Famous Playwright, Poet And Others MCQs

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Little Chandler

Option C: Joe Donnelly

Option D: Stephen Dedalus

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: Molly Bloom

Option B: Mrs. Mooney

Option C: Mrs. Sinico

Option D: Gerty MacDowell

Correct Answer: Molly Bloom ✔

Option A: he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

Option B: he hopes to join the IRB

Option C: he is disinterested in nationalism

Option D: he is opposed to the nationalist cause

Correct Answer: he is disinterested in nationalism ✔

Option A: it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners

Option B: it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners

Option C: it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses

Option D: it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake

Correct Answer: it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses ✔

Option A: Odysseus

Option B: Telemachus

Option C: Nestor

Option D: Nausicaa

Correct Answer: Telemachus ✔

Option A: puns

Option B: parodies

Option C: unconventional syntax

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Mr. Deasy

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Molly Ivors

Correct Answer: Mr. Deasy ✔

Option A: a newspaper

Option B: a stream

Option C: a law

Option D: a book

Correct Answer: a stream ✔

Option A: both are mature

Option B: both tend to be cheerful

Option C: both are artists

Option D: both dislike music

Correct Answer: both are artists ✔

Option A: Leopold Bloom

Option B: Molly Bloom

Option C: Gabriel Conroy

Option D: Stephen Dedalus

Correct Answer: Stephen Dedalus ✔

Option A: bildungsroman

Option B: comedy of manners

Option C: pastoral

Option D: satire

Correct Answer: bildungsroman ✔

Option A: a novel that traces women’s intellectual developments

Option B: an artist’s novel of awakening

Option C: an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art

Option D: a novel in which the hero solves a crime

Correct Answer: an artist’s novel of awakening ✔

Option A: it does not explore a character’s internal development

Option B: it uses experimental language

Option C: it celebrates the simplicity of everyday life

Option D: it follows a traditional narrative structure

Correct Answer: it uses experimental language ✔

Option A: vowel shift

Option B: chiasmus

Option C: acatalectic

Option D: stream of consciousness

Correct Answer: stream of consciousness ✔

Option A: he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it

Option B: he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

Option C: he is committed to staying in Ireland

Option D: he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

Correct Answer: he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it ✔

Option A: Aeneas

Option B: Icarus

Option C: Daedalus

Option D: Minos

Correct Answer: Daedalus ✔

Option A: as a friend

Option B: as a family member

Option C: as a romantic hero

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the positive side of war with Germany

Option B: the supremacy of Britain

Option C: Irish nationalism

Option D: the Irish nation’s inability to survive without England’s help

Correct Answer: Irish nationalism ✔

Option A: the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself

Option B: the image is presented is immediate relation to the artist and others

Option C: the image is presented in a way that is not purely personal

Option D: the image is presented in immediate relation to others only

Correct Answer: the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself ✔

Option A: they sometimes clarify the connection between death and life

Option B: they are often coupled with resignation, sadness, and frustration

Option C: they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the race for more modes of transportation

Option B: the decline of the Irish race

Option C: the race to establish an empire

Option D: the race for Ireland’s welfare

Correct Answer: the race to establish an empire ✔

Option A: that women are more at fault than men

Option B: that individuals are too passive

Option C: that people work too hard for change

Option D: that Catholicism is not to blame for problems

Correct Answer: that individuals are too passive ✔

Option A: a reporter

Option B: a father

Option C: a poet

Option D: a soldier

Correct Answer: a poet ✔

Option A: “The Dead”

Option B: “Eveline”

Option C: “A Painful Case”

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: realism

Option B: impressionism

Option C: fantasy

Option D: gothic

Correct Answer: realism ✔

Option A: adolescence, maturity, childhood

Option B: childhood, maturity, adolescence

Option C: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life

Option D: childhood, adolescence, maturity

Correct Answer: childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life ✔

Option A: she decides to stay in Ireland

Option B: she decides to quit her job

Option C: she decides to leave her mother

Option D: she leaves for France

Correct Answer: she decides to stay in Ireland ✔

Option A: Ezra Pound

Option B: W.B. Yeats

Option C: Ernest Hemmingway

Option D: Virginia Woolf

Correct Answer: Ezra Pound ✔

Option A: Arthur Symons

Option B: Harriet Weaver

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: George Russell

Option B: J.M. Synge

Option C: W.B. Yeats

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: his father’s alcoholism

Option B: poverty

Option C: lack of stable work

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: an increase in Irish nationalism

Option B: the Irish desire for independence

Option C: the formation of the secret, revolutionary IRB

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: T.S. Eliot

Option B: T.E. Hulme

Option C: Ezra Pound

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Trieste

Option B: Paris

Option C: Zurich

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: 1847

Option B: 1893

Option C: 1906

Option D: 1922

Correct Answer: 1922 ✔

Option A: After his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works

Option B: After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language

Option C: After his exile, he never used split narratives

Option D: After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

Correct Answer: After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: William Bradshaw

Option C: John Foxe

Option D: William Tyndale

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: commonness

Option B: boredom

Option C: backwardness

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: acatalectic

Option B: chiasmus

Option C: fantasy

Option D: pentameter

Correct Answer: chiasmus ✔

Option A: it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed

Option B: it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine

Option C: it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: it counters the sense of unrequited love

Option B: it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration

Option C: it makes the stories seem more impersonal

Option D: it breaks through the sense of paralysis

Correct Answer: it counters the sense of unrequited love ✔

Option A: Thomas Aquinas

Option B: Augusta Gregory

Option C: Charles Parnell

Option D: Ezra Pound

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: a popular symbol of Irish nationalism

Option B: an Irish representative in the British Parliament

Option C: the founder of the Catholic Land League

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: the metaphor of Ireland as a novel

Option B: the metaphor of Ireland as a woman

Option C: the metaphor of Ireland as a child

Option D: the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier

Correct Answer: the metaphor of Ireland as a woman ✔

Option A: the desire to show realistic forms

Option B: the use of traditional formal structure

Option C: the lack of interest in characters’ psyches

Option D: the desire to break with established forms

Correct Answer: the desire to break with established forms ✔

Option A: the spread of Freud’s theories

Option B: the increased pace of everyday life

Option C: the controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: Nora Barnacle

Option B: Sylvia Beach

Option C: Molly Bloom

Option D: Augusta Gregory

Correct Answer: Nora Barnacle ✔

Option A: 1901

Option B: 1916

Option C: 1922

Option D: 1934

Correct Answer: 1916 ✔

Option A: it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices

Option B: it led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature

Option C: it inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: short prose sketches that vary in character

Option B: dream-like pieces of writing

Option C: deep realizations linked with religious faith

Option D: All of the Above

Correct Answer: All of the Above ✔

Option A: autism

Option B: blindness

Option C: deafness

Option D: loss of limb

Correct Answer: blindness ✔

Option A: The poet who leads Dante on a tour of hell

Option B: Dante’s enemy

Option C: Dante’s patron

Option D: The emperor of Italy in Dante’s lifetime

Correct Answer: Dante’s patron ✔

Option A: He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.

Option B: Because he was pagan, he did not believe in heaven.

Option C: Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible.

Option D: He believed that heaven, hell, and earth were indistinguishable.

Correct Answer: He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one. ✔

Option A: It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven.

Option B: It is the ability to reunite with the body.

Option C: It is the ability to commit sins while in the human body.

Option D: It is the ability to separate from the body in order to reach hell.

Correct Answer: It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven. ✔

Option A: Saint James

Option B: Saint John

Option C: Saint Peter

Option D: Saint Thomas

Correct Answer: Saint James ✔

Option A: Virgil

Option B: Thomas Aquinas

Option C: Judas

Option D: Cacciaguida

Correct Answer: Thomas Aquinas ✔

Option A: Those with the most constancy of characters

Option B: The proud

Option C: The best emperors and rulers

Option D: The souls of those who abandoned their vows

Correct Answer: The souls of those who abandoned their vows ✔

Option A: Easter Sunday

Option B: Wednesday after Easter

Option C: Good Friday

Option D: All Saint’s Day

Correct Answer: Wednesday after Easter ✔

Option A: The politics of Ravenna

Option B: The politics of ancient Greece

Option C: The politics of Italian city-states

Option D: The politics of the Roman Empire

Correct Answer: The politics of the Roman Empire ✔

Option A: Natural light

Option B: Revelations

Option C: The light of grace

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: His use of allegory

Option B: His opposition to the separation of Church and State

Option C: His belief in the infallibility of the popes

Option D: His interest in medieval cosmology

Correct Answer: His use of allegory ✔

Option A: The deadly sins

Option B: The steps to confession

Option C: The beatitudes

Option D: The angelic hierarchy

Correct Answer: The angelic hierarchy ✔

Option A: The deadly sins

Option B: The historical religious eras

Option C: The liberal arts

Option D: The sacraments

Correct Answer: The liberal arts ✔

Option A: The seven deadly sins

Option B: The seven types of sin that keep people from heaven

Option C: The three components of the perfect confession

Option D: The eight beatitudes

Correct Answer: The three components of the perfect confession ✔

Option A: The themes usually involve life after death

Option B: A character’s body is separated from his soul

Option C: A guide leads the narrator on a spiritual journey

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Cato

Option B: Beatrice

Option C: Virgil

Option D: Homer

Correct Answer: Beatrice ✔

Option A: A place for cleansing and purification

Option B: The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell

Option C: The setting for the middle portion of Dante’s The Divine Comedy

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Vita Nuova

Option B: The Convivio

Option C: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Option D: The Divine Comedy

Correct Answer: The Divine Comedy ✔

Option A: Pope Boniface

Option B: Pope Clement

Option C: Saint Stephen

Option D: John the Baptist

Correct Answer: John the Baptist ✔

Option A: In the southern hemisphere

Option B: In the northern hemisphere

Option C: In Florence

Option D: In Rome

Correct Answer: In the southern hemisphere ✔

Option A: Sonnet

Option B: Aubade

Option C: Ode

Option D: Elegy

Correct Answer: Aubade ✔

Option A: They are punished with whips and bridles.

Option B: They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.

Option C: They have their eyes sewn shut with wire.

Option D: They must walk through thick smoke.

Correct Answer: They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs. ✔

Option A: The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history

Option B: The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church

Option C: The impossibility for sinners to repent

Option D: The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time

Correct Answer: The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church ✔

Option A: It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.

Option B: It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.

Option C: It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.

Option D: It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

Correct Answer: It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry. ✔

Option A: The secret confession of sins

Option B: A lack of remorse

Option C: The inability to reject one’s old life

Option D: A sense of gratitude for God’s mercy

Correct Answer: A sense of gratitude for God’s mercy ✔

Option A: Saint Augustine

Option B: Virgil

Option C: Homer

Option D: Judas

Correct Answer: Virgil ✔

Option A: A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes

Option B: A form of blank verse

Option C: A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme

Option D: A poetic form with five-line stanzas

Correct Answer: A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme ✔

Option A: The idea that the punishment fits the crime

Option B: The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova

Option C: The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy

Option D: The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy

Correct Answer: The idea that the punishment fits the crime ✔

Option A: Allegory

Option B: Metonymy

Option C: Synesthesia

Option D: Simile

Correct Answer: Synesthesia ✔

Option A: The sinners in the heretic circle

Option B: The furies

Option C: The fallen angels

Option D: The angelic messengers

Correct Answer: The fallen angels ✔

Option A: Dido

Option B: Pope Boniface

Option C: Beatrice

Option D: Judas

Correct Answer: Judas ✔

Option A: Reason

Option B: Compassion

Option C: Temperance

Option D: Fortitude

Correct Answer: Reason ✔

Option A: As the denial of the soul’s immortality

Option B: As the rejection free will

Option C: As the choiceof lust over love

Option D: As the decision to indulge in various sins

Correct Answer: As the denial of the soul’s immortality ✔

Option A: They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp.

Option B: They are burned in their graves.

Option C: They roll heavy stones onto one another.

Option D: They are forced to lie under the surface of a marsh.

Correct Answer: They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp. ✔

Option A: The circle of lust

Option B: The circle of gluttony

Option C: The circle of heresy

Option D: The circle of treachery

Correct Answer: The circle of gluttony ✔

Option A: “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of the poets”

Option B: “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of irony”

Option C: “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of the theologians”

Option D: “Allegory of the poets” and “allegory of the theologians”

Correct Answer: “Allegory of the poets” and “allegory of the theologians” ✔

Option A: Lust is often pure, while love tends to be crude.

Option B: Lust and love are both sins that place the sinner in hell.

Option C: Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire.

Option D: Lust leads to moral improvement, while love is a more destructive force.

Correct Answer: Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire. ✔

Option A: Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld focuses on punishment for sins.

Option B: Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is concerned with destiny and future.

Option C: Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is not expected to last forever.

Option D: Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld does not include examples of justice.

Correct Answer: Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld focuses on punishment for sins. ✔

Option A: He came to prefer the idea of an enlightened emperor.

Option B: He decided that only a dictator should be in power.

Option C: He decided that only the Catholic Church should be in power.

Option D: He came to the realization that all emperors are unjust.

Correct Answer: He came to prefer the idea of an enlightened emperor. ✔

Option A: The historical evolution of language

Option B: The language of different literary genres

Option C: The difference between grammar and language

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The Italian Renaissance

Option B: The Black Death

Option C: The Crusades

Option D: The Enlightenment

Correct Answer: The Crusades ✔

Option A: He thought the popes failed to live up the requirements of their offices.

Option B: He disbelieved in the Christian doctrine.

Option C: He believed that most of the teachings were incorrect.

Option D: He thought that the popes were the only successful part of the Church.

Correct Answer: He thought the popes failed to live up the requirements of their offices. ✔

Option A: “The sweet silence”

Option B: “The sweetness of love”

Option C: “Sweet and still”

Option D: “Sweet new style”

Correct Answer: “Sweet new style” ✔

Option A: Both believed that reason was unrelated to faith.

Option B: Both believed in the joint power of the Church and the State.

Option C: Both believed that only faith was an important part of the Christian worldview.

Option D: Both believed that reason and faith were part of the quest for truth.

Correct Answer: Both believed that reason and faith were part of the quest for truth. ✔

Option A: He wrote classical epics with Christian materials.

Option B: He promoted the worship of idolatrous statues from the ancient times.

Option C: He rejected the influence of Scholasticism.

Option D: He was uninterested in the poetics of the sublime.

Correct Answer: He wrote classical epics with Christian materials. ✔

Option A: He held several positions in the local government.

Option B: He conducted diplomatic missions.

Option C: He literally fought at the Battle of Campaldino.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Latin

Option B: Tuscan

Option C: English

Option D: French

Correct Answer: Tuscan ✔

Option A: Tuscan

Option B: Italian

Option C: Latin

Option D: English

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Because many people were deeply offended by The Divine Comedy

Option B: Because he was embroiled in the conflict between the Black Guelphs and White Guelphs

Option C: Because Pope Boniface VIII was upset by his representation of the church in The Divine Comedy

Option D: Because Beatrice’s family wanted the two lovers separated

Correct Answer: Because he was embroiled in the conflict between the Black Guelphs and White Guelphs ✔

Option A: In written literature

Option B: In everyday speech

Option C: In essays

Option D: In love poetry

Correct Answer: In essays ✔