1. Which dramatic technique involves a character speaking their thoughts aloud to the audience, unheard by other characters on stage?
A. Aside
B. Monologue
C. Soliloquy
D. Dialogue
2. Who is known for writing `The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock` and `The Waste Land,` key works of Modernist poetry?
A. W.B. Yeats
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Ezra Pound
D. Robert Frost
3. Who wrote `The Canterbury Tales,` a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims traveling together?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. William Langland
C. John Milton
D. Thomas Malory
4. Who authored `Frankenstein,` a novel often considered a precursor to science fiction and a key work of Romantic literature?
A. Mary Shelley
B. Jane Austen
C. Ann Radcliffe
D. Horace Walpole
5. Which African American literary and artistic movement flourished in the 1920s?
A. The Beat Generation
B. The Harlem Renaissance
C. The Civil Rights Movement
D. The Black Arts Movement
6. In Shakespearean tragedies, what is a `hamartia`?
A. The protagonist`s tragic flaw or error in judgment.
B. A comic relief character used to lighten the mood.
C. The inevitable downfall caused by fate or supernatural forces.
D. A sudden reversal of fortune from good to bad.
7. Which literary movement in American literature sought to depict life as it truly was, often focusing on the everyday and the ordinary?
A. Romanticism
B. Realism
C. Modernism
D. Naturalism
8. What is `dramatic irony`?
A. Irony that occurs in dramatic performances.
B. Irony that is overly exaggerated and dramatic.
C. Irony where the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not.
D. Irony expressed through the dramatic actions of characters.
9. Which American poet is known for free verse and transcendentalist themes, famously writing `Leaves of Grass`?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Walt Whitman
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
10. Who is the author of `Pride and Prejudice,` a quintessential novel of manners that explores societal expectations and class distinctions in 19th-century England?
A. Charlotte Brontë
B. Jane Austen
C. Emily Brontë
D. George Eliot
11. Who wrote `To the Lighthouse,` a modernist novel known for its stream-of-consciousness narrative and exploration of time and memory?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. James Joyce
C. D.H. Lawrence
D. E.M. Forster
12. What is the `Lost Generation` in American literature primarily associated with?
A. The writers who fought in the American Civil War.
B. The group of expatriate American writers who came of age during World War I and the 1920s.
C. The authors who focused on the Great Depression and social realism.
D. The poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
13. Which literary period is characterized by an emphasis on reason, logic, and neoclassicism, often seen as a reaction against the emotionalism of the preceding era?
A. Romantic Period
B. Victorian Period
C. Enlightenment Period (Age of Reason)
D. Modernist Period
14. Which American playwright is famous for `Death of a Salesman` and `The Crucible`?
A. Tennessee Williams
B. Arthur Miller
C. Eugene O`Neill
D. Edward Albee
15. Who wrote `Wuthering Heights,` a passionate and gothic novel set on the Yorkshire moors?
A. Charlotte Brontë
B. Emily Brontë
C. Anne Brontë
D. Elizabeth Gaskell
16. In poetry, what is `iambic pentameter`?
A. A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
B. A stanza with five lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
C. A poem with five stanzas, each with a different theme.
D. A type of poem that uses five senses in its imagery.
17. What is the `Beat Generation` in American literature characterized by?
A. Formal and traditional poetic forms.
B. Experimentation with form and rejection of mainstream American values in the 1950s and 1960s.
C. Focus on historical narratives and patriotic themes.
D. Emphasis on realism and social critique in urban settings.
18. What is the `Victorian Period` in English literature named after?
A. Queen Victoria`s reign.
B. The victory of England in a major war.
C. The prevalence of villainous characters in literature.
D. The emphasis on virtue and moral lessons.
19. Which American literary movement, prominent in the mid-19th century, championed individualism, intuition, and the inherent goodness of people and nature, often reacting against societal conformity?
A. Realism
B. Naturalism
C. Transcendentalism
D. Modernism
20. Which American author is associated with Southern Gothic literature and wrote `A Good Man Is Hard to Find`?
A. Flannery O`Connor
B. William Faulkner
C. Eudora Welty
D. Carson McCullers
21. Which American poet is known for using slant rhyme and unconventional capitalization and punctuation?
A. Robert Frost
B. Emily Dickinson
C. Langston Hughes
D. Sylvia Plath
22. Which novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the Jazz Age and the American Dream through the story of Jay Gatsby?
A. Tender Is the Night
B. The Great Gatsby
C. This Side of Paradise
D. The Beautiful and Damned
23. Which novel by Herman Melville tells the story of Captain Ahab`s obsessive quest for the white whale?
A. The Scarlet Letter
B. Moby Dick
C. Walden
D. Leaves of Grass
24. What literary device involves the use of an object or idea to represent something else?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Symbolism
D. Personification
25. What is a `bildungsroman`?
A. A novel that focuses on building a house or structure.
B. A novel that depicts a journey to a foreign land.
C. A novel that traces the psychological and moral development of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood.
D. A novel that is set during a time of war or conflict.
26. Which of these novels is considered a foundational work of American Gothic literature?
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. The Scarlet Letter
C. Little Women
D. The Call of the Wild
27. What is `pastoral` literature?
A. Literature set in the past, often historical fiction.
B. Literature that idealizes rural life and nature, often depicting shepherds and idyllic landscapes.
C. Literature focused on religious or spiritual themes.
D. Literature that critiques social and political structures.
28. What is `enjambment` in poetry?
A. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
B. The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.
C. A pause or break in a line of verse.
D. The use of rhyme at the end of lines.
29. What is a key characteristic of `stream of consciousness` narration, as exemplified in the works of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce?
A. Objective and detached reporting of events.
B. A linear and chronological presentation of plot.
C. Representation of the flow of thoughts, feelings, and perceptions as they occur in the mind.
D. Use of formal, elevated language and structured sentences.
30. Who wrote `The Lord of the Rings,` a seminal work of fantasy literature?
A. C.S. Lewis
B. J.R.R. Tolkien
C. Ursula K. Le Guin
D. Terry Pratchett
