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Which poet was a member of the powerful and culturally influential Sidney family ?
A. Ben Jonson
B. Aemilia Lanyer
C. Samuel Daniel
D. Mary Wroth
In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad. In which country did he spend most of the time ?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Italy
D. Spain
Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
A. troubadour
B. skald
C. chorister
D. bard
His “To Penthurst” is considered to be one of the primary texts of the neoclassical movement ?
A. Sir John Denham
B. Ben Jonson
C. Thomas Carew
D. John Dryden
Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
A. William Morris
B. John Ruskin
C. Edward FitzGerald
D. all but C
What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the classics,
driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. none of the above
which of these kings was not served by Chaucer ?
A. Edward III
B. Henry II
C. Richard II
D. none of the above
Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ?
A. Goethe’s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality
B. Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence
C. Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods
D. A and C only
A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as____________?
A. A Protestant Poem
B. A Petrarchan Sonnet
C. An extended metaphor
D. A pastoral poem
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