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341English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following characters appears in The Purgatorio?

ASordello

BSapia

CAll of the above

DCato

Correct answer

C. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

342English LiteratureMedium

Which is a common postcolonial critique of the West?

AThe West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together.

BThe West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers.

CThe West views matters through its own limited historical position.

DTheWest spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective.

Correct answer

C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position.

Explanation

The correct answer is The West views matters through its own limited historical position..

343English LiteratureMedium

The University Wits were________?

ANone of these

BPlaywrights

CPoets

DNovelists

Correct answer

B. Playwrights

Explanation

The correct answer is Playwrights.

344English LiteratureMedium

Ann Hathaway was________years older than Shakespeare?

D10

Correct answer

C. 8

Explanation

The correct answer is 8.

345English LiteratureMedium

The study of relationships between two or more languages and the investigation whether the common languages have a common ancestor is called________?

ASociolinguistics

BComparative linguistics

CNone of these

DPsycho linguistics

Correct answer

B. Comparative linguistics

Explanation

The correct answer is Comparative linguistics.

346English LiteratureMedium

The elegy began as an ancient metrical form?

AGerman

BFrench

CRoman

DGreek

Correct answer

D. Greek

Explanation

The correct answer is Greek.

347English LiteratureMedium

The novel The Power and the Glory is set in?

AGermany

BItaly

CFrance

DMexico

Correct answer

D. Mexico

Explanation

The correct answer is Mexico.

348English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following themes/motifs was/were often found in literature of “courtly love”?

Achastity

Bnobility

CAll of the Above

Dadultery

Correct answer

C. All of the Above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the Above.

349English LiteratureMedium

What is double consciousness?

AAll of the above.

BAn understanding of how double experiences create identity

CAn attempt to explain dual identity

DA concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois

Correct answer

A. All of the above.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above..

350English LiteratureMedium

Which literary theory would most directly explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem?

AMarxist theory

BGame theory

CEcotheory

DTrauma theory

Correct answer

C. Ecotheory

Explanation

The correct answer is Ecotheory.

Which is a common postcolonial critique of the West?

AThe West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together.

BThe West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers.

CThe West views matters through its own limited historical position.

DTheWest spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective.

Correct answer

C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position.

Explanation

The correct answer is The West views matters through its own limited historical position..