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781English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage?

ACharles Chesnutt

Jean Toomer

CBooker T. Washington

DFrederick Douglass

Correct answer

C. Booker T. Washington

Explanation

The correct answer is Booker T. Washington.

782English LiteratureMedium

Fill in the blank. In the play, “Macbeth,” a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as________?

A“The Weird Sisters”

B“The violent trio”

C“The Fatal Sisters”

D“The Dead Sisters”

Correct answer

A. “The Weird Sisters”

Explanation

The correct answer is “The Weird Sisters”.

783English LiteratureMedium

Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend?

AWilliam Wordsworth

BSamuel Taylor Coleridge

CLord Byron

DWilliam Blake

Correct answer

C. Lord Byron

Explanation

The correct answer is Lord Byron.

784English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following statements best explains the main objective of New Historicism?

ATexts are examined to determine the author’s intent.

BTexts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning.

CTexts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities.

DTexts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact.

Correct answer

C. Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities.

Explanation

The correct answer is Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities..

785English LiteratureMedium

Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by________?

ASouthey

BWordsworth

CColeridge

DShelly

Correct answer

B. Wordsworth

Explanation

The correct answer is Wordsworth.

786English LiteratureMedium

Who is the meaning of the term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

AChange in the fortune of the hero from bad to good

BChange in the fortune of the hero from good to bad

CFluctuations occurring in the fortune of the hero

DConstancy in the fortune of the hero

Correct answer

B. Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad

Explanation

The correct answer is Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad.

787English LiteratureMedium

According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to George’s right hand?

AA hexagon

BThe number 314

CThe Letter H

DThe letter S

Correct answer

B. The number 314

Explanation

The correct answer is The number 314.

788English LiteratureMedium

Lord Byron was born in________?

A1790

B1789

C1788

D1791

Correct answer

C. 1788

Explanation

The correct answer is 1788.

789English LiteratureMedium

What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?

Ahis house

Bhis body

Chis soul

Dhis horse

Correct answer

C. his soul

Explanation

The correct answer is his soul.

790English LiteratureMedium

How is the lai similar to a medieval romance?

ABoth are designed in an episodic manner.

BBoth include stacked tales in a single sequential narrative.

CBoth are usually intended to be sung as hymns.

DBoth have courtly love as their central theme.

Correct answer

D. Both have courtly love as their central theme.

Explanation

The correct answer is Both have courtly love as their central theme..

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