Question 1
In John Donne's 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning', two lovers' souls are compared to the legs of a drawing compass. Which literary term most precisely names this kind of extended, intellectualised analogy?
Correct Answer:
Metaphysical conceit
Question 2
Which term describes a recurring image, word, or idea that helps develop a theme across a literary work?
Correct Answer:
Motif
Question 3
A leitmotif differs from a motif primarily in that a leitmotif is:
Correct Answer:
Associated with a specific character, idea or situation each time it recurs
Question 4
Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress', in which Christian travels through places named Vanity Fair and the Slough of Despond, is most fully described as:
Correct Answer:
An allegory
Question 5
When T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' weaves quotations from Shakespeare, Dante, the Upanishads, and Wagner into its surface, the technique is best called:
Correct Answer:
Allusion and intertextuality
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