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3521English LiteratureMedium

The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is?

AEve

BAdam

CGod

DSatan

Correct answer

D. Satan

Explanation

The correct answer is Satan.

3522English LiteratureMedium

When the child finds that issues cannot be resolved in 30 minutes he________?

Abecomes adamant and disillusioned

Bresigns to reality

Cwill adjust with reality

Dwill find sources elsewhere

Correct answer

A. becomes adamant and disillusioned

Explanation

The correct answer is becomes adamant and disillusioned.

3523English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative”?

AThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s theme and its objective historical context.

BThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its meaning.

CThe objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.

DThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its rhetorical aim.

Correct answer

C. The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.

Explanation

The correct answer is The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion..

3524English LiteratureMedium

Which of these female writers was least likely to have been literate?

ACatherine de Pizan

BMargery Kempe

CJulian of Norwich

DHeloise

Correct answer

B. Margery Kempe

Explanation

The correct answer is Margery Kempe.

3525English LiteratureMedium

In what year was the First Folio published?

A1629

B1626

C1621

D1623

Correct answer

D. 1623

Explanation

The correct answer is 1623.

3526English LiteratureMedium

To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate?

AAlgeria

BNigeria

CFrance

DLiberia

Correct answer

D. Liberia

Explanation

The correct answer is Liberia.

3527English LiteratureMedium

The tone of the third stanza of the poem embodies a sense of________?

Acontent

BCalmness

CPain

DPanic

Correct answer

D. Panic

Explanation

The correct answer is Panic.

3528English LiteratureMedium

In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom?

AManaging finances

BTutoring Eva

CHelping Dinah cook

DAdministering Marie’s medicine

Correct answer

A. Managing finances

Explanation

The correct answer is Managing finances.

3529English LiteratureMedium

Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an________?

AEditor e... none of these

Bdirector

Cassistant

Dwriter

Correct answer

A. Editor e... none of these

Explanation

The correct answer is Editor e... none of these.

3530English LiteratureMedium

Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners?

AVirginia Woolf

BW.B. Yeats

CEzra Pound

DErnest Hemmingway

Correct answer

C. Ezra Pound

Explanation

The correct answer is Ezra Pound.

Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative”?

AThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s theme and its objective historical context.

BThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its meaning.

CThe objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.

DThe objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its rhetorical aim.

Correct answer

C. The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.

Explanation

The correct answer is The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion..