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3151English LiteratureMedium

The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitch intonation and juncture are called ________?

AProsodic features

BSupra__segmental phonemes

CSecondary phonemes

DAll the above.

Correct answer

D. All the above.

Explanation

The correct answer is All the above..

3152English LiteratureMedium

In Beowulf, what is the significance of the term wyrd?

AWyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity

BWyrd is related to the folly of earthly possessions.

CWyrd has to do with reparational payments exacted from people guilty of homicide.

DWyrd suggests the idea of fate.

Correct answer

A. Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity

Explanation

The correct answer is Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity.

3153English LiteratureMedium

Which word comes from a Greek expression meaning ‘goat-song’?

ATragedy

BPoetry

CNone of these

DHarmony

Correct answer

A. Tragedy

Explanation

The correct answer is Tragedy.

3154English LiteratureMedium

Which social philosophy, dominant during the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws would ensure the general welfare and that the government should not interfere in any person’s pursuit of their personal interests?

Aenclosure

Bthe Rights of Man

Ceconomic independence

Dlaissez-faire

Correct answer

D. laissez-faire

Explanation

The correct answer is laissez-faire.

3155English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master?

AOrder

BNone of the above

CSilence

DTemperance

Correct answer

B. None of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is None of the above.

3156English LiteratureMedium

For what do Matthew Arnold’s moral investment in nonfiction and Walter Pater’s aesthetic investment together pave the way?

Athe surrealist movement

Bmodern literary criticism

Ca renewed secularism in the twentieth century

Dlate nineteenth-century and earlytwentieth- century satirical drama

Correct answer

B. modern literary criticism

Explanation

The correct answer is modern literary criticism.

3157English LiteratureMedium

How was mystical literature significant?

AMystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.

BMystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.

CMystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.

DMystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.

Correct answer

B. Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.

Explanation

The correct answer is Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature..

3158English LiteratureMedium

John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” is best described by which of the following genres?

AEpic

BBlank verse tragedy

CProse polemic

DPastoral elegy

Correct answer

A. Epic

Explanation

The correct answer is Epic.

3159English LiteratureMedium

As per Constitution of 1962, ________ were held National Languages?

ANone of these

BUrdu

CBoth A and B

DBengali

Correct answer

C. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.

3160English LiteratureMedium

Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work?

AW. M. Thackeray

BD. H. Lawrence

CCharles Dickens

DGraham Greene

Correct answer

D. Graham Greene

Explanation

The correct answer is Graham Greene.

In Beowulf, what is the significance of the term wyrd?

AWyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity

BWyrd is related to the folly of earthly possessions.

CWyrd has to do with reparational payments exacted from people guilty of homicide.

DWyrd suggests the idea of fate.

Correct answer

A. Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity

Explanation

The correct answer is Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity.

How was mystical literature significant?

AMystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.

BMystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.

CMystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.

DMystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.

Correct answer

B. Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.

Explanation

The correct answer is Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature..