Introduction to literature
Список вопросов теста
Вопрос 1
- Literature is ..
Варианты ответов
- the product of imagination, originality, style of expression, emotions and feelings, idea, etc
- study of signs, symbols and signification
- form of communication for marketing
- a word, a term, or a phrase that has been recently created often to apply to new concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary
Вопрос 2
Why do we study literature?
Варианты ответов
- understanding social milieu
- all versions are right
- understanding human nature and behavior
- understanding culture
Вопрос 3
Genres of literature are …
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- fiction and non-fiction
- fiction, non-fiction and essay
- fiction, non-fiction and prose
- non-fiction, poetry and prose
Вопрос 4
Non-fiction genres of literature are …
Варианты ответов
- biography, autobiography, essay
- tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy
- poetry, prose
- myths, legends, folktales
Вопрос 5
A brief story that is meant to tell a lesson or a moral. The characters are usually animals with human characteristics.
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- adventure
- fable
- fantasy
- mystery
Вопрос 6
A story that seems real and could happen in real life. It is set in present days and includes modern day problems and events.
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- science fiction
- there is no right version
- realistic fiction
- historical fiction
Вопрос 7
… should explain how or why something in this world exists. The character has supernatural powers.
Варианты ответов
- autobiography
- legend
- myth
- biography
Вопрос 8
There are different types of folktales: …
Варианты ответов
- trickster tales, fables
- trickster tales, fables, pourqoui stories, fairytales
- trickster tales, fables, fairytales
- trickster tales, fables, pourqoui stories
Вопрос 9
Explain why something is as it is and how something came to be.
Варианты ответов
- trickster tales
- fairytales
- pourqoui stories
- fables
Вопрос 10
Myths usually have a … sense.
Варианты ответов
- political
- economic
- cultural
- religious
Вопрос 11
Prose comes from Latin word which means …
Варианты ответов
- straightforward speech
- boring speech
- long speech
- unusual speech
Вопрос 12
The elements of drama can be categorized into the following major areas:…
Варианты ответов
- literary, technical, narrative
- literary, technical, performance
- literary, imaginary, performance
- literary, imaginary, narrative
Вопрос 13
Plot is …
Варианты ответов
- author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action.
- the theatrical equipment
- the speeches of characters
- the main characters of a play
Вопрос 14
Drama comes from Greek word which means …
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- to sing and to dance
- to sing and to do
- to act and to sing
- to act and to do
Вопрос 15
Types of drama are …
Варианты ответов
- comedy, tragedy, melodrama, tragicomedy
- dialogue, monologue, soliloquy
- fable, fairy-tale, trickster tale
- opera, pantomime, creative drama
Вопрос 16
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution are stages of the …
Варианты ответов
- theme
- characterization
- point of view
- plot
Вопрос 17
A “turning point” in the story that changes its outcomes …
Варианты ответов
- Climax
- Rising Action
- Falling Action
- Setting
Вопрос 18
There are two ways to characterize:
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- direct and indirect
- simple and compound
- common and proper
- main and secondary
Вопрос 19
Octave is…
Варианты ответов
- an eight line stanza
- A five line stanza
- a seven line stanza
- four line stanza
Вопрос 20
… consists of fourteen lines following a set rhyme scheme and logical structure.
Варианты ответов
- sonnet
- oda
- haiku
- lymerick
Вопрос 21
Put in order the poem “Annabel Lee” by E.A.Poe
1. In a kingdom by the sea,
2. By the name of Annabel Lee;
3.That a maiden there lived whom you may know
4. Than to love and be loved by me.
5. It was many and many a year ago,
6. And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Варианты ответов
- 513264
- 123546
- 561234
- 153246
Вопрос 22
Put in order the poem “Annabel Lee” by E.A.Poe
1. In this kingdom by the sea,
2. I was a child and she was a child,
3. I and my Annabel Lee—
4. Coveted her and me.
5. But we loved with a love that was more than love—
6. With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Варианты ответов
- 215364
- 215463
- 123456
- 341256
Вопрос 23
W.Shakespeare wrote at all … sonnets in his life.
Варианты ответов
- 154
- 145
- 14
- 54
Вопрос 24
Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare is about …
Варианты ответов
- love
- childhood
- youth
- health
Вопрос 25
There are following types of myths…
Варианты ответов
- creation, nature
- creation, nature, hero, Greek and Roman
- creation, nature, hero, Greek
- creation, nature, hero