Major English Literature - Fill in the Blank Flashcards (250)

The oldest existing newspaper in the Philippines is __.

Manila Bulletin

The hero of the Ifugao epic Hudhud is __.

Aliguyon

The hero of the Maranaw epic Darangen is __.

Bantugan

The event marking the 1st literary demonstration in the Philippines was __.

Book burning

Mi Ultimo Adios is Rizal’s __ work.

best

MAKAMISA focuses on the __ aspect of society.

Social

The Song of Hiawatha is an epic of the United States by __.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Bidasari is a Mindanao epic adapted by the Muslims of __.

Sulu

Biag-ni-Lam-ang is the epic of the __ people.

Ilokano

Hudhud and Alim are epics of the __.

Ifugao

Ibalon is the epic of the __ people.

Bikolano

In The Song of Roland, the most cherished weapon of a boy is the __.

Battle Horn

Children of God is a novel that tells the story of Joseph Smith and the founding of the __ religion.

Mormon

Mi Ultimo Adios is the __ work of Rizal.

best

is the origin of gods in mythology

Theogony

Theomanchy is the battle among the gods of supremacy between good and evil in __.

mythologies

Titanomachy is the war between the __ and Olympian gods.

Titans

Theophany is the __ appearance of a god to a man.

visible

Amphion was the son of Zeus and Antiope who built a wall around Thebes by charming the stones into place with a __.

lyre

Ahasuerus is the Wandering Jew in Eugene Sue’s __.

novel

Athena is Zeus’ favorite daughter, goddess of cities, civilization, and __.

wisdom

Gilgamesh is the oldest existing epic in history of mankind; it is the epic of __.

Gilgamesh

The great epic writer in Greece known for the Iliad and Odyssey is __.

Homer

Kung-fu-tzu (Confucius) is the greatest philosopher in the __.

East

Deus Ex Machina refers to the intervention of the __ in a story.

Gods

Plato is regarded as the greatest Greek __.

philosopher

The Ramayana is attributed to __; it is the 2nd longest epic with 96,000 lines.

Valmiki

Euripides is the writer of __.

MEDEA

Vaisampayana narrated the __.

Mahabharata

The Bhagavad Gita is the __ of the Mahabharata.

conclusion

The Aeneid is one of the greatest epics of __ by Virgil.

Rome

Kalidasa is known as the 'Indian Shakespeare' and wrote __.

Shakuntala

Rubaiyat is a poem by __ Khayyam.

Omar

The Mahabharata is attributed to __.

Vyasa

Rig Veda is the oldest Indian sacred text in the __ language.

Sanskrit

Upanishads are a collection of Indian sacred texts; they belong to the __ period.

Upanishad

Nibelungenlied is the greatest medieval German __.

epic

Rabindranath Tagore wrote 'Cabuliwallah' and is the greatest Indian __.

writer

Gitanjali is a work by __ Tagore.

Rabindranath

The Tale of Genji is a work by __ Shikibu.

Lady Murasaki

Antigone is a tragedy by __.

Sophocles

Pilandok is a work/character from the __.

Maranao

The Art of War is a manual attributed to __.

Sun-Tzu

Kabuki is the drama of the Japanese __.

bourgeoisie

Lysistrata is a comedy by __.

Aristophanes

The Song of Roland was written in the Medieval period by __.

Turold

Francois Villon was the greatest poet of the medieval period; he wrote 'Testament' in __.

1461

Beowulf is the oldest national epic in __.

England

Francois Rabelais wrote 'Gargantua' and is associated with the __ revival in France.

Renaissance

Michel de Montaigne is known as the father of the __.

Essay

Francis Bacon is known as the father of English __.

Essays

Pierre de Ronsard is considered the prince of Renaissance __.

poets

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux wrote 'The Art of Poetry' and founded literary __.

Criticism

Pierre Corneille wrote 'The Cid' (1637) about the conflict between __ and Passion.

Duty

Jean Racine wrote 'Andromache' in __.

1667

Voltaire wrote 'Dictionnaire Philosophique' and tragedies in classical mode and light __.

verse

Charles de Montesquieu wrote 'The Spirit of Laws' adopting method of __ analysis.

comparative

Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote 'The Social Contract' and 'Return to Nature'; he is a forerunner of __ and naturalism.

Romanticism

Jonathan Swift wrote 'Gulliver’s Travels' and 'A Modest Proposal'; he is a master of __.

satire

Daniel Defoe wrote 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Moll Flanders'; he is a pioneer of the English __.

novel

John Locke wrote 'An Essay Concerning the __'.

Human Understanding

Charles Baudelaire wrote 'The Flowers of Evil' and 'Song of Autumn'; he is representative of __ poetry.

Symbolism

Baudelaire is representative of French __.

Symbolism

George Sand exemplified Romanticism in its most __ sense.

individualistic

Stendhal emphasized the dominant role of __ in his romantic novels.

passion

Victor Hugo is a representative of the __ credo.

Romantic

William Wordsworth wrote 'The Prelude' and 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' also known as __.

Daffodils

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote 'Kubla Khan' and 'The __ Mariner'.

Rime of the Ancient

Gustave Flaubert is famed for 'Madame Bovary' and realism; he influenced __ literature.

realistic

Guy de Maupassant is known as the father of the modern __; he wrote 'The Necklace'.

short story

Jean Paul Sartre led the __ movement in France.

existentialist

Dante Alighieri wrote the 'Divine Comedy' which includes 'Inferno' depicting __.

hell

Petrarch’s Canzoniere is a forerunner of __.

humanism

Decameron was written by __ Boccaccio; Italian counterpart of Chaucer.

Giovanni

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote __.

The Prince

Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice' and Sense & Sensibility; she is a master of __ fiction.

romantic

Mary Shelley is the author of __.

Frankenstein

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote __.

The Little Prince

Aristophanes is a writer of __.

comedy

Song of Hildebrand is written in alliterative __.

verse

Heliand was written as a counterpart to __.

The Song of Hildebrand

Ecbasis Captivi is the very 1st German __.

fable

Hroswitha von Gandersheim is regarded as the 1st German __.

writer

Wolfram von Eschenbach wrote __ (1210).

Parzival

Martin Luther translated the Bible into __.

German

Seneca helped model the 2 types of drama in the 17th century: tragedy and __.

comedy

Emile Bronte wrote 'Wuthering Heights' under the pen name __.

Ellis Bell

Charlotte Bronte published 'Jane Eyre' under the pen name __.

Currer Bell

Anne Bronte published 'Agnes Grey' under the pen name __.

Acton Bell

Rudyard Kipling wrote 'If' and 'The Jungle Book'; he is a master of __ literature.

children's

Lewis Carroll, real name Charles L. Dodgson, wrote 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' and 'The __'.

Walrus and Carpenter

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote 'Treasure Island' and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'; he also wrote '__' .

The Diamond Necklace

Oscar Wilde wrote 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The __' .

Importance of Being Earnest

Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote 'How Do I Love Thee?' also known as Sonnet __.

43

Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest Victorian __.

novelist

Leo Tolstoy wrote 'War and Peace' and '__'.

Anna Karenina

Anton Chekhov wrote plays including 'The Seagull', 'Uncle Vanya', 'Three Sisters' & '__'.

The Cherry Orchard

Mark Twain wrote __ and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Henrik Ibsen wrote 'A Doll’s House', 'Brand', and 'Hedda Gabler'; he is called the father of __.

realism

Geoffrey Chaucer is the father of English __.

literature