithesis
C)Personification    
D)Alliteration   

Question 24

The night is dark as a black stone.

A)Metaphor           
B)Simile
C)Onomatopoeia       
D)Alliteration

Question 25

What is meant by Synecdoche?

A)The hole of something used to signify a part
B)An inanimate object endowed with human feeling
C)The terms with a pronunciation similar to their meaning
D)A part of something used to signify the whole