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3401English LiteratureMedium

What did Robert Frost’s father do?

Afarmer

Bblack-smith

Cteacher

Djournalist

Correct answer

D. journalist

Explanation

The correct answer is journalist.

3402English LiteratureMedium

According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create?

AAdam and Eve

BComputers

CHe creates everything

DThe Son

Correct answer

C. He creates everything

Explanation

The correct answer is He creates everything.

3403English LiteratureMedium

Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” come from?

AAs You Like It

BKing Lear

CThe Famous History of the Life of

DThe Life and Death of King John

Correct answer

B. King Lear

Explanation

The correct answer is King Lear.

3404English LiteratureMedium

What century does the play, “Henry V,” take place in?

A14th century

B15th century

C17th century

D16th century

Correct answer

B. 15th century

Explanation

The correct answer is 15th century.

3405English LiteratureMedium

In which book of the Republic did Plato ban poets from his ideal world?

ABook 1

BBook 10

CBook 5

DBook 7

Correct answer

B. Book 10

Explanation

The correct answer is Book 10.

3406English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century?

AThe merchant

BThe plowman

CThe knight

DThe prioress

Correct answer

A. The merchant

Explanation

The correct answer is The merchant.

3407English LiteratureMedium

The line “fools are my theme, let satire be my song” demonstrates a sentiment that would likely appear in a poem by________?

ALord Byron

BWilliam Blake

CWilliam Wordsworth

DSamuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct answer

A. Lord Byron

Explanation

The correct answer is Lord Byron.

3408English LiteratureMedium

How would you describe the phrase “oralformulaic,” as you learned it in this course?

AAs a technique that became popular after the invention of the printing press

BAs a method of composing stories in the oral tradition

CAs a device used to describe the flaws in the oral tradition

DAs a term associated only with religious written literature

Correct answer

B. As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition

Explanation

The correct answer is As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition.

3409English LiteratureMedium

Definition of unpaid seller is provided in Section ________ of The Sale of Goods Act, 1930?

A47

B45

CNone of above

D46

Correct answer

B. 45

Explanation

The correct answer is 45.

3410English LiteratureMedium

The character of Little Neil is a creation of________?

AHardy

BDickens

CEliot

DOscar Wilde

Correct answer

B. Dickens

Explanation

The correct answer is Dickens.

How would you describe the phrase “oralformulaic,” as you learned it in this course?

AAs a technique that became popular after the invention of the printing press

BAs a method of composing stories in the oral tradition

CAs a device used to describe the flaws in the oral tradition

DAs a term associated only with religious written literature

Correct answer

B. As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition

Explanation

The correct answer is As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition.