English Literature GRE Study Guide
Introduction Print Resources Practice Exams Online Resources Who Made This Page?
General
Author Index
Literary Terms
Literary Theory
World Literature
Grammar
Time Periods
1. Middle Ages
2. 16th Century
3. Early 17th Century
4. Restoration
5. 18th C: Pope & Swift
6. 18th C: Enlightenment

7. Early Romantic

8. Middle Romantic
9. Late Romantic
10. Early British Victorian
11.Transcendentalism
12. Realism
13. British Modernism
14. American Modernism
15. British Postmodernism
16. Amer. Postmodernism

 

Stanza Types Quiz

Select the correct answer to each of the following questions by clicking on the appropriate button. Check your score by clicking on the "Calculate Your Score" button at the bottom of the page.

The questions you missed will displayed below your score. Check the text carefully, then try again and recompute your score. Keep working on the quiz until your score is 100%.

This is a no-fault quiz. Nobody but you will know your score. If you missed an answer, you may want to go back and reread the literary terms definitions until you understand the answer choice.

 Questions
1.Which of these novels is an example of a bildungsroman?

Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
Autobiography of Malcolm X
All of the Above

2. "Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains call on us?"

The above quote is an example of

aside
apostrophe
epigraph
epithet

3. Decorum is lauded by which of these authors as an important stylistic trait?

Horace
Wordsworth
Amiri Baraka
Whitman

4. Which of the following is an example of an epithalamion?

justice is on the Athenian side
they will allow the Melians to remain independent and neutral
the Melians should submit to the superior power of Athens
the Melians should recognize the benefits of democracy

5. In resisting the Athenians, the Melians place their trust in

hope
the gods
the Spartans (Lacedaemonians)
all of the above

6. The Athenians state that

gods do not exist
the gods of the Athenians are stronger than the gods of the Melians
gods, like humans, rule over anyone they can control
intelligent agnosticism is superior to blind faith

7. When the Athenians conquered Melos they

killed the men of military age and enslaved the women and children
made Melos a province of Athens
established a democratic government
arrested the leaders of the oligarchic government and spared everyone else

8. When Zeus hears Thetis' request, he

immediately grants it in full
is reluctant to grant it because he fears Hera
angrily sends Thetis away
calls a council of the gods to decide the matter

9. The quarrel between Zeus and Hera ends when

Hephaistos intervenes to calm things down
Zeus throws Hera off Mount Olympos
Zeus begs Hera to be understanding
the other gods object to Zeus' lack of dignity

10. At the end of Book 1 the gods are

quarreling and fighting
holding a solemn council of state
giving advice to various human beings
feasting and banqueting


Score =

You missed question(s):

 

 

 

Format and code for quiz "borrowed" from Hardy Hansen's "Classical Origins of Western Culture" website

Code originally from Timothy Shortell's Sociology 19 website (2/99)

academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu


©2006 Laura Arnold LeibmanDept. of EnglishReed College IntroductionPrint ResourcesPractice ExamsOnline ResourcesWho Made This Page?