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451. In The Inferno, where is hell physically situated ?
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A. Beneath Cairo

B. Beneath Rome

C. Beneath Jerusalem

D. Beneath Florence

452. In De Monarchia, what political opinion does Dante express about empire ?
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A. He declares emperors infallible.

B. He promotes the separation of Church and State.

C. He declares papal authority infallible.

D. He says that all empires should be ruled by dictators.

453. Who directly challenges Richard for the throne in the play, Richard III ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth

B. King Edward IV

C. The Earl of Richmond

D. Tyrell

454. According to most scholars, what does The Purgatorio allegorically represent ?
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A. The penitent life

B. The afterlife existence for mortal sinners

C. The earthly paradise

D. The heavenly paradise

456. 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

457. 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

458. 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

459. 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.

460. 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
461. Desdemona was killed by _________________?
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A. Brabantio

B. Casio

C. Iago

D. Othello
462. 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

463. 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.

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

B. Abel Magwitch .

C. Bentley Drumnile

D. Miss Havisham

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

B. Wordsworth

C. Shelley

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

B. Thomas Hardy

C. W. M. Thackeray

D. Jane Austen

470. 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

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

B. Wordsworth

C. Browning

D. Tennyson

473. 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

474. 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

475. 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

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

B. Coleridge

C. Shelley

D. Lamb

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

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. S. T. Coleridge

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

B. Judge

C. School teacher

D. lawyer
479. 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

481. 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
482. 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

487. 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

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

B. King Lear

C. Othello

D. Hamlet
489. 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
491. 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
492. 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
493. 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

494. 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
495. 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

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

B. 16 April 1564

C. 24 July1564

D. 26 August 1564

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

B. Pumblechook

C. Bentley Drummle

D. Jaggers
500. 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