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How does Emily show initiative in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. She leaves home in search of adventure.
B. She takes control of her own money.
C. She rejects her aunt’s invitation to travel to Italy.
D. She converts to Catholicism.
Who is Voltimand ?
A. Ambassador to the King of Norway from the King of Denmark
B. Hamlet’s cousin
C. Ambassador to the King of Denmark from the King of Norway
D. Assassin in the service of Fortinbras
Which of the following authors is considered a major theorist of deconstruction ?
A. Raymond Williams
B. Jacques Derrida
C. Fredric Jameson
D. Both A and B
Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment ?
A. Romanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.
B. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth.
C. Romanticism largely abandoned the
Enlightenment’s hope in progressive political change.
D. Unlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant
In The Inferno, how is heresy defined ?
A. As the denial of the soul’s immortality
B. As the rejection free will
C. As the choiceof lust over love
D. As the decision to indulge in various sins
What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ?
A. To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized
B. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature
C. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature
D. To show the ways in which mostWestern literature is superior
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?
A. 1842
B. 1837
C. 1871
D. 1859
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