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1) Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ? a. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time. b. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age. c. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions. d. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged.
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2) Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction emphasize which of the following ? a. Reason over emotions b. The necessity for an aristocracy c. The power of feelings d. A sense of adventure
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3) In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach,” the speaker refers to the “melancholy, long, withdrawing roar” of “The Sea of Faith.” This reference alludes to which of the following ? a. The Protestant Reformation b. Religious interpretations of changes to the oceans c. The decline of religion’s importance in the modern West d. His lover’s betrayal
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4) Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth conceives of himself as a “chosen son” primarily because_____________? a. his brothers died in their youth. b. he was endowed with a great poetic talent. c. he was given special educational opportunities. d. he feels especially connected to nature due to his experience as a youth.
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5) Which of the following social issues does Dickens confront in Great Expectations ? a. Penal reform b. Educational reform c. The role of the monarchy d. Both A and B
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6) In The Rape of the Lock, Pope satirizes which of the following social institutions ? a. The government b. Marriage c. Organized religion d. All of these answers
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7) Which of the following genres is NOT part of the hybrid form of Behn’s Oroonoko ? a. Nonfiction b. Travel memoir c. Detective story d. Biography
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8) Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” ? a. The dangers of sensuality to women b. The links between sexuality and economics c. The importance of sisterly bonds d. All of these answers
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9) Complete the following sentence. The Byronic hero is characterized as________________? a. always fighting for good against evil. b. fortunate in always coming out victorious. c. nearly superhuman in his powers but tortured by a psychological weight. d. devoted to religion above all things
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10) Which of the following statements about the poems in Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience is true ? a. The poems defend the industrial revolution as helping England’s economy. b. The poems criticize religious institutions for not helping the oppressed. c. The poems reject experience in favor of innocence. d. The poems reject innocence in favor of experience.
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11) Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel ? a. Horror b. The sublime c. Suspense d. Picaresque
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12) Which of the following best defines sentimentalism ? a. A refusal to emphasize the innate goodness of humanity b. An emphasis on the power of sympathy to allow individuals to feel others’ pain and joy c. A sense of awe in the power of the natural world d. A parody of the interest in emotion that developed out of the Enlightenment interest in reason
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13) Which of the following best defines the heroic couplet ? a. Two characters in an epic who are romantically involved b. Two lines of rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter c. The concluding lines of any poem d. Two characters who act as foils in a comedy of manners
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14) Complete the following sentence. According to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution was________________? a. the ultimate expression of humankind’s ability to control its own destiny. b. a misguided attempt to overthrow human nature by rejecting tradition. c. a necessary change that was beginning to go astray. d. an event that had little consequence to England
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15) “O my death mother! I am miserable, truly miserable! But yet, don’t be frightened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so!” These lines characterize Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______________? a. through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form. b. by emphasizing the character’s fright. c. by emphasizing sexual morality. d. through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the character’s feelings.
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16) In which of the following ways did Hopkins revolutionize poetry ? a. He created a radically new form. b. He used unusual, arcane words. c. He made obscure allusions. d. All of these answers
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17) Complete the following sentence. Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is_______________? a. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife. b. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer. c. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning. d. an epic describing a great romance.
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18) Complete the following sentence. Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ? a. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism. b. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology. c. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context. d. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire.
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