A. A play that depicts the downfall of a noble person
B. A play in which someone gets revenge
C. A play in which a hero faces likely defeat and overcomes it
D. A play in which no form of humor appears

A. Hamlet’s father’s ghost is not really a ghost.
B. Hamlet feels a sense of desire for both his mother and his father.
C. Hamlet is truly insane in the play.
D. Hamlet is an impossible play to truly understand.

A. “She is a woman of beauty and wonder.”
B. “Death, that which feels nothing.”
C. “Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee.”
D. “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”

A. A play in which characters make humorous remarks
B. A play in which characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better
C. A play in which no characters die or suffer
D. A play in which elite members of society are mocked

A. A recurring element in a story that is symbolically significant
B. A character’s fatal flaw
C. A rhyme scheme
D. A character’s moment of selfrealization in a narrative

A. Ethos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.
B. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.
C. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.
D. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

A. An awareness of the historical circumstances surrounding a text’s production
B. A set of objective criteria for critical analysis
C. An awareness of the economic circumstances surrounding a literary text
D. Strict criteria for evaluating the quality of a literary text

A. Typically poetic and fanciful language
B. Ancient languages
C. Complicated and difficult language
D. Common, everyday language

A. Pathos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.
B. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.
C. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.
D. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

A. They involve the solving of a crime.
B. They explore mysterious religious topics.
C. They were written by medieval mystics.
D. They were produced by medieval craft guilds, which were knows as “mysteries”.