12th Grade English Literature Quiz

1984 is a dystopian novel written by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian society under constant surveillance.

In this famous soliloquy, Hamlet is contemplating the nature of existence and whether it is worth living in a world filled with suffering.

Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to non-human things. Here, the wind is described as whispering, a human action.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem by John Milton that tells the story of the Fall of Man, exploring themes of rebellion, free will, and redemption.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, chronicling the rise and fall of the title character as he is driven by ambition and guilt.

The Great Gatsby explores the idea of the American Dream and how the pursuit of wealth and status can lead to moral decay and disappointment.

A "bildungsroman" is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.

Iambic pentameter is a metrical pattern often used by Shakespeare, consisting of five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables per line.

Of Mice and Men is a novel that explores the friendship between George and Lennie as they struggle to survive and achieve their dreams during the Great Depression.

A motif is a recurring element, such as a symbol, theme, or idea, that appears throughout a literary work and contributes to its overall meaning.