What Do You Think You Know About Mock-epic
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Mock-epic, or mock-heroic or even heroic-comic works are usually satires/parodies that mock stereotypes of renowned heroes and their literature. It's an interesting topic to say the least and you must try it.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Mock-heroic style can be liken to?
- A.
Imitating
- B.
Burlesque
- C.
Trivial
- D.
A and B only
- 2.Mock-epic form a satire that adapts the elevated?
- A.
The heroic style of classical epic
- B.
Poem
- C.
Trivial subject
- D.
All of the above
- 3.Mock-epic poetry draws heavily on the technique of?
- A.
Epic
- B.
Drama
- C.
Trivia
- D.
Sattire
- 4.Mock-epic majorly uses irony, exaggeration and?
- A.
Satire
- B.
Trivia
- C.
Epic
- D.
Sarcasm
- 5.The tradition originated in classical times with an anonymous burlesque of?
- A.
Odyssey
- B.
Plato
- C.
Homer
- D.
Tathoma
- 6.The batrachomyomachia “battle of the frogs and mice”, was honed to a fine art in the late?
- A.
13th century
- B.
17th century
- C.
14th century
- D.
16th century
- 7.Mock-epic is a type of poem using the style and conventions of?
- A.
Satire
- B.
Epci poetry
- C.
Epic poetry
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Best known written mock-epic is La secchia rapita which translates to?
- A.
Rape of the Bucket
- B.
Rape of the Grape
- C.
Rape of the Bailer
- D.
None of the above
- 9.Another mock-heroic poems were La Gigantea by?
- A.
Tessoni Tassoi
- B.
Meo Cesare
- C.
Cortese Paulo
- D.
Girolamo Amelonghi
- 10.Mock-heroic were written in Italian dialects, an example is La Vaisseide by?
- A.
Bernei Pedro
- B.
Guiseppe Rosi
- C.
Miguel Cervantes
- D.
Giulio Ceasre
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