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2071English LiteratureMedium

We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement?

ANationalism

Indian Autobiography

CRomanticism

DTranscendentalism

Correct answer

C. Romanticism

Explanation

The correct answer is Romanticism.

2072English LiteratureMedium

In Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Library of Babel,” which of the following is NOT a major concern of the work?

ABorges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason.

BIt is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library.

CThe library is analogous to the universe.

DThe short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge.

Correct answer

A. Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason.

Explanation

The correct answer is Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason..

2073English LiteratureMedium

The first stanza of Countee Cullen’s “A Brown Girl Dead” reads: “With two white roses on her breasts,/White candles at head and feet,/Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;/Lord Death has found her sweet.” Which of the following statements accurately characterizes these lines?

AThese lines evoke Christian imagery to suggest that death erases racial divisions.

BThese lines present the problem of racial prejudice in an ironic mode.

CBoth A and B

DThese lines evoke Christian imagery to emphasize the dignity of the girl who died.

Correct answer

C. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.

2074English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as ordinary statements?

AThe falling

BNone of the above

CThe fall__rise

DThe rising

Correct answer

A. The falling

Explanation

The correct answer is The falling.

2075English LiteratureMedium

Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore’s poem “England” suggests which of the following?

AMoore’s emotional and aesthetic attachment to England

BMoore’s interest in England’s civilizing mission in the world

CMoore’s harsh critique of the carnage of World War I

DMoore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism

Correct answer

D. Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism

Explanation

The correct answer is Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism.

2076English LiteratureMedium

In “Frankenstein” how do dreams function?

AThey provide relief from the real world.

BThey obscure deep emotions.

CThey prophesy future destruction.

DThey are part of the unconscious controlled by science.

Correct answer

C. They prophesy future destruction.

Explanation

The correct answer is They prophesy future destruction..

2077English LiteratureMedium

Dr. Ian Johnson suggests which of the following ideas about the play, “Henry V”?

AThat it is an incomplete play and possibly not authored by Shakespeare

BThat none of the characters undergo

CThat it is a satire of European monarchies

DThat it is historically accurate

Correct answer

B. That none of the characters undergo

Explanation

The correct answer is That none of the characters undergo.

2078English LiteratureMedium

“An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man” illustrates what genre of early American writing?

ASpiritual diary

BBiography

CSermon

DAutobiography

Correct answer

B. Biography

Explanation

The correct answer is Biography.

2079English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of ethos?

AEthos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

BEthos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.

CEthos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.

DEthos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.

Correct answer

C. Ethos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.

Explanation

The correct answer is Ethos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image..

2080English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following offers the best definition of the concept of narrative poetry?

AA narrative poem is vague and difficult in style.

BA narrative poem is a poem written in the style of a conversation.

CA narrative poem is a poem that does not have a plot or tell a story.

DA narrative poem has a plot and tells a story.

Correct answer

D. A narrative poem has a plot and tells a story.

Explanation

The correct answer is A narrative poem has a plot and tells a story..

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