Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of literacy in the 19thcentury ?

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Which of the following best defines the heroic couplet ?

A. Two characters in an epic who are romantically involved B. Two lines of rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter C. The concluding lines of any poem D. Two characters who act as foils in a comedy of manners...

The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?

A. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems B. A focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keats’s poems C. A call for social and political reform as in some of Shelley’s works D. A nod to the poet as outcast as in … The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy”...

With which text is the term mock-epic most closely associated ?

A. Wordsworth’s “We Are Seven” B. Pope’s Rape of the Lock C. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” D. Benn’s Oroonoko...

Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Victorian period ?

A. Repeal of the corn laws B. Opium Wars C. Great Exhibition D. French Revolution...

In The Way of the World, Congreve satirizes which of the following ?

A. Ideas about chastity B. The institution of marriage C. The aristocracy D. All of these answers...