551. While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded ?
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A. a history of everyday life

B. a book of devotion

C. an instructional manual for manners

D. a book of model letters
552. Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
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A. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

B. raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication

C. studied melancholy and aestheticism

D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent

553. Which of the following acts were not passed during the Victorian era ?
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A. the Custody Act

B. the Womens Suffrage Act

C. the Married Womens Property Rights Acts

D. a series of Factory Acts

554. Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
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A. The Book of Duchess

B. The Legend of Good Women

C. Troilus and Criseyde

D. The House of Fame

555. Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?
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A. Genghis Khan

B. Zhu Yuanzhang

C. Kublai Khan

D. Timur
556. Which of the following statements best characterizes Ezra Pounds poem Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ?
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A. Its intensity derives from the combination of modern subject matter and alexandrine couplets.

B. It uses iambic pentameter to achieve tonal fluidity.

C. It undermines the idea of a single lyrical voice by using diverse cultural symbols and numerous phrases in various languages.

D. It is primarily a narrative poem.

557. Horace Walpoles The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
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A. Hunnish epic

B. Gothic fiction

C. epistolary novel

D. meta-novel

558. Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Marianne Moores poem A Grave ?
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A. It juxtaposes human consciousness against the sea.

B. It uses alliteration and iambic pentameter.

C. It has a subtle formal structure, even though it does not use rhyme.

D. Both A and C
559. Which one is Gaskells first novel ?
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A. Ruth

B. Cranford

C. Mary Barton

D. North and South

560. Generally speaking, African-American themes were very rare in white modernist poetry. Which of the following white poets attempted to evoke elements of black experience in his or her poems ?
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A. H.D.

B. William Carlos Williams

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Hart Crane
561. The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
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A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine

B. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries

C. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn

D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries

562. Who composed The Preludes ?
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A. S T Coleridge

B. William Blake

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Shakespeare

563. Which of the following plays was actually performed on stage ?
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A. Shelleys Prometheus Unbound

B. Coleridges Remorse

C. Byrons Manfred

D. Shelleys The Cenci

564. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as_____________?
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A. The Protestant Revolution

B. The Protestant Resolution

C. The Protestant Restoration

D. The Protestant Reformation
565. What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?
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A. A and C

B. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society

C. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail

D. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness

566. Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
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A. Amsterdam

B. Paris

C. London

D. Tokyo

567. Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?
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A. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements.

B. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.

C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.

D. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse.

568. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated______________?
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A. just the same as men

B. confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

C. with emphasis on science and mathematics

D. not at all

569. Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?
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A. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India

B. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from 300 billion to 800 billion.

C. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

D. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.
570. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match ?
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A. Property

B. Lineage

C. Wealth

D. Love
571. What type of writing did Walter Pater define as the special and opportune art of the modern world ?
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A. the novel

B. comic drama

C. nonfiction proseB.

D. the lyric

572. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
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A. Lycidas

B. LAllegro

C. Il Penseroso

D. Absolom and Achitophel
573. Which of th following novels is called a Novel without a hero ?
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A. Pickwick Papers

B. Mill on the Floss

C. Northanger Abbey

D. Vanity Fair
574. What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era ?
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A. 1500-1520

B. 1558-1603

C. 1560-1570

D. 1575-1600

575. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 extend the vote on parliamentary representation ?
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A. slaves

B. the lower middle classes

C. women

D. the working classes

576. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?
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A. 1575

B. 1500

C. 1588

D. 1600

577. Complete the following sentence. Poetic images which idealize war and ascribe spiritual qualities to battle can be found primarily in English poems written_______________?
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A. in the early stages of World War I.

B. around 1900.

C. in the 1920s.

D. in the late stages of World War I.
578. Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
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A. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent

B. raucous celebration mixed with self congratulatory sophistication

C. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal

D. studied melancholy and aestheticism
579. 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. Queen Victoria

D. King Henry VIII

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

B. Anglicans and Methodists

C. the rich and the poor

D. England and Ireland

581. Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance ?
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A. the emergence of merchant oligarchies

B. emphasis on individuality

C. the development of social insurance programs

D. confidence in human rationality

582. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works ?
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A. The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church

B. Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

C. Of Practical Exorcisme

D. Of Prelatical Episcopacy

583. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworths claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as \the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings\ ?
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A. the political tract

B. the sonnet

C. doggerel rhyme

D. the lyric poem written in the first person
584. Who in the Romantic period developed a new novelistic language for the workings of the mind in flux ?
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A. Sir Walter Scott

B. Thomas De Quincey

C. Jane Austen

D. Maria Edgeworth

585. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?
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A. Beowulf

B. Canterbury Tales

C. Odyssey

D. Iliad

586. The Jacobean era succeeds the ___________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period ?
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A. Tudor period

B. England

C. Elizabethan era

D. English Reformation

587. 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 grueling working conditions for women in textile factories

C. the debate on womens suffrage

D. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first womens college in London
588. Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?
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A. Immanuel Kant

B. Aristotle

C. David Hume

D. Duns Scotus

589. The Prince was written to gain favor of the_______________?
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A. Pazzi

B. Republic

C. Medici

D. Inquisition
590. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time ?
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A. Italy

B. Spain

C. France

D. Germany

591. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572 ?
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A. The Massacre at Copenhagen

B. The Massacre at Paris

C. The Massacre at Berlin

D. The Massacre at Rome

592. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots ?
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A. Episcopalian

B. Catholic

C. Lutheran

D. Presbyterian

593. Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear ?
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A. Velvet coats

B. Sable-lined cloaks

C. Woolen underwear

D. Purple silk dresses

594. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ____________in London in 1625 ?
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A. Bubonic plague

B. Tuberculosis

C. Cholera

D. Plague (disease)

595. Wordsworth described all good poetry as______________?
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A. the polite patter of a corrupted age

B. the divine gift of grace

C. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

D. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition

596. In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen ?
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A. Sparta

B. Persia

C. Troy

D. Carthage
597. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?
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A. The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technologys destructive powers.

B. The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the problem of modernity and alienation.

C. The Futurists focused on advancements in technology and industry, whereas World War II poets ignored advancements in technology, especially in modern warfare.

D. The Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition.

598. How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil ?
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A. 28

B. 24

C. 20

D. 16

599. Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughess poem Life is Fine ?
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A. This poem is structured like a villanelle.

B. The use of alternating end rhymes and word repetitions enhance the music of the poem and along with its occasional dissonance give it an improvisational jazz-like quality.

C. It is written in Standard American English for middle-class readers.

D. The diction is much more polysyllabic than monosyllabic.

600. Which of the following terms is defined as the application of a scientific attitude of mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a mere text of history and not an infallibly sacred document?
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A. Critical Inquiry

B. Scientific Bibliology

C. Higher Criticism

D. New Criticism