5703. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day clich. Which of the following did not originate with him ?
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A. To err is human, to forgive divine

B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath

C. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

D. A little learning is a dangerous thing

5705. What happened in 1707 that would forever alter the relationship between England, Wales, and Scotland ?
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A. the failed invasion of the Spanish Armada

B. the Act of Union

C. the Toleration Act

D. the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
5706. What is the delicate balancing act of Marvells\Horatian Ode\ ?
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A. praising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity

B. celebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime

C. celebrating Cromwells victories whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king

D. praising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs

5707. Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London_______________?
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A. fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.

B. doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000

C. doubled from 60,000 to 120,000.

D. remained constant.

5708. Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?
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A. a lyric poem written in the first person

B. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style

C. a political tract demanding labor reform

D. a comedy of manners
5709. Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
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A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.

B. all of the above

C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.

D. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.

5710. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. political correctness gone mad

B. kitchen sink drama

C. angry young men

D. \nothing happens-twice\
5713. What did Henry James describe as loose baggy monsters ?
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A. publishers

B. plays

C. novels

D. the English

5715. Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
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A. the Irish National Theatre

B. the Globe Theatre

C. the Abbey Theatre

D. both A and C
5716. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. religious symbolism and society comedy

C. regional dialect and political critique

D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

5717. Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
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A. Izaak Walton

B. John Skelton

C. Isabella Whitney

D. Katherine Philips

5718. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
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A. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo

B. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe

C. religious symbolism and society comedy

D. regional dialect and political critique

5719. Horaces doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was interpreted to mean______________?
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A. A picture is worth a thousand words.

B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.

C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.

D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
5721. which of these is not certain about Chaucer ?
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A. his birth date

B. his fathers name

C. none of the above

D. his death year

5722. In which work do you read: Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ?
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A. Bright Star

B. La Bell Dame Sans Merci

C. Adonais

D. Ode on a Grecian Urn
5724. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?
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A. Ben Jonson

B. Alexander Pope

C. Henry Vaughan

D. John Dryden

5725. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
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A. the heroic couplet

B. free verse

C. blank verse

D. the ode

5726. Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?
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A. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

B. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.

C. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.

D. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.

5727. Which of the following writers did not come from Ireland ?
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A. none of the above

B. Seamus Heaney

C. W. B. Yeats

D. James Joyce

5728. Who became the first prime minister of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
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A. Henry St. John

B. Robert Harley

C. Robert Walpole

D. John Churchill

5731. Which of the following is not indebted to the Gothic genre ?
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A. Matthew Lewiss The Monk

B. Ann Radcliffes The Italian

C. William Beckfords Vathek

D. Tobias Smolletts Roderick Randsom
5732. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?
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A. Thomas Mores The History of King Richard III

B. Christopher Marlowes Doctor Faustus

C. William Shakespeares King Lear

D. Thomas Mores Utopia
5734. Which setting could you not imagine a work of Romantic literature employing ?
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A. a field of daffodils

B. All of the above would be appropriate settings for Romantic literature.

C. a graveyard

D. the Orient

5735. Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?
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A. William Godwins Caleb Williams

B. Percy Bysshe Shelleys England in 1819

C. all of the above

D. William Godwins Inquiry Concerning Political Justice

5736. Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period ?
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A. They caused excessive noise and traffic.

B. They drew young people away from work.

C. They excited illicit sexual desires.

D. They charged too much.
5737. Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought employed in high-modern literature ?
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A. total recall

B. stream of consciousness

C. confused daze

D. automatic writing

5738. What was the general subject of theWelsh poet Katherine Philipss work ?
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A. celebrations of female friendship in Platonic terms normally reserved for male Friendships

B. celebrations of religious ecstasy and divine inspiration

C. celebrations of the transience of all life and beauty

D. celebrations of lesbian sexuality in terms that did not imply a male readership

5739. Which scientific or technological advance did not take place in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century ?
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A. the invention of the airplane

B. wireless communication across the Atlantic

C. Albert Einsteins theory of relativity

D. the creation of the internet
5742. What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet ?
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A. Fuech and Goodside

B. Dawson and Hurley

C. Breslow and Felsher

D. Capulet And Montague
5743. Who succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, establishing the Stuart dynasty ?
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A. Anne Boleyn

C. James IV of Scotland

D. Mary, Queen of Scots

E. James VI of Scotland
5745. Who wrote: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan /A stately pleasure dome decree?
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A. Walt Whitman

B. Robert Browning

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Keats

5746. What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?
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A. its uncompromising engagement with politics

B. its intellectual complexity

C. A and B

D. its union of thought and passion

5747. what was the duration of hundred years war ?
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A. 1337 to 1453

B. 1300 to 1350

C. none of the above

D. 1302 to 1343

5748. Which of the following best describes the doctrine of empiricism ?
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A. All knowledge is derived from experience.

B. The sensory world is an illusion.

C. The search for essential or ultimate principles of reality.

D. Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power.

5749. Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
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A. Behns The Rover

B. Wycherleys The Country Wife

C. Ethereges The Man of Mode

D. Marlowes Doctor Faustus