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311English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements best describes the “Bloomsbury Group”?

AThe group consisted of survivors of World War II.

BThe Bloomsbury group included E.M. Forster, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, and Virginia Woolf.

CThe “Bloomsbury Group” consists of a group of English writers, thinkers, and artists who met in the Bloomsbury district of London.

A and C only

Correct answer

D. A and C only

Explanation

The correct answer is A and C only.

312English LiteratureMedium

In the medieval Church, devotional acts ________?

Awere considered “unimportant” by mystics

Bwere only performed by men

Cdepended entirely on literacy

Dcancelled out punishment due to sin

Correct answer

D. cancelled out punishment due to sin

Explanation

The correct answer is cancelled out punishment due to sin.

313English LiteratureMedium

In the play, “Richard III,” who is the mother of Prince Edward?

ADuchess of York

BQueen Elizabeth

CLady Anne

DMargaret

Correct answer

D. Margaret

Explanation

The correct answer is Margaret.

314English LiteratureMedium

Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to ________?

AElizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle

BElizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh

CElizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton

DElizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle

Correct answer

D. Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle

Explanation

The correct answer is Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle.

315English LiteratureMedium

What is Christopher Marlowe’s Nationality?

ADutch

BAmerican

CBritish

DGerman

Correct answer

C. British

Explanation

The correct answer is British.

316English LiteratureMedium

Why do critics see Frankenstein’s monster as equivalent to the Biblical Adam?

AHis habitat is equivalent to the Garden of Eden.

BHe is the first of his kind.

CHe is a mistake.

DHe is responsible for the burden of original sin.

Correct answer

B. He is the first of his kind.

Explanation

The correct answer is He is the first of his kind..

317English LiteratureMedium

The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry?

AA focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keats’s poems

BA nod to the poet as outcast as in some of Byron’s poems

CAn emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems

DA call for social and political reform as in some of Shelley’s works

Correct answer

C. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems

Explanation

The correct answer is An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems.

318English LiteratureMedium

The Bronte sisters wrote during this period________?

ARomantic

BRegency

CRestoration

DVictorian

Correct answer

D. Victorian

Explanation

The correct answer is Victorian.

319English LiteratureMedium

What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century?

Athe belief that the English were direct descendants of the ancient Greeks

Bpride for the vernacular language

Ca and c only

Dhuman reverence for the classics

Correct answer

C. a and c only

Explanation

The correct answer is a and c only.

320English LiteratureMedium

Ethos is important to establish in which of the following types of arguments?

APolitical arguments

BDeductive arguments

CEmotional arguments

DInductive arguments

Correct answer

A. Political arguments

Explanation

The correct answer is Political arguments.

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