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1What does OED stand for?
- AOxford English Database
- BOxford English Dictionary
- COxford Dictionaries of Contemporary English
2What did Sir Carlos Williams write?
- AThe Red Wheel Barrow
- BThe Wheel Barrow
- CThis Is Just to Say
- DDaffodils
3Imagism is a
- Astylistic device
- Blinguistic feature
- Cgenre
- Dstyle of poetry
4An imagist poem ...
- Ais easy to understand
- Bdefamiliarises the perception of ordinary sights
- Calways constists of four stanzas
- Dplays with reality and imagination on a linguistic level
5Enjambement is
- Aanother word for line breaks
- Ba style of poetry
- Cmetrical pattern
6Rhyme schemes can be found in drama.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7In poetry, the text is somehow structured by...
- Arhyme schemes
- Bpattern of rhymes at the end of each verse
- Cmetre
- Dthe persona
8Metre can be defined as
- Athe pattern of rhythm in a poem
- Bthe pattern of rhymes at the end of each verse
- Ca sequence of stressed syllables
9The speaker in a poem is called
- Athe persona
- Bthe author
- Cthe character
10The term 'persona' is derived from Latin and literally means mask, character or part. It plays with the idea of ancient actors who had to wear maskes to conceal their faces during a performance in theatre.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The prefix "meta-"
- Adescribes or reflects upon the process that it is combined with, e.g. metatheatre, metafiction, ...
- Bcan only be combined with (meta)fiction, denoting writing that reflects upon writing itself
- Cis a literary theory
12William Wordsworth can be linked to
- ANaturalism
- BRomanticism
- CRealism
13Literature is only about
- Athe message it conveys
- Bthe interplay between linguistic forms and semantic content
- Chow language works
14The poem Daffodils by William Wordsworth
- Acan be seen as a way to coming to terms with ones own past
- Bis about the transition of memories into eternal literature
- Crepresents the inner life of the author Wordsworth who admired nature
15Literary studies are defined by
- Atheory
- Bcriticism
- Cgenres
- Dhistory
- Ecanon
16Literary theory is a particular approach on reading a text.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Literary criticism are all means for describing, analysing and reconstructing texts.
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Literary history reconstructs the development of literature.
- ATrue
- BFalse
19The ancient Greek writer Aristotle attributed literature ...
- Athe function of imitating reality (memesis).
- Bthe function of teaching
- Cthe function to serve as a mirror of reality
- Dthe function of representing the authors inner thoughts
20Extrinsic reading (of literature) is the study of the mimetic image of reality and its effect upon the reader.
- ATrue
- BFalse
21To whom does this idea of "delectare et prodesse" belong?
- AAristotle
- BHorace
- CEdgar Ellen Poe
- DWordsworth
22The saying "Literature is the author's subjective expression of his emotions and imaginations." could be a statement by
- AEdgar Ellen Poe
- BWilliams Carlos
- CWilliam Wordsworth
23Genres are defined and unchangeable systems.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24Click on the media of literature we can distinguish ...
- Aoral
- Bwritten
- Caudiovisual
- Daudio
- Evisual
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