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1821English LiteratureMedium

Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” contained foreshadowing, which means________?

It took place at nightfall.

BIt contained clues to events yet to happen.

CIt had descriptions of shadows in the woods.

DIt was a moody and spooky story.

Correct answer

B. It contained clues to events yet to happen.

Explanation

The correct answer is It contained clues to events yet to happen..

1822English LiteratureMedium

In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?

ADarcy

BMr. Bennet

CWickham

DBingley

Correct answer

A. Darcy

Explanation

The correct answer is Darcy.

1823English LiteratureMedium

What is oral transmission?

Athe spreading of material by word of mouth

Ba mode of communication used mainly after the rise of literacy

Ca method of communication used solely by the early Church

Da method of communication that became prominent at the end of the Middle Ages

Correct answer

A. the spreading of material by word of mouth

Explanation

The correct answer is the spreading of material by word of mouth.

1824English LiteratureMedium

Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified?

AThe position of the lips

BAll the abovE.

CThe part of the tongue that is raised

DThe height to which the tongue is raised

Correct answer

A. The position of the lips

Explanation

The correct answer is The position of the lips.

1825English LiteratureMedium

In The Paradiso, who does Dante meet in the sphere of the sun?

AThomas Aquinas

BCacciaguida

CJudas

DVirgil

Correct answer

A. Thomas Aquinas

Explanation

The correct answer is Thomas Aquinas.

1826English LiteratureMedium

What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient?

AIt illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

BIts literature is less proud that that of the West.

CIt was produced by Western scholarship.

DIt has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.

Correct answer

C. It was produced by Western scholarship.

Explanation

The correct answer is It was produced by Western scholarship..

1827English LiteratureMedium

About John Smith________?

AExaggerated and embellish events and depicted Native Americans as barbaric

BA and B

CWas saved by Squanto

DIn the General History of Virginia, attempted an objective, journalistic style

Correct answer

B. A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is A and B.

1828English LiteratureMedium

Which group was at the bottom of England’s social hierarchy during Shakespeare’s early years?

APeasants

BYeomen

CThe gentry

DNobility

Correct answer

A. Peasants

Explanation

The correct answer is Peasants.

1829English LiteratureMedium

John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic?

AA quest for knowledge of the future

BA quest for knowledge of other countries

CA quest for Forbidden Knowledge

DA quest for knowledge of the self

Correct answer

D. A quest for knowledge of the self

Explanation

The correct answer is A quest for knowledge of the self.

1830English LiteratureMedium

Who said that Arnold was a propagandist for literature rather than a critic?

AT. S. Eliot

BCarlyle

CRuskin

DF. R. Leavis

Correct answer

A. T. S. Eliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T. S. Eliot.

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