Literary Focus: Introduction to Literary Periods

What is the primary purpose of literature as described in the passage?

• To entertain only

• To tell a story

• To explain scientific ideas

• To educate about history

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The "prologue" to literary history is considered to be:

• The Classical period

• Oral tradition

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

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What major advancement in literature took place thousands of years ago?

• People started to read aloud

• Literature became written down

• Epic poems were created

• Fictional stories were introduced

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What does the passage suggest about literature produced during different periods?

• It is based solely on entertainment

• It reflects the concerns of the age

• It is always purely factual

• It focuses only on fictional stories

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The classical period is generally considered to span from:

• 1600 BCE–1900 CE

• 1200 BCE–455 CE

• 455 CE–1485 CE

• 1300–1600 CE

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In the classical period, what was the focus of epic poems?

• Simple love stories

• Celebrating heroic achievement

• Realistic depictions of daily life

• Nature’s beauty

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The Iliad and Odyssey were written by which famous author?

• William Shakespeare

• Jonathan Swift

• Homer

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Beowulf, the oldest known English epic, was written during which literary period?

• The Renaissance

• The Medieval period

• The Enlightenment

• The Romantic period

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The passage describes Beowulf as being of high birth because his father was:

• A noble warrior-lord

• A king

• A famous poet

• A priest

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What ideals does the passage say dominated the medieval period’s warrior culture?

• Peace and cooperation

• Loyalty, nobility, and leadership

• Romantic love

• Scientific discovery

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