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2461English LiteratureMedium

In “The Castle of Otranto” which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture?

AIt is essentially fair.

BIt will naturally fall out of favor.

CIt is monstrous.

DIt is a necessary part of the social order.

Correct answer

C. It is monstrous.

Explanation

The correct answer is It is monstrous..

2462English LiteratureMedium

In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ________?

AReproduce rhythm and order

BResist understanding poetry

CStrive to express love

DWrite stories

Correct answer

A. Reproduce rhythm and order

Explanation

The correct answer is Reproduce rhythm and order.

2463English LiteratureMedium

Who is NOT considered to be a representative of the Southern Renaissance?

ARobert Penn Warren

BWilliam Faulkner

CTennessee Williams

DT.S.Eliot

Correct answer

D. T.S.Eliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S.Eliot.

2464English LiteratureMedium

When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, written in 1928?

A1945

B1930

C2000

D1960

Correct answer

D. 1960

Explanation

The correct answer is 1960.

2465English LiteratureMedium

Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism?

A\The Apparition\

B\Air and Angels\

C\The Indifferent\

D\Satire 3\

Correct answer

D. \Satire 3\

Explanation

The correct answer is \Satire 3\.

2466English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is NOT one of Pablo Picasso’s periods of artistic production?

ASynthetic cubism

BDadaist period

CRose period

DBlue period

Correct answer

B. Dadaist period

Explanation

The correct answer is Dadaist period.

2467English LiteratureMedium

In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell?

AThe circle of gluttony

BThe circle of treachery

CThe circle of heresy

DThe circle of lust

Correct answer

A. The circle of gluttony

Explanation

The correct answer is The circle of gluttony.

2468English LiteratureMedium

William Blake’s /Songs of ‘counterbalance his ‘Songs of Experience’?

AInexperience

BInnocence

Cchildhood

DLove

Correct answer

B. Innocence

Explanation

The correct answer is Innocence.

2469English LiteratureMedium

Native Son (1940) is written by________?

AStephen Crane

BRichard Wright

CRalph Ellison

DJean Toomer

Correct answer

B. Richard Wright

Explanation

The correct answer is Richard Wright.

2470English LiteratureMedium

The Jacobean era succeeds the ________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period?

AEngland

BTudor period

CEnglish Reformation

DElizabethan era

Correct answer

D. Elizabethan era

Explanation

The correct answer is Elizabethan era.

2461English LiteratureMedium

In “The Castle of Otranto” which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture?

AIt is essentially fair.

BIt will naturally fall out of favor.

CIt is monstrous.

DIt is a necessary part of the social order.

Correct answer

C. It is monstrous.

Explanation

The correct answer is It is monstrous..

2462English LiteratureMedium

In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ________?

AReproduce rhythm and order

BResist understanding poetry

CStrive to express love

DWrite stories

Correct answer

A. Reproduce rhythm and order

Explanation

The correct answer is Reproduce rhythm and order.

2463English LiteratureMedium

Who is NOT considered to be a representative of the Southern Renaissance?

ARobert Penn Warren

BWilliam Faulkner

CTennessee Williams

DT.S.Eliot

Correct answer

D. T.S.Eliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S.Eliot.

2464English LiteratureMedium

When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, written in 1928?

A1945

B1930

C2000

D1960

Correct answer

D. 1960

Explanation

The correct answer is 1960.

2465English LiteratureMedium

Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism?

A\The Apparition\

B\Air and Angels\

C\The Indifferent\

D\Satire 3\

Correct answer

D. \Satire 3\

Explanation

The correct answer is \Satire 3\.

2466English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is NOT one of Pablo Picasso’s periods of artistic production?

ASynthetic cubism

BDadaist period

CRose period

DBlue period

Correct answer

B. Dadaist period

Explanation

The correct answer is Dadaist period.

2467English LiteratureMedium

In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell?

AThe circle of gluttony

BThe circle of treachery

CThe circle of heresy

DThe circle of lust

Correct answer

A. The circle of gluttony

Explanation

The correct answer is The circle of gluttony.

2468English LiteratureMedium

William Blake’s /Songs of ‘counterbalance his ‘Songs of Experience’?

AInexperience

BInnocence

Cchildhood

DLove

Correct answer

B. Innocence

Explanation

The correct answer is Innocence.

2469English LiteratureMedium

Native Son (1940) is written by________?

AStephen Crane

BRichard Wright

CRalph Ellison

DJean Toomer

Correct answer

B. Richard Wright

Explanation

The correct answer is Richard Wright.

2470English LiteratureMedium

The Jacobean era succeeds the ________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period?

AEngland

BTudor period

CEnglish Reformation

DElizabethan era

Correct answer

D. Elizabethan era

Explanation

The correct answer is Elizabethan era.