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2521English LiteratureMedium

The Chartist Movement sought?

APolitical rights for women

BProtection of the political rights of the middle class

CProtection of the political rights of the working class

DRecognition of chartered trading companies

Correct answer

C. Protection of the political rights of the working class

Explanation

The correct answer is Protection of the political rights of the working class.

2522English LiteratureMedium

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

Afirst agreement on self governing

BReligious freedom

CSovereignty

DEstablish a new government

Correct answer

A. first agreement on self governing

Explanation

The correct answer is first agreement on self governing.

2523English LiteratureMedium

The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of________?

ANone of the above

BAllomorphs

CMinimal pairs

DAllophones

Correct answer

D. Allophones

Explanation

The correct answer is Allophones.

2524English LiteratureMedium

What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness, a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike?

Awit

Bnaturalism

Csprezzatura

Dgusto

Correct answer

A. wit

Explanation

The correct answer is wit.

2525English LiteratureMedium

‘The Age of Chaucer’ ranges from________?

A1340-1399

B1340-1385

C1240-1300

D1340-1400

Correct answer

D. 1340-1400

Explanation

The correct answer is 1340-1400.

2526English LiteratureMedium

Psychoanalytic criticism during its earliest stages tended to focus on________?

Athe typographical structures of literary texts.

Btranslation issues.

Cthe psychologies of individual authors.

Dhow children relate to their parents in terms of literary texts.

Correct answer

C. the psychologies of individual authors.

Explanation

The correct answer is the psychologies of individual authors..

2527English LiteratureMedium

T. Hardy is________?

ANone of these

BA lover of nature

CA satirist

DA fatalist

Correct answer

D. A fatalist

Explanation

The correct answer is A fatalist.

2528English LiteratureMedium

Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by________ in the fourteenth century?

ALangland

BMachiavelli

CDante

DPetrarch

Correct answer

A. Langland

Explanation

The correct answer is Langland.

2529English LiteratureMedium

________is a late 20th century play written by a woman?

AQueen Cristina

BTop Girls

CThe Homecoimg

DCamille

Correct answer

D. Camille

Explanation

The correct answer is Camille.

2530English LiteratureMedium

In which century was Shakespeare born?

A15th

B16th

C14th

D17th

Correct answer

B. 16th

Explanation

The correct answer is 16th.

The Chartist Movement sought?

APolitical rights for women

BProtection of the political rights of the middle class

CProtection of the political rights of the working class

DRecognition of chartered trading companies

Correct answer

C. Protection of the political rights of the working class

Explanation

The correct answer is Protection of the political rights of the working class.

Psychoanalytic criticism during its earliest stages tended to focus on________?

Athe typographical structures of literary texts.

Btranslation issues.

Cthe psychologies of individual authors.

Dhow children relate to their parents in terms of literary texts.

Correct answer

C. the psychologies of individual authors.

Explanation

The correct answer is the psychologies of individual authors..