4602. Who was the Queen of England throughout much of Shakespeares early life?
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A. ong>A. Queen Elizabeth</strong>

B. Queen Anne

C. Queen Victoria

D. Queen Gertrude

4603. Who was Charles Parnell ?
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A. a popular symbol of Irish nationalism

B. the founder of the Catholic Land League

C. All of the Above

D. an Irish representative in the British Parliament

4604. In which text did Dante introduce the dolce stil novo technique ?
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A. Eclogues

B. De Vulgari Eloquentia

C. Vita Nuova

D. The Convivio

4605. Which of the following contributed to the rise of vernacular literature ?
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A. The spoken language tended to take precedence in areas where the Church was weak.

B. All of the above

C. Most professional scribes found it difficult to write in Medieval Latin.

D. Official documents were written in spoken language.

4606. In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure of paradise on which of the following ?
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A. Ancient Greek cosmology

B. Ancient Roman cosmology

C. The Renaissance concept of the planets

D. The Ptolemaic universe
4607. Desdemona was killed by _________________?
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A. Brabantio

B. Casio

C. Iago

D. Othello
4608. In The Inferno, his journey starts on which holiday ?
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A. All Souls Day

B. Good Friday

C. Christmas

D. All Saints Day

4609. In Saturn, what does Peter Damian say about Gods ways ?
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A. He says that Gods ways are extremely simple.

B. He says that Gods ways are only available to those in heaven.

C. He says that Gods ways are beyond human understanding.

D. He says that Gods ways are similar to those of Roman emperors.

4612. Estella is the daughter of ?
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A. Joe Gargery

B. Abel Magwitch .

C. Bentley Drumnile

D. Miss Havisham

4613. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of ?
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A. Byron

B. Wordsworth

C. Shelley

D. Keats
4615. Vanity Fair is a novel by ?
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A. Charles Dickens

B. Thomas Hardy

C. W. M. Thackeray

D. Jane Austen

4616. What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost ?
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A. Paradise Regained

B. Paradise Lost Twice

C. Paradise Found

D. Paradise Lost Again

4617. Who invented the term Sprung rhythm ?
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A. Hopkins

B. Wordsworth

C. Browning

D. Tennyson

4619. When was Samuel Taylor Coleridge born ?
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A. November 12, 1762

B. September 8, 1764

C. October 21, 1772

D. January 10, 1789

4620. Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Sir Thomas Wyatt

C. Earl of Surrey

D. Milton

4621. Who is second Prince of Arragon in Much ado about nothing ?
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A. Balthasar

B. Don John

C. Don Pedro

D. Leonato

4622. Who said Keats was a Greek ?
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A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Shelley

D. Lamb

4623. Who coined the phrase Egotistical Sublime ?
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A. P.B Shelley

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. S. T. Coleridge

4624. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a_______________?
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A. postman

B. Judge

C. School teacher

D. lawyer
4625. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan ?
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A. Uriel

B. Satan is not injured

C. Michael

D. Abdiel

4627. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is______________?
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A. Ask forgiveness from God

B. Blame each other for their Fall

C. Put some clothes on

D. Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
4628. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from ?
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A. Milton

B. William Shakespeare

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Ruskin

4633. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, My salad days, when I was green in judgment. come from ?
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A. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

B. Antony and Cleopatra

C. The Winters Tale

D. The Merry Wives of Windsor

4634. Which of the following play was written in 1601 ?
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A. Macbeth

B. King Lear

C. Othello

D. Hamlet
4635. W.B.Yeats used the phrase the artifice of eternity in his poem ?
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A. Leda and the Swan

B. Byzantium

C. The Second Coming

D. Sailing to Byzantium
4637. The group of four plays known as the major tetralogy is ?
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A. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

B. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

C. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

D. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
4638. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory ?
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A. A teacher

B. A thief

C. A clerk

D. A dentist
4639. Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him ?
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A. Someone who can transform him

B. A female companion

C. Another monster

D. Another creature without the fearful features

4640. Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus ?
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A. Guide to the Lakes

B. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads

C. Laodamia

D. The Prelude
4641. Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare ?
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A. A mid summer nights dream

B. Loves labours lost

C. Much ado about nothing

D. As you like it

4642. When was William Shakespeare baptized ?
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A. 26 April 1564

B. 16 April 1564

C. 24 July1564

D. 26 August 1564

4645. Who is Pips friend in London ?
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A. Herbert Pocket

B. Pumblechook

C. Bentley Drummle

D. Jaggers
4646. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, Neither a borrower nor a lender be come from ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Titus Andronicus

C. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

D. Cymbeline

4648. Which college did William Wordsworth attend ?
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A. Christ College

B. Kings College

C. Trinity College

D. St. Johns College
4649. One important feature of Jane Austens style is ?
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A. boisterous humour

B. stream of consciousness

C. subtlety of irony

D. humour and pathos