1. Which African American author wrote `Beloved`, a novel exploring the legacy of slavery and its psychological impact?
A. Toni Morrison
B. Alice Walker
C. Maya Angelou
D. Zora Neale Hurston
2. Which novel by Herman Melville is widely considered an allegory of good versus evil, symbolized by the pursuit of a white whale?
A. The Scarlet Letter
B. Moby Dick
C. Walden
D. Leaves of Grass
3. What is the `Victorian Era` in English literary history named after?
A. Queen Victoria`s reign
B. The victory of England in a major war
C. The city of Victoria
D. A famous literary journal named `The Victorian`
4. Which genre of American drama arose in the 20th century, focusing on realistic portrayals of ordinary people and domestic issues, often with psychological depth?
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy of Manners
C. Realistic Drama
D. Absurdist Drama
5. Which English author is famous for his dystopian novel `Nineteen Eighty-Four`, exploring totalitarianism and surveillance?
A. Aldous Huxley
B. George Orwell
C. H.G. Wells
D. Jules Verne
6. What is `magical realism` in literature?
A. A genre that focuses on magic and fantasy worlds.
B. A style that blends realistic elements with fantastical or magical elements in an otherwise realistic setting.
C. A type of realism that exaggerates everyday life.
D. A literary movement that rejects realism.
7. What is the `stream of consciousness` novel by James Joyce that is famous for its experimental style and depiction of a single day in Dublin?
A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
B. Ulysses
C. Dubliners
D. Finnegans Wake
8. Which American author is famous for his short stories and poems that often explore themes of death, decay, and the macabre, such as `The Tell-Tale Heart` and `The Raven`?
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Herman Melville
D. Walt Whitman
9. Which English Romantic poet is known for his odes, such as `Ode to a Nightingale` and `Ode to a Grecian Urn`?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. John Keats
D. Lord Byron
10. In Shakespearean tragedies, what is `hamartia`?
A. The protagonist`s loyal friend
B. The tragic flaw of the protagonist
C. The climax of the play
D. The resolution of the conflict
11. What is the significance of `The Harlem Renaissance` in American literature?
A. It was a period of decline in African American arts.
B. It was a cultural and artistic movement of African American writers, artists, and musicians in the 1920s and 1930s.
C. It focused solely on rural themes in American literature.
D. It was a literary movement that rejected African American culture.
12. Which American playwright is renowned for his dramas exploring themes of the American Dream, disillusionment, and family conflict, such as `Death of a Salesman` and `The Crucible`?
A. Tennessee Williams
B. Arthur Miller
C. Eugene O`Neill
D. Edward Albee
13. What is the defining characteristic of a `sonnet` in poetry?
A. It has no rhyme scheme.
B. It consists of 14 lines, typically in iambic pentameter.
C. It is a narrative poem.
D. It is always humorous.
14. In drama, what is `dramatic irony`?
A. When the audience knows something the characters do not.
B. When a character speaks sarcastically.
C. When the play is humorous.
D. When the ending is unexpected.
15. What is `postmodernism` in literature characterized by?
A. A return to traditional forms and values.
B. Skepticism towards grand narratives, irony, and self-reflexivity.
C. A focus on realism and objective truth.
D. A strong belief in progress and rationality.
16. What is a `bildungsroman`?
A. A novel set in a specific building.
B. A novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.
C. A novel with a complex plot.
D. A novel about war.
17. Which American poet is known for his free verse and celebration of individualism and democracy, exemplified in `Leaves of Grass`?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Walt Whitman
C. Robert Frost
D. Ezra Pound
18. Which American literary movement, emerging in the early 20th century, is marked by a sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in traditional values?
A. Transcendentalism
B. Realism
C. Modernism
D. Naturalism
19. Which literary movement in American literature emphasized regional dialect, customs, and landscapes?
A. Transcendentalism
B. Realism
C. Regionalism
D. Naturalism
20. Which literary period in English literature is characterized by a focus on reason, logic, and societal order?
A. Romanticism
B. Neoclassicism
C. Modernism
D. Postmodernism
21. Which novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered a defining work of the Jazz Age and the American Dream`s corruption?
A. Tender Is the Night
B. The Great Gatsby
C. This Side of Paradise
D. The Last Tycoon
22. What is `stream of consciousness` in narrative technique?
A. A narrative told from multiple perspectives
B. A narrative that presents the continuous flow of thoughts, feelings, and perceptions in a character`s mind
C. A narrative focused on external events only
D. A narrative with a clear, chronological order
23. What does `in media res` mean in storytelling?
A. A story told in flashbacks
B. Beginning a story in the middle of the action
C. A story with a predictable plot
D. Ending a story abruptly
24. Which American author is known for her Southern Gothic novels and short stories, exploring themes of race, religion, and morality in the American South, such as `Wise Blood` and `A Good Man Is Hard to Find`?
A. Flannery O`Connor
B. Harper Lee
C. Eudora Welty
D. Carson McCullers
25. What is a `pastoral` poem?
A. A poem about war.
B. A poem that idealizes rural life and nature.
C. A poem about city life.
D. A poem with no rhyme or meter.
26. Who wrote `Pride and Prejudice`, a quintessential novel of manners in English literature?
A. Charlotte Brontë
B. Jane Austen
C. Emily Brontë
D. George Eliot
27. What is the `Lost Generation` in American literary history?
A. A group of writers who disappeared during World War I
B. American writers who came of age during World War I and expressed disillusionment
C. Authors who wrote about lost civilizations
D. A movement focusing on themes of loss and grief
28. Which American poet is associated with imagism and modernism, known for poems like `The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock` and `The Waste Land`?
A. Ezra Pound
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Wallace Stevens
D. William Carlos Williams
29. What is `verisimilitude` in literature?
A. The quality of being unbelievable or fantastical.
B. The appearance of being true or real; realism in writing.
C. A style of writing that avoids details.
D. A type of metaphor.
30. Who is the author of `Frankenstein`, a seminal work of Gothic and science fiction in English literature?
A. Mary Shelley
B. Jane Austen
C. Ann Radcliffe
D. Horace Walpole
