Literary Concepts Quiz

The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

• tragedy.

• nemesis.

• catharsis.

• hubris.

The three main unities are those of

• action, time and place.

• time, space and action.

• place, time and space.

• place, time, plot.

“Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind” illustrates

• inversion.

• paradox

• metaphor

• oxymoron.

All satiric plays must have in them, elements of

• tragedy.

• irony.

• mime.

• Pun.

‘All fingers are not equal’ is an example of

• meiosis.

• oxymoron.

• hyperbole.

• synecdoche.

In drama, catharsis is the

• change of setting.

• conflict between two characters.

• resolution of conflict.

• purging of emotions from tension.

An interlude is a brief

• presentation in the interval of a dramatic performance.

• play before the main dramatic performance.

• dialogue between two persons

• presentation after the main dramatic performance.

A short poem written on a tomb is an

• epigram.

• epitaph.

• epithet.

• epilogue.

Mock heroic poetry elevates the

• the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer.

• trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic.

• the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner.

• the important tales of heroes of the past era.

The pattern of beats to denote movement in poetry is

• refrain.

• metre.

• scansion.

• Rhyme