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3411English LiteratureMedium

Which of these is NOT a rhetorical purpose of the Spiritual Diary Genre?

Afinding spiritual meaning

BCritic slavery

CBoth B and C

DDefend Slavery

Correct answer

C. Both B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is Both B and C.

3412English LiteratureMedium

The “tragic mulatto” myth________?

AExisted only in fiction by female authors.

BDeveloped in the 20th century.

CExisted only in fiction by White authors.

DLed to novels of passing.

Correct answer

D. Led to novels of passing.

Explanation

The correct answer is Led to novels of passing..

3413English LiteratureMedium

The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by?

AWyclif

BRobert Greene

CJohn Lyly

DThomas more

Correct answer

A. Wyclif

Explanation

The correct answer is Wyclif.

3414English LiteratureMedium

What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon?

AIt includes too few works by non- European writers.

BIt includes too few works by non-white writers.

CAll of the above answers are correct.

DIt includes too few works by women.

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

3415English LiteratureMedium

How do historians say Joyce’s exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake?

Ait led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths

Bit led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

Cit led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

Dit led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Correct answer

D. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Explanation

The correct answer is it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words.

3416English LiteratureMedium

I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search — search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. The narrator is________?

AHelping the police to look for a letter

BLeading the police to the scene of a crime

CA detective

DHelping Robin to search for his uncle

Correct answer

B. Leading the police to the scene of a crime

Explanation

The correct answer is Leading the police to the scene of a crime.

3417English LiteratureMedium

What is Quinzaine?

Aa fifteen line stanza

Ba fourteen line stanza

Ca thirteen line stanza

Da twenty line stanza

Correct answer

A. a fifteen line stanza

Explanation

The correct answer is a fifteen line stanza.

3418English LiteratureMedium

Why is the Battle of Hastings relevant to the development of Middle English?

AFor a time, England became a country with two languages.

BAll of these answers

CEnglish as a language of the king’s court was replaced by Norman French.

DEventually English was reestablished, deeply influenced by Norman French.

Correct answer

B. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.

3419English LiteratureMedium

“My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect.” Who wrote this?

ACharles Dickens

BJane Austen

CGraham Greene

DD. H. Lawrence

Correct answer

D. D. H. Lawrence

Explanation

The correct answer is D. H. Lawrence.

3420English LiteratureMedium

Which is the best example of the “double standard” that exists in tales of courtly love?

Awomen are always involved in supernatural plots while men’s storylines tend to be more realistic

Bmen are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret

Cmen are represented as immoral while women are always presented as chaste

Dwomen are always villains, while men are always heroes

Correct answer

B. men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret

Explanation

The correct answer is men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret.

What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon?

AIt includes too few works by non- European writers.

BIt includes too few works by non-white writers.

CAll of the above answers are correct.

DIt includes too few works by women.

Correct answer

C. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

How do historians say Joyce’s exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake?

Ait led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths

Bit led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

Cit led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

Dit led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Correct answer

D. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

Explanation

The correct answer is it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words.

Why is the Battle of Hastings relevant to the development of Middle English?

AFor a time, England became a country with two languages.

BAll of these answers

CEnglish as a language of the king’s court was replaced by Norman French.

DEventually English was reestablished, deeply influenced by Norman French.

Correct answer

B. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.

Which is the best example of the “double standard” that exists in tales of courtly love?

Awomen are always involved in supernatural plots while men’s storylines tend to be more realistic

Bmen are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret

Cmen are represented as immoral while women are always presented as chaste

Dwomen are always villains, while men are always heroes

Correct answer

B. men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret

Explanation

The correct answer is men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret.