Which event did Percy Shelley call “the master theme of the epoch in which we live” ?

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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....

Robinson Crusoe’s isolation on a deserted island allows Defoe to explore his development in which of the following ways ?

A. His relationship to God and Christianity B. His understanding of the basis of economics C. His ability to identify with the slaves he has sold D. Both A and B...

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Robinson Crusoe’s and Oroonoko’s relationship to central features of the early English novel ?

A. Where Oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids religion completely. B. Both are largely set in South America, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early English novel. C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class. D. Both make claims to historical veracity....

The Enlightenment in European history refers to which of the following ?

A. A period in the 18th century that celebrated industry B. The revelation of religious truths through meditation C. The power given to absolute monarchs by God D. A period in which reason was celebrated as enabling human knowledge and possibly human perfection...

Complete the following sentence. The Romantic movement is least closely related to______________?

A. folklore. B. nationalism. C. parody. D. exoticism...