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201. In The Dead, what do most critics suggest is important about the snowfall ?
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A. the snow represents the promise of love

B. the snow represents Irelands inability to become independent

C. the snow represents the quiet that covers life and death

D. the snow represents the characters ability to escape Ireland

202. Who wrote Canterbury Tales ?
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A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. King Richard II

C. Dick Whittington

D. Thomas Lancaster

203. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with ?
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A. Nature

B. Epics

C. Sonnets

D. Nonsense

204. To whom Edmund Spenser dedicated the work The Faerie Queene ?
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A. Mary

B. Elizabeth

C. Chaucer

D. Sidney

205. Who says history is like a nightmare from which I must awake ?
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A. Joe Donnelly

B. Stephen Dedalus

C. Leopold Bloom

D. Little Chandler

206. In Two Gallants, Joyces major critical commentary is__________________?
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A. that women are more at fault than men

B. that Catholicism is not to blame for problems

C. that individuals are too passive

D. that people work too hard for change

207. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form ?
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A. Hyperboles

B. Personification

C. Alliteration

D. Onomatopoeia

208. Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by whom ?
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A. William Butler Yeats

B. Sir Walter Scott

C. Robert Burns

D. Henry Longfellow

209. What is the study of poetrys meter and form called ?
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A. Potology

B. Scansion

C. Prosody

D. Rheumatology

210. Who is Voltimand ?
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A. Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark

B. Assassin in the service of Fortinbras

C. Hamlets cousin

D. Ambassador to the King of Denmark from the King of Norway

211. In A Little Cloud, what does Little Chandler dream about becoming ?
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A. a father

B. a reporter

C. a poet

D. a soldier

212. To whom did Edmund Spenser addresses his sonnet sequence Amoretti ?
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A. Lisa Boyle

B. Elizabeth Boyle

C. Mary Jane

D. Queen Elizabeth

213. Who is the main focus of a number of Shakespeares sonnets ?
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A. Hamlet

B. The Dark Lady

C. Christopher Marlow

D. Hamnet Shakespeare

214. In the play, Macbeth, who assists Macbeth with planning Duncans murder ?
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A. Lady Macbeth

B. Banquo

C. Malcolm

D. Macduff

215. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes ?
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A. Ben Jonson

B. Thomas Carlyle

C. William Hazlitt

D. John Ruskin

216. In De Vulgari Eloquentia, Dante writes primarily in which language ?
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A. English

B. Italian

C. Latin

D. Tuscan

217. In Shakespeares plays, when is rhyme often used ?
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A. When characters speak naturally

B. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect

C. When ghosts speak

D. When a lower class character speaks

218. In The Purgatorio, how does Dante depict the punishment of the proud penitents ?
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A. They have their eyes sewn shut with wire.

B. They must walk through thick smoke.

C. They are punished with whips and bridles.

D. They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.

219. Which of the following is Hamlets mother ?
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A. Beatrice

B. Margaret

C. Gertrude

D. Rosalind

220. Who is Cato ?
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A. A character who appears in the lust circle of hell

B. A character who appears in the ninth circle of hell

C. An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

D. The example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man

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