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2981English LiteratureMedium

The shortened forms like ‘photo’ for photograph is an instance of ________?

AMetanalysis

BOnomatopoeia

CClipping

DPortmanteau

Correct answer

C. Clipping

Explanation

The correct answer is Clipping.

2982English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questions asked in a warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness?

AThe fall__rise

BNone of the above

CThe falling

DThe rising

Correct answer

D. The rising

Explanation

The correct answer is The rising.

2983English LiteratureMedium

In which style did John Milton write the poem Paradise Lost?

AVers libre

BFree verse

Cblank verse

DRegular meter

Correct answer

C. blank verse

Explanation

The correct answer is blank verse.

2984English LiteratureMedium

Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe’s medieval settings________?

Aimplies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience.

Bsuggests her commitment to the Catholic Church.

Cindicates her longing for the older aristocracy.

Dis at odds with her explicit socialist politics.

Correct answer

A. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience.

Explanation

The correct answer is implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience..

2985English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work’s meaning does not come entirely from the imagination of the author?

AT.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”

BJacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology

CRoland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author”

DPlato’s The Republic

Correct answer

A. T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”.

2986English LiteratureMedium

Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that________?

AAll of the above.

Btexts are always heterogeneous.

Cthe instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.

Dany system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.

Correct answer

C. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.

Explanation

The correct answer is the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself..

2987English LiteratureMedium

What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus”?

AAn octopus

BDeath

CThe ocean

DMt. Rainier

Correct answer

D. Mt. Rainier

Explanation

The correct answer is Mt. Rainier.

2988English LiteratureMedium

Yeats was________?

AVictorian poet

Ba modern poet

CNone of these

DBoth

Correct answer

D. Both

Explanation

The correct answer is Both.

2989English LiteratureMedium

Apess concludes his piece by________?

ACalling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government

BDeclaring his intention to run for public office

CPredicting the Apocalypse

DExhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice

Correct answer

D. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice

Explanation

The correct answer is Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice.

2990English LiteratureMedium

According to skeptics of Shakespeare’s authorship, all of the following are considered to be the “true” authors of some of Shakespeare’s plays EXCEPT________?

AThomas More.

BJohn Shakespeare.

CFrancis Bacon.

DEarl of Oxford.

Correct answer

B. John Shakespeare.

Explanation

The correct answer is John Shakespeare..

Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe’s medieval settings________?

Aimplies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience.

Bsuggests her commitment to the Catholic Church.

Cindicates her longing for the older aristocracy.

Dis at odds with her explicit socialist politics.

Correct answer

A. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience.

Explanation

The correct answer is implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience..

Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work’s meaning does not come entirely from the imagination of the author?

AT.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”

BJacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology

CRoland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author”

DPlato’s The Republic

Correct answer

A. T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”.

Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that________?

AAll of the above.

Btexts are always heterogeneous.

Cthe instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.

Dany system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.

Correct answer

C. the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself.

Explanation

The correct answer is the instability of a text is actually evident in the text itself..

Apess concludes his piece by________?

ACalling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government

BDeclaring his intention to run for public office

CPredicting the Apocalypse

DExhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice

Correct answer

D. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice

Explanation

The correct answer is Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice.