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2491English LiteratureMedium

For what historical event did the Gothic serve as a metaphor?

AThe Industrial Revolution

BThe French Revolution

CThe American Revolution

DThe Battle of Waterloo

Correct answer

B. The French Revolution

Explanation

The correct answer is The French Revolution.

2492English LiteratureMedium

What is double consciousness ________?

AAn understanding of how double experiences create identity

BAn early aspect of ethnic criticism

CAll of the above answers are correct.

DA concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

2493English LiteratureMedium

What is the purpose of feminist theory?

AAll of the above answers are correct.

BTo critique phallocentric assumptions about literature

CTo advocate for women’s rights

DTo create literary subjects with which female readers can identify

Correct answer

A. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

2494English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold ”?

AEdgar Allan Poe

BThomas Moore

CJames Joyce

DWilliam Butler Yeats

Correct answer

D. William Butler Yeats

Explanation

The correct answer is William Butler Yeats.

2495English LiteratureMedium

How do most critics believe Joyce’s exile affected his use of language?

AAfter his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works

BAfter his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

CAfter his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language

DAfter his exile, he never used split narratives

Correct answer

B. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

Explanation

The correct answer is After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works.

2496English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is NOT a tenet of F.T. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto”?

A“The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, daring, and revolt.”

B“We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”

C“We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of danger and of temerity.”

D“We want to sing the man who holds the steering wheel, whose ideal stem pierces the Earth, itself launched on the circuit of its orbit.”

Correct answer

B. “We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”

Explanation

The correct answer is “We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”.

2497English LiteratureMedium

This mode of discourse relates a story________?

AFiction

BExposition

CNarration

DPersuasion

Correct answer

C. Narration

Explanation

The correct answer is Narration.

2498English LiteratureMedium

Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?

APyramus and Thisbe

BValdes and Cornelius

CTroilus and Cressida

DRosencrantz and Guildenstern

Correct answer

B. Valdes and Cornelius

Explanation

The correct answer is Valdes and Cornelius.

2499English LiteratureMedium

Who invented the term ‘Sprung rhythm’?

AWordsworth

BBrowning

CHopkins

DTennyson

Correct answer

C. Hopkins

Explanation

The correct answer is Hopkins.

2500English LiteratureMedium

Constitution, of 1962 was made on________?

A23rd March, 1962

B14 August, 1962

C28 February, 1962

DNone of these

Correct answer

C. 28 February, 1962

Explanation

The correct answer is 28 February, 1962.

What is the purpose of feminist theory?

AAll of the above answers are correct.

BTo critique phallocentric assumptions about literature

CTo advocate for women’s rights

DTo create literary subjects with which female readers can identify

Correct answer

A. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

How do most critics believe Joyce’s exile affected his use of language?

AAfter his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works

BAfter his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

CAfter his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language

DAfter his exile, he never used split narratives

Correct answer

B. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works

Explanation

The correct answer is After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works.

Which of the following is NOT a tenet of F.T. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto”?

A“The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, daring, and revolt.”

B“We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”

C“We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of danger and of temerity.”

D“We want to sing the man who holds the steering wheel, whose ideal stem pierces the Earth, itself launched on the circuit of its orbit.”

Correct answer

B. “We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”

Explanation

The correct answer is “We want never to glorify war, the scourge of the planet.”.