TN Verse style & imagery quiz

What is the omnipresent rhetorical device in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' that serves as a tool for seduction, persuasion, dissimulation, and play?

• The rhetoric of love

• The extended metaphor

• Dramatic irony

• Hyperbole

What is the function of 'jeux de mots (quibbles)' in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?

• They are at the heart of the play's humor and rely on the polysemy of words, revealing the intelligence of the characters and sometimes creating misunderstandings.

• They serve only to confuse the audience and have no impact on the plot.

• They are used exclusively by the lower-class characters to mock the nobility.

• They are included to provide historical context about Elizabethan language.

Which stylistic device involves Shakespeare substituting one word for another to create striking images and poetic shortcuts, such as using 'cruelty' for 'cruel lady'?

• Figures of substitution

• Figures of amplification

• Figures of opposition

• Figures of analogy

What is the source of constant images for describing emotions and situations in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', making the language very concrete and lively?

• Bodily and physical imagery

• Music and instruments

• Weather phenomena

• Exotic animals

In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', which type of imagery is used when characters are compared to animals to highlight traits such as cunning, foolishness, or nobility?

• Animal imagery

• Floral imagery

• Maritime imagery

• Celestial imagery

What effect does the mixing of registers (le mélange des registres) have in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?

• It creates a great richness of tones by blending elevated poetic language with familiar and burlesque language.

• It limits the play's emotional range by sticking to a single tone throughout.

• It confuses the audience by making the dialogue incomprehensible.

• It removes all humor from the play by focusing only on serious themes.

Which figure of style is exemplified by the phrase 'A brother's dead love' (I.1.30) in 'Twelfth Night'?

• Hypallage

• Métonymie/Synecdoque

• Personification

• Metaphor

What does the figure of style 'Hypallage' emphasize in the phrase 'secret soul' (II.4.14)?

• It emphasizes the interiority and depth of feelings, as it is not the soul that is secret, but what it contains.

• It emphasizes the physical appearance of the soul.

• It highlights the external actions rather than internal emotions.

• It refers to the literal secrecy of the soul.

What is the definition of Hendiadys?

• Replace the subordination of a noun with a coordination of two nouns.

• Use exaggeration to highlight an idea.

• Employ a euphemism to refer to a shocking reality.

• Attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects.

Which example from Shakespeare illustrates the figure of style 'Chiasme'?

• For shallow draught and bulk unprizable (V.1.49)

• To be, or not to be: that is the question (Hamlet)

• All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players (As You Like It)

• Now is the winter of our discontent (Richard III)