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1421English LiteratureMedium

The Cardinal virtues of the Houyhnhnms are________?

ANone of these

Bitterness and revenge

CHatred and jealousy

DFriendship and benevolence

Correct answer

D. Friendship and benevolence

Explanation

The correct answer is Friendship and benevolence.

1422English LiteratureMedium

In the United States, Reconstruction________?

ADescribes the rebuilding after World War I.

BRefers to the Civil Rights movement.

CTook place only in the North.

DIs the time period that followed the Civil War.

Correct answer

D. Is the time period that followed the Civil War.

Explanation

The correct answer is Is the time period that followed the Civil War..

1423English LiteratureMedium

In ‘Leda and the Swan’, who wooes Leda in guise of a swan?

AMars

BBacchus

CZeus

DHercules

Correct answer

C. Zeus

Explanation

The correct answer is Zeus.

1424English LiteratureMedium

From which year to which year that William Wordsworth served as the Poet Laureate of Britain?

A1842-1851

B1840-1855

C1833-1848

D1843-1850

Correct answer

D. 1843-1850

Explanation

The correct answer is 1843-1850.

1425English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote: “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.”?

AHenry David Thoreau

BHenrik Ibsen

CRobert Browning

DBenjamin Franklin

Correct answer

B. Henrik Ibsen

Explanation

The correct answer is Henrik Ibsen.

1426English LiteratureMedium

Shakespeare’s only son Hamnet died in________?

A1596

B1595

C1598

D1597

Correct answer

A. 1596

Explanation

The correct answer is 1596.

1427English LiteratureMedium

What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England?

A“Paradise Lost”

B“Euphues”

C“Acts and Monuments”

D“Paradise Regained”

Correct answer

C. “Acts and Monuments”

Explanation

The correct answer is “Acts and Monuments”.

1428English LiteratureMedium

Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that?

Aany system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.

Bthe meaning of a text always relies on context.

CAll of the above answers are correct.

Dtexts are always heterogeneous.

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

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

1429English LiteratureMedium

Who propounds “the touchstone method”________?

AArnold

BPope

CDryden

DShelley

Correct answer

A. Arnold

Explanation

The correct answer is Arnold.

1430English LiteratureMedium

The statements below are parts of the steps on “How to Analyze a Play”. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play?

AAnalyze the Staging

BIdentify External Factors Related to the Work

CInterpret the Play

DAnalyze the Essential Elements of the Play

Correct answer

A. Analyze the Staging

Explanation

The correct answer is Analyze the Staging.

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