Practice Multiple-Choice Quiz on Oroonoko, "Ode on a Grecian Urn," & Hedda Gabler

All of the following authors wrote in English EXCEPT
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat
In the second half of the novel, the hero of Oroonoko is called
1. Oroonoko
2. Caesar
3. Trefry
4. Clemene
Oroonoko presents itself to us as a story told by
1. a former governor of the colony
2. an African prince who has been forced into slavery
3. an Englishwoman who sympathizes with the hero but cannot help him
4. the Cornish plantation manager who was trying to free the hero
Oroonoko involves characters from three ethnic groups. Besides Europeans and Africans, the characters include
1. Chinese laborers
2. ancient Roman authors
3. Native Americans living in traditional ways
4. indentured servants from India
Oroonoko is set in two places. What are they?
1. London and Guyana
2. Holland and Jamaica
3. Coramantien and Surinam
4. Ghana and Trinidad
And these people represented to me an absolute idea of the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin. And 'tis most evident and plain that simple Nature is the most harmless, inoffensive, and virtuous mistress. 'Tis she alone, if she were permitted, that better instructs the world than all the inventions of man. Religion would here but destroy that tranquillity they possess by ignorance; and laws would but teach 'em to know offense, of which now they have no notion.

This passage says that
1. instruction in religion would make these people better: happier and more moral
2. nature has taught the people described how to behave in a moral and innocent way
3. the priests who teach religion here often force virtuous women to become their mistresses
4. the people being described are ignorant and sinful, but it is not their fault
And these people represented to me an absolute idea of the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin. And 'tis most evident and plain that simple Nature is the most harmless, inoffensive, and virtuous mistress. 'Tis she alone, if she were permitted, that better instructs the world than all the inventions of man. Religion would here but destroy that tranquillity they possess by ignorance; and laws would but teach 'em to know offense, of which now they have no notion.

This passage is an example of a European idea being applied to the native people of America. What is that idea called?
1. the primitive sublime
2. the inferiority of the non-Christian
3. the survival of the fittest
4. the noble savage
Who wrote Oroonoko?
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat
Who wrote Hedda Gabler?
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat
Who wrote Things Fall Apart?
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat
Who wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat
Who wrote "Children of the Sea"?
1. Aphra Behn
2. John Keats
3. Henrik Ibsen
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Edwidge Danticat

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
 Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d,
 Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
 Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
 Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
 She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
 For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

Why is the melody of the “soft pipes” not heard?

the poet’s words drown them out
the piper refuses to play & discards the pipes
the pipes are seen in an unmoving, soundless picture
we are too focused on the lovers to hear them

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
 Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d,
 Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
 Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
 Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
 She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
 For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

What compensation is offered to the lover who will never get a kiss?

she will always be beautiful
he would be wiser to quit loving her
he won’t have to worry about diseases
he will win the race he is training for

In which language was Hedda Gabler written?
1. French
2. Russian
3. English
4. Norwegian
All of the following are characters in Hedda Gabler EXCEPT
1. Hedda Tesman
2. Jørgen (George) Tesman
3. Berte
4. Mikhail Orlant
Hedda burns the manuscript because
1. she is jealous of Thea’s relationship with Eilert
2. she is afraid her husband will have to live in Eilert’s shadow
3. she hates Eilert and blames him for her pregnancy
4. she thinks it is a danger to the nation
Judge Brack gains power over Hedda because
1. he knows she burned the manuscipt
2. he recognizes the pistol
3. he threatens to tell Tesman he and Hedda are lovers
4. she owes him money
Hedda says all of the following EXCEPT
1. “Will you not do it beautifully?”
2. “I have only one need . . . to bore myself to death”
3. “But, what do you think people will say?”
4. “Ah, but people don’t shoot their tame poultry.”
Hedda does what she does at the end of the play
1. because she fears Tesman loves Thea
2. rather than live in Judge Brack’s power
3. to save her child from a terrible fate
4. out of grief at Eilert’s death

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Practice Multiple-Choice Quiz on Oroonoko, "Ode on a Grecian Urn," & Hedda Gabler

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