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2131English LiteratureMedium

Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?

Athe Celts

Bthe Geats

Cthe Normans

Dthe Anglo-Saxons

Correct answer

D. the Anglo-Saxons

Explanation

The correct answer is the Anglo-Saxons.

2132English LiteratureMedium

“Do we now live in an enlightened age? The answer is, ‘no,’ but we do live in an age of enlightenment.”?

ADavid Hume

BDenis Diderot

CImmanuel Kant

DJohn Locke

Correct answer

C. Immanuel Kant

Explanation

The correct answer is Immanuel Kant.

2133English LiteratureMedium

Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”

AJohn Donne

BAbraham Cowley

CJohn Dryden

DWilliam Shakespeare

Correct answer

B. Abraham Cowley

Explanation

The correct answer is Abraham Cowley.

2134English LiteratureMedium

The use of \whale-road\for sea and \lifehouse\ for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?

Ametonymy

Bsimile

Ckenning

Dsymbolism

Correct answer

C. kenning

Explanation

The correct answer is kenning.

2135English LiteratureMedium

The basic theme of Arnold’s Literature and Dogma is________?

ATheology

BArt and Literature

CSocial changes in the Victorian Age

DContemporary literary criticism

Correct answer

A. Theology

Explanation

The correct answer is Theology.

2136English LiteratureMedium

What was “courtly love”?

Aa method of oral transmission

Ba type of early literature produced solely by medieval women writers

Ca literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance

Da type of literature concerned with the behavior of anchorites

Correct answer

C. a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance

Explanation

The correct answer is a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance.

2137English LiteratureMedium

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

AIt was produced by Western scholarship.

BAll of the above answers are correct.

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

DIt illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

Correct answer

A. It was produced by Western scholarship.

Explanation

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

2138English LiteratureMedium

The reason for Satan’s fall might best be described as?

Apride

Bincest

Clust

Dgreed

Correct answer

A. pride

Explanation

The correct answer is pride.

2139English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century?

AEnglish was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.

BEnglish travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.

CIntending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

DEnglish travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.

Correct answer

C. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

Explanation

The correct answer is Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England..

2140English LiteratureMedium

What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”?

AUriel

BMichael

CMichelangelo

DRaphael

Correct answer

B. Michael

Explanation

The correct answer is Michael.

What was “courtly love”?

Aa method of oral transmission

Ba type of early literature produced solely by medieval women writers

Ca literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance

Da type of literature concerned with the behavior of anchorites

Correct answer

C. a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance

Explanation

The correct answer is a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance.

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

AIt was produced by Western scholarship.

BAll of the above answers are correct.

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

DIt illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

Correct answer

A. It was produced by Western scholarship.

Explanation

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

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century?

AEnglish was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.

BEnglish travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.

CIntending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

DEnglish travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.

Correct answer

C. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

Explanation

The correct answer is Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England..