ENGL Final

Swift's attack on the economic oppression of the Irish by the English keeps the reader constantly off balance, trying to figure out exactly who is being criticized. Does Swift only attack the English?

No

The irony of "A Modern Proposal" is that while the speaker adopts a tone of rationality and compassion, he is actually suggesting what?

Cannibalism

What type of writing was Swift said to have had a gift for?

Satire

Who did Swift believe to be responsible for their own misfortunes?

The Irish

Who, according to Swift, are the "principle Breeders of the Nations?"

Catholics

Why does the author of "A Modern Proposal" reject the idea of eating teenagers?

Because their meat is tough

At what age does Swift suggest that children be sold?

At one year

What evidence does the author of "A Modern Proposal" offer for his own disinterestedness in his proposal for himself?

The fact that his wife is past child bearing age

What will be the average price of a child, according to Swift's calculations?

Eight shillings

When referring to the Irish mothers, the speaker in "A Modern Proposal" uses a particular word which is a hint as to his satiric attitude. What is that word?

Dams

Who was known as "the poet's poet?"

Shelley

Which two poets struck up a friendship from which came a book titled "Lyrical Ballads?"

Wordsworth and Coleridge

It has been said that Wordsworth "found himself in nature," while this poet "lost himself in nature." About which poet has this been said?

Shelley

Described as a "fragment," this poem represents all the poet could recall of his dream, after being awakened.

"Kubla Khan"

Which poet believed in the "pre-existence of a soul?"

Wordsworth

Which poet was said to live in a realm of his own imagining and demonstrated that Romantic characteristic in his work?

Coleridge

Which poet's early death at thirty years of age has long been deemed one of the greatest catastrophes English poetry ever suffered?

Shelly

Which poem shows how the land, sky, and sea are affected by the wind?

"Ode to the West Wind"

Which poem is filled with visual images of water such as rivers, fountains, geysers, and waterfalls?

"Kubla Khan"

In which poem does the poet pray that this scene will serve as a comfort for his sister, as it has for him?

"Tintern Abbey"

Which poet actually experienced the situation about which he later wrote?

Keats

Who was known as the most sensuous of the Romantic poets?

Keats

Which poet is best known for his dramatic monologues?

Browning

Which poem's ending lines are "purple passages" often quoted at retirement dinners?

"Ulysses"

Which of the Romantic poems has been noted as one which includes all five of the senses?

"To Autumn"

In which poem was there a speaker who had an art collection by which his need to control is shown?

"My Last Duchess"

In which poem do we learn that once a god has granted a wish, it cannot be taken back?

"Tithonus"

From which poem does this famous line come: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever?"

"Ode on a Grecian Urn"

One poem had been written soon after the poet lost his brother to tuberculosis. His poem contains reference to "the youth who grows pale, and spectre thin, and dies." In which poem do these words appear?

"Ode to a Nightingale"

Birds have long been a symbol of poets and their poetry because they "sing" and "fly" above the ordinary world in a world of beauty. Which poet used a bird as the subject of his poem?

Keats

T/F: Realism is a reaction against Romanticism

True

T/F: Apart from our own century, the Nineteenth Century is the century of the greatest change in the history of Western Civilization.

True

All the following is true of the Nineteenth Century EXCEPT:

Social classes remain sharply divided by barriers.

T/F: In realism, there is an effort to paint a clear picture of the reality of everyday life.

True

T/F: Romanticism was an idealization of life.

True

T/F: In naturalism, the mood is often light-hearted.

False

T/F: Naturalism is an extreme form of realism.

True

T/F: The return to nature is often the best way to live one's life in Tolstoy's fiction.

True

T/F: The protagonist does not try to fight back against his circumstances in naturalism.

True

T/F: Tolstoy believed the "good life" could be found amid civilization.

False

T/F: In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," the protagonist is dying, but he is surrounded by a loving family who has his best interests at heart.

False

In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," Ivan's daughter is mostly concerned about...

...her delayed marriage

Praskovya Fëdorovna is

Ivan's wife

Ivan gets the greatest relief from his pain when...

...when the servant lifts Ivan's legs up high

T/F: Tolstoy, though a count, often lived like a peasant.

True

T/F: Kafka, who wrote about alienation, was himself born into cultural alienation.

True

T/F: There are no parallels between Kafka's life and that of Gregor Samsa.

False

T/F: The hallmark of Kafka's style is in his ability to merge an ordinary setting with nightmarish events.

True

T/F: In existentialism, a character is alienated from the world by circumstances.

True

T/F: Existentialism teaches that there is great purpose in life.

False

Which "ism" teaches that if you are not all you would desire to be, you and only you are to blame?

Existentialism

The word "metamorphosis" means "change." How will Gregor's family members' lives change, after his death?

The father, mother, and sister will move into a cheaper apartment.

T/F: After Gregor dies, his family appears to be happy again.

True

Exactly what kind of bug has Gregor become?

A beetle

Gregor Samsa's metamorphosis is an escape from what?

His job as a traveling salesman, his mooching family, and having to get up so early.

The unnamed narrator of Notes from the Underground...

...is forty years old and has worked for the government.

T/F: The underground man is humiliated by everyone he meets, but he almost invites this treatment.

True

T/F: The underground man is alone with no "bridge" to humanity in a hostile world.

True

T/F: The underground man is sick and refuses to consult a doctor out of spite, and the source of his spite is to amuse himself.

True

In the first part of Notes from the Underground, the underground man addresses...

An imaginary audience

The underground man is gloomy and expresses desperation, loneliness, and confusion. He says, "I do not know how to become anything." He feels there is a "nothingness" to life. Having such an attitude categorizes this piece of literature as which "-ism" we studied?

Nihilism

T/F: The underground man is said to be one of Dostoevsky's vilest characters.

True

In Notes from the Underground, the underground man comes close to befriending someone in the person of....

Liza

Which of the following happened to Dostoevsky during his lifetime?

He was orphaned, imprisoned in Siberia, and nearly shot by a firing squad.

T/F: Nihilism has been associated with atheism.

True

The comedy of manners used in Tartuffe...

...is often satirical, includes characters who are "types" rather than individualized personalities, and contains an illicit love duel.

**Moliere's comic technique in Tartuffe involves all the following except:

Stream of consciousness narration

During Act IV of Tartuffe, who suggests a plan which will clearly show Tartuffe for the hypocrite he really is?

Cleante

Who in Act V of Tartuffe encourages Orgon to "...manage to take the middle course..." "...cultivate a sober moderation?" Later, this same person encourages Damis to "...moderate his fits of rage in...this enlightened age..."

Cleante

The philosophy which Voltaire attacked in Candide was:

Optimistic philosophy

**For all of Pangloss's optimism, we later learn...

...he has been hanged, has a venereal disease, and has not believed his own philosophy, but went on expressing it anyway.

The following lines represent what type belief? "When his highness sends a ship to Egypt/Does he worry whether the mice on board are comfortable or not?"

Deism

Which of the following Neoclassic literary was written in rhymed couplets?

Tartuffe

The old Turkish man, who is satisfied with the simple country life, tells Candide that the work on his farm keeps him from the three great evils:

Boredom, Vice, and Poverty

**Phaedra tries to bribe Hippolytus into loving her by...

...offering him swift horses.

**In Phaedra, who believed "innocence has nought to fear?"

Hippolytus

Aricia and Hippolytus were to have been married near what place?

A cemetery

Characteristics of the picaresque novel include all the following EXCEPT:

There are well developed characters

Which character is the voice of pessimism in Candide?

Martin

Voltaire used Candide for his profoundest views on:

Politics, Religion, and Philosophy

Of the writers during the Neoclassical Period, which was known as a deist who grew increasingly pessimistic?

Voltaire

Which Neoclassic work involved heavy use of confidants/confidantes?

Phaedra

T/F: Juvenalian satire is the more gentle, less "biting" type of satire.

False

T/F: Writing of the Neoclassical Period was done by and for the middle class.

False

Which mythological goddess was the source of Phaedra's love for Hippolytus?

Aphrodite (Venus, Roman name)

**The ending of Candide is most ironic because he discovers a simple truth about life which is:

There is satisfaction in work.

**Which Neoclassic work dealt with the effects of unrequited love?

Phaedra

T/F: Neoclassical dramatists were known for showing bloody violence on stage.

False

**T/F: Horatian satire was evident in Candide.

True

In Phaedra, Racine demonstrates how defying the "Golden Mean" can bring about catastrophe in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Hippolytus' excessive passion for Phaedra

T/F: With regard to reason versus passion, passion triumphs in Phaedra.

True

**T/F: From all accounts, Theseus has been a womanizer during his lifetime.

True

**The playwright who suffered the indignity of having his play banned for a time was:

Moliere

Which writer wrote a satiric attack on the economic oppression of the Irish by the English?

Jonathan Swift

Who, according to the speaker in "A Modern Proposal," is to blame for the oppression of the Irish people?

Both the English and the Irish

**T/F: Candide is a picaro.

True

The speaker in "A Modest Proposal" ends the essay by declaring that he will in no way stand to profit monetarily from any of his suggestions because...

...he has no young children which to sell, his youngest child is nine years old, and his wife is past child bearing age.

**T/F: The ending of Tartuffe has been labeled as "rex ex machina."

True

T/F: In Tartuffe, reason wins out over passion.

True

Which poet had a passion for writing about the past?

Tennyson