Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?

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Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” ?

A. The dangers of sensuality to women B. The links between sexuality and economics C. The importance of sisterly bonds D. All of these answers...

Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth’s advocacy of poets drawing on the “language really used by men” in his preface to Lyrical Ballads represents______________?

A. a radical break with 18th-century rules on elevated diction. B. a continuity with poets such as Alexander Pope. C. a rejection of nature in favor of society. D. a defense of the use of elaborate figurative language....

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....

“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...

Which of the following political ideas is least related to the Enlightenment ?

A. Checks and balances B. Social contract C. Enlightened monarchy D. Socialism...