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2791English LiteratureMedium

Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally?

ALeartus

BPolonius

CHoratio

DForinbras

Correct answer

B. Polonius

Explanation

The correct answer is Polonius.

2792English LiteratureMedium

Coleridge considered imagination as________?

AModifying power

BCritical faculty

CA psychological experience

DA product of intellect

Correct answer

A. Modifying power

Explanation

The correct answer is Modifying power.

2793English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following contributed to the rise of vernacular literature?

AMost professional scribes found it difficult to write in Medieval Latin.

BOfficial documents were written in spoken language.

CAll of the above

DThe spoken language tended to take precedence in areas where the Church was weak.

Correct answer

C. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

2794English LiteratureMedium

Who is Cato?

AAn ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

BA character who appears in the lust circle of hell

CThe example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man

DA character who appears in the ninth circle of hell

Correct answer

A. An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

Explanation

The correct answer is An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory.

2795English LiteratureMedium

Which represents an example of alliteration?

APeter Piper Picked Peppers

BI like music

CA beautiful scenery with music

DLanguage Arts

Correct answer

A. Peter Piper Picked Peppers

Explanation

The correct answer is Peter Piper Picked Peppers.

2796English LiteratureMedium

In his poem Kipling said ’If you can meet with triumph and ________’?

AGlory

BDisaster

Cvictory

DRuin

Correct answer

B. Disaster

Explanation

The correct answer is Disaster.

2797English LiteratureMedium

Who accused Aristotle of social snobbishness and arrogance?

AArthur Miller

BHenry James

CDavid

DWilly Loman

Correct answer

A. Arthur Miller

Explanation

The correct answer is Arthur Miller.

2798English LiteratureMedium

In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a Modernist novel?

Ait follows a traditional narrative structure

Bit uses experimental language

Cit does not explore a character’s internal development

Dit celebrates the simplicity of everyday life

Correct answer

B. it uses experimental language

Explanation

The correct answer is it uses experimental language.

2799English LiteratureMedium

Who originated the term “objective correlative,” which is often used in formalist criticism?

AVirginia Woolf

BMatthew Arnold

CT.S. Eliot

DC.S. Lewis

Correct answer

C. T.S. Eliot

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S. Eliot.

2800English LiteratureMedium

With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christ’s Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School?

AWilliam Wordsworth

BShelley

CCharles Lamb

DJohn Keats

Correct answer

C. Charles Lamb

Explanation

The correct answer is Charles Lamb.

Which of the following contributed to the rise of vernacular literature?

AMost professional scribes found it difficult to write in Medieval Latin.

BOfficial documents were written in spoken language.

CAll of the above

DThe spoken language tended to take precedence in areas where the Church was weak.

Correct answer

C. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

Who is Cato?

AAn ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

BA character who appears in the lust circle of hell

CThe example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man

DA character who appears in the ninth circle of hell

Correct answer

A. An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

Explanation

The correct answer is An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory.