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1231English LiteratureMedium

The theory of Biolinguistics is given by________?

AFerdenand De Sassure

BSteven Pinker

CEnoch Powell

DNoam Chomsky

Correct answer

D. Noam Chomsky

Explanation

The correct answer is Noam Chomsky.

1232English LiteratureMedium

________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences?

AJuncturE

BPitch

CStress

DIntonation

Correct answer

D. Intonation

Explanation

The correct answer is Intonation.

1233English LiteratureMedium

In his essay “The Roots of Modernism,” Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the modern period in the history of art as the time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How does he say modernism is typically defined?

AModernism is the philosophy of modern art.

BModernism is the historical period which followed the modern period.

CBoth A and C

DModernism is the art produced during the modern period.

Correct answer

C. Both A and C

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and C.

1234English LiteratureMedium

The –ish in the word ‘childish’ is ________?

APlural morpheme

BPast morpheme

CAn adjective forming morpheme

DPossessive morpheme

Correct answer

C. An adjective forming morpheme

Explanation

The correct answer is An adjective forming morpheme.

1235English LiteratureMedium

Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection?

Athe heroic couplet

Bfree verse

Cthe ode

Dblank verse

Correct answer

A. the heroic couplet

Explanation

The correct answer is the heroic couplet.

1236English LiteratureMedium

Which is true of childbirth in the Middle Ages?

Ait was normally supervised by a midwife

Bit was normally done without medical equipment

CAll of the Above

Dit was typically dangerous for mother and infant

Correct answer

C. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

1237English LiteratureMedium

Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916?

ACanada

Bthe southern counties of Ireland

CUlster

DIndia

Correct answer

B. the southern counties of Ireland

Explanation

The correct answer is the southern counties of Ireland.

1238English LiteratureMedium

Which famous work of John Milton’s was based on the fall of man?

AParadise Lost

BParadise Regained

CSamson Agonistes

DOn the Late Massacre in Piedmont

Correct answer

A. Paradise Lost

Explanation

The correct answer is Paradise Lost.

1239English LiteratureMedium

A person who can use more than two languages________?

APoly__lingual

BMultilingual

CPoly__langual

DBilingual

Correct answer

B. Multilingual

Explanation

The correct answer is Multilingual.

1240English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years?

ALiberals

BRadicals

Cboth B and C

DRepublicans

Correct answer

C. both B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is both B and C.

1231English LiteratureMedium

The theory of Biolinguistics is given by________?

AFerdenand De Sassure

BSteven Pinker

CEnoch Powell

DNoam Chomsky

Correct answer

D. Noam Chomsky

Explanation

The correct answer is Noam Chomsky.

1232English LiteratureMedium

________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences?

AJuncturE

BPitch

CStress

DIntonation

Correct answer

D. Intonation

Explanation

The correct answer is Intonation.

1233English LiteratureMedium

In his essay “The Roots of Modernism,” Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the modern period in the history of art as the time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How does he say modernism is typically defined?

AModernism is the philosophy of modern art.

BModernism is the historical period which followed the modern period.

CBoth A and C

DModernism is the art produced during the modern period.

Correct answer

C. Both A and C

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and C.

1234English LiteratureMedium

The –ish in the word ‘childish’ is ________?

APlural morpheme

BPast morpheme

CAn adjective forming morpheme

DPossessive morpheme

Correct answer

C. An adjective forming morpheme

Explanation

The correct answer is An adjective forming morpheme.

1235English LiteratureMedium

Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection?

Athe heroic couplet

Bfree verse

Cthe ode

Dblank verse

Correct answer

A. the heroic couplet

Explanation

The correct answer is the heroic couplet.

1236English LiteratureMedium

Which is true of childbirth in the Middle Ages?

Ait was normally supervised by a midwife

Bit was normally done without medical equipment

CAll of the Above

Dit was typically dangerous for mother and infant

Correct answer

C. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

1237English LiteratureMedium

Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916?

ACanada

Bthe southern counties of Ireland

CUlster

DIndia

Correct answer

B. the southern counties of Ireland

Explanation

The correct answer is the southern counties of Ireland.

1238English LiteratureMedium

Which famous work of John Milton’s was based on the fall of man?

AParadise Lost

BParadise Regained

CSamson Agonistes

DOn the Late Massacre in Piedmont

Correct answer

A. Paradise Lost

Explanation

The correct answer is Paradise Lost.

1239English LiteratureMedium

A person who can use more than two languages________?

APoly__lingual

BMultilingual

CPoly__langual

DBilingual

Correct answer

B. Multilingual

Explanation

The correct answer is Multilingual.

1240English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years?

ALiberals

BRadicals

Cboth B and C

DRepublicans

Correct answer

C. both B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is both B and C.