English 236 Final JMU

Satire

According to the video, which of these best characterizes one of the Neoclassical poet's approaches to his subject matter?

Movement

According to the video, which of these is NOT a trait of a Neoclassical form in painting?

The French Revolution

According to the Introduction to the Romantic Age, which of these major events influenced the early Romantic poets?

City life

All of these are celebrated by the Romantic poets EXCEPT:

Because his poetry would not be recognizable to audiences expecting the conventions of Neoclassical poetry

In his "Preface," why does Wordsworth give a theory or rationale for his poetry?

the number of siblings she has

In the poem "We are Seven," what do the little girl and the adult speaker of the poem disagree about?

They have died

In the poem "We are Seven," what has happened to two of the girl's siblings?

Five years

In the poem "Lines Composed .... Above Tintern Abbey," how long has it been since the speaker last saw the area around the Abbey?

in the city

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " where was the speaker living when he used the memory of nature to comfort him?

his sister

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " whom is the speaker addressing?

Summer - July, lots of green

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " in what season is the speaker speaking?

From the World, to Memory, to the World with a new perspective

In The Greater Romantic Lyric, what is the general movement in the poem?

The story ends in marriage

According to "The Gothic" essay, all of these are traits of the Gothic EXCEPT:

An infant

In "Frost at Midnight," who is with the poem's speaker?

To be educated by nature

In "Frost at Midnight," what opportunity is the speaker please the addressee will have?

Addiction

With which ailment did Samuel Taylor Coleridge struggle personally?

comfort with uncertainty

Which of these best matches the idea behind "negative capability"?

He died young

Why did Keats only write for a few years?

He refers to the images painted on the urn

Why does the title "Ode on a Grecian Urn" use the word "on" instead of "to"?

So he could be with his love forever

In "Bright Star," why does the speaker wish he could be so steadfast?

Fierce conservatives?

Which of these best describes Mary Shelley's parents?

Written letters

What is the form of narration at the beginning of Shelley's novel, Frankenstein?

A belief in the superiority of imagination and intuition

According to the video, all of these are Enlightenment traits EXCEPT:

His sister, Mary Saville

Who is the audience to Robert Walton's story?

She is found guilty and dies

What happens to Justine?

From a family he watches

From whom does the creature learn during his first years alive?

develop close friendships with humans

The creature is able to do all of these EXCEPT:

Safie, a Turkish woman

Who surprisingly turns up and joins the DeLacey family's household?

to make him a companion

What does the Creature request of Victor?

Victor stops making her before she can live

What happens to the female creature?

Ireland

Where does Victor get taken into custody?

The creature slipped it in her pocket

How did Justine get the portrait that William had been carrying?

He burns himself to death

What happens to the creature at the end of Frankenstein?

a letter or a literary text made of letters

What is an epistle?

False documents - letters, diary entries, maps, etc

What kinds of parts make up the Epistolary Novel specifically?

It makes truth claims, lending authenticity?

Why would a writer choose the Epistolary Novel form?

It was when Queen Victoria ruled 1837-1901

Why was the Victorian Age called the Victorian Age?

Women are individuals, and if individuals deserve rights, women therefore deserve rights

According to the video on The Woman Question, all of these were arguments for keeping gender relations as they are (the status quo) EXCEPT:

false emotion

From the video on The Pathetic Fallacy, what does the term "pathetic fallacy" mean?

rhetorical or persuasive

What is the style of language in The Dramatic Monologue?

Telemachus

In Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," who will become king if the speaker leaves or dies?

He is bored and wants to leave

In Tennyson's "Ulysses," what does the speaker think about being in his home land of Ithaca?

A painting of his wife

In Browning's "My Last Duchess," what are the speaker and his listener looking at?

She has died

Where is the last Duchess?

Smiley and courteous

Which of these best describes the Duchess?

An agent on behalf of a Count

To whom is the speaker speaking?

Political Revolutions

According to the video "The Victorian Novel & The Fictional Autobiography," the novel addresses all of these EXCEPT:

the time between a narrator's experiencing and telling

According to the video "The Victorian Novel & The Fictional Autobiography," what it "narrative distance in time"?

She inherits money on her parents' death

In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, which of these is NOT part of young Jane's experience?

Reading in a window sill

In Jane Eyre, what is Jane doing when her cousin, John, attacks her?

she advertises her skills

How does Jane find a job?

Converse with him

What does Rochester want Jane to do for him?

a woman who wants to marry Edward Rochester

Who is Blanche Ingram?

Edward Rochester

What is the fortune teller's secret identity?

Someone has bitten him

What happens to the male guest who has been staying with them?

Jane did have a relative who wanted her

What does Jane learn when she returns to the ailing Mrs. Reed?

He will reunite her with her parents

Mr Rochester anticipates all these changes when he and Jane marry EXCEPT:

A desire to make British subjects multilingual

According to the reading and video on The British Empire, all of these attitudes or motivations animated British imperialism EXCEPT:

Jane's veil is torn in half

In Jane Eyre, what distressing event happens before Jane and Edward Rochester marry?

Rochester's brother-in-law reveals he is already married

Why don't Jane and Rochester marry at their wedding?

That she has inherited money

Once Jane has settled into her own new home and teaching job, what does she learn?

To be his wife

What does St. John ask of Jane?

He has lost his hand and eyesight

What has happened to Edward Rochester while Jane was gone?

She throws herself off the roof of a burning Thornfield Hall

By the end of the novel, what do we know of Bertha's fate?

Reader, I married him

Which of these famous statements does Jane Eyre declare to the reader about Rochester?

A nostalgia for past times and traditions

According to the video on "Modernity and The Modern Era," the concept of modernity traces the rise and fall, or positive and negative impacts, of all of these social elements EXCEPT:

skeptical irresolution

Which of these postures do the Introduction and the video say characterize the era, especially among writers?

Sir Isaac Newton, theorizing gravity

In the introduction to the period, which of these is NOT mentioned as helping reimagine identity in the modern era?

The right to vote

Which right did the suffragette's seek and finally receive in the twentieth century?

A serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, heir to throne of Austria-Hungary

What was the immediate cause of World War 1?

poison gas

In Wilfred Owen's poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est," what threat causes a sudden emergency and scramble?

To critique war propaganda

In Owen's poem, how is the title Latin phrase used by the speaker?

They engage with and add to tradition

In the video on Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent," what does Eliot say is the best poets' relationship to tradition?

The catalyst: gases, platinum and acid

In the video on Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent," what analogy does Eliot use to describe the poet's relationship to the poem and the process of making it?

A Love Song

What kind of poem is the poem by Eliot that we read for today?

St Louis, Missouri

What surprising place was Eliot born, given this is a class on British Literature?

He's the average modern man

What do we know about the speaker, J. Alfred Prufrock?

Non-linear, even circular

What is the movement through this long modernist poem?

John Ruskin

Who theorized the theory of poetry we are using to read W.H. Auden's poem?

the Lost Generation

Which of these titles was given to the generation from which World War One soldiers came?

Painters from centuries ago

Who are the "Old Masters" referenced in Auden's poem?

The world does not reflect or care about an individual's suffering

According to the video, what is Auden's basic pathetic fallacy message?

The Bloomsbury Group

What was the name of the intellectual group to which Virginia Woolf belonged?

for her party that night

In Mrs Dalloway, why is Clarissa buying flowers?

They thought they would marry

In Mrs Dalloway, what was Clarissa's relationship to Peter Walsh when they were younger?

They kiss

In Mrs Dalloway, what moment did Clarissa and Sally share that she remembers as "the most exquisite moment of her life"?

Materialists

According to the video on "Modern Fiction," what does Woolf call the novelists who are doing it wrong?

A clothing metaphor

According to the video on "Modern Fiction," what metaphor does Woolf use to characterize the novel forms that don't work?

An ordinary mind on an ordinary day

According to the video on "Modern Fiction," what does Woolf propose we examine to understand life and therefore to know what to write modern fiction about?

Evans, his officer who was killed

In Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, who does Septimus think he sees but who isn't there?

Bradshaw doesn't know how to treat shell shock

What do we learn from Septimus and Rezia's visit to Dr. William Bradshaw?

She and Clarissa like each other

All of these are traits we learn about Miss Kilman, Elizabeth Dalloway's friend, EXCEPT:

a double-decker bus

What form of transportation does Elizabeth Dalloway take after she parts from Miss Kilman?

Make hats in their apartment

What does Septimus help Rezia do in the short time before his suicide?

Peter Walsh

Who hears the siren of Septimus' ambulance and then launches a long walk to Westminster for the party?

the Prime Minister

Which famous person makes an appearance at Clarissa's party?

She has married, become a Lady, and had five boys

What do we learn about Sally Seton at the party?

Dr. Bradshaw mentions it at the party

How does Clarissa learn about Septimus' death?

The first female Prime Minister

What distinction did Margaret Thatcher hold in Britain?

Multi-cultural and hybrid

Which of these terms best characterizes writing in English in the past sixty years?