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1041English LiteratureMedium

The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as________?

AThe Protestant Restoration

BThe Protestant Reformation

CThe Protestant Resolution

DThe Protestant Revolution

Correct answer

B. The Protestant Reformation

Explanation

The correct answer is The Protestant Reformation.

1042English LiteratureMedium

In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur?

AGenesis

BDeuteronomy

CExodus

DLeviticus

Correct answer

A. Genesis

Explanation

The correct answer is Genesis.

1043English LiteratureMedium

Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures?

AGreat Expectations

BLord of the Flies

CPride and Prejudice

DThe Power and the Glory

Correct answer

C. Pride and Prejudice

Explanation

The correct answer is Pride and Prejudice.

1044English LiteratureMedium

‘Hero and Hero worship’ was written by________?

AMill

BRuskin

CCarlyle

DNone of these

Correct answer

C. Carlyle

Explanation

The correct answer is Carlyle.

1045English LiteratureMedium

Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar________?

Aemphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.

Breliance on classical scholarship.

Cdefense of violent emotions as natural.

Ddevotion to traditional authority in political and theoretical matters.

Correct answer

A. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.

Explanation

The correct answer is emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration..

1046English LiteratureMedium

In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear?

Ashifts in narrative voice

Bstream of consciousness

Crepetition of words

DAll of the Above

Correct answer

D. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

1047English LiteratureMedium

Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?

AArchitect

BNovelist

CPolitician

DDramatist

Correct answer

B. Novelist

Explanation

The correct answer is Novelist.

1048English LiteratureMedium

Which is called the Golden Period of English Literature?

AAugustan Age

BRestoration Period

CElizabethan Age

DVictorian Age

Correct answer

C. Elizabethan Age

Explanation

The correct answer is Elizabethan Age.

1049English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following works was written before the all-important Battle of Hastings?

ABeowulf

BThe Domesday Book

CSons and Lovers

DCanterbury Tales

Correct answer

A. Beowulf

Explanation

The correct answer is Beowulf.

1050English LiteratureMedium

Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era?

Aparanoid introspection and cryptic dissent

Bstudied melancholy and aestheticism

Csincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

Draucous celebration mixed with self congratulatory sophistication

Correct answer

B. studied melancholy and aestheticism

Explanation

The correct answer is studied melancholy and aestheticism.

Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar________?

Aemphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.

Breliance on classical scholarship.

Cdefense of violent emotions as natural.

Ddevotion to traditional authority in political and theoretical matters.

Correct answer

A. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration.

Explanation

The correct answer is emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through rational exploration..

Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era?

Aparanoid introspection and cryptic dissent

Bstudied melancholy and aestheticism

Csincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

Draucous celebration mixed with self congratulatory sophistication

Correct answer

B. studied melancholy and aestheticism

Explanation

The correct answer is studied melancholy and aestheticism.