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Category: Cultural and Literary 18th-19th Centuries
The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for which of the following ?
A. A return to neoclassical aesthetics
B. Disassociating painting and poetry
C. Lavish attention to the sensuous elements of life
D. Rejecting English poetic tradition
Robinson Crusoe’s isolation on a deserted island allows Defoe to explore his development in which of the following ways ?
A. His relationship to God and Christianity
B. His understanding of the basis of economics
C. His ability to identify with the slaves he has sold
D. Both A and B
Tennyson’s “Ulysses” can be characterized in all of the following ways, EXCEPT________________?
A. it thematizes the importance of choosing action over complacency.
B. it reflects a Victorian attitude of continuing to fight against loss of hope or faith.
C. it uses Greek mythology to comment on contemporary questions.
D. it emphasizes the internal life of the mind over social action.
Complete the following sentence. According to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution was________________?
A. the ultimate expression of humankind’s ability to control its own destiny.
B. a misguided attempt to overthrow human nature by rejecting tradition.
C. a necessary change that was beginning to go astray.
D. an event that had little consequence to England
The Enlightenment in European history refers to which of the following ?
A. A period in the 18th century that celebrated industry
B. The revelation of religious truths through meditation
C. The power given to absolute monarchs by God
D. A period in which reason was celebrated as enabling human knowledge and possibly human perfection
In Pamela, how does the epistolary style enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel ?
A. It provides access to the heroine’s innermost reactions.
B. It does not cloud the novel with authorial intrusion that confuses the emotions.
C. It provides a sense of immediacy because the letters are written in the thick of the action.
D. All of these answers
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language most reflects an 18thcentury interest in which of the following ?
A. Classification, order, and judgment
B. Romantic origins
C. Linguistic indeterminacy
D. Subjective experience
Which writer is most closely associated with the serialized novel ?
A. William Congreve
B. Ann Radcliffe
C. Matthew Lewis
D. Charles Dickens
In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?
A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
B. To help him reach the afterlife
C. To help him hear nature’s music
D. To help him start a new revolutionary war
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Robinson Crusoe’s and Oroonoko’s relationship to central features of the early English novel ?
A. Where Oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids religion completely.
B. Both are largely set in South America, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early English novel.
C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class.
D. Both make claims to historical veracity.
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