Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ?

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“O my death mother! I am miserable, truly miserable! But yet, don’t be frightened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so!” These lines characterize Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______________?

A. through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form. B. by emphasizing the character’s fright. C. by emphasizing sexual morality. D. through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the character’s feelings....

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”...

In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel ?

A. It provides access to the heroine’s innermost reactions. B. It does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions. C. It provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action. D. All of these answers...

In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?

A. To help drive his ideas across the universe B. To help him reach the afterlife C. To help him hear nature’s music D. To help him start a new revolutionary war...

Which of the following is NOT a central theme of Wordsworth’s poetry ?

A. The common man B. The promises of technology C. The outcast figure D. The movement of time...