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Category: Cultural and Literary 18th-19th Centuries
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.
Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize a lyric poem ?
A. The lyric poem is a popular form in the Romantic era.
B. The lyric poem has a song-like quality.
C. The lyric poem creates a personal sense of emotion.
D. The lyric poem focuses on action.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ?
A. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.
B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.
C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.
D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged.
How does the Encyclopédie best epitomize the mission of the Enlightenment ?
A. By dismissing all knowledge from outside Europe
B. By questioning the nature of scientific method
C. By rejecting the divine right of kings
D. By emphasizing the idea that gathering knowledge together can lead to human improvement
Complete the following sentence. The Romantic movement is least closely related to______________?
A. folklore.
B. nationalism.
C. parody.
D. exoticism
Complete the following sentence. Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ?
A. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.
B. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.
C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.
D. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire.
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