English Literature Quiz 39
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Which group was at the bottom of England?s social hierarchy during Shakespeare?s early years ?
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Complete the following sentence. Shelley?s ?Ozymandias? can be linked to his ?Defence of Poetry? through its_______________?
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The shortened forms like ?photo? for photograph is an instance of __________________?
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Thoreau places a sense of Upon the ants ?
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Milton?s ?unholy trinity? of characters includes_______________?
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The term ?Lost Generation? can be applied to which of the following groups ?
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Who is the meaning of the term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
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What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author?s life ?
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Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
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The statements below are steps on ?How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay?. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay ?
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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
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In Nella Larsen?s novel Passing, why is Clare afraid to have another child ?
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As per section 2(12), of the Sale of Goods Act, quality of goods include_______________?
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A poem with no meter or rhyme______________?
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Why do most historians think monasticism appealed to medieval women ?
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The word ?bank? in ?on the banks on the river? and ?banks are financial institutions? is called a____________?
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Which of the following offers the best definition of a Greek theatrical comedy ?
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The /k/ in ?kill? and ?skill? are ________________?
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How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death ?
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The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?
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When John Milton studied at Christ?s College, Cambridge, his college was a stronghold of what religious faith ?
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Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
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Near the end of ?Samson Agonistes,? Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event ?
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Adam Bede is a______________?
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According to Margot Norris, what do Joyce?s novels imply about civilization ?
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How did courtly romances break down the virgin/whore dichotomy ?
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What is hermeneutics ?
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Gunter Grass got Nobel Prize in-xviii ?
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How did the Christian laws about marriage differ from those of Germanic tribes? customs ?
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Complete the following sentence. Robert Browning?s poem ?Porphyria?s Lover? is_______________?
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In ?Mont Blanc,? Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?
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?Samson Agonistes? is described as a ?Closet Drama,? which means_______________?
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Which novelist is NOT commonly thought of as producing Post-Colonial work ?
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In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope ?
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For what do Matthew Arnold?s moral investment in nonfiction and Walter Pater?s aesthetic investment together pave the way ?
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Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to____________________?
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He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time ?
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In the play, ?Richard III,? who is Richard?s elder brother ?
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Name the ship that brought the first Pilgrims to the New World______________?
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What did the family do to protect the children from the uncle ?
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What is ?Imagism? ?
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Who called Shelley ?a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain? ?
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Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism ?
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Occom says he was discriminated against as a missionary and minister. What proof does he present to illustrate the unfair treatment of Native American ministers ?
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He was an influential force in archetypal criticism ?
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Who coined the term New Historicism ?
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The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?
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What is the significance of the phrase protecting the heart from Acrene Wisse ?
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Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others ?
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Which of the following best describes how Bede was a typical Christian of his time ?
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