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41English LiteratureMedium

Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus?

ABoth worked collaboratively.

BBoth were successful because they followed the laws of nature.

CBoth suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

DBoth refused to use science to do innovative work.

Correct answer

C. Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

Explanation

The correct answer is Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work..

42English LiteratureMedium

How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader?

AThe reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention.

BThe reader is less important than the author’s context.

CThe reader is sublimated beneath the author.

DThe reader is totally subject to the author’s intention.

Correct answer

A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention.

Explanation

The correct answer is The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention..

43English LiteratureMedium

In which capter of Biographia Lieraria, Coleridge make a distinction between fancy and imagination?

A14

B13

C12

D15

Correct answer

B. 13

Explanation

The correct answer is 13.

44English LiteratureMedium

Who is the author of Aurora Leigh?

AElizabeth Barret Browning

BD. G. Rossetti

CChristina Rossetti

DTennyson

Correct answer

A. Elizabeth Barret Browning

Explanation

The correct answer is Elizabeth Barret Browning.

45English LiteratureMedium

The play, “Macbeth,” is set in what country?

AEngland

BScotland

CNorway

DFrance

Correct answer

B. Scotland

Explanation

The correct answer is Scotland.

46English LiteratureMedium

When there was a momentary calm in that tempestuous sea of sound, the leader gave the sign, the procession resumed its march. On they went, like fiends that throng in mockery around some dead potentate, mighty no more, but majestic still in his agony. On they went, in counterfeited pomp, in senseless uproar, in frenzied merriment, trampling all on an old man’s heart. This is________?

AA detective story

BAn autobiography

CHistorical fiction

DA fairy tale

Correct answer

C. Historical fiction

Explanation

The correct answer is Historical fiction.

47English LiteratureMedium

“Samson Agonistes” is described as a “Closet Drama,” which means________?

Ait was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Bit can be acted out on a very small stage.

Cpeople will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.

Dit was written to be acted in a church.

Correct answer

A. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Explanation

The correct answer is it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage..

48English LiteratureMedium

In which school did John Keats study?

AEton

BHarrow

CKing’s Grammar School

DJohn Clarke’s school

Correct answer

D. John Clarke’s school

Explanation

The correct answer is John Clarke’s school.

49English LiteratureMedium

Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton’s God in “Paradise Lost” is and________?

Ainvisible, omnipresent

Bnonexistent, invisible

Cvisible, inaccessible

Dinaccessible, omnipresent

Correct answer

A. invisible, omnipresent

Explanation

The correct answer is invisible, omnipresent.

50English LiteratureMedium

What was the Great Migration?

AWhen African Americans migrated to the South from the North.

BA period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

CWhen African Americans settled Liberia.

DWhen slaves traveled the Underground Railroad.

Correct answer

B. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

Explanation

The correct answer is A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers..

Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus?

ABoth worked collaboratively.

BBoth were successful because they followed the laws of nature.

CBoth suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

DBoth refused to use science to do innovative work.

Correct answer

C. Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

Explanation

The correct answer is Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work..

How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader?

AThe reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention.

BThe reader is less important than the author’s context.

CThe reader is sublimated beneath the author.

DThe reader is totally subject to the author’s intention.

Correct answer

A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention.

Explanation

The correct answer is The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author’s intention..

“Samson Agonistes” is described as a “Closet Drama,” which means________?

Ait was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Bit can be acted out on a very small stage.

Cpeople will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.

Dit was written to be acted in a church.

Correct answer

A. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Explanation

The correct answer is it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage..

What was the Great Migration?

AWhen African Americans migrated to the South from the North.

BA period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

CWhen African Americans settled Liberia.

DWhen slaves traveled the Underground Railroad.

Correct answer

B. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

Explanation

The correct answer is A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers..