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Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated______________?
A. just the same as men
B. with emphasis on science and mathematics
C. not at all
D. confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting
What was most frequently considered a source of pleasure and an object of inquiry by Augustan poets ?
A. civilization
B. woman
C. God
D. nature
Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?
A. theoretical science
B. metaphysics
C. abstract logical deductions
D. A, B, and C
In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry ?
A. a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader
B. a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader
C. a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models
D. a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship
Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
A. Republicans
B. Liberals
C. Radicals
D. both B and C
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
A. the short story
B. the heroic epic
C. the morality play
D. the romance
By 1890, what percentage of the earth’s population was subject to Queen Victoria ?
A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 25%
What did Henry James describe as loose baggy monsters ?
A. novels
B. plays
C. the English
D. publishers
John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Alexander Pope
C. Ben Jonson
D. George Herbert
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