951. In the late seventeenth century, a \battle of the books\erupted between which two groups ?
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A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery

B. the Welsh and the Scots

C. champions of ancient and modern learning

D. round-earthers and flat-earthers

953. Which book was not written by Jane Austen ?
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A. Mansfield Park

B. Emma

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Sense and Suspensibility
954. According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by legitimate drama ?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 British.

B. The play was spoken.

C. All of the actors were male.

D. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.

955. Who wrote: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair! ?
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A. Emily Dickinson

B. Lord Byron

C. William Woodsworth

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
956. Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?
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A. George Puttenham

B. Thomas Wyatt

C. Walter Ralegh

D. Philip Sidney

957. How did one critic sum up Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot ?
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A. kitchen sink drama

B. political correctness gone mad

C. nothing happens-twice

D. angry young men

959. Which scientific or technological advance did not take place in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century ?
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A. Albert Einsteins theory of relativity

B. the creation of the internet

C. the invention of the airplane

D. wireless communication across the Atlantic

960. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
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A. free verse

B. the heroic couplet

C. the ode

D. blank verse

961. What mock epic begins: What dire offence from amrous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things ?
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A. Drydens Mac Flecknoe

B. Drydens Absalom and Achitophel

C. Popes The Dunciad

D. Popes The Rape of the Lock
962. 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 trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

D. the Toleration Act

963. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?
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A. blank verse

B. the heroic couplet

C. the ode

D. free verse

964. Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?
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A. Jean Rhyss Wide Sargasso Sea

B. E. M. Forsters A Passage to India

C. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

D. Paul Scotts Staying On
965. 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
966. Which of the following colonial ventures took place in the reign of James I (1603-25) ?
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A. all of the above

B. the founding of the Jamestown settlement

C. the founding of the Plymouth colony

D. Henry Hudsons fruitless search for the Northwest Passage

967. Who applied the term Romantic to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
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A. The Satanic School of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers

B. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien rgime, especially satire

C. English historians half a century after the period ended

E. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)

969. Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?
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A. the expansion of Englands colonial possessions

B. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

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

D. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs

971. 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 political tract demanding labor reform

C. a comedy of manners

D. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style

972. In which work do you read: I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ?
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A. Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock

B. Sonnets from the Portuguese

C. The Last Decalogue

D. Prelude

973. Which poet could be described as part of \The Movement\of the 1950s ?
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A. Thom Gunn

B. Dylan Thomas

C. Philip Larkin

D. both A and C
974. Who owned the rights to a theatrical script ?
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A. the printer

B. the acting company

C. the patron of the acting company, eg, the Lord Chamberlain

D. the bishop of London

975. Which best describes the imagist movement, exemplified in the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound ?
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A. the resurrection of Romantic poetic sensibility

B. a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the page

C. an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery

D. an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery
977. Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?
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A. Parliamentary reform, increasing representation of the working classes

B. A and C only

C. Educational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy

D. Labor reform, improving working conditions for industrial laborers

978. Who wrote: Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ?
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A. Samuel Butler

B. William Shakespeare

C. John Keats

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

979. Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?
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A. all of the above

B. Percy Bysshe Shelleys England in 1819

C. William Godwins Caleb Williams

D. William Godwins Inquiry Concerning Political Justice

980. Who wrote: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold ?
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A. James Joyce

B. Edgar Allan Poe

C. William Butler Yeats

D. Thomas Moore

982. Becky sharp was the heroine in which novel ?
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A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Sense and Sensibility

C. Vanity Fair

D. Mansfield Park

983. Who exemplified the role of the peasant poet ?
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A. A and C only

B. Robert Burns

C. John Keats

D. John Clare

985. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?
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A. The Foundational Ladder

B. The Way of the World

C. The Order of Angels

D. The Great Chain of Being
986. Who was the first English Christian king ?
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A. Richard III

B. Alfred

C. Ethelbert

D. Richard II

987. What characteristics of seventeenthcentury Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?
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A. its union of thought and passion

B. A and B

C. its intellectual complexity

D. its uncompromising engagement with politics

988. Which statement(s) about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true ?
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A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.

B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.

C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.

D. both A and C
990. 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. It was conducted by tutors in wealthy families or in grammar schools.

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

D. Its curriculum emphasized ancient Greek, the language of diplomacy, professions, and higher learning.
991. 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. A little learning is a dangerous thing

C. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath

D. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

993. Who succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, establishing the Stuart dynasty ?
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B. James VI of Scotland

C. James IV of Scotland

D. Mary, Queen of Scots

E. Anne Boleyn

995. What was the name of the Bronte sisters only brother ?
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A. Branwell

B. Richard

C. Anderson

D. Pearson

996. 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 neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden

C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge

D. Wordsworths devotion to the ordinary and everyday
998. In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?
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A. Great Expectations

B. A Tale of Two Cities

C. Bleak House

D. The Pickwick Papers

999. In which county was Jane Austin born ?
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A. Yorkshire

B. Hampshire

C. Norfolk

D. Sussex