What does the phrase “White Man’s Burden,” coined by Kipling, refer to ?

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Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?

A. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools B. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature D. a philosophy dictating that … Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?Read More...

Which of th following novels is called a “Novel without a hero” ?

A. Vanity Fair B. Mill on the Floss C. Northanger Abbey D. Pickwick Papers...

Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?

A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree B. throne; scepter; soul; decree C. school; scalpel; pen; set free D. hearth; needle; heart; obey...

What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels? A. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail_____________?

B. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness C. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society D. A and C...

The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as_______________?

A. The Great Order of Life B. The Great Chain of Being C. The Great System of Shakespeare D. The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker...