Literary Elements and Analysis

The Pilgrim's Progress is an _____, in which characters stand for ideas.

• Allegory

• Assonance

• Allergy

• Apology

Which of the following does not describe the first long narrative in prose, The Pilgrim's Progress?

• Written by Joh Bunyan

• Published in 1678

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  contains chapter divisions

• More than 100,000 words

Which component of the plot sequence does this represent?

Then Jack showed his mother his golden harp, and what with showing that and selling the golden eggs, Jack and his mother became very rich, and he married a great princess, and they lived happy ever after.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, which of the following would be an example of exposition?

• Exlplanation of the feud between the Capulets and Montegues

• Tybalt's death

• Romeo's death

• The prince's decree at the end

Which component of the plot sequence does this represent?

There was once upon a time a poor widow who had an only son named Jack, and a cow named Milky-White. And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning, which they carried to the market and sold. But one morning Milky-White gave no milk, and they didn't know what to do.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Exposition

 

Jonathan Swift uses _____ to mock his own experiences with politics and government.

• Parody

• Proration

• Probability

• Proportion

Which of the following does not highlight Jonathan Swift's purpose for satirical writing?

• to make sharp critiques of the Church of England

• To judge social or political issues

• To impede a government uprising

• To expose ojectionable situations in social class

In which work of early literature does the author depict Satan as a serpent, condemned to eternal punishment and separation from God?

• Dante's Inferno

• Dante's Purgatory

• Donte's Paradise

• Milton's Paradise Lost