5651. Short plays called ____________ staged dialogues on religious, moral, and political themes were performed by playing companies before the construction of public theaters?
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A. interludes

B. meditations

C. mysteries

D. spectacles

5652. What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to Peddlers, and Boats, and Wagons! ?
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A. the clumsiness of Shakespeares plots

B. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge

C. Wordsworths devotion to the ordinary and everyday

D. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden

5653. Which of the following female authors of the Jacobean era wrote a work that became the \first\of its kind to be published by an English woman ?
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A. Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland

B. Rachel Speght

C. all of the above

D. Aemilia Lanyer

5654. How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?
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A. 22

B. 16

C. 14

D. 10

5655. To what does the phrase \the stigma of print\refer ?
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A. lead poisoning contracted from handling printers ink

B. the brutal punishment for printing without a license

C. the perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive

D. the pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible in English

5656. Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
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A. pious devotion to religious virtues

B. carpe diem

C. courtly ideals of the good life

D. loyalty to the king

5657. Who authored Il Cortigiano (The Courtier), a book that was highly influential in the English court, providing subtle guidance on self-display ?
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A. Pirandello

B. Cavalcanti

C. Castiglione

D. Boccaccio

5658. Which of the following would be considered postcolonial novelists, defined as coming historically after the era of Englands large-scale imperialism ?
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A. John Ruskin

B. Salman Rushdie

C. Rabindranath Tagore

D. Joseph Conrad

5659. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century ?
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A. the union of England and Wales with Scotland

B. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity

C. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade

D. formal diplomatic relations with China

5660. Who wrote: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair! ?
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A. Percy Bysshe Shelley

B. William Woodsworth

C. Emily Dickinson

D. Lord Byron

5661. In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry ?
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A. a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models

B. a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader

C. a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship

D. a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader

5662. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?
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A. The Way of the World

B. The Order of Angels

C. The Great Chain of Being

D. The Foundational Ladder

5663. Which of the following women exposed themselves to scandal by writing racy stories for the popular press ?
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A. Anne Finch, Anne Killigrew, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

B. Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood

C. Rachel Speght, Katherine Philips, and Frances Burney

D. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary

5664. Which of the following factors contributed to literature becoming a profitable business ?
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A. A new aesthetics of valuing literature for its own sake emphasized reading for pleasure.

B. Commercial and public lending libraries were established in order to provide for an enlarged reading public

C. all of the above

D. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial and public lending libraries.

5665. Who wrote: Reader, I married him. ?
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A. Emily Bronte

B. Edith Wharton

C. Jane Austen

D. Charlotte Bronte
5666. The crisis over the Exclusion Bill effectively divided the country into which two political parties ?
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A. the Tories and the Whigs

B. the Royalists and the Tories

C. the Republicans and the Royalists

D. the Royalists and the Whigs

5667. What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelleys poems to the working classes ?
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A. the Battle of Waterloo

B. the storming of the Bastille

C. the organization of a working class mens choral group in Southern England

D. the Peterloo Massacre

E. ong: Men of England and England in 1819?

5668. Which of the following was probably not a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry ?
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A. shining sword

B. verdant mead

C. simian rivalry

D. checkered shade

5669. What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?
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A. Cheapside

B. Covent Garden

C. Elephant and Castle

D. Grub Street
5670. His To Penthurst is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?
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A. Thomas Carew

B. Sir John Denham

C. John Dryden

D. Ben Jonson
5671. Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688 ?
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A. George II

B. James II

C. William and Mary

D. Elizabeth I

5672. Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?
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A. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs

B. the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy

C. the expansion of Englands colonial possessions

D. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority
5673. Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England ?
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A. James I

B. Elizabeth II

C. Henry IX

D. Charles I

5674. Which of the following statements is not an accurate reflection of education during the English Renaissance ?
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A. It was ordered according to the medieval trivium and quadrivium

B. Its curriculum emphasized ancient Greek, the language of diplomacy, professions, and higher learning.

C. It was conducted by tutors in wealthy families or in grammar schools.

D. It was aimed primarily at sons of the nobility and gentry.

5675. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________?
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A. knights preparing for their first tournament

B. courtiers entering the service of Richard II

C. translators of French romances

D. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
5676. What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
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A. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays

B. a, b and c

C. a popular thirst for the classics, driving contemporary writers to the margins

D. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
5677. What was the name of the Bronte sisters only brother ?
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A. Branwell

B. Anderson

C. Richard

D. Pearson

5678. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?
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A. Margery Kempe

B. William Langland

C. Sir Thomas Malory

D. Julian of Norwich

5679. In which work do you read: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ?
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A. The Canturbury Tales

B. The Wild Swans of Coole

C. The Dark Angel

D. The Second Coming
5680. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?
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A. Elizabeth I

B. Catherine of Aragon

C. Mary Tudor

D. Archbishop Cranmer

5681. Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?
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A. Samuel Richardson

B. Tobias Smollett

C. Henry Fielding

D. Laurence Sterne
5682. Becky sharp was the heroine in which novel ?
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A. Sense and Sensibility

B. Vanity Fair

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Mansfield Park

5683. Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought employed in high-modern literature ?
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A. confused daze

B. automatic writing

C. total recall

D. stream of consciousness
5684. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
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A. art for the masses

B. art for arts sake

C. art for intellects sake

D. art for Gods sake

5685. Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
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A. Republicans

B. Liberals

C. Radicals

D. both B and C
5686. Which book was not written by Jane Austen ?
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A. Mansfield Park

B. Sense and Suspensibility

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Emma

5687. What was \restored\in 1660 ?
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A. the \Book of Common Prayer

B. the dominance of the Tory Party

C. toleration of religious dissidents

D. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
5688. What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ?
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A. the conversion of the English church to Catholicism

B. the abolishment of public plays and sports

C. the adoption of English as the official language

D. the consolidation of power in an absolute monarch

5689. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentiethcentury thinker Sigmund Freud associated ?
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A. all of the above

B. phrenology

C. eugenics

D. psychoanalysis
5690. Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?
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A. Immanuel Kant

B. Aristotle

C. Duns Scotus

D. David Hume

5691. Who began the tradition of revenge play ?
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A. Goorge peele

B. Phineas fletcher

C. Samuel daniel

D. Thomas kyd
5692. To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex ?
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A. poetic tragedy

B. heroic tragedy

C. revenge tragedy

D. villain tragedy

5693. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
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A. the romance

B. the morality play

C. the short story

D. the heroic epic

5694. Who became the first \prime minister\of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
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A. John Churchill

B. Henry St. John

C. Robert Harley

D. Robert Walpole
5695. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. political correctness gone mad

B. angry young men

C. kitchen sink drama

D. nothing happens-twice
5696. According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?
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A. All of the actors were male.

B. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.

C. The play was spoken.

D. All of the actors were British.

5697. Who wrote: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold ?
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A. Thomas Moore

B. William Butler Yeats

C. Edgar Allan Poe

D. James Joyce

5698. Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire Absalom and Achitophel ?
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A. Cromwell

B. The Duke of Monmouth

C. Charles II

D. The Earl of Shaftesbury

5699. In which work do you read: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree ?
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A. Kubla Khan

B. The Castaway

C. Hellas

D. The Phoenix and the Turtle

5700. Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?
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A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

B. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront

C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth