2601. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man ?
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A. Ding Dong theory

B. The Gesture theory

C. The Bow__vow theory

D. The Pooh__pooh theory

2602. In what form did Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood first become known ?
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A. A stage play

B. A radio play

C. a short film

D. Book of poetry

2604. Why did Poetry Quarterly cease publication in 1953 ?
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A. Rise in taxation on magazines

B. Owner convicted of fraud

C. Shortage of paper

D. Fall in Sales

2607. Percy Shelleys poem Mont Blanc presents nature as ________________?
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A. Controlled by gods

B. A powerful, sublime force

C. A peaceful force

D. Depressing and miserable

2608. What is the word for a play on words ?
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A. simile

B. pun

C. haiku

D. metaphor

2609. Referring to poets as unacknowledged legislators of the world suggests that_____________?
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A. Most Romantic poets were politicians

B. Poets actually help the world grow and develop

C. Poets have no actual effect upon the world

D. Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry

2610. Sylvia Plath married which English poet ?
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A. Larkin

B. Masefield

C. Hughes

D. Causley

2613. Shelleys Ode to the West Wind can be best understood as a poem about _____________?
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A. How poets can bring about political revolution

B. The loss of innocence

C. The horrors of the French Revolution

D. The passion between a husband and wife

2614. __________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence?
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A. Sentence__stress

B. None of the above

C. Semantics

D. Syntax

2617. William Blakes Little Black Boy advocates for __________________?
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A. The innate brilliance of children

B. The beauty of common language

C. The abolition of slavery

D. The equality of all people
2618. John Keats died from________________?
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A. Influenza

B. Tuberculosis

C. Suicide

D. Fever

2623. Which of the following is not a poet ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Browning

C. Terry Saylor

D. Emily Dickinson

2624. Who refers to poetry as an imitation of nature ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Hazlitt

C. William Wordsworth

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2627. Which of the following is a love poem ?
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A. Coleridges Kubla Kahn

B. Byrons Don Juan

C. John Clares To Elia

D. Wordsworth Peter Bell

2628. Who is the narrator of Don Juan ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. A nameless narrator

C. Bob Southey

D. Don Juan

2629. Harold Nicholson described which poet as Very yellow and glum. Perfect manners ?
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A. e. e. Cummings

B. T. S. Elliot

C. Walt Whitman

D. John Greenleaf Whittier

2632. Which of the following was NOT a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Celebration of the imagination

B. The use of symbolism

C. Engagement with nature

D. The use of allegory
2633. Keats was most famous for__________________?
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A. His popularity with readers

B. His extensive writings

C. His wild lifestyle

D. His odes
2636. Which of the following was responsible for Samuel Taylor Coleridges mental decline ?
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A. His physical battle with gout

B. His experiences during the French Revolution

C. The end of his friendship with Wordsworth

D. His addiction to opium
2637. The Musical Theory of the origin of language was advanced by_________________?
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A. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget

B. Max__Muller

C. Otto Jespersen

D. Noire

2638. The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________?
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A. The height to which the tongue is raised

B. All the abovE.

C. The position of the lips

D. The part of the tongue that is raised

2639. Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as a sort of poet-king Arthur ?
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A. William Blake

B. Lord Byron

C. William Wordsworth

D. Percy Shelley

2642. /h/ in the word he is a __________ sound?
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A. Alveolar

B. Palatal

C. Velar

D. Glottal
2645. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance ?
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A. Edward Sapir

B. Noam Chomsky

C. Ferdinand de Saussure

D. Charles Sanders Pierce

2646. Which among the following does not constitute the general methodology of science ?
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A. Hypothesis formulation

B. Speculation

C. Analysis, generalization and prediction

D. Controlled observation

2647. One of the central themes of Wordsworths Peter Bell is _________________?
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A. Eternal youth

B. How nature can corrupt someone

C. How nature can render someone good

D. A dark voyage into madness

2649. The main thematic focus of Ode on a Grecian Urn is ____________________?
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A. The French Revolution

B. The relationship between truth and beauty

C. The nature of death

D. The authors childhood experience

2650. The consonant /l/ is called ____________?
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A. Semi__vowel

B. Nasal

C. Lateral

D. Sibilant