Pope’s comment that “Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man” in his “Essay on Man” is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?

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In The Rape of the Lock, Pope satirizes which of the following social institutions ?

A. The government B. Marriage C. Organized religion D. All of these answers...

Complete the following sentence. In Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, elevated language functions primarily to______________?

A. demonstrate the importance of the topic. B. set up the parody of the pretensions of the characters and their concerns. C. reveal the learnedness of the characters. D. elicit the sympathy of elite readers...

What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reflect about the plot ?

A. It functions as a metaphor for the women’s rights movement. B. It foreshadows a negative shift in mood. C. It symbolizes the increase in scientific knowledge. D. It acts as an allusion to the importance of nature in the Romantic period....

Complete the following sentence. Shelley’s “Ozymandias” can be linked to his “Defence of Poetry” through its_______________?

A. rejection of traditional form. B. portrayal of the power of art to speak truth. C. rejection of art’s political role. D. attempt to link poetry with music....

The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________?

A. scientific emphasis on detailed observation. B. the political focus on individuals and their rights. C. philosophical theories of sympathy and human emotions. D. the continuing importance of mythological stories....