21st Century Literature Q2 Review 1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe introduced the concept of world literature. Which of the following is the German word for world literature?

• Weltliteratur

• Weltliterature

• Weltleteratur

• Wiltliteratur

Who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Jacob Grimmm

• Latiff Mohidin

• William Wordsworth

What refers to an ancient Chinese book composed of a large collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries?

• Book of Poetry

• Doctrine of Men

• Great Learning

• The Analects

Which is one of the famous poems written by David Diop? It describes Africans as hard workers who sweat with their backs bent in the fields and suffer humiliation.

• Africa My Africa

• Things Fall Apart

• Sweat

• Battle Royal

Which is a poem inspired by an event on the 15th of April 1802 in which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils?

• I wandered lonely as a cloud

• To a Butterfly

• The Prelude

• A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

What is the central theme of the poem, Annabel Lee?

• Love conquers all

• The inevitability of death

• The power of revenge

• Forbidden Love

What effect do the daffodils have on the speaker's mood?

• They make the speakers sad.

• They have no impact.

• They fill the speaker with joy.

• They make the speaker angry.

What is the primary theme of "Africa, my Africa"?

• Romantic love

• Nature's beauty

• Identity and resistance

• Political satire

Which is the last poem composed by Edgar Allan Poe? It features a subject that appears frequently in Poe's writing: the death of a young, beautiful woman.

• The Raven

• The Black Cat

• The Masque of the Red Death

• Annabel Lee

Which critical approach focuses on ways texts reflect, reinforce, or challenge the effects of class, power relations, and social roles?

• Reader-response

• Feminism

• Historicism

• Marxist