World Literature II
Quiz # 1
Name ________________________
Feb. 19, 2009
True (A) or False (B):
1.
_____ Before the publication of Don Quixote by Cervantes no one had ever written a
long prose narrative in order to tell a story.
2.
_____ When describing the “Age of Enlightenment,” Prof. Rearick claims that it was a
time typified by very little turmoil since the use of logic led to a general
acceptance of well laid out arguments.
3.
_____ Along with the proto-novels from ancient times, the PowerPoint "World Novel"
says St. Augustine's Confessions, as the first spiritual autobiography, introduced
the quality of the psychological portrayal of the individual which would become
important later in the genre of the novel.
4.
_____ In the early part of Age of Reason, or The Age of Enlightenment, individuals felt
that the good of the state superseded the rights of the individual.
5.
_____ The author of some of England's first novels, Daniel Defoe, never admitted he
made up the whole story of Robinson Crusoe.
6.
_____ In his preface to Joseph Andrews, Fielding says that the quality which he is
raising up for laughter can come from either vanity and hypocrisy—and hypocrisy
is the more objectionable.
7.
_____ Moliere, unlike Shakespeare who wrote tragedy, history and comedy, is
remembered for his work in the specific genre of comedy.
8.
_____ The content of the play Tartuffe, which exams the affectations of a religious
hypocrite, did not cause a major scandal as it did in England since France was by
then far more urban in its approaches to the church and faith.
9.
_____ In Tartuffe Orgon, the head of the family, is never told directly by his family and
friends that he is being swindled by a con-man who pretends to be religious
10.
_____ In Tartuffe Dorine, Mariane's maid, is too terrified of the changing moods of
Orgon, her master, to help Mariane deal with her father's desire for her to marry
Tartuffe.
11.
_____ Cleante, Orgon’s brother-in-law, is the character in Tartuffe who is of the middle
road and whose opinions are based on rational thought.
12.
_____ The namesake of Tartuffe appears in the play right away—act one scene one.
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Name _____________________
World Lit II: Quiz One
March 3, 2016
True (A) or False (B):
13.
_____ True to the Enlightenment’s emphasis on emotion, Valere and Mariane the young
lovers within Tartuffe are shown as noble and sensible when they face adversity.
14.
_____ Women not men are the ones who are able to actually act against the absurditiesz
of Orgon and the machinations of Tartuffe.
Multiple Choice:
15.
_____ What kind of work was Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, spoofing in his work?
(A) Epic poems, (B) Romances, (C) Spiritual biographies, (D) Utopias.
16.
_____ Prof. Rearick defines the source of all literature as being. . .
(A) new perspectives, (B) time-tested ideas. (C) pleasure,
(D) a need to teach truths, (E) something some old cronies thought up to torment
students in college
17,
_____ Writers within the Age of Reason who were called “the Augustans” and who
wrote satire prose and poetry in heroic couplet were for the most part aiming at
which audience? (A) Lower Class, (B) Middle Class, (C) Upper Class, (D) All
Classes
18.
_____ Henry Fielding, author of Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones claims in the preface of
Joseph Andrews that which of the following is the worthy source of the
ridiculous? (A) stupidity, (B) affectation,(C) pettiness, (D) ugliness
19.
_____ Which literary genre does Fielding connect with the graphic art of caricature?
(A) Romance, (B) Comic Epic, (C) Burlesque, (D) Drama
20.
_____ What is unique in the depiction of characters within the genre of the novel?
(A) Characters are shown overcoming challenges that stand between them and
their goals, (B) Characters engage in natural dialogue, (C) Characters reveal the
psychological complexity of the human mind, (D) Characters who are not of the
wealthy class become important.
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