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What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to ’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’! ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday
In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ______________?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Ben Jonson
C. Ben Jonson folios
D. English Renaissance theatre
Who did Dryden use Absalom to represent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel” ?
A. The Duke of Monmouth
B. Charles II
C. The Earl of Shaftesbury
D. Cromwell
Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
A. King Henry VIII
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Queen Victoria
D. King John
Which of the following was not one of the four bodily humours ?
A. choler
B. blood
C. cholesterol
D. black bile
Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake
Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake
The Oxford Movement was basically a_____________?
A. Religious Movement
B. Political Movement
C. Social Movement
D. Literary Movement
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
A. the Normans
B. the Geats
C. the Celts
D. the Anglo-Saxons
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