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2181English LiteratureMedium

Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” took place in________?

AThe Appalachian Mountains.

BThe Rocky Mountains.

CThe Sierra Madre Mountains.

DThe Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Correct answer

D. The Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Explanation

The correct answer is The Sierra Nevada Mountains..

2182English LiteratureMedium

A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items.

ASynergy

BN. O. T

CSyntagmatic

DPerformance

Correct answer

C. Syntagmatic

Explanation

The correct answer is Syntagmatic.

2183English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following did Milton not advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s?

Athe free circulation of ideas without prior censorship

Bthe disestablishment of the church and the removal of bishops

Cthe restoration of the monarchy

Dthe right of the people to dismiss and even execute their rulers

Correct answer

C. the restoration of the monarchy

Explanation

The correct answer is the restoration of the monarchy.

2184English LiteratureMedium

When was William Wordsworth born?

A10 September 1772

B20 March 1773

C7 April 1770

D7 July 1767

Correct answer

C. 7 April 1770

Explanation

The correct answer is 7 April 1770.

2185English LiteratureMedium

What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author’s life and times?

AMimetic

BAll of these

CHistorical

DFormalist

Correct answer

C. Historical

Explanation

The correct answer is Historical.

2186English LiteratureMedium

The term________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?

AAlliteration

BNone of the above

CElision

DAssonance

Correct answer

C. Elision

Explanation

The correct answer is Elision.

2187English LiteratureMedium

When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?

A1958

B1952

C1956

D1954

Correct answer

D. 1954

Explanation

The correct answer is 1954.

2188English LiteratureMedium

What religion was Mary Queen of Scots?

ACatholic

BLutheran

CPresbyterian

DEpiscopalian

Correct answer

A. Catholic

Explanation

The correct answer is Catholic.

2189English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements best characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnson’s poem “Black Woman”?

AThis poem describes the relationship between a black woman and her child.

BThe poem is a conversation between a black woman and her ancestors.

CThis poem focuses primarily on the different experiences of black and white women.

DThis poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.

Correct answer

D. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.

Explanation

The correct answer is This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born..

2190English LiteratureMedium

Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” begins with the following lines: “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines?

AThese lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

BThese lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have.

CThese lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges.

DThese lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the Great War, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism.

Correct answer

A. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

Explanation

The correct answer is These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values..

Which of the following did Milton not advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s?

Athe free circulation of ideas without prior censorship

Bthe disestablishment of the church and the removal of bishops

Cthe restoration of the monarchy

Dthe right of the people to dismiss and even execute their rulers

Correct answer

C. the restoration of the monarchy

Explanation

The correct answer is the restoration of the monarchy.

Which of the following statements best characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnson’s poem “Black Woman”?

AThis poem describes the relationship between a black woman and her child.

BThe poem is a conversation between a black woman and her ancestors.

CThis poem focuses primarily on the different experiences of black and white women.

DThis poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.

Correct answer

D. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.

Explanation

The correct answer is This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born..

Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” begins with the following lines: “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines?

AThese lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

BThese lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have.

CThese lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges.

DThese lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the Great War, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism.

Correct answer

A. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

Explanation

The correct answer is These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values..