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1. Define the notion of “literature”.
2. What is diction?
3. The following poem is “On the Sonnet” by Keats. Read it carefully and answer 5 multiple-choice questions.
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fettered, in spite of pained loveliness,
Let us find out, if we must be constrained,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy;
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gained
By ear industrious, and attention meet;
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay-wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own.
1. The “we” (“us”) of the poem refers to
A. literary critics
B. misers
C. readers of poetry
D. the Muses
E. English poets
2. Which of the following best describes the major
structural divisions of the poem?
A. Lines 1–3; 4–6; 7–9; 10–14
B. Lines 1–8; 9–14
C. Lines 1–6; 7–9; 10–12; 13–14
D. Lines 1–4; 5–8; 9–12; 13–14
E. Lines 1–6; 7–14
3. The metaphor used in the first line of the poem
compares English to
A. carefully guarded treasure
B. Andromeda
C. a bound creature
D. a necklace
E. a sonnet
4. In lines 2–3, the poem compares the sonnet to
Andromeda because
I. both are beautiful
II. neither is free
III. both are inventions of classical Greece
A. III only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
5. The main verb of the first grammatically complete
sentence of the poem is
A. “must be” (line 1)
B. “be chained” (line 1)
C. “Fettered” (line 3)
D. “let . . . find” (line 4)
E. “must be” (line 4)
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1. What is the role of learning literature?
2. What are tropes and figures of speech?
3. The following poem is “On the Sonnet” by Keats. Read it carefully and answer 5 multiple-choice questions.
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fettered, in spite of pained loveliness,
Let us find out, if we must be constrained,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy;
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gained
By ear industrious, and attention meet;
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay-wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own.
1. The phrase “naked foot of poesy” in line 6 is an
example of which of the following technical devices?
A. simile
B. personification
C. oxymoron
D. allusion
E. transferred epithet
2. In line 9, the word “meet” is best defined as
A. suitable
B. concentrated
C. unified
D. distributed
E. introductory
3. The poet alludes to Midas in line 11 to encourage
poets to be
A. miserly
B. generous
C. mythical
D. magical
E. royal
4. In line 12, the phrase “dead leaves” probably refers
to
A. boring passages in poetry
B. the pages of a book of poetry
C. worn-out conventions of poetry
D. surprising but inappropriate original metaphors
E. the closely guarded secrets of style that make great
poetry
5. All of the following words denote restraint
EXCEPT
A. “chained” (line 1)
B. “Fettered” (line 3)
C. “constrained” (line 4)
D. “interwoven” (line 5)
E. “bound” (line 14)
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1. What subjects are related to the theory of literature?
2. Name 5 rhetoric devices and give an example for each.
3. The following poem is “On the Sonnet” by Keats. Read it carefully and answer 5 multiple-choice questions.
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fettered, in spite of pained loveliness,
Let us find out, if we must be constrained,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy;
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gained
By ear industrious, and attention meet;
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay-wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own.
1. Which of the following best states the central idea
of the poem?
A. Poems must be carefully crafted and decorously
adorned.
B. Poets must jealously guard the traditional forms of
the sonnet.
C. Sonnets should be free of all restrictions.
D. The constraint of the sonnet form will lead to
discipline and creativity.
E. Poems in restricted forms should be original and
carefully crafted.
2. The poem is written in
A. rhymed couplets
B. blank verse
C. rhymed iambic pentameter
D. Shakespearean sonnet form
E. rhymed triplets
3. The poet alludes to Midas in line 11 to
encourage poets to be
A. miserly
B. generous
C. mythical
D. magical
E. royal
4. The “we” (“us”) of the poem refers to
A. literary critics
B. misers
C. readers of poetry
D. the Muses
E. English poets
5. In lines 2–3, the poem compares the sonnet to
Andromeda because
I. both are beautiful
II. neither is free
III. both are inventions of classical Greece
A. III only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
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1. Give information about myths and folklore.
2. What are types of imagery used in literature?
3. The following poem is a sonnet by Wordsworth. Read this poem carefully, analyze it quickly, and then answer 5
multiple-choice questions that follow.
Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels;
Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom
Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom,
High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells,
Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells:
In truth the prison, unto which we doom
Ourselves, no prison is: and hence for me,
In sundry moods, ’twas pastime to be bound
Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs must be)
Who have felt the weight of too much liberty,
Should find brief solace there, as I have found.
1. Which of the following best represents the structural
divisions of the poem?
A. Lines 1–4; 5–8; 9–12; 13–14
B. Lines 1–7; 8–10; 11–13; 14
C. Lines 1–7; 8–9 1⁄2; 9 1⁄2–14
D. Lines 1–8; 9–11; 12–14
E. Lines 1–9; 10–13; 14
2. Which of the following best describes the
organization of the poem?
A. A series of logically developing ideas with a
concluding personal application
B. A series of examples followed by a generalization
and a personal application
C. A generalization followed by examples
D. A specific assertion followed by examples followed
by a contradiction of the initial assertion
E. An answer followed by a question that cannot be
answered
3. In line 3, the phrase “pensive citadels” can be best
paraphrased as
A. towers in which students are imprisoned
B. castles under siege
C. dreary fortresses
D. refuges for contemplation
E. strongholds that inspire thought
4. The “we” of line 8 could refer to all of the following
EXCEPT
A. criminals
B. poets
C. nuns
D. hermits
E. students
5. In line 8, “prison” is parallel to all of the following
EXCEPT
A. “narrow room” (line 1)
B. “pensive citadels” (line 3)
C. “Peak of Furness-fells” (line 6)
D. “foxglove bells” (line 7)
E. “scanty plot of ground” (line 11)
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1. What are the main differences between the Eastern and the West Europe literary criticism?
2. How do you understand the term “genre”?
3. The following poem is a sonnet by Wordsworth. Read this poem carefully, analyze it quickly, and then answer 5
multiple-choice questions that follow.
Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels;
Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom
Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom,
High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells,
Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells:
In truth the prison, unto which we doom
Ourselves, no prison is: and hence for me,
In sundry moods, ’twas pastime to be bound
Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs must be)
Who have felt the weight of too much liberty,
Should find brief solace there, as I have found.
1. Lines 8–9 is an example of
A. hyperbole
B. personification
C. alliteration
D. simile
E. paradox
2. In line 10, the assertion “’twas pastime” is parallel
to all of the following phrases EXCEPT
A. “fret not” (line 1)
B. “are contented” (line 2)
C. “Sit blithe” (line 5)
D. “Will murmur” (line 7)
E. “we doom” (line 8)
3. The figure of speech in line 11 (“Within the
Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground”) is
A. a simile comparing the writing of poetry to a field
B. a simile comparing the poet and a farmer
C. a metaphor comparing the sonnet and a small piece
of land
D. a metaphor comparing the pleasures of writing
poetry and the pleasures of gardening
E. an apostrophe
4. In line 14, “there” refers to
A. the sonnet (line 11)
B. the soul (line 12)
C. pleasure (line 12)
D. weight (line 13)
E. liberty (line 13)
5. Which of the following phrases from the poem best
sums up its central idea?
A. “hermits are contented with their cells” (line 2)
B. “Maids at the wheel . . . / Sit blithe and happy”
(lines 4–5)
C. “the prison, unto which we doom / Ourselves, no
prison is” (lines 8–9)
D. “such there needs must be” (line 12)
E. “Who have felt the weight of too much liberty”
(line 13)
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1. What are the basic movements in modern theory of literature?
2. What is the difference between classification of literature in Western countries and our country?
3. The following poem is a sonnet by Wordsworth. Read it and then answer 5 multiple-choice questions.
Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels;
Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom
Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom,
High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells,
Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells:
In truth the prison, unto which we doom
Ourselves, no prison is: and hence for me,
In sundry moods, ’twas pastime to be bound
Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs must be)
Who have felt the weight of too much liberty,
Should find brief solace there, as I have found.
1. From the poem, the reader may infer all of the
following about the speaker EXCEPT that he
A. feels deep compassion for the nuns
B. sometimes finds liberty onerous
C. respects literary conventions
D. finds conventional verse forms congenial to his
talent
E. has written a number of sonnets
2. The rhyme scheme of this poem is especially
appropriate because
I. lines 1–8 employ the traditional abba, abba, of the
Italian sonnet
II. it is restricted to only four rhymes in the 14 lines
III. it makes judicious use of slant rhymes
A. III only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and II
3. Which of the following phrases from the poem best
sums up its central idea?
A. “hermits are contented with their cells”
B. “Maids at the wheel.../ Sit blithe and happy”
C. “the prison, unto which we doom / Ourselves, no
prison is”
D. “such there needs must be”
E. “Who have felt the weight of too much liberty”
4. In line 3, the phrase “pensive citadels” can be best
paraphrased as
A. towers in which students are imprisoned
B. castles under siege
C. dreary fortresses
D. refuges for contemplation
E. strongholds that inspire thought
5. The figure of speech in line 11 (“Within the
Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground”) is
A. a simile comparing the writing of poetry to a field
B. a simile comparing the poet and a farmer
C. a metaphor comparing the sonnet and a small piece
of land
D. a metaphor comparing the pleasures of writing
poetry and the pleasures of gardening
E. an apostrophe
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1. Define the characteristic features of Traditional Literary Criticism.
2. What are the main characteristics of lyric?
3. The following passage is taken from George Eliot’s novel “Adam Bede”. Read it and then answer 5 multiple-choice
questions that follow.
Leisure is gone – gone where the spinning-wheels are gone, and the pack horses, and the slow waggons, and the
pedlars, who brought bargains to the door on sunny afternoons. Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great
work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them: it only creates a vacuum for eager
thought to rush in. Even idleness is eager now – eager for amusement: prone to excursion-trains, art-museums, periodical
literature, and exciting novels: prone even to scientific theorising, and cursory peeps through microscopes. Old Leisure
was quite a different personage: he only read one newspaper, innocent of leaders, and was free from that periodicity of
sensations which we call post-time. He was a contemplative, rather stout gentleman, of excellent digestion – of quiet
perceptions, undiseased by hypothesis: happy in his inability to know the causes of things, preferring the things
themselves. He lived chiefly in the country, among pleasant seats and homesteads, and was fond of sauntering by the
fruit-tree wall, and scenting the apricots when they were warmed by the morning sunshine, or of sheltering himself
under the orchard boughs at noon, when the summer pears were falling. He knew nothing of weekday services, and
thought none the worse of the Sunday sermon if it allowed him to sleep from the text to the blessing – liking the
afternoon service best, because the prayers were the shortest, and not ashamed to say so; for he had an easy, jolly
conscience, broadbacked like himself, and able to carry a great deal of beer or port-wine, - not being made squeamish
by doubts and qualms and lofty aspirations. Life was not a task to him, but a sinecure: he fingered the guineas in his
pocket, and ate his dinners, and slept the sleep of the irresponsible; for had he not kept up his charter by going to church
on the Sunday afternoons? Fine old Leisure! Do not be severe upon him, and judge him by our modern standard: he
never went to Exeter Hall, or heard a popular preacher, or read Tracts for the Timesor Sartor Resartus.
Notes: Exeter Hall was a London building used for lectures and meetings.
Tracts for the Timesand Sartor Resartus are important Victorian and philosophical books.
1. The phrases “Even idleness is eager now - eager for
amusement” exemplify which of the following
devices?
I. metaphor
II. personification
III. paradox
A. III only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
2. According to the passage, all of the following are
the activities of the present EXCEPT
A. restoring antiques
B. railway excursions
C. reading fiction
D. amateur biology
E. attending lectures
3. The phrase “innocent of leaders” can be best said to
mean
A. guiltless of ambition
B. free of editorials
C. ignorant of competition
D. pure as a commander
E. blameless of power
4. Old Leisure had not been “made squeamish by
doubts and qualms and lofty aspirations” because
A. he has no reason to feel guilty
B. his honesty protects him against doubt
C. he never thinks about doubt or aspiration
D. he has fulfilled his charter by attending church
E. they are inventions of the modern age
5. The word “sinecure” can be best defined as
A. a well-rewarded but undemanding position
B. a paid vacation
C. a hard-won and deserved triumph
D. an irresponsible indulgence in pleasure
E. an assuming of responsibility for the well-being of
others
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