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1. Define the characteristic features of Formalism and New Criticism.
2. What are the main characteristics of drama?
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 point of view in the question “had he not kept
up his charter by going to church on the Sunday
afternoons?” is that of
I. old Leisure
II. new or modern leisure
III. the narrator of the passage
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III only
E. II and III only
2. The phrase “he had an easy, jolly conscience, broad-
backed like himself” employs
A. only one simile
B. only one metaphor
C. one metaphor and one simile
D. two metaphors and one simile
E. two similes
3. The social position of old Leisure is suggested by all
of the following words EXCEPT
A. “gentleman” (line 21)
B. “pleasant seats” (line 27)
C. “port-wine” (line 42)
D. “guineas” (line 46)
E. “charter” (line 49)
4. Old Leisure’s observance of his religious
obligations may be best described as
A. hypocritical
B. ardent
C. grudging
D. perfunctory
E. skeptical
5. Of the following phrases, all of them work to make
a similar point about old Leisure EXCEPT
A. “rather stout”
B. “of excellent digestion”
C. “undiseased by hypothesis”
D. “able to carry a great deal of beer”
E. “ate his dinners”
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9.
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NTRODUCTION TO
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ITERARY
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HEORY
1. Define the characteristic features of Structuralism and Post-structuralism.
2. What are the main characteristics of epic?
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. Of the following techniques, which is the most
important in the presentation of old Leisure?
A. hyperbole
B. simile
C. personification
D. paradox
E. apostrophe
2. Compared to the leisure of modern times, old
Leisure is characterized as more
A. religious
B. cynical
C. unthinking
D. eager
E. carnal
3. The passage implies all of the following contrasts
between the leisure of the past and of the present
EXCEPT
A. rural vs. urban
B. science vs. art
C. mind vs. body
D. complacency vs. aspiration
E. belief vs. doubt
4. From the whole passage, the reader can infer that
the narrator feels
I. some nostalgia for the leisure of the past
II. an awareness of the complacency of the present
III. a concern for the anti-intellectual self-interest of
the past
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
E. I, II, and III
5. The tone of the passage is best described as
A. gently satirical
B. harshly sarcastic
C. mawkishly sentimental
D. coolly objective
E. cheerfully optimistic
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1. Define the characteristic features of New Historicism and Cultural Materialism.
2. What literary subgenres do you know?
3. Read the following poem titled “A Description of the Morning” carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
Now hardly here and there an hackney-coach
Appearing, showed the ruddy morn’s approach.
Now Betty from her master’s bed had flown,
And softly stole to discompose her own;
The slip-shod ’prentice from his master’s door
Had pared the dirt, and sprinkled round the floor.
Now Moll had whirled her mop with dext’rous airs,
Prepared to scrub the entry and the stairs.
The youth with broomy stumps began to trace
The kennel-edge, where wheels had worn the place.
The small-coal man was heard with cadence deep,
Till drowned in shriller notes of chimney-sweep:
Duns at his lordship’s gate began to meet;
And brickdust Moll had screamed through half a street.
The turnkey now his flock returning sees,
Duly let out a-nights to steal for fees:
The watchful bailiffs take their silent stands,
And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands.
1. Given the title of the poem, which of the following
might a reader expect but not find?
A. an account of the sounds of the morning
B. an account of the countryside at daybreak
C. a reference to children on the way to school
D. an account of the early activity indoors
E. a picture of urban life in the morning
2. The focus of the poem is on
A. working class men and women
B. aristocrats
C. children
D. white-collar workers
E. the unemployed
3. The speaker of the poem does NOT
A. live in the city
B. understand the implication of lines 3–4
C. approve of Moll (lines 7–8)
D. make overt moral judgments
E. perceive the intention of the bailiffs (line 17)
4. The social range of the poem encompasses all the
following EXCEPT the
A. aristocrat
B. servant
C. clergyman
D. apprentice
E. peddler
5. In line 4, Betty discomposes her bed
A. as part of her duties as a maidservant
B. in preparation for the laundry
C. to give the appearance she has slept in it
D. because the beds are made of straw
E. because she is unable to sleep
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11.
F
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SSIGNMENT ON
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NTRODUCTION TO
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ITERARY
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HEORY
1. Define the characteristic features of Ethnic Studies and Postcolonial Criticism.
2. What are the main four properties of a literary text?
3. Read the following poem titled “A Description of the Morning” carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
Now hardly here and there an hackney-coach
Appearing, showed the ruddy morn’s approach.
Now Betty from her master’s bed had flown,
And softly stole to discompose her own;
The slip-shod ’prentice from his master’s door
Had pared the dirt, and sprinkled round the floor.
Now Moll had whirled her mop with dext’rous airs,
Prepared to scrub the entry and the stairs.The youth with broomy stumps began to trace
The kennel-edge, where wheels had worn the place.
The small-coal man was heard with cadence deep,
Till drowned in shriller notes of chimney-sweep:
Duns at his lordship’s gate began to meet;
And brickdust Moll had screamed through half a street.
The turnkey now his flock returning sees,
Duly let out a-nights to steal for fees:
The watchful bailiffs take their silent stands,
And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands.
1. In line 13, “Duns” are
A. salesmen
B. out-of-work lawyers
C. fools
D. upper servants
E. bill collectors
2. In line 15, the metaphor compares the turnkey to a
A. shepherd
B. farmer
C. ticket-taker
D. cobbler
E. butcher
3. In line 15, the “flock” is returning to a
A. pub
B. factory
C. barn
D. slaughterhouse
E. prison
4. The word “Duly” in line 16 can be understood to
mean
I. fitly, appropriately
II. punctually, on time
III. day after day
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only
5. If successful, the “watchful bailiffs” in line 17 will
provide additions to the
A. duns at his lordship’s gate
B. worn kennel-edge
C. army and the navy
D. turnkey’s flock
E. laggard schoolboys
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SSIGNMENT ON
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NTRODUCTION TO
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ITERARY
T
HEORY
1. Define the characteristic features of Gender Studies.
2. What are the main approaches to literary text analysis?
3. Read the following poem titled “A Description of the Morning” carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
Now hardly here and there an hackney-coach
Appearing, showed the ruddy morn’s approach.
Now Betty from her master’s bed had flown,
And softly stole to discompose her own;
The slip-shod ’prentice from his master’s door
Had pared the dirt, and sprinkled round the floor.
Now Moll had whirled her mop with dext’rous airs,
Prepared to scrub the entry and the stairs.
The youth with broomy stumps began to trace
The kennel-edge, where wheels had worn the place.
The small-coal man was heard with cadence deep,
Till drowned in shriller notes of chimney-sweep:
Duns at his lordship’s gate began to meet;
And brickdust Moll had screamed through half a street.
The turnkey now his flock returning sees,
Duly let out a-nights to steal for fees:
The watchful bailiffs take their silent stands,
And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands.
1. The poem is an example of which of the following
verse forms?
A. blank verse
B. couplet
C. terza rima
D. ballad meter
E. free verse
2. Compared to most poetry, this poem is
notable for infrequently using
A. rhyme
B. figurative language
C. realistic detail
D. syntax
E. meter
3. The focus of the poem is on
A. working class men and women
B. aristocrats
C. children
D. white-collar workers
E. the unemployed
4. In line 13, “Duns” are
A. salesmen
B. out-of-work lawyers
C. fools
D. upper servants
E. bill collectors
5. In line 15, the metaphor compares the turnkey to a
A. shepherd
B. farmer
C. ticket-taker
D. cobbler
E. butcher
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NTRODUCTION TO
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HEORY
1. Define the characteristic features of Cultural Studies.
2. What are the main literary text categories?
3. Read the poem “Magnolias in Snow” carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
Snow alters and elaborates perspectives,
confuses South with North and would deceive
me into what egregious error
but for these trees that keep their summer green
and like a certain hue of speech mean South.
Magnolias stand for South, as every copy-
reader knows, and snow means North to me,
means home and friends I walked with under boughs
of hemlock when the cold of winter
was a carilloneur that played in china bells.
But still, snow-shine upon magnolia leaves
that wither into shapes of abstract sculpture
when brought inside for garnishment,
does compensate for things I must forego
if I would safely walk beneath these trees:
These dazzleclustered trees that stand in heaped
and startling ornaments of snow, a baroque
surprise. O South, how beautiful is change.
1. The poem takes place in
A. the library of a southern university
B. winter in the American south
C. an unspecified location
D. winter in the American north
E. March in New England
2. How does knowing that this poem was written in
1948 by a black writer help to explain its meaning?
I. It explains why a black man’s confusing North and
South before the Civil Rights Movement might be an
“egregious error.”
II. It explains why the speaker should be concerned
with “walking safely.”
III. It explains the appeal of the last line of the poem.
A. II only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
3. Lines 1-2 can be understood to mean
I. the snow symbolizes the North as magnolias
symbolize the South.
II. by covering the land, the snow confuses the sense
of direction.
III. the unexpected southern snow is disconcerting to
one who expects snow only in the North.
A. II only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
4. The phrase “hue of speech” in line 5 can be termed
a synesthetic figure because
I. it is metaphorical.
II. it interchanges sound and color.
III. it is composed of words of only one syllable.
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
5. The simile in the first stanza compares
A. magnolias and the Southern accent
B. snow and a painter
C. snow and a deceitful person
D. South and North
E. trees in summer and magnolias
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