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who lost the most power during the renaissance ?
A. Italian merchants
B. catholic church
C. black people
D. king and queen of Spain
Which of the following was originally the Irish Literary Theatre ?
A. the Irish National Theatre
B. the Independent Theatre
C. the Abbey Theatre
D. both A and C
Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden
Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the “supreme governor” of all things spiritual. Who was it ?
A. The Pope in Rome
B. Each man was his own supreme governor
C. The Archbishop of Canterbury
D. Queen Elizabeth I
A “classic” book is usually one that possesses what quality ?
A. It has universal appeal.
B. It can stand the test of time.
C. It makes connections.
D. All of the above.
Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was interpreted to mean______________?
A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.
In which work do you read: “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall /looking as if she were alive.” ?
A. Porphyria’s Lover
B. My Last Duchess
C. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
D. Fra Lippo Lippi
Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again the Age invades.”
A. William Shakespeare
B. John Donne
C. Abraham Cowley
D. John Dryden
What drove William Cowper to break down and become a recluse ?
A. the conviction that he was damned forever
B. the loss of his fortune in the South Sea Bubble
C. the vindication of Newtonian physics
D. condemnation of his work by Jeremy Collier
What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?
A. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail
B. a surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness
C. the attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society
D. A and C
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