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3441English LiteratureMedium

Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives?

A/t/ &/d/

B/m/ & /v/

C/p/ & /b/

D/k/ & /g/

Correct answer

A. /t/ &/d/

Explanation

The correct answer is /t/ &/d/.

3442English LiteratureMedium

In what way(s) did the events of the Easter Rising affect the work of writers?

Ait led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature

Bit inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity

Cit led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices

DAll of the Above

Correct answer

D. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

3443English LiteratureMedium

In what form did Dylan Thomas’s ’Under Milk Wood’ first become known?

ABook of poetry

Ba short film

CA stage play

DA radio play

Correct answer

D. A radio play

Explanation

The correct answer is A radio play.

3444English LiteratureMedium

Who is the narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925)?

AGatsby

BNick

CNone of the above

DBuchannan

Correct answer

B. Nick

Explanation

The correct answer is Nick.

3445English LiteratureMedium

What is an Effigy?

Aa poem

Ba lamentation

Can image or dummy

Da sonnet

Correct answer

C. an image or dummy

Explanation

The correct answer is an image or dummy.

3446English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust?

AIs there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry?

BIs it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust?

CIs there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust?

DThe horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

Correct answer

D. The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

Explanation

The correct answer is The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?.

3447English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts?

AUS Exceptionalism

BBrother love/charity

CNone of the above

DDemocracy

Correct answer

C. None of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is None of the above.

3448English LiteratureMedium

Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ was published in________?

A1610

BNone of these

C1608

D1602

Correct answer

D. 1602

Explanation

The correct answer is 1602.

3449English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as structuralism?

ACleanth Brooks

BKarl Marx

CToni Morrison

DFerdinand de Saussure

Correct answer

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

Explanation

The correct answer is Ferdinand de Saussure.

3450English LiteratureMedium

The black language holds great importance for the________?

ASurvival and continuation of the Black community

BBlack community in America

Cidentity of Blacks in The United States

Drestoration of a language

Correct answer

A. Survival and continuation of the Black community

Explanation

The correct answer is Survival and continuation of the Black community.

In what way(s) did the events of the Easter Rising affect the work of writers?

Ait led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature

Bit inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity

Cit led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices

DAll of the Above

Correct answer

D. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust?

AIs there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry?

BIs it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust?

CIs there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust?

DThe horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

Correct answer

D. The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

Explanation

The correct answer is The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?.