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3531English LiteratureMedium

How was Christine de Pizan a unique female writer for her time?

Ashe was the only woman to write medieval lays

Bshe was the only woman to work in the oral tradition

Cshe was the first female mystic

Dshe wrote in order to support herself

Correct answer

D. she wrote in order to support herself

Explanation

The correct answer is she wrote in order to support herself.

3532English LiteratureMedium

In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man?

ACesario

BSir Toby

CAntonio

DOrsino

Correct answer

A. Cesario

Explanation

The correct answer is Cesario.

3533English LiteratureMedium

What did John Smith write?

AGeneral History of Virginia

BJournal of an Expedition

CDeclaration of Independence

DJason and Isolde

Correct answer

A. General History of Virginia

Explanation

The correct answer is General History of Virginia.

3534English LiteratureMedium

Who is the heroine of the play, “All’sWell that Ends Well”?

AMariana

BParolles

CGertrude

DHelena

Correct answer

D. Helena

Explanation

The correct answer is Helena.

3535English LiteratureMedium

Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________?

ACondemnation of the plantation myth.

BInsistence on desegregation.

CExamination of the psychological damage of slavery.

DDiscussion of race relations in the North and South.

Correct answer

C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.

Explanation

The correct answer is Examination of the psychological damage of slavery..

3536English LiteratureMedium

In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel?

AIt does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions.

BIt provides access to the heroine’s innermost reactions.

CAll of these answers

DIt provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action.

Correct answer

C. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.

3537English LiteratureMedium

According to scholars, what is the function of the rose that Dante sees in paradise?

AIt symbolizes perfection and paradise.

BIt alludes to the Garden of Eden.

CAll of the above

DIt is a symbol of the Virgin Mary.

Correct answer

C. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

3538English LiteratureMedium

How do theorists suggest that the Gothic novel resembles queer and camp?

AMany protagonists’ mothers are absent.

BGender issues are often overlooked.

CWomen’s issues are interrogated.

DThe body is represented in abnormal ways.

Correct answer

D. The body is represented in abnormal ways.

Explanation

The correct answer is The body is represented in abnormal ways..

3539English LiteratureMedium

From where Matthew Arnold took the story for his Sohras and Rustam?

APilgrims Progress

BCanterbury Tales

CShah Namah

DArabian Nights

Correct answer

C. Shah Namah

Explanation

The correct answer is Shah Namah.

3540English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote ’The Winter’s Tale?’

AJohn Dryden

BWilliam Shakespeare

CGeorge Bernard Shaw

DChristopher Marlowe

Correct answer

B. William Shakespeare

Explanation

The correct answer is William Shakespeare.

Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________?

ACondemnation of the plantation myth.

BInsistence on desegregation.

CExamination of the psychological damage of slavery.

DDiscussion of race relations in the North and South.

Correct answer

C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.

Explanation

The correct answer is Examination of the psychological damage of slavery..

In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel?

AIt does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions.

BIt provides access to the heroine’s innermost reactions.

CAll of these answers

DIt provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action.

Correct answer

C. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.