This question is based on General Literary Principles

Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place

• A. simultaneously
• B. intermittently
• C. in a single revolution of the sun
• D. within the same locale

Pick the odd item out of the options listed

• A. the joys of the motherhood
• B. sons and daughters
• C. a man for all seasons
• D. the last duty

Students rarely read Julius Caesar these days illustrates ________

• A. caesura
• B. eponym
• C. oxymoron
• D. zeugma

A character whose flaws combined with external force lead to his suffering is a

• A. heroine
• B. tragic-hero
• C. hero
• D. protagonist

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An interlude is a brief

• A. presentation in the interval of a dramatic performance
• B. play before the main dramatic performance
• C. presentation after the main dramatic performance
• D. dialogue between two persons

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles

Mrs. Joan Durbeyfield is portrayed as

• A. reticent and deeply emotional
• B. strong-willed and boisterous
• C. pretentious and calculating
• D. fastidious and overbearing

... seest thou this sweet sight?

Her dotage now I do begin to pity;

For meeting her of late behind the wood,

Seeking sweet favours for this hateful fool,

I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.

For she his hairy temples then had rounded

With coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers;

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 - 28)

The relationship between the speaker and thou in the first line is one of

• A. companionship
• B. friendship
• C. king and courtier
• D. master and errand boy

A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

• A. Epistolary
• B. Gothic
• C. Historical
• D. Socialogical

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

Kate, Hardcastle's daughter, agrees to her father's choice of a husband for her but is critical of the

• A. mother's non-participation in the choice
• B. long notice given her of the suitor's arrival
• C. custom which allows her father to choose for her
• D. suitor's reserved and bashful nature

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

.....So tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival

To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.

What makes Juliet's night so tedious is the

• A. murder of Tybalt by Romeo
• B. arranged marriage between her and Paris
• C. eagerness to be married to Romeo
• D. unconsummated marriage with Romeo