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1081English LiteratureMedium

What nationality was Shakespeare?

AGreek

BScottish

CItalian

DEnglish

Correct answer

D. English

Explanation

The correct answer is English.

1082English LiteratureMedium

The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work draws upon________?

AA local ghost story

BAn Indian legend

CA European ghost story

DA European fairy tale

Correct answer

D. A European fairy tale

Explanation

The correct answer is A European fairy tale.

1083English LiteratureMedium

Shakespeare wrote ________ plays?

A32

B38

C36

D34

Correct answer

C. 36

Explanation

The correct answer is 36.

1084English LiteratureMedium

‘Lucy Gray’ is a poem written by________?

AAll of these

BWordsworth

CKeats

DNone of these

Correct answer

B. Wordsworth

Explanation

The correct answer is Wordsworth.

1085English LiteratureMedium

To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction theory?

AThe “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text

BThe ability of a text to contain truth

CThe idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction

DJacques Derrida’s style of writing

Correct answer

A. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text

Explanation

The correct answer is The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text.

1086English LiteratureMedium

Which designates the theory that the reigning monarch possesses absolute authority as God’s deputy?

Amanifest destiny

Bextreme unction

Cconstitutional monarchism

Droyal absolutism

Correct answer

D. royal absolutism

Explanation

The correct answer is royal absolutism.

1087English LiteratureMedium

When was Edmund Spenser born?

A1569

B1542

C1558

D1552

Correct answer

D. 1552

Explanation

The correct answer is 1552.

1088English LiteratureMedium

In how many books is Paradise Lost divided?

AFourteen

BEighteen

CTwelve

DNine

Correct answer

C. Twelve

Explanation

The correct answer is Twelve.

1089English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic?

AArguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.

BAll of the above answers are correct.

CSuggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs

DCalling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse

Correct answer

B. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

1090English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote “The waste land”?

AT.S. Elliot

BWallace Stevens

CLangston Hues

DWilliam Faulkner

Correct answer

A. T.S. Elliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S. Elliot.

To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction theory?

AThe “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text

BThe ability of a text to contain truth

CThe idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction

DJacques Derrida’s style of writing

Correct answer

A. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text

Explanation

The correct answer is The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text.

Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic?

AArguing that language, and therefore literary texts, relies on the difference between terms and therefore constantly defers meaning.

BAll of the above answers are correct.

CSuggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into signs

DCalling into question the possibility of the coherence of discourse

Correct answer

B. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..