Abeka English Literature Quiz 20
MULTIPLE CHOICE: What is an Anglo-Saxon poet?
scop
What is a comparison of unlike things using like or as?
similie
What is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter?
sonnet*
What is an attempt to portray the workings of the unconscious mind as manifested in dreams?
surrealism
What are words with the same or similar meaning?
synonyms*
What is an Italian stanza form made popular by Dante?
terza rima
What is the central idea which gives a work meaning?
theme*
What is the writer's attitude toward his subject and in turn the response which the writer intends for his readers?
tone*
What is a play that ends unhappily?
tragedy
SHORT ANSWER: What literary period began with the death of Sir Walter Scott and ended with the death of Queen Victoria?
Victorian Era*
