4201. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature ?
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A. William Blake

B. William Morris

C. William Wordsworth

D. William Shakespeare

4202. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
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A. Iambic pentameter

B. Sonnet form

C. Dactylic hexameter

D. Alliterative verse

4203. Which of the following statement is correct ?
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A. Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.

B. In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

C. both a and b

D. None of above.

4204. Where did chaucer bury ?
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A. westminster abbey

B. none of the above

C. kent church

D. chapel at windsor

4207. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry ?
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A. Romantic

B. Light verse

C. Political satire

D. War poems
4208. During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?
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A. Hundred Years War

B. Ten Years War

C. Seventeen Years War

D. Nine Years War
4209. How do historians say Joyces exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution

B. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures stories and myths

C. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words

D. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios

4210. The phrase Pathetic fallacy is coined by _________________?
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A. Carlyle

B. Coleridge

C. Milton

D. John Ruskin
4212. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
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A. Boer War

B. Korean War

C. Second World War

D. First World War
4216. Which one of the following rhyme scheme is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza ?
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A. ab cb bc cd e

B. ab ab bc bc c

C. abba bccb d

D. ab bc cd de f

4218. The magazine Contemporary Poetry and Prose was inspired by which exhibition ?
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A. The Festival of Britain

B. People of the 20th Century

C. Drawing the 20th Century

D. The Surrealist Exhibition
4219. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Irish nationality ?
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A. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

B. he is committed to staying in Ireland

C. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders

D. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
4221. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephens relationship with his Catholic faith ?
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A. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral

B. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel

C. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith

D. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel

4222. How do Shem the Penman and Shaun the Post differ ?
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A. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a artist and writer

B. while Shem is an artistic outsider, Shaun is a dull conformist

C. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist

D. while Shem would rather be a priest, Shaun is happy at his work

4224. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats ?
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A. To some ladies

B. Endymion

C. None of above

D. To hope

4225. With which important literary figure(s) was Joyce in contact in his lifetime ?
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A. Harriet Weaver

B. Arthur Symons

C. W.B. Yeats

D. All of the Above
4226. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy ?
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A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Titus Andronicus

D. None of the above
4227. In what form did Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood first become known ?
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A. Book of poetry

B. a short film

C. A radio play

D. A stage play

4228. How are Polonius and Laertes related ?
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A. Brother/brother

B. Uncle/nephew

C. Father/son

D. Cousin/cousin

4229. What do most critics say that Issy represents to her brothers and father ?
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A. she is a source of secret, repressed desire

B. she is an example of piety

C. she dissolves the tension of the Oedipal references

D. she represents the functional family structure

4230. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?
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A. natural work

B. allegorical work

C. religious work

D. pastoral work

4232. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
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A. The Comic

B. The Tragic

C. The Epic

D. The Occult
4233. With which text(s) is the word riverrun associated ?
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A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. The Dubliners

C. Finnegans Wake

D. Ulysses

4234. Who wrote The Winters Tale ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. William Shakespeare

C. John Dryden

D. Christopher Marlowe

4235. In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?
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A. puns

B. All of the Above

C. parodies

D. unconventional syntax

4236. chaucers franklin was guilty of which sin ?
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A. Corruption

B. Gluttony

C. Theft

D. Lust

4237. In A Mother, what does Mrs. Kearney make her daughter learn ?
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A. the English language

B. the violin

C. the Irish language

D. the piano

4238. What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end

B. the novel is clearly written from the future to the past

C. the last sentence and first sentence are circular

D. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it

4240. According to Margot Norris, what is the significance of guilt in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. it is linked with sexual perversions

B. it represents the Freudian primal scene

C. it represents original sin

D. All of the Above
4241. Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was born ?
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A. Edward III

B. Edward II

C. David II

D. Richard II

4242. Where did Edmund Spenser born ?
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A. Chester

B. East Smithfield

C. Kent

D. Worcester

4243. Which of the following are popular sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. whether the novel has definite characters

B. whether the novel has a protagonist

C. All of the Above

D. whether the novel has a plot

4245. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man thematizes which of the following ?
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A. artistic awakening

B. spiritual crisis

C. All of the Above

D. the artist in exile

4247. In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ?
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A. it represents the heros fear that he will overestimate his abilities

B. All of the Above

C. it represents the desire to flee Ireland

D. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work

4248. What are the three parts of Stephens espoused aesthetic theory ?
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A. clarity, wholeness, and kinesis

B. perception, clarity, and wholeness

C. kinesis, clarity, and perception

D. wholeness, harmony, and clarity
4249. The Cambridge school refers to a group who emerged when ?
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A. The 1930s

B. The 1960s

C. The 1920s

D. The 1900s

4250. According to Margot Norris, what is the ontological problem of Finnegans Wake ?
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A. the disconnection from primal senses and urges

B. the inability to distinguish between the self and other

C. the inability to experience guilt

D. the characters preference for reality over dreams