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431English LiteratureMedium

In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time?

AItaly

BGermany

CSpain

DFrance

Correct answer

A. Italy

Explanation

The correct answer is Italy.

432English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land?

APhilomela

BOedipus

CGrail Legend of Fisher King

DSysyphus

Correct answer

D. Sysyphus

Explanation

The correct answer is Sysyphus.

433English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel?

AHorror

BPicaresque

CSuspense

DThe sublime

Correct answer

B. Picaresque

Explanation

The correct answer is Picaresque.

434English LiteratureMedium

A work of criticism that considers how English imperialism affected native Indian authors would be an example of________?

Apostcolonial theory

Bdeconstruction

Cpsychoanalytic theory

DMarxist theory

Correct answer

A. postcolonial theory

Explanation

The correct answer is postcolonial theory.

435English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry?

AThe devastation wrought by World War I was so enormous that it put Europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.

BThe mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.

CBoth A and B

DWorld War I was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the European psyche.

Correct answer

C. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.

436English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” likely ask?

AB and C

B“How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

C“How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

D“What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?”

Correct answer

A. B and C

Explanation

The correct answer is B and C.

437English LiteratureMedium

Please identify the story: “her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition. ”

A“Clay”

B“The Boarding House”

C“A Little Cloud”

D“Eveline”

Correct answer

D. “Eveline”

Explanation

The correct answer is “Eveline”.

438English LiteratureMedium

In which work do you read: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall /looking as if she were alive.”?

APorphyria’s Lover

BFra Lippo Lippi

CMy Last Duchess

DThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Correct answer

C. My Last Duchess

Explanation

The correct answer is My Last Duchess.

439English LiteratureMedium

Generally speaking, African-American themes were very rare in white modernist poetry. Which of the following white poets attempted to evoke elements of black experience in his or her poems?

AWilliam Carlos Williams

BHart Crane

CH.D.

DT.S. Eliot

Correct answer

B. Hart Crane

Explanation

The correct answer is Hart Crane.

440English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate that the speaker implies things which are not explicitly expressed________?

AThe fall__rise

BNone of the above

CThe rising

DThe falling

Correct answer

A. The fall__rise

Explanation

The correct answer is The fall__rise.

Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry?

AThe devastation wrought by World War I was so enormous that it put Europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.

BThe mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.

CBoth A and B

DWorld War I was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the European psyche.

Correct answer

C. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.