The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?

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In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach,” the speaker refers to the “melancholy, long, withdrawing roar” of “The Sea of Faith.” This reference alludes to which of the following ?

A. The Protestant Reformation B. Religious interpretations of changes to the oceans C. The decline of religion’s importance in the modern West D. His lover’s betrayal...

Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas most fundamentally emphasizes which theme from Johnson’s other works or other 18thcentury works ?

A. The need for linguistic correctness as exemplified in his Dictionary B. The promise of universal knowledge as epitomized by the Encyclopédie C. The ultimate impossibility of achieving happiness, as espoused in his poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes” D. The need for self-sufficiency as detailed in novels like Robinson Crusoe...

Which event did Percy Shelley call “the master theme of the epoch in which we live” ?

A. Industrial Revolution B. French Revolution C. Scientific Revolution D. Technological Revolution...

How did ideas about the spread of the British Empire start to shift in the Victorian Period ?

A. Competition between European rivals forced the British to find new trading partners. B. Colonizers were no longer necessarily interested in reforming indigenous populations. C. People found ways to justify expansion by claiming national superiority. D. All of these answers...

With which of these writers is the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” associated ?

A. Ann Radcliffe B. William Wordsworth C. John Keats D. Alfred Lord Tennyson...