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1841English LiteratureMedium

What is mimesis?

AA poetic metaphor

An imitation

CA reversal

DA satire

Correct answer

B. An imitation

Explanation

The correct answer is An imitation.

1842English LiteratureMedium

Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England?

ACharles I

BHenry IX

CElizabeth II

DJames I

Correct answer

D. James I

Explanation

The correct answer is James I.

1843English LiteratureMedium

According to most critics, how does Dante distinguish love from lust?

ALust leads to moral improvement, while love is a more destructive force.

BLust and love are both sins that place the sinner in hell.

CLust involves the subordination of reason to desire.

DLust is often pure, while love tends to be crude.

Correct answer

C. Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire.

Explanation

The correct answer is Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire..

1844English LiteratureMedium

Which one of the following is a comedy?

AAntony and Cleopatra

BHamlet

CAll’s Well that Ends Well

DTimon of Athens

Correct answer

C. All’s Well that Ends Well

Explanation

The correct answer is All’s Well that Ends Well.

1845English LiteratureMedium

In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson predicts “This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last”. This is interesting because________?

Aboth statements end up not happening that day.

Bboth statements will later be fulfilled by Christ.

CSamson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet Enoch.

Dboth statements end up happening that day.

Correct answer

D. both statements end up happening that day.

Explanation

The correct answer is both statements end up happening that day..

1846English LiteratureMedium

What led to the alliterative revival?

AA return to reading poetry from the 11th and 12th centuries

BThe influence of southern courtly poets writing in French and Latin

CThe introduction to new poetic forms during the Norman invasion

DA surge in English nationalism

Correct answer

D. A surge in English nationalism

Explanation

The correct answer is A surge in English nationalism.

1847English LiteratureMedium

Which theorist is associated with the idea that art is a copy of a copy?

APlato

BClaude Lévi-Strauss

CWalter Benjamin

DJulia Kristeva

Correct answer

A. Plato

Explanation

The correct answer is Plato.

1848English LiteratureMedium

What literary work best captures a sense of the political turmoil, particularly regarding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration?

AFielding’s Jonathan Wild

BDryden’s Absalom and Achitophel

CGay’s Beggar’s Opera

DButler’s Hudibras

Correct answer

B. Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel

Explanation

The correct answer is Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel.

1849English LiteratureMedium

D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of?

AKeats

BShelley

CWordsworth

DByron

Correct answer

A. Keats

Explanation

The correct answer is Keats.

1850English LiteratureMedium

The Manitou is a great god in this legend?

AOdysseus

BColba

CGilgamesh

DWalum Olum

Correct answer

D. Walum Olum

Explanation

The correct answer is Walum Olum.

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