Which of the following best defines satire ?

Related Mcqs:

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....

Radcliffe’s version of the Gothic differs most from Walpole’s in its use of which of the following ?

A. The sublime B. The explained supernatural C. Its medieval settings D. Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses...

Which of the following statements about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet 43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”) is false ?

A. Sonnet 43 is similar to most other sonnets in its focus on love. B. Sonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence “Sonnets from the Portuguese.” C. Sonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, like other sonnets. D. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem....

Victor Frankenstein’s project to create life in Mary Shelley’s novel can be linked to romanticism through which of the following ?

A. His Promethean striving to exceed human limitations as explored by Byron and Percy Shelley B. Its suggestion that the natural order has laws beyond human control C. His desire to create a political revolution D. Both A and B...

Swinburne’s poems such as “Hermaphroditus” are best known for which of the following ?

A. Their conservative poetics B. Their frank depiction of sexuality C. Their radical politics D. Their nationalistic tone...