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3361English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following texts is considered the first example of postcolonial criticism?

AHarold Bloom’s “An Elegy for the Canon”

BCleanth Brooks’s “Keats’s Sylvan Historian”

CJacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage... ”

DEdward Said’s Orientalism

Correct answer

D. Edward Said’s Orientalism

Explanation

The correct answer is Edward Said’s Orientalism.

3362English LiteratureMedium

John Keats died from________?

AFever

BInfluenza

CTuberculosis

DSuicide

Correct answer

C. Tuberculosis

Explanation

The correct answer is Tuberculosis.

3363English LiteratureMedium

John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become?

AEngland’s poet laureate

BEngland’s first poet

CEngland’s greatest civil engineer

DEngland’s first dramatist

Correct answer

A. England’s poet laureate

Explanation

The correct answer is England’s poet laureate.

3364English LiteratureMedium

New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following?

AMake use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories

BReject all previous modes of literary theory

CWork only with ideas developed by post-Marxist theorists

DFocus on a return to traditional critical methods

Correct answer

A. Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories

Explanation

The correct answer is Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories.

3365English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published until the 20th century?

ATed Hughes

BChristina Rossetti

CElizabeth Barret Browning

DGerard Manley Hopkins

Correct answer

D. Gerard Manley Hopkins

Explanation

The correct answer is Gerard Manley Hopkins.

3366English LiteratureMedium

The Lyrical Ballads was published in________?

A1780

B1805

C1798

D1815

Correct answer

C. 1798

Explanation

The correct answer is 1798.

3367English LiteratureMedium

What constitutes a “monstrous Other” in “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

AWriting

BCousin Henry and Julia

CJohn

DReading

Correct answer

C. John

Explanation

The correct answer is John.

3368English LiteratureMedium

Professor Hammer argues that Hart Crane’s poem “Voyages” is a complex reply to which of the following modernist works?

AEzra Pound’s “Cantos”

BLangston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”

CT.S. Eliot’s “A Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

DT.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land

Correct answer

D. T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land

Explanation

The correct answer is T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.

3369English LiteratureMedium

Identify the character in The Tempest who is referred to as an honest old counselor?

AAlonso

BStephano

CAriel

DGonzalo

Correct answer

D. Gonzalo

Explanation

The correct answer is Gonzalo.

3370English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton?

A’Lycidas’

B’L’Allegro’

C’Il Penseroso’

D’Absolom and Achitophel’

Correct answer

D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’

Explanation

The correct answer is ’Absolom and Achitophel’.

New trends in literary theory tend to do which of the following?

AMake use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories

BReject all previous modes of literary theory

CWork only with ideas developed by post-Marxist theorists

DFocus on a return to traditional critical methods

Correct answer

A. Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories

Explanation

The correct answer is Make use of different literary theories in order to develop new theories.