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What is the translation of the term “dolce stil novo” ?
A. “The sweet silence”
B. “The sweetness of love”
C. “Sweet and still”
D. “Sweet new style”
What is the significance of the words “moocow” and “tuckoo,” according to most critics ?
A. it represents Joyce’s decision not to use stream of consciousness
B. it emulates an adult’s intellectual process
C. it captures the intellectual perceptions of a child
D. it represents Joyce’s shift to more conventional language
At the end of the play “Richard III,” what happens to Richard ?
A. He is killed.
B. He is arrested.
C. He is crowned king.
D. He was sent into exile.
Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the ‘Hero as King’ ?
A. Johnson
B. Cromwell
C. Shakespeare
D. Luther
According to most scholars, what does the chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize ?
A. The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history
B. The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
C. The impossibility for sinners to repent
D. The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time
In his introduction, Milton described the genre of “Samson Agonistes” as_____________?
A. history play
B. tragedy
C. comedy
D. Morality Play
Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers ?
A. Colin clouts come home again
B. Faerie queen, first three books
C. The Shepherd’s calendar
D. Faerie queen, second three books
For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT ?
A. Greek mythology
B. European history
C. Early scientific studies
D. The works of earlier poets
What is the best definition of humanism ?
A. The movement to write more in vernacular
B. The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity
C. The scientific movement away from classical antiquity
D. The movement based on literature about courtly love
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