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201English LiteratureMedium

In the play, “Twelfth Night,” who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck?

AMaria

BNone of the above

COlivia

DAntonio

Correct answer

D. Antonio

Explanation

The correct answer is Antonio.

202English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following animals seem to represent strength and courage for the Eskimos?

AEagle

BFox

CDeer

DHorse

Correct answer

A. Eagle

Explanation

The correct answer is Eagle.

203English LiteratureMedium

Who is “till wand’ring o’er the earth”?

ASatan

BEve

CAdam

DSatan’s associates

Correct answer

D. Satan’s associates

Explanation

The correct answer is Satan’s associates.

204English LiteratureMedium

In which essay did Arnold say that for good literature to flourish two powers are necessary – creative and the critical?

APreface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems

BThe Function of Criticism

CEssay on Wordsworth

DThe Study of Poetry

Correct answer

B. The Function of Criticism

Explanation

The correct answer is The Function of Criticism.

205English LiteratureMedium

An Elizabethan Puritan critic denounced the poets as ‘fathers of lies’,’schools of abuse’ and’caterpillars of a commonwealth’. Mark him out from the following crities________?

ARoger Ascham

BWilliam Tyndale

CHenry Howard

DStephen Gosson

Correct answer

D. Stephen Gosson

Explanation

The correct answer is Stephen Gosson.

206English LiteratureMedium

King Henry VIII adopted what religion?

ACatholicism

BProtestantism

CRoman Catholicism

DBuddhism

Correct answer

B. Protestantism

Explanation

The correct answer is Protestantism.

207English LiteratureMedium

In ’Paradise Lost’, which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of ’Paradise Lost’?

AMichael

BRafael

CAbdiel

DGabriel

Correct answer

A. Michael

Explanation

The correct answer is Michael.

208English LiteratureMedium

The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is________?

AThe poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.

BThe poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

CThe poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.

DThe poem is the first of many poems by Terry.

Correct answer

B. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

Explanation

The correct answer is The poem is the first-known writing of an African American..

209English LiteratureMedium

After ________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London?

Athree

Btwo

Cfour

Dfive

Correct answer

C. four

Explanation

The correct answer is four.

210English LiteratureMedium

In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions?

AAll of the Above

Bit represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities

Cit implies that the artist must take flight to do his work

Dit represents the desire to flee Ireland

Correct answer

A. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is________?

AThe poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.

BThe poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

CThe poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.

DThe poem is the first of many poems by Terry.

Correct answer

B. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

Explanation

The correct answer is The poem is the first-known writing of an African American..