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1061English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era?

AToo many of its readers were women.

BIt required less skill than other genres.

Call of the above

DIt lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.

Correct answer

C. all of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is all of the above.

1062English LiteratureMedium

Thomas More utopia was originally written in ________?

AEnglish

BRoman

CSpanish

DLatin

Correct answer

D. Latin

Explanation

The correct answer is Latin.

1063English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following theorists is associated with formalism?

ACleanth Brooks

BJudith Butler

CMikhail Bakhtin

DViktor Shklovsky

Correct answer

D. Viktor Shklovsky

Explanation

The correct answer is Viktor Shklovsky.

1064English LiteratureMedium

“The Day Duke Raised” by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because________?

AThere is repetition.

BThe poem can be set to music.

CThe poem’s rhythmic lines.

DThe references to jazz songs and musicians.

Correct answer

C. The poem’s rhythmic lines.

Explanation

The correct answer is The poem’s rhythmic lines..

1065English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote “Shakespeare’s Later Comedies’?

ADr.Johnsofl

BPalmer D.J.

CNone of these

DA.C. Bradley

Correct answer

B. Palmer D.J.

Explanation

The correct answer is Palmer D.J..

1066English LiteratureMedium

Who was villain in Othello?

ANone of above

BEgeus

CIago

DClaudius

Correct answer

C. Iago

Explanation

The correct answer is Iago.

1067English LiteratureMedium

Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way?

AStowe describes the treatment of slaves.

BUncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists.

CStowe’s novel is sentimental.

DStowe describes the escape of slaves.

Correct answer

C. Stowe’s novel is sentimental.

Explanation

The correct answer is Stowe’s novel is sentimental..

1068English LiteratureMedium

According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the phrase “the little bark” mean?

AIt highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

BIt suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.

CIt implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.

DIt means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.

Correct answer

A. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

Explanation

The correct answer is It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry..

1069English LiteratureMedium

This mode of discourse is used to explain. (Example: repair manuals)?

AConstitution

BExposition

CConnotation

DConvocation

Correct answer

B. Exposition

Explanation

The correct answer is Exposition.

1070English LiteratureMedium

In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess?

AMarianne Moore

BSylvia Plath

CElizabeth Bishop

DLaura Jackson

Correct answer

B. Sylvia Plath

Explanation

The correct answer is Sylvia Plath.

According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the phrase “the little bark” mean?

AIt highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

BIt suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.

CIt implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.

DIt means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.

Correct answer

A. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

Explanation

The correct answer is It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry..