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What was the significance of the voyage of the Empire Windrush ?
A. It brought the last group of English convicts to Australia in 1901.
B. It was sunk by the German navy in 1914, bringing the United States into World War I.
C. It brought the first group of immigrants from Jamaica to England in 1948.
D. It delivered a small dog into space in 1959, and returned it to earth.
He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time ?
A. Ben Jonson
B. Alexander Pope
C. Robert Herrick
D. John Dryden
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. a, b and c
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
A. banishment to Asia
B. everlasting shame
C. conversion to Christianity
D. being buried alive
Which of the following is not associated with high modernism in the novel ?
A. stream of consciousness
B. free indirect style
C. irresolute open endings
D. narrative realism
Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, and political costs of running an empire ?
A. the India Mutiny in 1857
B. the Boer War in the south of Africa
C. the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865
D. all of the above
Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?
A. the fractal
B. the figment
C. the fragment
D. the aubade
Which school did Milton attend ?
A. St Paul’s
B. Christ’s Hospital
C. Merchant Taylors’
D. Westminster
In ’In Memorium’, Tennyson mourns the death of ________________?
A. Hugh Clough
B. Arthur Hallam
C. Lord Byron
D. Keats
Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.
B. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.
C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.
D. all of the above
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