5404. Which of the following texts published in the 1790s did not epitomize the radical social thinking stimulated by the French Revolution ?
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A. Godwins Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

B. Wollstonecrafts Vindication of the Rights of Men

C. Paines Rights of Man

D. Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France
5406. Horace Walpoles The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
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A. epistolary novel

B. Gothic fiction

C. meta-novel

D. Hunnish epic

5407. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age ?
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A. As a prison

B. As a school for the royal children

C. As an astronomical observation deck

D. As a storage place for grain

5409. The Song of the Lotus is a poem by____________?
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A. Keats

B. Eliot

C. Coleridge

D. Tennyson
5410. What was the relationship between Victorian poets and the Romantics ?
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A. The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s.

B. The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semi barbarous age.

C. The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics.

D. The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness.
5411. Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
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A. Tom Stoppard

B. Harold Pinter

C. Caryl Churchill

D. Alan Bennett

5412. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth ?
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A. Pope Innocent III

B. Pope Gregory XIII

C. Pope Pius V

D. Pope Boniface

5413. One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?
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A. Hero and Leander

B. Troilus and Cressida

C. Apollo and Hyacinth

D. Anthony and Cleopatra

5414. The Battle of Baladava in the Crimean War finds its reference in the poem__________?
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A. The Charge of the Light Bridge

B. 1st September

C. Ultima Ratio Regum

D. In Memorium

5415. Which one is the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens____________?
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A. Our Mutual Friend

B. Edwin Drood

C. Little Dorrit

D. Dombey and Son

5416. The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
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A. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries

B. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine

C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries

D. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
5417. In which city was Milton ?
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A. London

B. Norwich

C. Canterbury

D. York

5418. The title Vanity Fair has been taken from_____________?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. Pilgrims Progress

C. Utopia

D. Divine Comedy

5419. Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, and political costs of running an empire ?
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A. all of the above

B. the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865

C. the India Mutiny in 1857

D. the Boer War in the south of Africa

5420. Elizabeth Barretts poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
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A. womens rights and suffrage

B. child labor

C. Chartism

D. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians

5421. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
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A. all of the above

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Thomas Carlyle

D. Charles Dickens

5423. In what country did the Renaissance begin ?
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A. Italy

B. England

C. France

D. Germany

5424. What does the phrase \White Mans Burden,\ coined by Kipling, refer to ?
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A. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the worlds problems

B. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world

C. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world

D. Britains manifest destiny to colonize the world

5425. Who exemplified the role of the \peasant poet\ ?
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A. John Clare

B. A and C only

C. Robert Burns

D. John Keats

5426. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
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A. all of the above.

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Thomas Carlyle

D. Charles Dickens

5427. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots ?
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A. Lutheran

B. Presbyterian

C. Catholic

D. Episcopalian

5428. Utopia was written by_____________?
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A. Poliziano

B. Thomas More

C. Machiavelli

D. Cervantes

5429. Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
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A. Robert Corrigan

B. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

C. all but C

D. Oscar Wilde

5430. Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
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A. Troilus and Criseyde

B. The Book of Duchess

C. The House of Fame

D. The Legend of Good Women

5434. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?
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A. They were all poets

B. They were all atheists

C. They were all associated with the Oxford Movement

D. They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School

5435. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family ?
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A. Stuart

B. Tudor

C. Windsor

D. Plantagenet

5436. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
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A. abstract logical deductions

B. theoretical science

C. metaphysics

D. A, B, and C
5437. Which contemporary discussions on womens rights did Tennysons The Princess address ?
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A. the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power

B. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first womens college in London

C. the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

D. the debate on womens suffrage

5439. Elizabeth Barretts poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
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A. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians

B. womens rights and suffrage

C. chartism

D. child labor
5440. Dunstan is a character from the novel________________?
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A. Adam Bede

B. Emma

C. Silas Marner

D. Hard Times

5444. Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
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A. Edward FitzGerald

B. John Ruskin

C. all but c

D. William Morris

5446. Who were the \Two Nations\referred to in the subtitle of Disraelis Sybil (1845) ?
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A. Britain and Germany

B. England and Ireland

C. the rich and the poor

D. Anglicans and Methodists

5447. When was John Milton born ?
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A. 22 April 1600

B. 9 December 1608

C. 19 August 1604

D. 6 June 1606

5448. who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance ?
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A. roman and greek

B. roman and french

C. greek and austrian

D. french and greek

5449. Which rulers reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth I

B. King John

C. King Henry VIII

D. Queen Victoria