Which of the following characteristics is NOT closely associated with a comedy of manners ?

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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...

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A. The pressure of conforming to preexisting social conventions B. The burden of white colonizers who are forced to learn to live in new lands C. The Eurocentric idea that the colonizer has a social responsibility to civilize other nations D. The concept that all white men do not share the same imperial duties...

“Do we now live in an enlightened age? The answer is, ‘no,’ but we do live in an age of enlightenment.” ?

A. Immanuel Kant B. John Locke C. David Hume D. Denis Diderot...

For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of humanity” ?

A. The poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance B. The falsity of human art as opposed to the immediate truth of nature C. The failure of the poet when a youth to imagine his future D. The utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality...