Knowledge of Lit Terms & History (3)

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The term for unrhymed verse, usually in iambic pentameter, is ___?

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blank verse

Front

The literary term for a section or a division in a long poem is ___?

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canto

Front

Two successive lines rhyming aa and containing a grammatically complete, independent statement are known as a(n) ___.

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closed couplet

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A “strong curtain” is ___

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a powerful conclusion to an act or a play

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The accepted definition of tragedy is ___.

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goat song

Front

Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella were penned by __.

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Philip Sidney

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The Life of Donne was composed in 1640 by ___.

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Izaak Walton

Front

Who wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?

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Mark Twain

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The American author of Paradise and The Bluest Eye, who received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature is ___?

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Toni Morrison

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John Patrick Shanley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Doubt: A Parable in ___?

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1928