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2601English LiteratureMedium

Who is the author of the novel ‘The Golden Age’?

AVirginia Woolf

BJane Austen

CTahmima Anam

DPearl S. Bark

Correct answer

C. Tahmima Anam

Explanation

The correct answer is Tahmima Anam.

2602English LiteratureMedium

In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept of gender?

AGender is largely a cultural construct.

BWomen’s gender is artificial, while men’s gender is not.

CWhile gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true.

DGender is a problematic, but essentially true, category.

Correct answer

A. Gender is largely a cultural construct.

Explanation

The correct answer is Gender is largely a cultural construct..

2603English LiteratureMedium

In Poem Daffodils ‘Sprightly Dance’ means________?

Alively dance

Bugly dance

Cnonsense dance

Dnice dance

Correct answer

A. lively dance

Explanation

The correct answer is lively dance.

2604English LiteratureMedium

Harapha claims he wishes he could have fought Samson when he had his eyesight because________?

Ahe wants to encourage Samson.

Bhe wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.

Che wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.

Dhe wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Correct answer

D. he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Explanation

The correct answer is he wants to seem more heroic than he really is..

2605English LiteratureMedium

Why did Catherine of Siena refuse to marry a husband?

Ashe claimed she was already married to God

Bshe wanted to make a political statement against the Church

Cshe was concerned about loss of property

Dshe said that the institution was too flawed

Correct answer

A. she claimed she was already married to God

Explanation

The correct answer is she claimed she was already married to God.

2606English LiteratureMedium

In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is a remark by________?

AGoddord

BColeridge

CBradley

DNicoll

Correct answer

C. Bradley

Explanation

The correct answer is Bradley.

2607English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Modernism”?

AThe use of irony and parody

BBoth A and B

CA belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth

DA radical project of experimentation with literary and artistic form

Correct answer

C. A belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth

Explanation

The correct answer is A belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth.

2608English LiteratureMedium

About William Bradford________?

AWrote about the Plymouth Plantation

BA and C

CWrote the Mayflower Compact agreement

DFounded Jamestown

Correct answer

B. A and C

Explanation

The correct answer is A and C.

2609English LiteratureMedium

Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book “Walden”?

ATell his entire life story

BNone of the above

CTo show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action

DTo critique slavery

Correct answer

C. To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action

Explanation

The correct answer is To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action.

2610English LiteratureMedium

What is dialogism?

AA term used to describe how texts include a variety of styles

BA term used to explain the use of multiple points of view in literature

CAll of the above answers are correct.

DA term developed by Mikhail Bakhtin

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

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

In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept of gender?

AGender is largely a cultural construct.

BWomen’s gender is artificial, while men’s gender is not.

CWhile gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true.

DGender is a problematic, but essentially true, category.

Correct answer

A. Gender is largely a cultural construct.

Explanation

The correct answer is Gender is largely a cultural construct..

Harapha claims he wishes he could have fought Samson when he had his eyesight because________?

Ahe wants to encourage Samson.

Bhe wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.

Che wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.

Dhe wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Correct answer

D. he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Explanation

The correct answer is he wants to seem more heroic than he really is..

Why did Catherine of Siena refuse to marry a husband?

Ashe claimed she was already married to God

Bshe wanted to make a political statement against the Church

Cshe was concerned about loss of property

Dshe said that the institution was too flawed

Correct answer

A. she claimed she was already married to God

Explanation

The correct answer is she claimed she was already married to God.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Modernism”?

AThe use of irony and parody

BBoth A and B

CA belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth

DA radical project of experimentation with literary and artistic form

Correct answer

C. A belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth

Explanation

The correct answer is A belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truth.

What is dialogism?

AA term used to describe how texts include a variety of styles

BA term used to explain the use of multiple points of view in literature

CAll of the above answers are correct.

DA term developed by Mikhail Bakhtin

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

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