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3051English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of pathos?

APathos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.

BPathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.

CPathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

DPathos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.

Correct answer

C. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

Explanation

The correct answer is Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers..

3052English LiteratureMedium

About the Navajo________?

AKept the Navajo Origin Legend through oral tradition

BB and C

CSettled in Northeastern US

DBelieved that corn was crucial to creation

Correct answer

B. B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is B and C.

3053English LiteratureMedium

In ’In Memorium’, Tennyson mourns the death of ________?

AKeats

BArthur Hallam

CHugh Clough

DLord Byron

Correct answer

B. Arthur Hallam

Explanation

The correct answer is Arthur Hallam.

3054English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

AShe was a virgin martyr.

BShe made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

CShe sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

DShe is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

Correct answer

D. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

Explanation

The correct answer is She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular..

3055English LiteratureMedium

Which best describes Bloom’s attitude towards nationalism?

Ahe is opposed to the nationalist cause

Bhe hopes to join the IRB

Che is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

Dhe is disinterested in nationalism

Correct answer

D. he is disinterested in nationalism

Explanation

The correct answer is he is disinterested in nationalism.

3056English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?

AFaerie queen, first three books

BColin clouts come home again

CFaerie queen, second three books

DThe Shepherd’s calendar

Correct answer

D. The Shepherd’s calendar

Explanation

The correct answer is The Shepherd’s calendar.

3057English LiteratureMedium

In “Samson Agonistes,” the Chorus describes the approaching Dalila as beautifully and lavishly dressed to better seduce Samson. This is interesting because?

ADalila usually dresses in a more understated Puritan manner.

BSamson is blind.

CSamson hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Dthe Chorus has just stated it hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Correct answer

B. Samson is blind.

Explanation

The correct answer is Samson is blind..

3058English LiteratureMedium

Graham Greene’s novels are marked by?

ABuddhism

BCatholicism

CPaganism

DProtestantism

Correct answer

B. Catholicism

Explanation

The correct answer is Catholicism.

3059English LiteratureMedium

Sublimity has________?

A3 sources

B5 sources

C4 sources

D2 sources

Correct answer

B. 5 sources

Explanation

The correct answer is 5 sources.

3060English LiteratureMedium

Who is the author of ‘A Brief History of Time’?

AStephen Hawking

BIsaac Newton

CJagadish Chandra Basu

DAlbert Einstein

Correct answer

A. Stephen Hawking

Explanation

The correct answer is Stephen Hawking.

Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of pathos?

APathos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.

BPathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.

CPathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

DPathos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.

Correct answer

C. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

Explanation

The correct answer is Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers..

Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

AShe was a virgin martyr.

BShe made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

CShe sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

DShe is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

Correct answer

D. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

Explanation

The correct answer is She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular..