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181. In Ulysses, which character best exemplifies anti-Semitism ?
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A. Gabriel Conroy

B. Molly Ivors

C. Mr. Deasy

D. Leopold Bloom

182. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ?
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A. A simile is more descriptive.

B. A simile must use animals in the comparison.

C. No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

D. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesnt.

183. How does Queen Gertrude die ?
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A. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.

B. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlets cup.

C. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

D. Drowns in the river outside the castle.

184. Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake ?
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A. All of the Above

B. the movement of time

C. married relationships

D. dreams

185. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
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A. Toronto

B. Denver

C. Cuba

D. St Louis

186. What is the earliest surviving European poem ?
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A. The Gilgamesh epic

B. The Homeric epic

C. The Hesiodic ode

D. The Deluge epic

187. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books ?
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A. None of the above

B. Chollttee

C. The Return of Native

D. The Poor Man and the Lady

188. The theme is_____________?
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A. an address

B. an character

C. the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

D. a plot.

189. Who says forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race ?
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A. Molly Bloom

B. Gabriel Conroy

C. says forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race?

D. Leopold Bloom

E. Stephen Dedalus

190. In order to become an artist, what does Stephen Dedalus sacrifice from his life ?
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A. his chance for isolation

B. his ability to flee Ireland

C. his individual consciousness

D. his relationship with his family and friends

191. Of which poet was it said Even if hes not a great poet, hes certainly a great something ?
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A. Kipling

B. Elliot

C. Cummings

D. Brooke

192. In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc ?
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A. adolescence, maturity, childhood

B. childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life

C. childhood, maturity, adolescence

D. childhood, adolescence, maturity

193. Which Welsh poet wrote Under Milk Wood ?
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A. Richard Burton

B. Anthony Hopkins

C. Tom Jones

D. Dylan Thomas

194. Please identify the text from which then must any what you like in the power of empthoo comes ?
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A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. Finnegans Wake

C. Araby

D. The Dead

195. Which is an exaggeration ?
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A. Hyperbole

B. Haiku

C. Prose

D. Alliteration

196. Under which pseudonym the work The Shepheards Calendar was published ?
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A. Edward

B. Immanuel

C. Immerito

D. Jonathan

197. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry ?
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A. alliteration

B. meter

C. none of the above

D. rhyme scheme

198. What is the title of the poem that begins thus What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare ?
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A. Tranquility

B. Leisure

C. Comfort

D. Relaxation

199. from which language the name chaucer has been driven ?
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A. italian

B. french

C. English

D. latin

200. In A Portrait of the Artist, how is the artist represented ?
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A. All of the Above

B. as a family member

C. as a romantic hero

D. as a friend

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