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2281English LiteratureMedium

According to Ellen Moers, how does Radcliffe’s heroine differ from the typical Gothic woman?

AEmily’s sense of decorum seems to falter late in the novel.

BEmily ends up happily married.

CEmily provides a unique example of a weak woman.

DEmily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.

Correct answer

D. Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.

Explanation

The correct answer is Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman..

2282English LiteratureMedium

What is a plot?

Athe choice of words

Ban idea about writing

Carrangement of the incidents

Dchoice of poem

Correct answer

C. arrangement of the incidents

Explanation

The correct answer is arrangement of the incidents.

2283English LiteratureMedium

The Song of the Lotus is a poem by________?

AColeridge

BTennyson

CEliot

DKeats

Correct answer

B. Tennyson

Explanation

The correct answer is Tennyson.

2284English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following best describes how Bede was a typical Christian of his time?

AHe combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism.

BHe did not believe that Christianity was an essential part of English culture.

CHe believed that English Christians needed to move to a New Israel.

DHe thought that England was a pagan wilderness.

Correct answer

A. He combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism.

Explanation

The correct answer is He combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism..

2285English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan /A stately pleasure dome decree...”?

AJohn Keats

BSamuel Taylor Coleridge

CRobert Browning

DWalt Whitman

Correct answer

B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Explanation

The correct answer is Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

2286English LiteratureMedium

Which is/are typical of the supernatural in medieval romance?

Afairy trickery

Benchantment

Cspells

DAll of the Above

Correct answer

D. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

2287English LiteratureMedium

A work of criticism that considers how the author’s childhood trauma influenced his characters would be an example of________?

Apsychoanalytic criticism.

Bstructuralism.

CNew Criticism.

DMarxist criticism.

Correct answer

A. psychoanalytic criticism.

Explanation

The correct answer is psychoanalytic criticism..

2288English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following most accurately explains the Bretons influence on medieval literature?

AAll of these answers

BThe Bretons roots were in the Celtic cultural tradition.

CBreton literature had a profound effect on medieval literature in England.

DThe Bretons represented prominent forces in the Norman invasion.

Correct answer

A. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.

2289English LiteratureMedium

With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated?

AMichel Foucault

BClaude Lévi-Strauss

CJacques Lacan

DJacques Derrida

Correct answer

A. Michel Foucault

Explanation

The correct answer is Michel Foucault.

2290English LiteratureMedium

Poetry is defined as ‘Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling’ by________?

AShelley

BWordsworth

CColeridge

DNone of these

Correct answer

B. Wordsworth

Explanation

The correct answer is Wordsworth.

According to Ellen Moers, how does Radcliffe’s heroine differ from the typical Gothic woman?

AEmily’s sense of decorum seems to falter late in the novel.

BEmily ends up happily married.

CEmily provides a unique example of a weak woman.

DEmily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.

Correct answer

D. Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.

Explanation

The correct answer is Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman..

Which of the following best describes how Bede was a typical Christian of his time?

AHe combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism.

BHe did not believe that Christianity was an essential part of English culture.

CHe believed that English Christians needed to move to a New Israel.

DHe thought that England was a pagan wilderness.

Correct answer

A. He combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism.

Explanation

The correct answer is He combined zealous Christianity with English patriotism..

Which of the following most accurately explains the Bretons influence on medieval literature?

AAll of these answers

BThe Bretons roots were in the Celtic cultural tradition.

CBreton literature had a profound effect on medieval literature in England.

DThe Bretons represented prominent forces in the Norman invasion.

Correct answer

A. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.