Literary Analysis Quiz

Which modernist works broke narrative structure?

• The Prelude

• Emma

• Dracula

• Ulysses

• The Sound and the Fury

Which authors explored psychological depth in character?

• Jonathan Swift

• Oscar Wilde

• Samuel Beckett

• George Eliot

• Henry James

What is metafiction?

• Fiction that reflects on its own nature

• A narrative about storytelling

• A true memoir

• A naturalist essay

• Allegory for religion

Which authors are considered postmodern?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Robert Browning

• John Milton

• Kurt Vonnegut

• Don DeLillo

What do Slaughterhouse-Five and Catch-22 have in common?

• Realist detail

• Classical form

• Gothic romance

• Satirical style

• Anti-war themes

What makes To the Lighthouse a modernist novel?

• Interior monologue

• Non-linear time

• Allegorical figures

• Rhyme schemes

• Symbolist language

What are major themes in George Eliot's novels?

• Fairy tale structure

• Social criticism

• Ethical choice

• Urban alienation

• Satirical poetry

What genre innovations did Byron introduce?

• Narrative poetry

• Epistolary novel

• Byronic hero

• Allegorical treatise

• Historical drama

What distinguishes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?

• Romantic idealism

• Stream of consciousness

• Gothic tone

• Mythical heroism

• Urban alienation

Who are the two main characters in Beowulf?

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• Grendel

• Beowulf

• Sir Gawain