Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir ?

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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...

What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose ?

A. a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer B. a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia C. the forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London D. the deconstruction of the truth-fiction … What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose ?Read More...

Elizabeth Barrett’s poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?

A. women’s rights and suffrage B. child labor C. Chartism D. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians...

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 fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

A. Sexuality B. Criticism of the queen C. Murder D. Witchcraft...