"WORLD LITERATURE"
ENGLISH MAJOR
LET REVIEWER
1. The creative, imaginative, and durable writings of authors of the past and present.
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Literature
D. Novels
2. Best known of the ancient works of anglo-saxon literature.
A. Volpone
B. Caedmin and Cynewulf
C. The Legends of King Arthur and his Knights
D. Beowulf
3. A language we speak in our daily lives.
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Literature
D. Lingua Francua
4. A kind of writing which is more highly condensed, that uses figures of speech and more systematic.
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Poems
D. Drama
5. It may be written either in prose or poetry.
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Short stroy
D. Drama
6. Is a lament on the death of a person.
A. Ode
B. Elegy
C. Sacred song
D. Circular song
7. Is a special kind of lyric, written in dignified and elevated style.
✔A. Ode
B. Elegy
C. Lyric poetry
D. Ballad
8. Is probably the most familiar kind of poetry. It closest to music.
A. Ode
B. Lyric poetry
C. Song
D. Poem
9. Is a short narrative poem, telling an actual folk story or a folk-like story in verse form.
A. Epic
B. Ballad
C. Legends
D. Myth
10. A long narrative poem, tells a story,particularly national or mythological hero
A. Epic
B. Ballad
C. Myth
D. Legends
11. It has no rhyme and it follows no regular meter
A. Blank verse
B. Heroic verse
C. Free verse
D. Dead verse
12. Shakespeare:england - petrarch:______?
A. England
B. France
C. Italy
D. Spain
13. Which is not a work of shakespeare.
A. Othello
B. Measure for measure
C. The faerie Queene
D. King lear
14. Among shakespeares' works, which is not a comedy.
A. The tempest
B. The winter's tale
C. Julius caesar
D. As you like it
15. What three words written on an apple given to paris to decide who is the most beautiful among the goddess.
A. With the fairest
B. For the fairest
C. To the fairest
D. From the fairest
CORRECT ANSWERS:
1. C-Literature
2. D-Beowulf
3. A-Prose (we are talking Literature)
4. B-Poetry
5. D-Drama
6. B-Elegy
8. B-Lyric poetry
9. B-Ballad
10. A-Epic
11. C-Freeverse
12. C-Italy
13. C-The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth of England.
14. C-Julius Caesar
15. B-For the Fairest
