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3541English LiteratureMedium

In whose reign Morality plays began?

AHenry five

BElizabeth one

CHenry eight

DHenry six

Correct answer

D. Henry six

Explanation

The correct answer is Henry six.

3542English LiteratureMedium

When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. The author of this passage was________?

AThe son of itinerant actors

BA slave

CAn indentured servant

DA Transcendentalist

Correct answer

C. An indentured servant

Explanation

The correct answer is An indentured servant.

3543English LiteratureMedium

Which of Uncle Tom’s personal characteristics guided his interactions with others and his responses to his circumstances?

AHis gentle and soft-spoken nature

BHis overwhelming fear of violence

CHis ability to hide his rebellious nature.

DHis honesty and deep devotion to God

Correct answer

D. His honesty and deep devotion to God

Explanation

The correct answer is His honesty and deep devotion to God.

3544English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following texts was inspired by Historia Regum Britanniae?

ABede’s Ecclesiastical History

BChaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

CCaedmon’s Hymn

DChretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion

Correct answer

D. Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion

Explanation

The correct answer is Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion.

3545English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states?

Achildhood

Bdreams

Copium

DA, B and c

Correct answer

D. A, B and c

Explanation

The correct answer is A, B and c.

3546English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a late-Victorian poet?

AAllen Ginsberg

BAlfred Tennyson

CJohn Milton

DAmy Lowell

Correct answer

B. Alfred Tennyson

Explanation

The correct answer is Alfred Tennyson.

3547English LiteratureMedium

Who is the writer of the poem ‘Andrea Del Sarto’?

ARobert Browning

BWilliam Shakespeare

CShelley

DWordsworth

Correct answer

A. Robert Browning

Explanation

The correct answer is Robert Browning.

3548English LiteratureMedium

Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge?

ASt. George’s chapel at Windsor

BBuckingham Palace

CWestminster Palace

DTower of London

Correct answer

B. Buckingham Palace

Explanation

The correct answer is Buckingham Palace.

3549English LiteratureMedium

Who did Milton have to write his works down when he became Blind?

Ahis sons

Bhis friends

Chis daughters

Correct answer

C. his daughters

Explanation

The correct answer is his daughters.

3550English LiteratureMedium

Who were lay mystics?

Apeople who attempt to found their own religious orders

Bpeople who were formally tied to religious orders

Cpeople who reject asceticism and contemplation

Dpeople who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order

Correct answer

D. people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order

Explanation

The correct answer is people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order.

Who were lay mystics?

Apeople who attempt to found their own religious orders

Bpeople who were formally tied to religious orders

Cpeople who reject asceticism and contemplation

Dpeople who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order

Correct answer

D. people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order

Explanation

The correct answer is people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order.