4151. Which best describes Blooms attitude towards nationalism ?
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A. he is disinterested in nationalism

B. he hopes to join the IRB

C. he is opposed to the nationalist cause

D. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause

4152. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city ?
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A. Vancouver

B. Ottowa

C. Montreal

D. Toronto

4153. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________?
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A. personification

B. simile

C. metaphor

D. none of the above

4156. At the end of Eveline, what decision does the title character make ?
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A. she decides to quit her job

B. she decides to stay in Ireland

C. she leaves for France

D. she decides to leave her mother

4157. Which of the following does Joyce address thematically in The Dubliners ?
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A. the supremacy of Britain

B. Irish nationalism

C. the positive side of war with Germany

D. the Irish nations inability to survive without Englands help

4158. Why do most scholars consider Finnegans Wake avant-garde ?
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A. the free dream associations

B. the sketchy, episodic structure

C. the invented words

D. All of the Above
4159. What was strange about Emily Dickinson ?
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A. She never attempted to publish her poetry

B. She rarely left home

C. She wrote in code

D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink

4161. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris ?
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A. Samson

B. Reynaldo

C. Francisco

D. Gorgonzola

4162. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece ?
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A. Solan

B. Sappho

C. Lord Byron

D. John keats

4163. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England) ?
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A. Alexander Pope

B. Victor Hugo

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Milton

4164. What is the word for a play on words ?
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A. simile

B. pun

C. metaphor

D. haiku

4165. In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear ?
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A. All of the Above

B. repetition of words

C. stream of consciousness

D. shifts in narrative voice

4166. Who wrote about the idyllic Isle of Innisfree ?
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A. Dylan Thomas

B. Ezra Pound

C. Yeats

D. E. E. cummings

4167. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ?
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A. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral

B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral

C. both A and B

D. None of these

4168. Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners ?
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A. Ernest Hemmingway

B. Virginia Woolf

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Ezra Pound
4169. In which work Edmund Spenser celebrates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle ?
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A. Amoretti

B. Prothalamion

C. Faerie Queen

D. Epithalamion
4170. Why did Poetry Quarterly cease publication in 1953 ?
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A. Shortage of paper

B. Owner convicted of fraud

C. Rise in taxation on magazines

D. Fall in Sales

4171. In The Dubliners, which literary style is used ?
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A. fantasy

B. gothic

C. realism

D. impressionism

4172. Who has defined poetry as a fundamental creative act using languages ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. H. W. Longfellow

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Dylan Thomas
4173. Which of the following is not a poet ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Browning

D. Terry Saylor
4174. With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often identified ?
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A. Charles Stuart Parnell

B. Wolfe Tone

C. Father Arnall

D. Daniel OConnell

4175. Which American writer published A brave and startling truth in 1996 ?
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A. Robert Hass

B. Maya Angelou

C. Micheal Palmer

D. Jessica Hagdorn

4176. In Ulysses, which characteristic(s) can be considered Modernist ?
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A. the use traditional language

B. the lack of taboo topics

C. the inclusion of various types of media

D. the sequential construction of time

4177. Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners ?
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A. the representation of a shallow, drab culture

B. the positive representation of the Catholic Church

C. the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind

D. the positive representation of cultural institutions

4178. Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
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A. married relationships

B. All of the Above

C. religious identity

D. national identity

4179. Which is/are an element(s) of Stephens aesthetic theories ?
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A. art should be harmonious and proportional

B. art should not please the perception

C. art should not produce stasis in the viewer

D. art should be kinetic

4180. Which poem ends I shall but love thee better after death ?
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A. Ode to a Grecian urn

B. Let me not to the marriage of true minds

C. How do I love thee

D. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes

4181. What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius ?
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A. Vice of Kings

B. The Murder of Gonzago

C. The Slaying of Lucianus

D. Slings and Arrows

4182. Why do critics consider the dream form ideal for Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it makes the readers experience of the characters less intimate

B. it allows for the introduction of plot snippets and new language

C. it prevents exploration of the unconscious

D. it obscures the characters immediate thoughts

4184. According to Stephen, how is art represented in the lyrical form ?
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A. the image is presented in immediate relation to others only

B. the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself

C. the image is presented is immediate relation to the artist and others

D. the image is presented in a way that is not purely personal

4185. Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival ?
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A. W.B. Yeats

B. George Russell

C. All of the Above

D. J.M. Synge

4187. Which of Chaucers works is associated with Valentines Day ?
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A. The Canterbury Tales

B. Parlement of Foules

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Book of the Duchess

4188. What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ?
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A. Visions of the worlds vanitie

B. A View of the Present State of Ireland

C. The Visions of Petrarch

D. The Ruines of Time

4189. ____________is a late 20th century play written by a woman ?
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A. Top Girls

B. Camille

C. Queen Cristina

D. The Homecoimg

4191. What is the function of the Linati schema ?
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A. it outlines the fundamental structure of Ulysses

B. it outlines the order of stories in The Dubliners

C. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake

D. it outlines the transition from child to adult in The Dubliners

4192. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?
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A. The Book of the Duchess

B. The House of Fame

C. Troilus and Criseyde

D. The Legend of Good Women

4193. A poem with no meter or rhyme______________?
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A. free verse

B. lyric

C. narrative

D. none of the above

4194. Which one of the following is an unfinished work of Edmund Spenser ?
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A. The Faerie Queene

B. The Shepheardes Calender

C. Amoretti

D. Astrophel

4195. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem ?
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A. rhyme and reason

B. theme, purpose, form, and mood.

C. purpose and audience

D. characters, main idea, and theme

4196. In Finnegans Wake, which of the following typify family life ?
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A. murder

B. slander

C. All of the Above

D. hypocrisy

4197. Which is the first major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ?
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A. The House of Fame

B. Troilus and Criseyde

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. The Book of the Duchess

4198. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess ?
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A. Carolyn Kizer

B. Marianne Moore

C. Sylvia Plath

D. Mary Oliver

4200. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ?
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A. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth

B. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley