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Quiz 2 Literary Criticism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Neoclassical Period lasted for how many years between the Renaissance and Romantic period?

a)

150 years

b)

200 years

c)

100 years

d)

90 years

2.

Who coined the term “Dark Ages”?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Marx

d)

Petrarch

3.

is a theory about comedy that violates the mental patterns and expectations of the people.

a)

Relief theory

b)

Incongruity theory

c)

Superiority theory

d)

Script-Based Theory

4.

Vernacular discourse refers to a linguistic form that can challenge dominant ways of thinking and speaking.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Neither

d)

Both

5.

It introduced the critical ideas of Renaissance theorists to England.

a)

The School of Abuse

b)

Astrophell and Stella

c)

The Defence of Poesy

d)

Lectures about the Comic Writers

6.

It contains a store of information of the utmost importance for our understanding of Dante's intellectual evolution.

a)

The Inferno

b)

De Vulgari Eloquentia

c)

The Convivo

d)

La Vito Nuevo

7.

He was a former playwright who dedicated his attack on the English stage, The School of Abuse, to Sidney in 1579, but Sidney primarily addresses more general objections to poetry, such as those of Plato.

a)

John Dryden

b)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

c)

Stephen Gosson

d)

Jonathan Swift

8.

Which dates correspond to the 'Dark Ages'?

a)

500 - 1500 A.D.

b)

1500 B.C. - 500 A.D.

c)

500 B.C - 500 A.D.

d)

1500 A.D. - present

9.

A great example for a series of common examples of essays during the nineteenth century that contained the causes of laughter would be:

a)

Sancho Panza

b)

Grimm's Fairy Tales

c)

Aesop's Fables

d)

Arabian Nights

10.

This work is considered a major contribution to the field of language and literature?

a)

Defence of Poesy

b)

A Dictionary of the English Language

c)

The school of Abuse

d)

De Vulgari Eloquentia