Lesson C01.1.1
C01.1.1 Section 1: close analysis of Shakespeare and interpretations Quiz: OCR English Literature, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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Which metre is standard for high-status Shakespearean characters in formal dialogue?
- Trochaic octameter
- Dactylic hexameter
- Iambic pentameter
- Anapestic tetrameter
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Which term describes unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter in Shakespearean drama?
- Rhymed verse
- Free verse
- Blank verse
- Heroic couplet
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In Shakespearean drama, what does a sudden switch to prose often indicate?
- Lower social status
- Formal court decree
- High epic tone
- Divine revelation
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What metrical feature occurs when an iambic pentameter line ends with an extra unstressed syllable?
- Feminine ending
- Alexandrine line
- Catalectic foot
- Masculine ending
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Which dramatic term describes a character speaking their private thoughts alone on stage?
- Monologue
- Epilogue
- Aside
- Soliloquy
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What term describes a speech spoken directly to the audience that other stage characters cannot hear?
- Aside
- Chorus
- Prologue
- Soliloquy
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Which dramatic device occurs when the audience possesses knowledge that the characters on stage lack?
- Cosmic irony
- Dramatic irony
- Situational irony
- Verbal irony
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In Shakespearean tragedy, which Greek term refers to the protagonist's fatal flaw or error in judgment?
- Hamartia
- Peripeteia
- Anagnorisis
- Catharsis
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Which metrical foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable?
- Dactyl
- Iamb
- Trochee
- Anapaest
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Which dramatic technique features rapid, alternating single lines of dialogue between two opposing characters?
- Anaphora
- Hemistich
- Polyptoton
- Stichomythia
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Which metrical foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable?
- Trochee
- Iamb
- Pyrrhic
- Spondee
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Which Greek term refers to the sudden reversal of fortune experienced by a tragic protagonist?
- Peripeteia
- Anagnorisis
- Catharsis
- Pathos
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What structural purpose do rhyming couplets frequently serve at the end of a Shakespearean scene?
- Reveal secret plots
- Indicate madness
- Lower the tension
- Signal scene exit
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Which Greek term describes the excessive pride or arrogance that leads to a tragic hero's downfall?
- Nemesis
- Hamartia
- Hubris
- Catharsis
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Which technique involves placing two contrasting ideas, characters, or images side by side for effect?
- Hyperbole
- Juxtaposition
- Litotes
- Oxymoron
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Which theatrical approach attempts to recreate the staging conditions and performance conventions of Shakespeare's era?
- Poor theatre
- Original practice
- Method acting
- Epic theatre
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Which literary term describes a figure of speech containing two contradictory words, such as 'loving hate'?
- Hyperbole
- Oxymoron
- Antithesis
- Paradox
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Which term describes the moment of sudden recognition or revelation experienced by a tragic protagonist?
- Pathos
- Nemesis
- Anagnorisis
- Catharsis
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What term describes two characters sharing the ten syllables of a single line of verse?
- Short line
- Shared line
- Dual line
- Broken metre
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Which literary device involves the deliberate use of ambiguous language to deceive or conceal the truth?
- Allegory
- Hyperbole
- Euphemism
- Equivocation
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