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181English LiteratureMedium

Future goods means goods to be manufactured or produced or acquired by the seller ________?

ANone of above

BIn future prescribed time

CAfter making of contract

DBefore making of contract

Correct answer

C. After making of contract

Explanation

The correct answer is After making of contract.

182English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements offers the best definition of an epistolary novel?

AA novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles

BA novel that consists entirely of dialogue

CA novel that is set in the countryside of Europe

DA novel set in the past

Correct answer

A. A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles

Explanation

The correct answer is A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles.

183English LiteratureMedium

According to Aristotle pity and fear are evoked by________?

ASatire

BMelodrama

CTragedy

DComedy

Correct answer

C. Tragedy

Explanation

The correct answer is Tragedy.

184English LiteratureMedium

Carlyle’s work On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History is a course of?

Asix lectures

Bfour lectures

Cseven lectures

Dfive lectures

Correct answer

D. five lectures

Explanation

The correct answer is five lectures.

185English LiteratureMedium

All of the following define the Gothic EXCEPT________?

AReason

BThe grotesque

CTransgression

DThe unknown

Correct answer

A. Reason

Explanation

The correct answer is Reason.

186English LiteratureMedium

He was famed for great skill in horsemanship; he was foremost at all races and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic, but had more mischief and good humor than ill will in his composition. Who is this?

ACotton Mather

BGeoffrey Crayon

CDiedrich Knickerbocker

DBrom Bones

Correct answer

D. Brom Bones

Explanation

The correct answer is Brom Bones.

187English LiteratureMedium

________are words which differ only in one phoneme?

ADiphthongs

BSemi__vowels

CMinimal pairs

DTriphthongs

Correct answer

C. Minimal pairs

Explanation

The correct answer is Minimal pairs.

188English LiteratureMedium

Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to________?

Aagricultural laborers

Bthe royal family and upper orders of the nobility

Cthe lower orders of the nobility

Dthe clergy

Correct answer

D. the clergy

Explanation

The correct answer is the clergy.

189English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet 43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”) is false?

ASonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence “Sonnets from the Portuguese.”

BSonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, like other sonnets.

CSonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem.

DSonnet 43 is similar to most other sonnets in its focus on love.

Correct answer

C. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem.

Explanation

The correct answer is Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem..

190English LiteratureMedium

Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period?

AA and C only

BParliamentary reform, increasing representation of the working classes

CEducational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy

DLabor reform, improving working conditions for industrial laborers

Correct answer

A. A and C only

Explanation

The correct answer is A and C only.

Which of the following statements offers the best definition of an epistolary novel?

AA novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles

BA novel that consists entirely of dialogue

CA novel that is set in the countryside of Europe

DA novel set in the past

Correct answer

A. A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles

Explanation

The correct answer is A novel that consists of a series of documents, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles.

Which of the following statements about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet 43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”) is false?

ASonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence “Sonnets from the Portuguese.”

BSonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, like other sonnets.

CSonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem.

DSonnet 43 is similar to most other sonnets in its focus on love.

Correct answer

C. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem.

Explanation

The correct answer is Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem..