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Quiz about Dramatic Moments in Literature

Dramatic Moments in Literature Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,556

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
11072

Awards
Editor's Choice

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (6/10), Guest 44 (3/10), Guest 73 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which of these novels does the protagonist NOT commit a murder? Hint

'The Picture of Dorian Gray'

'Of Human Bondage'

'The Stranger'

'Crime and Punishment'

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Question 2 of 10

2. In a play by Arthur Miller, the protagonist says: 'Sure he was my son. But I think to him they were all my sons'. What action follows this comment? Hint

Murder

Suicide

Surrender to Police

Flight

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Question 3 of 10

3. What author wrote a poem in which a serviceman's participation in war is described as 'a lonely impulse of delight'? Hint

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Percy Bysshe Shelley

W.B. Yeats

T.S. Eliot

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Question 4 of 10

4. Thomas Hardy's novel, 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', deals with the theme of retribution. What sin was the protagonist guilty of committing? Hint

Rape

Selling his wife

Adultery

Having an affair with a married woman

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Question 5 of 10

5. What author suggested an irrational basis for certain human behaviors in 'The Imp of the Perverse'? Hint

Jack London

Edgar Allan Poe

O. Henry

Stephen Crane

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Question 6 of 10

6. What document is written (in part) due to 'a decent respect to the opinions of mankind'? Hint

Gettysburg Address

Speech by Jefferson Davis upon becoming President of the Confederacy

Declaration of Independence

Washington's Inaugural Speech

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which of his plays did Shakespeare observe that 'there are more things in heaven and earth ... than are dreamt of in your philosophy'? Hint

Hamlet

The Tempest

Macbeth

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Question 8 of 10

8. Speaking of other-worldly matters, who said 'God is his own interpreter and he will make it plain'? Hint

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

John Clare

Robert Burns

William Cowper

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which novel by Charles Dickens does a character intentionally sacrifice his life for another person? Hint

A Tale of Two Cities

David Copperfield

Christmas Carol

Great Expectations

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Question 10 of 10

10. In a famous short story, a motive for murder is described as follows: 'Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.' What story is this? Hint

The Open Boat

The Killers

The Tell-Tale Heart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which of these novels does the protagonist NOT commit a murder?

Answer: 'Of Human Bondage'

Dorian Gray kills his friend (and painter), Basil. Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker in 'Crime and Punishment'. Meursault kills an Arab in 'Stranger'. In 'Bondage', one of the key characters dies - but not as a result of murder.

2. In a play by Arthur Miller, the protagonist says: 'Sure he was my son. But I think to him they were all my sons'. What action follows this comment?

Answer: Suicide

The protagonist learns a terrible secret and commits suicide after being overwhelmed by guilt.

3. What author wrote a poem in which a serviceman's participation in war is described as 'a lonely impulse of delight'?

Answer: W.B. Yeats

'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'. 'A lonely impulse of delight led to this tumult in the clouds ...'

4. Thomas Hardy's novel, 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', deals with the theme of retribution. What sin was the protagonist guilty of committing?

Answer: Selling his wife

Michael Henchard sells his wife. It comes back to haunt him.

5. What author suggested an irrational basis for certain human behaviors in 'The Imp of the Perverse'?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

This story is interesting in that it seems to anticipate the idea of unconscious motivation as a powerful force in human behavior more than fifty years before Freud's writings.

6. What document is written (in part) due to 'a decent respect to the opinions of mankind'?

Answer: Declaration of Independence

'When in the course of human events ... ' (etc.), it is appropriate to explain why a nation is separating itself from another nation (Great Britain).

7. In which of his plays did Shakespeare observe that 'there are more things in heaven and earth ... than are dreamt of in your philosophy'?

Answer: Hamlet

Hamlet, to Horatio.

8. Speaking of other-worldly matters, who said 'God is his own interpreter and he will make it plain'?

Answer: William Cowper

'Light Shining Out of the Darkness'. 'God moves in strange and wondrous ways ...'

9. In which novel by Charles Dickens does a character intentionally sacrifice his life for another person?

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. 'It is a far, far better thing I do ...'

10. In a famous short story, a motive for murder is described as follows: 'Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.' What story is this?

Answer: The Tell-Tale Heart

Typical Poe.

Source: Author robert362

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