Complete the following sentence. According to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution was________________?

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Complete the following sentence. Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is_______________?

A. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife. B. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer. C. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning. D. an epic describing a great romance....

Which of the following best characterizes Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution ?

A. He thought it did not go far enough in granting women rights. B. He opposed it in favor of supporting the king and the ancien régime. C. He favored its democratic impulses but was appalled by its destructive nature. D. He did not think it concerned him and his relationship to nature....

Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as______________?

A. revealing his interest in Chaucer. B. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational. C. promoting the rise of museums. D. commenting on the French and Indian War....

Complete the following sentence. John Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe” reflects a commitment to neoclassical aesthetics through_______________?

A. its references to Shakespeare. B. its commitment to an elevated taste, its use of classical imagery, and its evocation of classic forms. C. its scientific ethos and setting in London. D. its refusal to mention Shadwell directly....

Complete the following sentence. Neoclassicism most paralleled Enlightenment thought in its_______________?

A. rejection of Renaissance optimism. B. rejection of traditional models. C. emphasis on order, logic, and universal truths. D. emphasis on the corrupt nature of the aristocracy....