3051. The quote abandon all hope ye who enter here is from which text ?
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A. De Monarchia

B. The Divine Comedy

C. De Vulgari Eloquentia

D. Vita Nuova

3052. Shakespeare was the author of which of the following plays ?
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A. Titus Andronicus

B. Doctor Faustus

C. The Jew of Malta

D. The Faerie Queen

3053. Paradise Lost shows an influence of_______________?
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A. Pre-Christian theology

B. Greek nihilism

C. Christianity and the Renaissance

D. Paganism

3055. When Wordsworths Immortality Ode was first published in 1802, it had only ?
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A. Stanzas I to IV

B. Stanzas I to VII

C. Stanzas I to VI

D. Stanzas I toV
3057. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Miltons ?
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A. Sense of injured merit

B. Spirit of revolt

C. Hatred of tyranny

D. All these

3058. The quote women who have intellect of love is from which text ?
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A. The Divine Comedy

B. De Monarchia

C. Vita Nuova

D. De Vulgari Eloquentia

3059. The most notable characteristic of Keats poetry is ?
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A. Sensuousness

B. Satire

C. Sensuality

D. Social reform

3061. Who wrote Biographia Literaria ?
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A. Byron

B. Lamb

C. Coleridge

D. Shelley

3063. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of ?
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A. Keats

B. Byron

C. Shelley

D. Wordsworth

3064. For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT ?
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A. The works of earlier poets

B. Greek mythology

C. European history

D. Early scientific studies

3065. Which of the following statements about a sonnet is false ?
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A. A sonnet is only written in Italian.

B. The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet.

C. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines.

D. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-ef,g-g.

3066. What is limbo ?
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A. All of the above

B. For Dante, the home of major figures from the Hebrew Bible

C. In The Inferno, the place for many ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian thinkers

D. The place for virtuous non-Christian adults

3067. What is the craftsmens play at the end of A Midsummer Nights Dream about ?
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A. Pucks adventures

B. Summertime dreams

C. Pyramus and Thisbe

D. The history of Athens

3068. Who is the heroin of The Tempest ?
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A. Ophelia

B. Miranda

C. Helena

D. Desdemona

3069. Shakespeares Sonnet 153 is what kind of poem ?
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A. A poem about love

B. A poem about Shakespeare and his father

C. A poem about death

D. A poem about writing poetry

3070. Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, Macbeth ?
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A. Lady Macduff

B. Lady Macbeth

C. Duncan

D. Macduff
3072. Who is the main focus of a number of Shakespeares sonnets ?
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A. Christopher Marlow

B. Hamlet

C. The Dark Lady

D. Hamnet Shakespeare

3073. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work ?
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A. W. M. Thackeray

B. Charles Dickens

C. Graham Greene

D. D. H. Lawrence

3075. What is the best definition of humanism ?
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A. The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity

B. The movement based on literature about courtly love

C. The scientific movement away from classical antiquity

D. The movement to write more in vernacular

3076. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play ?
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A. Twelfth Night

B. The Tempest

C. Henry IV,Pt I

D. Hamlet

3077. Uneasy lies the head that_______________( King Henry four, part two)?
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A. none of these

B. Wears a wig

C. Wears a crown

D. Wears a hat

3078. What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance ?
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A. The popularity of theater

B. Humanism

C. The life of Shakespeare

D. The rise of Queen Elizabeth

3081. Where did Dante stay while he was in exile ?
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A. All of the above

B. Ravenna

C. Paris

D. England

3082. According to Dante, what place is at the top of his purgatory ?
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A. The circles of Hell

B. The Dark Wood

C. The Garden of Eden

D. The Gate to Limbo

3083. Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice is a__________________?
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A. Domestic novel

B. Gothic novel

C. Historical novel

D. Picaresque novel

3084. Hamlets famous speech To be,or not to be; that is the question occurs in ?
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A. Act IV, Scene III

B. Act II, Scene I

C. Act III, Scene III

D. Act III, Scene I
3087. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio ?
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A. The poets descent into hell

B. The poets attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem

C. The poets attempt to climb the mountain

D. The poets tour of earthly paradise

3088. Hamlet is considered to be what kind of play ?
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A. Comedy

B. History

C. Epic poem

D. Tragedy
3090. In A Midsummer Nights Dream, who is Nick Bottom ?
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A. A Duke

B. A professional actor

C. An Amazonian

D. An Athenian craftsman
3091. ____________was father of Desdemona ?
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A. Iago

B. Othello

C. Brabantio

D. Gratiano

3092. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeares greatest ?
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A. historical figures

B. romantic figures

C. tragic figures

D. comic figures
3095. The play, Macbeth, is set in what country ?
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A. France

B. England

C. Scotland

D. Norway

3096. In The Inferno, which three characters are located in the deepest circle of hell ?
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A. Pope Nicholas, Pope Boniface, and Pope Clement

B. Guinevere, Dido, and Francesca

C. Homer, Dante, and Virgil

D. Brutus, Cassius, and Judas
3097. Who said Keats was a Greek ?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Lamb

3098. In the play, Macbeth, according to the witches, who will inherit the Scottish throne ?
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A. The children of Banquo

B. The children of Macbeth

C. The children of Macduff

D. The children of the witches

3099. Who is second Prince of Arragon in Much ado about nothing ?
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A. Leonato

B. Balthasar

C. Don John

D. Don Pedro