Norton Anthology of World Literature : Section 20 : Quiz

" // questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5) q1 = "Which of the following features is not associated with Romanticism?"; q1answer = "d"; q1a = "belief in the child's superior insight"; q1b = "celebration of nature"; q1c = "emphasis on the power of imagination"; q1d = "emphasis on the collective rather than on the individual"; q1e = "critique of industrialization"; q1review = "See page 651."; q2 = "In Confessions, what aspect of M. Lambercier's pedagogy does Rousseau consider most effective?"; q2answer = "c"; q2a = "his emphasis on learning the classics"; q2b = "his emphasis on dialogue"; q2c = "his ability to teach without imposing excessive tasks"; q2d = "his insistence that all students read only books they enjoyed"; q2e = "all of the above"; q2review = "See page 668."; q3 = "In Rousseau's framework, what is the relationship between objects and memory?"; q3answer = "d"; q3a = "Objects associated with pleasure will always exist in one's memory."; q3b = "Objects are memorable only for a fleeting moment."; q3c = "Objects make more of an impression on adults than children."; q3d = "Objects make less of an impression than the memory of the object."; q3e = "Objects enter into one's memory only when one is nostalgic."; q3review = "See page 675."; q4 = "What does Faust pursue in Goethe's tale?"; q4answer = "b"; q4a = "knowledge"; q4b = "experience"; q4c = "love"; q4d = "wealth"; q4e = "immortality"; q4review = "See page 678."; q5 = "In Goethe's Faust, how is Faust ultimately able to distinguish himself from Mephistopheles?"; q5answer = "e"; q5a = "He asks for Margaret's forgiveness."; q5b = "He stands up in defense of Margaret."; q5c = "He refuses to leave with Mephistopheles."; q5d = "He acknowledges where he made mistakes."; q5e = "He realizes what he has lost."; q5review = "See page 780."; q6 = "In which of Blake's Songs of Innocence is the speaker a child?"; q6answer = "e"; q6a = "The Lamb"; q6b = "The Little Black Boy"; q6c = "The Chimney Sweeper"; q6d = "a, b, and c"; q6e = "b and c only"; q6review = "See page 783."; q7 = "Mock On, Mock On, Voltaire, Rousseau is best described as:"; q7answer = "d"; q7a = "a critique of French Romanticism."; q7b = "a critique of Continental philosophy."; q7c = "a satire of seventeenth-century French thought."; q7d = "a critique of eighteenth-century rationalism."; q7e = "a critique of orthodox Christianity."; q7review = "See page 788."; q8 = "Who is the person described in William Wordsworth's Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?"; q8answer = "a"; q8a = "his sister, Dorothy"; q8b = "his wife, Sara"; q8c = "his friend Samuel Coleridge"; q8d = "an unnamed vagrant"; q8e = "his daughter, Annette"; q8review = "See page 794."; q9 = "In general, Dorothy Wordsworth's journals reflect on all of the following except:"; q9answer = "c"; q9a = "trees."; q9b = "flowers."; q9c = "herself."; q9d = "others."; q9e = "birds."; q9review = "See page 801."; q10 = "According to Coleridge's preface, how did the poem Kubla Khan come to exist?"; q10answer = "a"; q10a = "It is a recollection of a dream, stimulated by drugs."; q10b = "It is an attempt to memorialize Coleridge's travels."; q10c = "It is written for Lord Byron."; q10d = "It is written in response to Coleridge's desire to travel."; q10e = "none of the above"; q10review = "See page 813."; q11 = "Which musical instrument is a source of fascination in Coleridge's Dejection: An Ode?"; q11answer = "e"; q11a = "the harpsichord"; q11b = "the tambourine"; q11c = "the lyre"; q11d = "the piano"; q11e = "the Aeolian lute"; q11review = "See page 815."; q12 = "Percy Bysshe Shelley's A Defence of Poetry makes all of the following claims except:"; q12answer = "b"; q12a = ""Poetry immortalizes all that is beautiful in the world.""; q12b = ""Poets are acknowledged as legislators of the earth.""; q12c = ""Poets are like priests who interpret sacred mysteries.""; q12d = ""Poetry has the power to work a beneficial change on opinion or institution.""; q12e = ""Poetry records the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.""; q12review = "See page 825."; q13 = "Which eighteenth-century poetic form did John Keats revive?"; q13answer = "d"; q13a = "the dramatic monologue"; q13b = "the ballad"; q13c = "the short lyric poem"; q13d = "the ode"; q13e = "the sonnet"; q13review = "See page 825."; q14 = "In which poem does John Keats ponder the meaning of beauty and life while looking at a piece of art?"; q14answer = "b"; q14a = "Ode on Melancholy"; q14b = "Ode on a Grecian Urn"; q14c = "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer"; q14d = "La Belle Dame sans Merci"; q14e = "To Autumn"; q14review = "See pages 829–830."; q15 = "Which one of the following themes does not predominate in Continental Romantic lyrics?"; q15answer = "e"; q15a = "time"; q15b = "death"; q15c = "nature"; q15d = "love"; q15e = "greed"; q15review = "See page 835."; q16 = "Which one of the following Continental Romantic poets describes the sea as a prospective grave?"; q16answer = "d"; q16a = "Alphonse de Lamartine"; q16b = "Heinrich Heine"; q16c = "Victor Hugo"; q16d = "Anna Petrovna Bunina"; q16e = "Novalis"; q16review = "See pages 840–841."; q17 = "In Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, what is particularly unusual about the love letter written by Hermann?"; q17answer = "e"; q17a = "It is written in Polish even though Lisaveta cannot read that language."; q17b = "It is written in a familiar tone, not usually used by strangers."; q17c = "It is written with beautiful penmanship despite the fact that Lisaveta is blind."; q17d = "It is plagiarized from a well-known Russian novel."; q17e = "It is taken directly from a German novel."; q17review = "See page 872."; q18 = "What is the probable cause of Hermann's madness at the end of The Queen of Spades?"; q18answer = "c"; q18a = "He is unable to deal with the fact that he killed the countess."; q18b = "He is distraught that Lisaveta loves another man."; q18c = "He gambles away his money in a card game."; q18d = "a, b, and c"; q18e = "only a and c"; q18review = "See page 883."; q19 = "Which of the following statements about Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poetry is the most inaccurate?"; q19answer = "b"; q19a = "Ulysses speaks to the human capacity for aspiration."; q19b = "Tithonus wishes to understand why he is denied immortality."; q19c = "Tithonus ponders why any man should wish to be different from other humans."; q19d = "In Memoriam speaks of the private grief associated with the loss of a friend."; q19e = "In Memoriam attempts to re-create the sense of loss when a loved one dies."; q19review = "See page 887–888."; q20 = "Which poetic style is most associated with Robert Browning?"; q20answer = "c"; q20a = "the sonnet"; q20b = "the ode"; q20c = "the dramatic monologue"; q20d = "the lyric ballad"; q20e = "the haiku"; q20review = "See page 908."; q21 = "Under what circumstances does the duke recount the story of his late wife, the duchess, in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess?"; q21answer = "d"; q21a = "He is speaking to her former lover."; q21b = "He is confessing to a monk."; q21c = "He is showing her portrait to a prospective buyer."; q21d = "He is explaining to her parents why she had to die."; q21e = "He is negotiating for a new bride with an envoy."; q21review = "See page 910."; q22 = "In what way does Frederick Douglass think that he suffered more anxiety than many of his fellow slaves?"; q22answer = "c"; q22a = "He had never had a kind master."; q22b = "He had never seen anything of the world."; q22c = "He knows what it is like to be treated kindly."; q22d = "He never knew where his next meal was coming from."; q22e = "He had regularly seen children beaten by their owners."; q22review = "See page 943."; q23 = "What feature of life in the North does Frederick Douglass find to be the most astonishing?"; q23answer = "c"; q23a = "the absence of abject poverty"; q23b = "the animosity between "colored" people"; q23c = "the fact that many "colored" people enjoyed the same standard of living as slave holders in the South"; q23d = "the racism toward "colored" people"; q23e = "the absence of jobs available to former slaves"; q23review = "See page 974."; q24 = "What aspects of Christianity as practiced in the United States does Frederick Douglass deem objectionable?"; q24answer = "e"; q24a = "the hypocritical attitude of elegizing the family while separating members of the same family unit"; q24b = "the Church's acceptance, and endorsement, of slavery"; q24c = "the preferential treatment of black female slaves"; q24d = "a, b, and c"; q24e = "only a and b"; q24review = "See pages 976–977."; q25 = "Which of the following thoughts do not emerge from Song of Myself?"; q25answer = "a"; q25a = "The poet is unable to understand the nature of animals."; q25b = "It is as great to be a man as it is to be a woman."; q25c = "Being the mother of men is a virtue."; q25d = "It is as lucky to be born as it is to die."; q25e = "Everyone must travel the road of life on his or her own."; q25review = "See page 985."; q26 = "How does Billy die at the end of Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor?"; q26answer = "c"; q26a = "He commits suicide by jumping overboard."; q26b = "He is swept off the ship during a thunderstorm."; q26c = "He is executed."; q26d = "He is killed in a brawl with other sailors."; q26e = "He never recovers from a bout of scurvy."; q26review = "See page 1045."; q27 = "Which punctuation mark features strongly in Emily Dickinson's poetry?"; q27answer = "d"; q27a = "the colon"; q27b = "the question mark"; q27c = "the semi colon"; q27d = "the dash"; q27e = "none—she does not use punctuation"; q27review = "See page 1051. 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