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3141English LiteratureMedium

To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of \romance\emerged, initially apply?

Aa Roman official

Ba work written in the French vernacular

Ca story about love and adventure

Da work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire

Correct answer

B. a work written in the French vernacular

Explanation

The correct answer is a work written in the French vernacular.

3142English LiteratureMedium

Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 153” is what kind of poem?

AA poem about writing poetry

BA poem about Shakespeare and his father

CA poem about love

DA poem about death

Correct answer

C. A poem about love

Explanation

The correct answer is A poem about love.

3143English LiteratureMedium

Which devil is the main architect of Pandemonium?

AMammon

BMulciber

CBelial

DMoloch

Correct answer

B. Mulciber

Explanation

The correct answer is Mulciber.

3144English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies?

APope

BDryden

CAddison

DDr. Johnson

Correct answer

D. Dr. Johnson

Explanation

The correct answer is Dr. Johnson.

3145English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment?

ARomanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.

BRomanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.

CRomanticism largely abandoned the

DUnlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant

Correct answer

A. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.

Explanation

The correct answer is Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth..

3146English LiteratureMedium

Why do people evolve a language________?

AFor identifying themselves

BTo communicate

CFor existence

DTo articulate their circumstances

Correct answer

D. To articulate their circumstances

Explanation

The correct answer is To articulate their circumstances.

3147English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’?

AShakespeare

BJohn Keats

Cwordsworth

DEliot

Correct answer

B. John Keats

Explanation

The correct answer is John Keats.

3148English LiteratureMedium

Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’?

ARime royal

BOttava rima

CSpenserian Stanza

DTerza rima

Correct answer

D. Terza rima

Explanation

The correct answer is Terza rima.

3149English LiteratureMedium

Georges Braque’s “Woman with a Guitar” is an example of which of the following artistic movements?

AVorticism

BCubism

CA and B only

DFuturism

Correct answer

B. Cubism

Explanation

The correct answer is Cubism.

3150English LiteratureMedium

The term “Lost Generation” can be applied to which of the following groups?

AA group of self-imposed American expatriates living in Paris that included Ernest Hemingway, Hart Crane, and Henry Miller

BA and B only

CA group of artists and writers who were deeply marked by the traumas of World War I

DAny American in self-exile in Europe to avoid fighting in World War I

Correct answer

B. A and B only

Explanation

The correct answer is A and B only.

Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment?

ARomanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.

BRomanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.

CRomanticism largely abandoned the

DUnlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant

Correct answer

A. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.

Explanation

The correct answer is Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth..

The term “Lost Generation” can be applied to which of the following groups?

AA group of self-imposed American expatriates living in Paris that included Ernest Hemingway, Hart Crane, and Henry Miller

BA and B only

CA group of artists and writers who were deeply marked by the traumas of World War I

DAny American in self-exile in Europe to avoid fighting in World War I

Correct answer

B. A and B only

Explanation

The correct answer is A and B only.