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With its forbidden themes of incest, murder, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of sexual desire, Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto, created which literary genre ?
A. the revenge tragedy
B. the Gothic romance
C. the epistolary novel
D. the comedy of manners
What historical figure promoted the rapid growth of a high Anglican faction within the church whose ceremony, ritual, and doctrine more closely resembled Roman Catholicism ?
A. William Collins
B. William Laud
C. William Shakespeare
D. William Tyndale
Thomas More’s Utopia placed the blame for society’s problems on_______________?
A. human nature
B. God’s will
C. society itself
D. the Church
Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916 ?
A. the southern counties of Ireland
B. Canada
C. Ulster
D. India
From where Matthew Arnold took the story for his Sohras and Rustam ?
A. Arabian Nights
B. Canterbury Tales
C. Shah Namah
D. Pilgrims Progress
what did Chaucer’s wife use to do ?
A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
B. nurse of royal court
C. governess to Henry IV
D. none of the above
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?
A. Henry II
B. Henry III
C. Henry V
D. Edward III
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?
A. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.
B. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.
C. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.
D. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.
Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
A. about half of middle class men
B. almost all working class men
C. all women
D. A, B and C
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