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3321English LiteratureMedium

Name the religious group that preached to live a simple and straightforward life________?

ADruids

BMormons

CCatholics

DPuritans

Correct answer

D. Puritans

Explanation

The correct answer is Puritans.

3322English LiteratureMedium

What is the full name of the novel Frankenstein?

AFrankenstein; or, The Evil Scientist

BFrankenstein; or, The Devil Within

CFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

DFrankenstein; or, The Monster

Correct answer

C. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Explanation

The correct answer is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

3323English LiteratureMedium

Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the Undying” includes the following lines: “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas.” Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect?

AMetonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare

BSimile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

CMetaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

DOnomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare

Correct answer

B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

Explanation

The correct answer is Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature.

3324English LiteratureMedium

As per section 4(2), of The Sale of Goods Act, a contract of sale may be ________?

ANone of above

BAbsolute

CConditional

DBoth A and B

Correct answer

D. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.

3325English LiteratureMedium

What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius?

AThe Murder of Gonzago

BSlings and Arrows

CVice of Kings

DThe Slaying of Lucianus

Correct answer

A. The Murder of Gonzago

Explanation

The correct answer is The Murder of Gonzago.

3326English LiteratureMedium

In The Inferno, how is heresy defined?

AAs the choiceof lust over love

BAs the denial of the soul’s immortality

CAs the rejection free will

DAs the decision to indulge in various sins

Correct answer

B. As the denial of the soul’s immortality

Explanation

The correct answer is As the denial of the soul’s immortality.

3327English LiteratureMedium

Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say” encourages students to become________?

Ainvolved in critical conversations about literary texts.

Baware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.

Cpassive readers and critics of literary texts.

Dcapable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others.

Correct answer

A. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.

Explanation

The correct answer is involved in critical conversations about literary texts..

3328English LiteratureMedium

The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can be best described as ________?

APolemic and dry

BMocking and satirical

CMournful and dark

DSincere and heartfelt

Correct answer

B. Mocking and satirical

Explanation

The correct answer is Mocking and satirical.

3329English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning the Globe theater in Elizabethan England?

AIt burned down and was reconstructed hundreds of years later.

BIt was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light.

CAll of the above

DIt was situated on the Thames River.

Correct answer

C. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

3330English LiteratureMedium

Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death of ________?

AKeats

BColeridge

CMilton

DJohnson

Correct answer

A. Keats

Explanation

The correct answer is Keats.

Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the Undying” includes the following lines: “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas.” Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect?

AMetonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare

BSimile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

CMetaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

DOnomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare

Correct answer

B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature

Explanation

The correct answer is Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature.

Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say” encourages students to become________?

Ainvolved in critical conversations about literary texts.

Baware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.

Cpassive readers and critics of literary texts.

Dcapable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others.

Correct answer

A. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.

Explanation

The correct answer is involved in critical conversations about literary texts..